Curse You Jillian Michaels

When I developed Hypoglycemia I changed my whole diet and lost weight. I maintained that weight easily with my new "lifestyle" so last time I tried to start working out, I quit the second I started gaining weight. Now, I know this was just the beginning where your body is taking in more fuel and your muscles are bulking up, so I wasn't really gaining weight, but I quit anyways :( I figured that since I could maintain by not working out, it wasn't worth the effort.

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For whatever reason, I became inspired to go to the gym with Will on the weekends and enjoyed our time together, but now it has turned into more. I don't feel like it's a chore, and even now that I am at the point where I quit last time, I still want to keep going.

I'm really doing this...

I have been going to the gym three times a week.

I've been legit running at least six miles per week.

I have a Pinterest board titled No Pain, No Gain.

And Will even called me a gym rat ;)

Saturday, I took my physical fitness to the next level by introducing myself to Ms. Michaels for the first time. I thought that I could handle her videos for sure.

Those of you that have used her dvds are probably laughing at me right now...

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OwOwOwOwOwOwOwOwOwOwOwOwOw... Ow.
But seriously...how does one continue to follow her program if they are so sore they can't walk?

I would really like to continue with these, since I bought a Groupon with three of 'em, but I don't know how you keep at it if you need two days worth of recovery after each workout.
Please...someone tell me that it gets easier.

So I guess, I should post some stats?
27
5'3.5 (the .5 totally counts)
Current weight 114
BMI: 20.1
Arms: 10 Bust: 34 Waist: 28 Hips: 34 Thighs: 20

I actually don't care of any of these numbers change.  I guess I wouldn't mind if the hips go up and the thighs go down, but this new hobby of mine isn't about "losing" weight; it's about being healthy and getting to eat whatever I want. Yes, I would like to tone up, and I absolutely want to take charge of my metabolism before age does, but I'm keeping long term goals so that I don't get frustrated.

One more thing, you should check out Nikki's post about workout myths. This girl has an amazing weight loss story, and she inspires me constantly. Also read Does This Uterus Make Me Look Fat if you want some real perspective and a good laugh.

According to Wikipedia I am a "Banana Shape" and that will just not do. My nickname may be Banana, but that does not sound like a good body type.  Now if only I could send all the fat cells to my hips...

Hypo-WHAT?

Well my dears, the time has come for me to go in depth about my healthy eating/weight loss tips, as a thank you for reaching 100 Facebook Followers!
I was just going to give you the tips, but then I realized that in order for you to understand how and why I learned these tips, you needed to learn a little more about my back ground.
We all have a story, right?

About four years ago, I started having mood swings, dizziness, fatigue, irritability and other unexplainable symptoms.  They began slowly, one-by-one, like they were trying to sneak-attack me and before I knew it, I was all outa' whack with no idea why all this was happening.
Like I explained in Our Fairytale- Chapter 2, it was even tough on my relationship with my husband.
I would throw hissy fits out of no where and he wouldn't even know what hit him.  Somehow, he realized that these hissy fits correlated with my empty tummy, and he would shove food at me until I ate.  Thank goodness he knows me better then I knew myself or I never would have figured out the problem.

I had developed Hypoglycemia.

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Now Hypoglycemia is not a disease in and of itself. It is an indicator of much more.

Symptoms

Confusion, abnormal behavior or both, such as the inability to complete routine tasks
Visual disturbances, such as double vision and blurred vision
Seizures, though uncommon
Loss of consciousness, though uncommon
Heart palpitations
Tremor
Anxiety
Sweating
Hunger

You don't have to have all of the symptoms to have hypoglycemia, but let's just say- I have all of them but one.  That made it pretty easy for me to diagnose myself. Thank you WebMD. 
I probably should have gone to the doctor, but everything I found told me how hard it is to get doctors to listen or to find one that knows how to treat it. Instead, I began researching and creating my own eating regimen. It was not meant to be a diet, but ended up teaching me a LOT about how bad I was in my eating habits.

Let me just tell you right now....I DO NOT advocate "Dieting". 
Unfortunately, society has turned diet into a four letter word, and I will not now or ever help you with a "diet".  I know some of you are all like, "but you said...?"
Yes, I said weight loss, but there was a backslash and a "healthy eating" attached.
If you think tomorrow's post is going to divulge some magical elixir to allow you to scarf cheeseburgers with two sides of fries and see results, you might as well not read it.
But if you want to know some life style changes that have blown my mind with the results?
Be ready for tomorrow!


As for the rest of the Hypoglycemia story, I did finally go get tested, and not surprisingly I was right.
I know all of you moms out there will recognize this:

It's like drinking a whole bottle of Triaminic.
Doesn't sound or taste bad, until you only have a few minutes left, and you end up having to struggle to get all that sugar down. The other awkward thing was that the nurse asked when I was due...

"Um...Do you know something that I don't know??"

Come to find out, she was assuming (makes and @ss out of you and me) that I was taking the test because I was preggers. No m'am. No thank you.

The test didn't tell me anything I didn't already know, but they did inform me that I am Pre-Diabetic and have to go to an Endocronologist. I still don't know what an Endocronologist is, but it sounds important.

In case your interested in reading more or you think you might have similar issues:

• Mayo Clinic Article
• MedicineNet
• The Hypoglycemia Support Foundation
  
  So are you ready for tomorrow?
  There are going to be some Before/After photos for your pleasure illustration ;)
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  

No Food=Grumpy Me

I wish I was eating this:

But instead- I'm going to bed before 9pm, to stop myself from eating anything (I can't even chew gum).  Why would I want to stop myfelf from eating, you ask?  Well, its doctor ordered. That's why.  I'm undergoing some minor tests tomorrow, and apparently I must be tortured prepared first, by fasting for 15 hours.  Just the THOUGHT of fasting has had me in a bad mood all day, and then on top of that- I have to spend 4 hours in the hospital BY MYSELF because my husband is going 4wheelin'.  He's gonna owe me BIG TIME for this.  Alright, well nighty-night.  I have to be up at 5:30, so it's off to slumberland for me!