I’m back! But this time it will be different…
About a month ago, I was turned down for life insurance, based on “Lab Results” which of course scared me to death. After several days of waiting I learned that it was my elevated blood sugar that caused the alarm. I had eaten an Egg McMuffin two hours earlier. And of course this comes at a time when I’m on, shall we say, a ‘hiatus’ from health insurance.
I called my doctor, who very sweetly over the phone told me all of the preliminary things I should do until I could afford to see her: lose as much weight as possible by eating no bread, pasta, potatoes, etc. She put me on the Atkins diet, expecting me to lose about 15 pounds in a month.
I have type II diabetes – and this is what that means: My pancreas works just fine. Makes all the insulin I need. However, from many years of eating too many carbs, my insulin no longer breaks down my blood sugars. I am what is known as Insulin Resistant. My body is constantly pumping out tons of insulin, so it no longer effects me.
I started the diet last Monday, eating bacon and eggs for breakfast every morning, chicken salad or something similar for lunch, snacking on pork rinds or walnuts, and eating a meat and veggie for dinner – steak and salad, or salmon and asparagus….dinner is the easy meal for me.
So, I don’t want to divulge how much I weigh, or what my goal is…Let’s just say I need to lose AT LEAST 40 pounds. I will weigh every monday, and then post my results here. I hope to use this blog as encouragement and inspiration to someone else going thru this same thing. Luckily, my doctor did say that, after a duration of eating this way, my body should reverse back to normal, and the diabetes will be gone, as long as I do not abuse my body with carbs again.
My weight loss yesterday was 4 pounds! I wanted it to be more, but quick weight loss is never good!
I cannot believe I have to start this diet at THIS time of year! I have also realized that of ALL the foods I cannot have, I miss potatoes the most. *sniff*
What I ate today (so far) is this….
Breakfast – 4 pcs of bacon and 2 fried eggs with water to drink
Lunch – 6 salami roll-ups with turkey and provolone cheese inside. sliced cucumbers dipped in ranch dressing, handful of cinnamon walnuts, with diet barqs root beer to drink
Dinner – planning on broiling steak with onions and mushrooms on top, green salad, and water to drink
So, as you can see, I’m not starving, nor do I feel deprived. I’m not a candy person, so missing halloween is not that big of a deal to me. I would like to have a snickers bar or peanut butter cup every once in a while, but when I think of how it would put my health in jeopardy, or cancel out that days hard work, I dismiss the craving.
I am also PRAYING that I will be able to stay on this diet, and that my health will be strengthened because of it. I would appreciate your encouraging comments, suggestions, prayers, recipe ideas, etc!
Wish me luck!
