It Just Goes To Show You, "It's Always Something!"

TO Quote the Comedy Goddess and wonderful Writer Gilda Radner:
"It's Always Something."
She was right on target, but she kept on going. She found the funny, embraced the laughter, stayed positive and always made lemonade out of lemons.

First, I was able to turn a potential negative into a Positive: To make a long story, somewhat shorter - I had a meeting with myself a few months ago, and me, my Ego, and my Id (feel free to call me Cybil) decided that I needed to incorporate more whole foods into my diet. I've commented on this before.
I (we?) came to this conclusion for many reasons.
1. For the first time ever, I had a slightly high cholesterol reading - it freaked me out big time!
2. I wanted to continue loosing weight. Whole foods (fruit, veggies, whole grains, legumes, etc) are high in fiber and as you know dear Diabetesaliciousness reader, fiber is our friend. Especially if your a diabetic. Because when diabetics eat foods that contain fiber, we get to subtract the fiber grams from our carb count. Which equals less insulin intake, less calories, and of course, a healthy colon! Fiber also makes us feel fuller quicker.
3. Eating whole foods make me feel better - plain and simple. When I eat more WF's, I feel better in general.

Less "chemically" then processed foods, I feel more alert and less sluggish.

How did I do this? Really easy. First, I literally ate an apple a day. Sounds cliche and really silly, but it's true. Apples are high in fiber, Fuji apples are really tasty and are the perfect size and would put a smile on most any Diabetes Educator's face. I also found that 1 apple a day, could easily turn into two. I'd eat one mid morning with some cheese (carb/ protein combo) and then have the same thing around 3:30 in the afternoon.

I also discovered Greek yogurt with flaxseed, honey and frozen wild blueberries was a delicious and "fiberlicious" way to start the day! It also tasted really good with pineapples and cinnamon. Won't even go into the whole cinnamon blood sugar connection, we've all heard about it.

For dinner, I made sure that I had a serving of broccoli( calcium content is the most of any veggie besides seaweed and is great for your bones) and legumes (yes, it's true...beans really are good for your heart. The reduce inflammation in your arteries) regardless of what the main course was. Sometimes, broccoli and beans are the main course.

I've also become quite the fan of cooking with turmeric, which is supposed to be good for all sorts of ailments including; blood sugar and inflammation issues.

Dark chocolate and I have become even better friends then I ever imagined we could be.
We hang out daily and I can't say that I miss milk chocolate.


The results.

At my next Dr's appointment , I had lost 4 lbs and my cholesterol went down by 20 points.

To date, those 4 lbs have turned into 9 and my cholesterol is still normal.

Now, for the "I still got issues OR It's Always Something Part".

My #*&%ing feet are killing me! If I could just get this Metatarsalgia (which is not diabetes related, but pretty damn painful regardless) taken care of, I'd be good to go for another 100,000 miles. Any suggestions? Surgery is just not something I want to do and I start Acupuncture on Friday. I am a long distance walker (I used walk up to 20 miles a week) and I haven't been able to do high impact aerobic exercise since Metatarsalgia came into my life.

I miss my long walks! Swimming laps in the pool is just so boring. Has anyone ever suffered from Metatarsalgia? How did you deal with it?? Any advice?