Today I'm Fasting

I have to say that fasting is not something I'm good at.

It's lunch time, and I've been yawning for the last two hours. Who knew not eating would make you sleepish? I need food fuel! I'm loopy. I pretty much feel like my brain is not attached to me. A drunken state would be better than how I feel right now.

I've heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I believe it!

Why am I fasting? I have a doctor's appointment. I know they'll check my cholesterol. They always ask, "Have you been fasting?" They can't get good results if I haven't been.

I make all my appointments at the end of the day, so I don't miss class. Big mistake here. This would have been one appointment that would have been better first thing in the morning. Appointments for this doctor are made a year in advance. Crazy if you ask me.

Why I have to go in right after the holidays to check my cholesterol just is horrible!

Have you ever had to fast? How did you do?

Fasting, Fasting, Fasting

• Once again I'm fasting for a glucose testing. I had to fast for 12 hours. No breakfast for me today. This lab stuff will take two hours.
• Having this done in the morning is no big deal. Right now I'm drinking my orange drink. It brings back memories of being pregnant with my two boys.
• Only this time I'm just fat, not pregnant.

• On Monday I fasted all day, came in to get my lab work at 3:45, and they told me it was too late in the day to do anything.
• The nurse said as long as it was before 5. Not so.
• This is my second time coming in.
• At least I have a computer to type on! ;)
• It's too bad they don't have an exercise room right here. :( But we are going swimming tonight, tomorrow night and on Sunday. ;)

A few additonal things that have gone on:

• Mica had a playdate last night. He was so excited, but crazy hyper when the little boy came to play! So much so that he got two to three timeouts! This is rare for Mica to get this many timeouts in one time frame.
• Daddy went to start the Piolet this morning only to find that it needed a jump start. It turns out that one of the boys probably hit a light on one of the side doors when we were cleaning the inside of it out two nights ago. We haven't driven it since. His co-worker Raul came to give him a jump start. I had already left to come to this appointment. Thank you Raul!

Fasting Was Not a Success!

• I fasted all day yesterday only to be light headed, sleepy and hungry.
• I got to the doctors office and they said that they couldn't do the testing that they needed to do. 
• It was too late in the day. 
• I took off of work for nothing.
• The nurse that called me asked when I wanted to do this test? I said Friday morning. Then I called her back and said Monday at 3:45, because I just wanted to get the test going; move this whole process along.
• She said, "You do understand that you need to fast for 12 hours!" I said, "I know." 
• She told me that as long as I got there before 5, I was fine. 
• I have summer school that ends Thursday. Class gets out at 3:30. This is my hold up.
• Now on Friday I need to fast all over again. This time the appointment is in the morning, so it will be much easier on my system.

Fasting, Fasting, Fasting

• We had company all weekend, and yesterday I made yummy feta cheese burgers with chopped up tomatoes, chopped green onion, worcestershire sauce and oat meal in them. Oh and sides of salad, cheesy potatoes and watermelon. 
• My supper consisted of couscous, tofu, plain lettuce and watermelon.
• Last week I learned that I have high cholesterol and my blood sugar is elevated.
• I have to go in today to get more blood work done. 
• Summer school is going on until the end of the week, so I wanted to get this lab testing rolling. My appointment isn't until 3:45 today-after class. I had to fast for 12 hours. Most people test in the morning.
• I stayed up late last night, and had an additional meal of couscous, tofu, plain cucumber and grapes. This might be my new life because I need to start taking better care of myself. 
• My cholesterol isn't too incredibly high. It's 206. I have a family history of high cholesterol, over weight family members and diabetes. I told my doctor that I want to lose weight, so that is the path I'm on.
• I have to say that I've never been too bad with food. I could be better. I make great baked things in the kitchen that I, or Daddy take to work. I don't devour them myself. 
• At this present moment in time I could eat a horse, and it's lunch time for most everyone, but me.
• I'm walking more during lunch time at work. It's a start, but I need to exercise more, a lot more.

• I just weaned Isaak all the way from nursing. He's a boob man. He turned 2 in May. I wanted him to self wean, but I'd get him down to one a day. Somehow we'd go backwards, and he'd be nursing all the time again.
• I had to cut him off. He was horrible the first few days, crying and asking for it. He hasn't asked for it all weekend! I cried the first few days too, just not as bad as him. :( My emotions were crazy finding out all this medical stuff, and weaning at the same time. I read that if you wean cold turkey it's worse then weaning slow emotion wise. This is so true. If only I could of gotten Isaak to wean slow!

• Daddy found a mole that has changed on his leg. It's a red one, and has spider like pattern spreading from it. A hard core under it. 
• This too is scary, and he's getting it look at. He's supposed to call today to make an appointment.