June 30, 2010 by Bethy.

Well, today I’m going to call it my Cheese Steak Work out.  I haven’t eaten like that in so long……..I had a huge cheese steak last night for dinner, OMG it was good, but I felt like I ate way to much and felt huge.  So my work out today was my longest so far walking/running.  I mean I’ve hiked farther, but not done a walk/run workout that far. Thank you Cheese Steak for the motivation!

The weather finally broke last evening.  We slept with the windows open! and they are still open today. Another reason why my workout was good was because it wasn’t so darn hot.  I walked/jogged for the first half of the work out (2.5miles) then turned around and mostly walked at a good pace back.  I walked at the Grings Mill Trail.  Nice and flat, shaded and quite a few people working out.  I figured, “I know I can go out 2.5, no problem, then all I have to do is get back”, LOL  I think I like out and backs. 

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June 28, 2010 by Bethy.

Hot, Hazy, HUMID!  Can’t wait for this heat wave to be over.  I mean, it’s only June not August.  Sometimes you get days in June like this but not continuous over 90’ days for weeks.  It’s suppose to break today, let’s hope.

Yesterday Bob and I thought we would hike to Pulpit Rock on the ATrail, maybe onto the Pinnacle……………….UGH!!  it was so hot and almost straight up for miles……I can run faster right now and feel good, but a constant up hill with no breaks or switchbacks in over 90’ was too much.  I made it a mile up and came back down.  So at least I did go out, I did 2 hard miles, in the heat.  I wish I could have gone farther, but I was feeling sick to my stomach and decided it was better to hike back down the mountain. 

I’m learning that when I do vigorous exercise, my body definitely releases glucose and then insulin, and that’s when I feel sick to my stomach.  If I just go out and walk or jog, or do something, anything for a little while, I get the exercise benefit and not the glucose/insulin spike.  But the vigorous stuff helps in weight loss.

My weight has started to drop again, finally!

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June 17, 2010 by Bethy.

Well, tonight is the 5K.  Which I would like to run, however……..my Achilles tendon is still not healed.  I went down to the hospital loop with Bob last night and my running was great, and my walking in-between is much faster too, but I started to get a hot spot (almost blister) on my one heal and my Achilles wasn’t too bad till I got home then it throbbed an still hurts today.  So Bob told me not to do the race and to call the orthopedic guy for an appointment.  I almost wished I didn’t run last night and saved it for tonight and pushed through it.  ugh.

It felt good doing the ‘running’ part last night. Listening to music is what really spurs me on, always has.  I could be dead, but give me a good tune and I can pull up another reserve and move!

My weight loss is still at a stand still for the past 3 weeks.  But it just inched down a tinsy bit the past 2 days.  So maybe…………..I’m on a down hill again?  Let’s hope so.

My medication has finally leveled off to where I’m feeling good again!  Thank God.  It was miserable.  My sugar levels during the day seem to be level with no real swing, so let’s hope that is a good thing too! 

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June 8, 2010 by Bethy.

Yesterday was the first day that I actually felt good since I’ve…
1. been, sick with that darn cold, and 2. sick from the double dose of metformin.  I can’t tell you how good it feels, NOT to feel sick and nauseated all day.  It felt like I was preggo’s.  I hope I am now over the hump of my body excepting the upped dosage and I start to feel good with no gastric effects.  There were a couple days that I could not eat at all, or even smell food being cooked. 

I did get to exercise some, but needless to say I have dropped back on conditioning for the 5K next week.  I don’t think I’m going to be able to do it.  I guess I can try, but it will be walking/running and hopefully I don’t hurt my stupid Achilles while doing it.  My main goal is to get healthy, not so much the 5K, but I will get there someday if not next week.

Bob and I have gone out a couple times with my bicycle.  He runs and I bike behind him.  I enjoy that.  I also enjoy walking.  Last week when it looked like my blood sugar was a tinsy up, I went down on the treadmill and walked for 30min.  Not a ‘workout’ walk, just a walk while watching TV and noticed that after, my blood sugar went down quite a bit.  So as long as I keep moving it doesn’t need to be a fierce workout to lower the blood sugar.  IN FACT, every time I do a fierce workout my blood sugar goes up after the workout, not down.  My body thinks it needs to up my blood sugar during the workout and it auto dumps glucose into my system.  FRUSTRATING!  But I’m learning.

OK, now about today’s picture.  The first morning I tried to eat these, in the beginning, it raised my blood sugar, or so I thought.  It could have been something else that morning. So I didn’t eat them again, until this week, eating a serving  (1/3 cup), with a couple tablespoons of light cream, 1/4 cup of blueberries (blueberries are low carb power houses, AND I CAN EAT THEM,  YAY!!   I can also eat raspberries). 

The Bran Buds have really helped me feel good and must sop up all the stomach acid that has been making me nauseated.  Plus, this breakfast hasn’t made my BS go up. 

My weight has stalled out at my usual (old) set point.  Bob thinks because I didn’t eat, that my body went into starvation mode and is holding on.  This week, since I feel good, I’m going to try to break the stall with exercise, watching calories, and drinking water.

Although, I can and have done Low Carb,  I really can’t live that way and it makes me feel sick.  I’m going to try to do a moderately low carb diet.  Adding low GI fruits, grains, and try to keep my calories down.  Try to eat healthy. 

I haven’t missed  the sugary sweets AT ALL.  I’m definitely past that hump.  My taste buds are all weird.  I can’t eat bread with my eggs, or eat a burger on a bun without me getting nauseated because the bun or bread tastes too sweet or artificial.  It’s really weird.  I made egg salad for lunch last week and used Miracle whip……………it tasted like someone threw a bunch of sugar in it and I couldn’t eat it.  I will make it with plain mayo next time. 

It has been beautiful here yesterday and today, and since I feel good I’m hoping to get a lot accomplished.  Being sick has put a lot of chores on the back burner and now I feel behind!

Better get to work!

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