Health Update
Last week I had a follow-up appointment with my nurse practitioner. I got some blood work done. My triglycerides were high, and my NP suggested I go on a low-carb diet and stop eating so much SUGAR! I was relieved by these results. It tells me that my medication is working, my blood sugar is normal, and that my main problem is my food choices, which is correctable.
My NP also pointed out that I gained 4 lbs ever since I started that temp job. Gee, I wonder how that could happen, when I so rigorously SAT on my A$$. I made a list of the things I recalled eating in the last three weeks and it looked kind of like this:
Several meals that consisted only of pasta with lots of olive oil and olives (because olive oil just wasn’t enough, I had to add actual olives!) Handfuls of almonds and some peanuts. Greasy pizza one night. Lots of pizza the day we hiked. Shortbread and cake at a birthday party. A loaf of sourdough, because I started making portabella sandwiches. Quaker granola bars (two a day). Chocolate (a staple in my household). chocolate chips in my pancakes. Cliff bars and two power bars that I got at the Turkey Trot. Tea dunkers from Trader Joe’s. one microwave lasagna. six cookies I picked up at a meeting. cookies with jam filling that my neighbor brought over (because I’m her cookie tester). poppy seed cake with chocolate topping that my mom made to congratulate me on my new job. crackers left over from our Election Party. I actually ate an entire foot-long subway tuna sandwich one day when I failed to pack my lunch. breakfast cereal every morning. marshmellows. And let’s not forget a big Thanksgiving meal.
How I gained ONLY 4 lbs. is the real mystery.
So I found some books on nutrition and low-carb eating and I have been taking steps to make the necessary changes. I also started walking my dog Straigh for 45 minutes every morning.
My goal is to keep all this up while I’m working full time.
