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Don’t Put Toothpaste in Your Eye

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What an eventful morning. I overslept today, which is rare. Of all the excuses I could use to skip working out, oversleeping is rarely ever one of them. I slept so well after my treat meal that I genuinely was still a log this morning even after waking up (NSV pic in comments of my first sleep score over 80 ever!). I didn’t want to get up and go, but I made myself do it anyway after toying with the idea of using my late wake up as my reason to not go to the gym. But I don’t like making excuses anymore. I didn’t lay out pants last night so I grabbed a pair from the suitcase I still haven’t unpacked (I think because it makes my return to reality too final) and straight out the door.  I have changed up my normal pool routine to hopefully help increase muscle gains while also decreasing the strain on my carpal tunnel from using the traditional weights. It burns my biceps and shoulders but I can still feel my hands after so I’ll take that as a sign it’s working. After 90 minutes, I hopp...
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Results

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So tired today. I’ll welcome all the NGs later!  No news at the doc today. CT chest scan tomorrow to hopefully get some answers!  Best moment of the day was hubby finally agreeing to go 100% in with me this next round. Having him on the same food and exercise routine as me will really help me stay even more focused. I’m excited for him to have even better results this round too!  Now, back to resting my sore body. I’ll talk to you all soon!
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Downsizing

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We are currently in the process of completely rearranging our house (mostly due to the amount of gifts my daughter got for Christmas and completing the home gym), so I think I forgot to post yesterday.  I’m not feeling well, again. Another fever today for no reason, irritated stomach and the cough just will not go away. I went to the gym and did the damn thing plus some anyway. I usually stay 90 minutes but I decided to stay an extra 30 to do part of the water aerobics class with Amanda. I came home and dealt with an unreasonably high heart rate for a couple of hours. It’s still elevated but tolerable now. I see the doctor again in the morning to try to figure out a medication that will help me with my heart rate without tanking my blood pressure. The current one clearly didn’t work. 🥲 I had a great success today. Many of you know, when I first started E2M, I had to take “showers” sitting on my toilet. After the first 20lbs of weight loss, I finally was confident enough to take sh...
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Is An Hour of Taste Better than 23 of Living?

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I’m trying to write this message through a ton of brain fog after a night of not only nightmares, but multiple night terrors. Stress manifestations. I hope the message flows anyway.  I didn’t do so well resisting temptation this weekend. I made “better bad” choices, but y’all know how I feel about that. I was frustrated with myself, more so just confused really. Why did I want those things? It probably mostly came down to just being around the foods I avoid usually, but the mental connect of celebration and food is still stronger than I thought. Thanks, Roman Empire.  Anyway, I had one of my “ah-ha” moments and my perspective on meals has changed forever.  How long does it take you to eat your food? Most of us probably finish the food in 15-20 minutes. Even if we sit at the table and fellowship for longer, that’s likely about how long we spend with food in our mouths, so about thirty minutes to an hour a day of eating. We spend 6-8 hours sleeping. We spend up to 17 hours ...
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End of Another Round

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I was going to save my end-of-round post for tomorrow but I decided I want to be as present as possible with my family this Christmas since it’s the first one in about 5 years that I have felt well and able to really participate and enjoy the holidays.  This was my third round, and it was my best one so far. The things I came to learn and grasp about myself, life, food and community were invaluable. I know myself and my body better now than I ever have. I can feel when my body needs something, I can know exactly what to give it, and I am blessed for that.  Physical achievements were monumental this round. So much muscle gained and 20lbs down. My body changed and rearranged. I am strong and mostly able bodied. Before this round, I was taking 16 pills a day (which included several vitamins for deficiencies) and two types of insulin. In this round, I came off all but 4 meds (and 3 of those I take at half the dosage I was on before) and reversed my type 2 diabetes. I went to Disne...
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New Hoodie!

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I have never been more proud of myself for going to the gym than I was this morning. I woke up after only a few hours of sleep and I just did not want to do it. Not for any of the many excuses I could have used but that deep-seated feeling that almost makes you wonder if something bad will happen if you don’t listen. But I went anyway. I even almost turned around several times. This is why I put my swimsuit on at home instead of at the gym though, so I can keep saying “you’re already in your suit, may as well go.”  I still don’t know why I felt that way. Only bad thing that happened was my headache coming back. I didn’t even have to use the inhaler today. So yay for my gut being wrong, haha. Maybe as my belly shrinks, its “brain” is getting smaller too.  Christmas ornament crafting with my little girl today, but otherwise staying home on a dreary day and preparing for the cold front coming in tonight. I may not be able to get to the gym tomorrow, just depends on whether I can ...
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Homework Assignment!

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I have never been more proud of myself for going to the gym than I was this morning. I woke up after only a few hours of sleep and I just did not want to do it. Not for any of the many excuses I could have used but that deep-seated feeling that almost makes you wonder if something bad will happen if you don’t listen. But I went anyway. I even almost turned around several times. This is why I put my swimsuit on at home instead of at the gym though, so I can keep saying “you’re already in your suit, may as well go.”  I still don’t know why I felt that way. Only bad thing that happened was my headache coming back. I didn’t even have to use the inhaler today. So yay for my gut being wrong, haha. Maybe as my belly shrinks, its “brain” is getting smaller too.  Christmas ornament crafting with my little girl today, but otherwise staying home on a dreary day and preparing for the cold front coming in tonight. I may not be able to get to the gym tomorrow, just depends on whether I can ...
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