Eating has consequences for diabetes If the title of this post caught your attention and you are thinking I’m taking some drastic measures, well, you are right. I’m stopping eating two meals a day and some of the foods that are mainstays of the standard American Diet. Being a type 2 diabetic for many years is no …
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Feel Like a Queen!
How I Feel Like A Queen! This week I realized that something I’ve been doing for over a year is really making a difference. I turned 64 years of age on the 21st and I when i looked in the mirror, I realized that I really don’t have wrinkles. I used to think that I …
Ramping up my weight loss efforts!
A New Year’s Push! As the new year approaches, I’ve been ramping up my weight loss efforts. I’m concentrating on several methods to enhance my weight loss. Through Intermittent Fasting (IF) I’m doing at least an 18:6 fast each day. That’s 18 hours fasting with a six-hour eating window where I eat either …
When Sitting Hurts!
Sitting Too Long is Not Good! I’ve spent a lot of time sitting since 2014 when I had my severe bout with diabetic feet and leg ulcers. That is what put me in this wheelchair. Since then, my body has been in the sitting position most of each day. My butt and hips hurt a …
A Day Living with Chronic Pain
Maybe You are Like Me I’m 63 years old, I’m in a wheelchair most of the day. I have Type II diabetes, fibromyalgia, a blood condition (essential thrombocythaemia) and I’m very overweight. I have degenerative discs in my back and have lost 2 inches of height and my left hip is deteriorating fast. I also …
Let’s Check Out the Whole30 Plan
When I Decided to Eat the Whole30 Way During 2016 Recently, I’ve been reading more posts in the various groups I frequent about those who have decided to change to the whole30 way of eating. This is certainly a change I can agree with and I must say that I decided to eat this way …
More of the “Sunshine” Vitamin
Get your Daily Dsssss Several of my docs have said I’m low on Vitamin D and I need to take a supplement. My bloodwork showed I was low. So I’ve been researching this vitamin we all know as the ‘Sunshine Vitamin” because we get it from the sun. Vitamin D is produced in our bodies …
Why do I have Food Binges?
Fail and Binge – Yes I Do I have been doing so well with my LCHF eating and Intermittent Fasting, and I love all the benefits and the way I feel when I’m doing things right. But I do occasionally have some issues. I have the occasional binge eating fail. This is so disturbing to me …
The Body is Simply Amazing!
Our Bodies are Amazing That was my thought as I got on the scale and weighed this morning. The scale displayed the number 228.4. I was amazed because yesterday was a day I ate a lot. I had two meals (my Break Fast meeting with the support group and then two servings of crockpot pork …
Learning How to Eat Ketogenically to Lose Weight
Ketogenic Eating For the past two weeks, I’ve been doing a lot of research on practicing a ketogenic lifestyle. I’ve found out a lot about keto eating, its benefits and how to incorporate it into my intermittent fasting (IF) life. This week I began preparing keto meals in a serious fashion. I’ve been trying to eat …
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