Bye Bye Bagels, this isn't so hard!

I did make a successful quarter mile walk at a very relaxed pace Monday, and then I was disturbingly down for Tuesday. I can't blame it all on the pain, although, yes the stabbing attacks did increase after my ventures. I say ventures because I also chose that day to venture out more via vehicle which required a less than desireable semi reclining position. If it had been warmer yesterday, I would have been more inclined to do another little walk, but I let myself be swayed by the icy wind and stayed in. I really let my healthy eating go this past year! When I was working, indulging didn't have a profound effect, but half a year of doing almost nothing also reduced my metabolism greatly! So, no more sulking and swilling cokes. How I love those Cokes! I cut them out of my life this past week along with all things bread, and all other things sugar-and-the difference is already feeling amazing! I discovered from past healthy eating binges that if one eliminates soft drinks and then returns, they will give a sickening effect. If I go a couple of weeks without, I will not be able to drink a whole one without feeling nauseous. That is good. That is the body telling the mind that soft drinks really aren't healthy! I do believe that a low carb, high protein, fresh nutrient, fat enjoying diet is more healthy than the current government sanctioned illusory guidelines, and my body is backing me up by the overall feeling of returning health. I feel lighter, and maybe my sweatpants really are getting a bit baggier in spite of not fully realising my exercise goals yet. I suspect that fatigue will lessen as well. I discovered over the past several months that I couldn't go for several hours without eating. I was starting to get sweaty shaky sick if I didn't stuff my face with some quick sugar. Those signs were not good! It meant that my insulin levels were high-most likely due to all the bagel stuffing and coke swilling I had indiscriminately indulged in while being so dreadfully inactive. That insulin was sending all of the quick sugar into my cells, and all the excess onto my body all over the place! So now, the retraining of the body is the goal. I have to feed it carefully. Since I have let myself go so long on the ultimate carb and sugar binge, I have to let myself down gradually. Too fast, and I'll get unmanageably ill, too slow and nothing will change. This is definitely another experiment. It involves a lot of boiled eggs smothered in pepper, because that's the only way I can stand eggs. It involves a lot of fresh vegetables like celery and greens, and frozen cooked green beans smothered in real butter with dill for flavoring. (Green beans help dogs lose weight, so why not me?) Oh, yes and salt. Good iodized salt-in moderation. Basically, I check out what I might want to eat and go for things that have no carb value, or under 8% carb value, avoid all things with lots of starch, and absolutely no added sugar or things with a high natural sugar content. I won't lay claim to the perfect plan, and I can't say that I rigidly adhere to this one. (I ate some lo mein last night and mmm it was SO GOOD!) I do expect to see continued loosening of the sweat pants though, or at least to be feeling lighter and less puffed like a great huge bread toad. Feeling better counts more for me than anything. Yesterday I was hating my situation due to the pain and contemplating a desperate dose of poisonous ibuprofen. I managed to not take any, and did a little more research into my choice. I found a link between NSAIDs and increased insulin production. I'm not surprised at all.
I think this also applies to people that are not diabetic, even though popular beliefs would claim that there is little 'scientific' evidence to support this theory. I'll go on my own subjective past experience of ill health when following prescribed regimens of Naproxen and Ibuprofen. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2013967/