update...
march 28th:
today i had one of the worst mood swings i've had in a while. i believe it was caused by my diabetes. they tell you to be prepared for them when your sugar levels fluctuate. well yesterday before bed i told the hubby "wow, with my sugar being low i'm suprised i didn't have a mood swing" so i guess i tempted fate with that suggestion. it wasn't a pretty one either. we were going to go walk (we couldn't decide where) and for some reason i just blew up. i hate when that happens. mostly because once i blow up i can't calm down enough to stop a panic attack from showing up too. which also happened. the hubby tried his best to calm me down but it took a while. so once i was calm enough i went back downstairs and checked my sugar levels. it went from 144 (which isn't normal but is a lot better than the 170's where i have been stuck for a few weeks) all the way up to 187. i showed chris and said 'well, i guess i was right. it started with my sugar freaking out.' then i apologized profusely for being an ass and taking things out on him. i'm sure there are ways to stop oncoming mood swings due to diabetes. i believe it is because my body isn't used to being back in the 130/140s yet. i just need it to get used to it already. once we get our new medical insurance (we are switching) i am definitely going to go in there and see if they can help me out. i just hope i don't get a doctor that will not work with me. usually if they don't want to work with you the first words out of their mouths is, "You are obese and need to be on insulin shots so we will set that up and get you into a nutritionist." They tend to believe talking to someone who can tell you 'here you need to only take in X amount of calories per day to lose weight. here's a chart. stick to it. make sure you exercise.' is going to be easy. it isn't. i've tried that. doesn't work for me. even if i stick to it religiously. like i've said a few times here, the hubby and i have cut down on portion sizes and are eating a lot more healthy than before. (cutting down on fast food and soda helped a heck of a lot) i'm doing my best to walk a lot. (at least a mile each time we go out walking) it isn't easy but i've gotten down to a weight i'm not disgusted with. (258.5 as of this morning actually, not too bad when you know ive been in the hight 300s) the only bad thing with losing weight is finding that all the clothes you own are getting too big. *giggle* i've been wondering how long i should wait to go clothes shopping since i'm kind of between sizes. (almost in an 18. actually fit in one 18 skirt but it umm showed off too much of my tummy for me to like it) ok, i think that is enough for now. take care lovelies. thanks for listening/reading about this. *hugs lots* hope you are all doing well :)
april2nd:
today we walked approximately 5 miles (round trip). this was after i took a few hours to actually get some work done. hopefully i will catch up again. i tend to get a few days behind and end up doing a whole catch up dance. so we walked about 5 miles today and it was fun. the hubby and i went over to the walmart/traderjoes/game stop shopping center and then walked up to el camino and walked over to castro street. i found a book i had really been wanting. at bookbuyers. "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen (it was a recommendation from Karsten and I know it's going to be good.) they didn't have the other one but now i know where to look when we go back. i think i deserved to spend $8 on a book. *giggle*. i haven't been mood swinging so much. my body is finally getting used to the lower blood sugar levels. yay. :) on our walks (we've had more than a few lately) i have been on the lookout for coke caps. the little red caps with the codes inside of them. also on the lookout for the code flaps from the 12pks with the codes on them. i've been trying to save enough of the 'my coke rewards' points to get a PSP. i'm about halfway there. so, if any of you drink coke but don't collect the rewards please throw them my way. i'd appreciate it. i found out that the codes are going to come to the Dasani water bottles soon. (as well as a few other coke products) which will be great when we drink water on our walks. hopefully tomorrow our bean bag chair will be here. (the one i won from SDExpo West) they missed us on friday. thought it would be here today and it wasn't. hope you are all having a good week and had a good weekend. take care lovelies *huggles*
april3rd:
haven't done too much today. got my bean bag chair. woohoo! so now i have 2 Slashdot bean bag chairs. I'm going to have to figure out a way to add pics on here so you can see that and all the other swag. :) was trying to win some coke codes on a site earlier but didn't have much luck. i'm thinking tomorrow we might go out to dinner. it will give us some time to just have some alone time with no worrying. you know? it will also be nice to get out of the house and not worry about trying to get somewhere particular. this weekend is probably going to be a bit busy. we were invited to the movies as well as the LUG. so we'll see what happens. :) i guess that is all for now. :)
take care lovelies *huggles lots*
::remember if you have coke cap codes or coke flap codes i'd love to take them off your hands:: :)
