Sunday, March 30, 2008

Follow Up for Hypoglycemia

When I finally figured out what was going on with my body, I had to change the way I ate. This does not consist of just taking away all the sugar. I also need to eat more regulalry and more often through out the day and I have to be smart about what I eat and not over eat. My routine usually consists of eating breakfast as soon as I wake up. My favorite morning meal is any flavor of yogurt with diced walnuts and maple granola. This is usually filling.

I do eat 3 larger meals a day and snack in between the meals. I try to to eat more crackers, fruit, jerky, nuts; anything that is filling and not empty calories. The key to this is to eat only when you are hungry and stop eating as soon as you feel full. This will keep you from over eating.

The reason for eating through out the day is to keep your body from crashing, and acting like a roller coaster. Your metabolism stays more steady and your body is in the same mode. Instead of raging hunger to over eating to over working to digest and so on.

Cutting back on the sugary stuff was difficult. The easiest way that i had found, was to quit buying it, if you want something sweet eat fruit or a sweet potato. And if you find yourself at the store and you think you need that candybar and soda pop, stop and ask yourself; do you want to feel good or do you want to feel that sugar buzz with the side effects?

It takes will power but it can be done. I hope this helps

Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Chest Pain

Has this happened to you? Well let me explain my story and how it was all related to my diet.
It all started after I had my last child, and I mean right after I had my last child. I seriously thought that I had some kind of heart trouble, neurological disorder and emotional problems. When I went to the doctor I explained all my symptoms and they of course wanted to put me on prescriptions, I am not one to take pills and I was not going to accept taking pills as an answer to my symptoms.
What I first noticed was trembling, I could tell I was going to have an episode because my stomach would get all knotted up and I would feel anxious, then my legs would start to tremble then of course my whole body would start to shake. I was so cold that I would have to wrap in a blanket or go outside and stand in the hot July sun. Then after about 5 - 10 minutes it would go away. This would happen several times a week.
Another symptom that I was my jaws would ache, almost like I had been clenching them all day and I would get these terrible headaches, I had a hard time concentrating and I would get light headed, my eyes would ache and I would feel real tired.
Anxiety attacks, I hated to be alone, I was scared to be alone, all day I would worry about crazy off the wall stuff, like what if my heart was going to suddenly stop, what if a stranger showed up at the house and took me, I did not want to be alone. My worst episode was when I had hit my elbow and of course this hurt, I suddenly started think of the worst things like; nerve damage, unable to use my arm and so on. Anyway my whole body started to burn, I mean seriously, my skin felt like it was burning and tingly I could feel it all the way up to ears. I had to lay on the cold floor and convince myself that I was okay, it took all night for this to pass.
Chest and stomach pains, I would get shooting pains in my chest and my left arm would ache.. now I am only 30 years old. So how could this be heart problems? So I had to wear a heart monitor for 3 days, this of course turned up nothing. My stomach, right at the diaphragm would get rock hard, tender to the touch and you could literally see my pulse. I had a CT scan. This of course turned up nothing.
Over time the list of problems grew and grew and I was not going back to the Dr. to get on more pills. So I researched all my symptoms on the internet and I had also remember my mom mentioning that she had a book on hypoglycemia, why this came to mind I do not know. So I took it as a sign and looked up hypoglycemia on the internet. I was astonished at what I had found. EVERY single symptom that they listed, is everything that I was going through.
I had decided that one more visit to the Dr's office was not a bad idea, I had requested to be tested for hypoglycemia, the dr. thought I was crazy but agreed to the test.
I was scheduled to go to the hospital a few days later. I could not eat or drink anything before I went it in, when I got there they drew my blood, then I had to drink the nasty sweet glucose drink, then sit at the hospital for three hours. Every hour on the hour they tested my blood. By the time I was ready to leave I was half sick, feeling week and very hungry. So I got out of there as soon as I could, fuled up my car and bought a sandwhich. I almost drove myself back to the hospital becuase I felt like I was going to pass out. I ended up sitting in the store parking lot, eating my sandwhich and guzzling a gatorade and within minutes my symptoms had passed. I had felt better but was physically drained. I drove home and took a nap.
A few days later I went back for my Dr. appointment and come to find out I am hypoglycemic. What this means is that my body can not tolerate sugar, which of course is my addiction. I love sweet stuff. I had learned that I needed to watch what I ate and try to eat more good carbs, and stay away from all the sugary things. Now I eat more proteins, cheese, yogurts, fruits nuts and crackers.
Once I broke the cycle of eating all that sugar my symptoms completely went away and I can manage this hypoglycemia with my diet. If stray and drink a pop, I pay for it big time, I get a headache and very tired.
I hope this helps some of you, it is not intended to be used as medical advice. Be sure to consult your dr. for any treatment and research hypoglycemia if you think this might be your problem too.
Happy Health!!

Live Your Life They Way You Want It To Be

Don't get stuck in the rut of life, because there is no such thing. It is all in our minds and what we think it to be. Life is great and if you pause for just a moment and focus on what is around you, you will see all the beauty that life holds.

Look at how green the grass is, or how white and clean the snow is, can you hear bird chirping or the quiet hush of winter? When you look up into the sky can you see how the sun reflects off the clouds, almost like a painting? Everything around us full of energy, it is vibrating all around you just waiting for you to clear your mind of all the toxic negativity so it can bring to you the magic. You can manifest all that you want, you just have to intend it to be so. Believe 100% in yourself and in the beauty around you and it will happen. Live in the moment don't worry about yesterday, because it has already happened, plan for tomorrow and look at it as a new adventure, but do not forget to live for today.


We focus so much on not having enough of this or that, and do not focus enough on what we do have. Be thankful for your thoughts and actions, be thankful for your mistakes because you are able to learn from them, be grateful for your mind and your thoughts and the laughter of your family. If you are worried about
money, stop and pause your thoughts, yell at yourself to stop thinking negative, now at this exact moment in your life, right now, is money affecting you? Most likely not. At this exact moment in time, is your company meeting that is scheduled in a couple of days affecting you right now? If your answer is no, then don't worry about it. Focus on now and feel the moment that you are living.


If you can learn to live in the moment, you surrounding will become much more vivid and more alive. When some one is talking to you are you listening or are you really hearing what they say? Just be and absorb your surroundings.


This blog is about life, my experiences and what I have learned about living in the moment and enjoying my life. I want to share it with you and hear your stories, we can help each other out, be inspirational and motivational forces to have the peace that we all look for. I believe when you bring people together that are searching for the same things or have the same interests, it can help us expand to the world around us and learn more about ourselves as well as other people. We become more grateful for our friends and what they bring into our lives.


I love to right, have journals and all, but I have found it hard to write in my journal so I have started this blog. Where I can jot down my thoughts and feelings, share them with others and this helps me feel more opened up and ready to let more good in. If I had an off day, I can write about it, release those not so good feelings and let the peace back in. And maybe my stories will be entertaining, food for thought, inspiring and helpful... what ever they may be all I as is that you be respectful and open minded.


Thank you once again for taking the time to stop by to read my thoughts and ideas and hopefully post a few of your own.


Be well, be safe, be happy and happy blogging!

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