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PCOS Labs- More Changes

So well my labs that I had drawn 2 weeks ago came back. I am sure they have been back for a week, I just got the card in the mail. Some are doing better. Like my HA1C is down by a half point. And my testerone level came down by 2 points, still high but much closer to normal. Liver tests are doing better. And benefit of the testerone and HA1C coming closer to normal is that AF has come to visit every month since stating the Metformin. But my HDL is low and my LDL is high. Which is totally no bueno and apperently the next big hurdle for me to tackle. So thursday I have an appointment with my doctor to discuss what the next step is. And I am re-researching(is that a word) to see what can be done from a herbal/supplemental route. I haven't read ony of my PCOS books in a while, so i guess it's time for a refresher course.

updating

So I totally planned on writing some nice (long) retrospective blog entry about my weight loss journey for my birthday. This is not it. I am simply trying to get my brain to turn off enough for me to get some sleep before work in the morning. I haven't been doing great the last couple of weeks, but thankfully I haven't done horrible either. I have tried to balance things out and still get my fruits and veggies in on days I eat 2 cheeseburgers. I have still been doing to the gym and putting in a workout even if it hasn't been the best workout of my life. But I can't keep doing that. I need to be putting in full workouts cardio and strength. And I need to be eating on plan whole-y not picking and chooseing aspects of it. I actually did good today, still had a couple daily points left over. But I think my biggest problem is that I am still so horrible about the measuring and weighing of foods. I do a lot of eyeballing, and that doesn't work. So that is what I am gonna ...

NSV!

My weight watcher friends will know that NSV means Non-Scale Victory. We all have things that are exciting milestones on the weight loss road that don't exist on the scale or don't always show on the scale. A smaller pair of pants, Being able to walk up the stairs without getting short of breath, passing on the donuts without even having to think about it. Well today I had a NSV. I did the first day of the Couch to 5K running program. It's a 9 week training plan that gets you to running a 5K. You do a 5 minute walking warm up and then alternate 60 seconds of running with 90 seconds of walking for 20 minutes and then a 5 minute cool down. If you do the math that means I ran 8 intervals. So 8 minutes. Me...running....for 8 whole minutes. Seeing as how my version of interval training used to be "walk for 10 minutes, jog for 30 seconds, walk for 20 minutes", running for 60 seconds 8 times is pretty dang impressive. Now to see if I actually remember to do it again on s...

I need a reset button

I had a great Christmas week as far as weight loss goes. In the 2 weeks since I have gained it almost all back. I haven't made truly horrible decisions, I just haven't made great ones. So I am gonna try to reset. When WW debuted the Points Plus program we all got a new getting started guide book. In it is a pull out Kick start guide, it has a great table of mix and match breakfast, lunch and dinner ideas. My plan for the next week till weigh-in is to eat exclusively off this chart (except for lunch Monday when I am out shopping with Rachel and David). I have through Saturday planned out and when then plan out through Wednesday. And hopefully this will be the jump start/reset I need. Also I just got my two new books and I am totally excited. The one sitting on my coffee waiting to be read still is Believe It, Be It by Ali Vincent who was the first female winner of Biggest Loser. The one I am currently reading is Fat Chance by Julie Hadden. She was also on the biggest loser, made...