today i had one of the worst mood swings i've had in a while. i believe it was caused by my diabetes. they tell you to be prepared for them when your sugar levels fluctuate. well yesterday before bed i told the hubby "wow, with my sugar being low i'm suprised i didn't have a mood swing" so i guess i tempted fate with that suggestion. it wasn't a pretty one either. we were going to go walk (we couldn't decide where) and for some reason i just blew up. i hate when that happens. mostly because once i blow up i can't calm down enough to stop a panic attack from showing up too. which also happened. the hubby tried his best to calm me down but it took a while. so once i was calm enough i went back downstairs and checked my sugar levels. it went from 144 (which isn't normal but is a lot better than the 170's where i have been stuck for a few weeks) all the way up to 187. i showed chris and said 'well, i guess i was right. it started with my sugar freaking out.' then i apologized profusely for being an ass and taking things out on him. i'm sure there are ways to stop oncoming mood swings due to diabetes. i believe it is because my body isn't used to being back in the 130/140s yet. i just need it to get used to it already. once we get our new medical insurance (we are switching) i am definitely going to go in there and see if they can help me out. i just hope i don't get a doctor that will not work with me. usually if they don't want to work with you the first words out of their mouths is, "You are obese and need to be on insulin shots so we will set that up and get you into a nutritionist." They tend to believe talking to someone who can tell you 'here you need to only take in X amount of calories per day to lose weight. here's a chart. stick to it. make sure you exercise.' is going to be easy. it isn't. i've tried that. doesn't work for me. even if i stick to it religiously. like i've said a few times here, the hubby and i have cut down on portion sizes and are eating a lot more healthy than before. (cutting down on fast food and soda helped a heck of a lot) i'm doing my best to walk a lot. (at least a mile each time we go out walking) it isn't easy but i've gotten down to a weight i'm not disgusted with. (258.5 as of this morning actually, not too bad when you know ive been in the hight 300s) the only bad thing with losing weight is finding that all the clothes you own are getting too big. *giggle* i've been wondering how long i should wait to go clothes shopping since i'm kind of between sizes. (almost in an 18. actually fit in one 18 skirt but it umm showed off too much of my tummy for me to like it) ok, i think that is enough for now. take care lovelies. thanks for listening/reading about this. *hugs lots* hope you are all doing well :)
april2nd:
today we walked approximately 5 miles (round trip). this was after i took a few hours to actually get some work done. hopefully i will catch up again. i tend to get a few days behind and end up doing a whole catch up dance. so we walked about 5 miles today and it was fun. the hubby and i went over to the walmart/traderjoes/game stop shopping center and then walked up to el camino and walked over to castro street. i found a book i had really been wanting. at bookbuyers. "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen (it was a recommendation from Karsten and I know it's going to be good.) they didn't have the other one but now i know where to look when we go back. i think i deserved to spend $8 on a book. *giggle*. i haven't been mood swinging so much. my body is finally getting used to the lower blood sugar levels. yay. :) on our walks (we've had more than a few lately) i have been on the lookout for coke caps. the little red caps with the codes inside of them. also on the lookout for the code flaps from the 12pks with the codes on them. i've been trying to save enough of the 'my coke rewards' points to get a PSP. i'm about halfway there. so, if any of you drink coke but don't collect the rewards please throw them my way. i'd appreciate it. i found out that the codes are going to come to the Dasani water bottles soon. (as well as a few other coke products) which will be great when we drink water on our walks. hopefully tomorrow our bean bag chair will be here. (the one i won from SDExpo West) they missed us on friday. thought it would be here today and it wasn't. hope you are all having a good week and had a good weekend. take care lovelies *huggles*
april3rd:
haven't done too much today. got my bean bag chair. woohoo! so now i have 2 Slashdot bean bag chairs. I'm going to have to figure out a way to add pics on here so you can see that and all the other swag. :) was trying to win some coke codes on a site earlier but didn't have much luck. i'm thinking tomorrow we might go out to dinner. it will give us some time to just have some alone time with no worrying. you know? it will also be nice to get out of the house and not worry about trying to get somewhere particular. this weekend is probably going to be a bit busy. we were invited to the movies as well as the LUG. so we'll see what happens. :) i guess that is all for now. :)
take care lovelies *huggles lots*
::remember if you have coke cap codes or coke flap codes i'd love to take them off your hands:: :)