Blood Sugar Testing

So I am back on testing my blood sugar again... but I must have picked the worst day ever to start...
For lunch we went to a Thai restaurant and I ordered a curry pot with coconut milk (without knowing it) and rice. So my blood sugar went for a ride!

60 minutes after lunch - 193
90 minutes after lunch - 217
2 hrs after lunch - 258
2.5 hrs after lunch - 140

I was getting a bit worried - numbers like that is just not normal... But I am also trying to figure out if I forgot to take my progesterone yesterday morning... and if that had anything to do with it?

I wish I could have the same food today just to check, but I will do it next time I'm there instead and keep this one for the record. So today I am going to continue sticking myself in the finger multiple times, and this is the start:

Fasting at 7.45 am - 89
30 minutes after having my protein shake at 9.30 am - 106
1 hour after having a Diet Coke (yes I am going to check everything today) at 11.00 am - 96

And my testing will continue...

Good guidelines to live by is:
Fasting: 79-99 mg/dl (3.9-5.5 mmol/L)
Postprandial (2hrs after eating): 70-145 mg/dl (3.9-8.1 mmol/L)
Random: 70-125 mg/dl (3.9-6.9 mmol/L)

Red Shoes

I am not much for wearing red. I don't feel that it is my color. I have made a gown in red once, but that is different - that is 'Pretty Woman' style and every girl looks nice in a full red dress...

But other than that - I normally don't ware or buy red clothes.

So today as I was shopping for a gift for my friend I found these red shoes - She LOVES red and I know she has said that she wants to own a pair of red shoes one day - and I thought these would look perfect on her.
I found them at Macy's for a bargain! Then I tried them on in my size... and I loved them.

Should I get me a pair of red shoes too?!?!!

Cleaning Up

As you already know; I am a complete scatter brain! I have ideas that grows to mountains one day and falls to the ocean foor the next. Nothing wrong with that - it is just hard to keep up with it.

In late March I opened up my Etsy shop for baby and toddler clothes and was so ready to do it full out, and one month later I started investigating in Real Estate Investing... My Candie Ink business  kind of died out. And with me not getting any sales really I couldn't keep it up. Now I am focusing on real estate and have my sewing and printing as a side hobby, but who knows what tomorrow will bring?! You never know with me ;)

So with that said I have been trying to keep blogs separate with different themes.. This blog was originally for health... then I opened one for sewing, then another one for weight loss and then I have one for dancing, and then a blog I write in Swedish in for my Swedish friends... It just got a little hard to keep up with, both for me and the readers.

So I have decided to combine my blogs - so this is now HELENA - EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN... or whatever I decide to name it. With the change I also updated the look a little, and I am still working on getting all my labels organized.. it will take some time but at least I have a plan.

So stay tuned...

VMA and Progesterone Cream

As I am sitting and watching the VMA on MTV I am also now rubbing my boobies with my second batch of progesterone cream for today. I decided to go for 1/8 of a teaspoon twice a day instead of 1/4 once a day because you should use it in different places every time you use it for better absorption and 1/4 is too much to put in one small area. And on top of that only a few areas on the body are 'better' than others. This morning I used the inside of my right arm... now it is time for my boobies!

Also prepared my pill boxes for the week so I have that under control... Vitamin C, Vitamin D3, Kelp, B-vitamins, Magnesium, Fish Oil, Calcium... and a pray has been added to the mix too!

Only a few more days

This coming Sunday, September 12th - I will start my first progesterone cream treatment. I still have NO idea if it will help or not - but I am hopeful. It feels like this is one of the missing pieces of the puzzle.

Today I also called a Holistic GYN - that I feel I could trust with symptoms and recovery techniques far beyond the regular medicine world. But I have not decided if I should go for it now or not. It will most likely not be covered by my insurance and the first visit is $280... that is almost half a ticket to Sweden over Christmas.

I don't know what to do. Maybe I can go to my regular doctor and have them do some hormone testing on me and that will give me a starting point? But that will mean that I need to get in on Monday so that the progesterone cream does not give a too false starting point. And maybe after a month on the cream if things are still the same I might look for more answers. I don't know... I would love to have someone to talk to that I trust and that would understand...

This past month have been a little set back month for me. I have experienced minor anxiety, heart palpitations, gas, depression, insomnia. food cravings and my cycles have not been on the mark lately either... and I ask myself if it is because I am truly getting a little worse as far as hormone imbalance or if it is because I have been slacking with my supplements eating habits and exercise regimen?! Can it be a little bit of both??

Sunday will be a whole new start for me. I am not only going to attack my issues with the progesterone cream, but also start taking my Thyroid supplements, Vitamin D3, Fish Oil, Vitamin C, and Magnesium along with eating less carbs and sugar and jump back on my exercise schedule again... I have to make it work, I just have to!

Back on track

Mood called me Friday last week after receiving my letter with a piece of my fabric and told me that they will be shipping some more!! And I received it yesterday. I hope to be done with the dress over the weekend and have decided that instead of doing a short sleeve I am going to make it long and fold it up when needed.

Hopefully there will be enough fabric over for me to make a skirt I was looking at, at GAP:

And on the health aspect of my life I am trying something new and would appreciate any comments on experience with progesterone cream from everyone that have tried it. Please click here and leave a comment, I would really appreciate it.