Sorry, sorry, sorry. I haven't posted in a while, and I sincerely hope you can forgive me for that. In my defence, I have been busy with something.
In november I went to the doctor, because I had a symptom that kept coming back. After first getting pills to take care of it, and it then still coming back, she decided she wanted to check my blood sugar level. So she took out this massive pin and yanked it into my finger... blood gushing out... nah I'm kidding. She took one of those tiny devices to prick my finger for a drop of blood and checked. And ofcourse... my blood sugar was waaaaay too high.
So there it was. My brand. My box. Waiting for me. Hello higher health care costs. Hello regular doctor visits. Hello.... sigh.
So you can imagine that having to deal with that (and all that comes with it) and juggling my schoolwork at the same time... was pretty much all-consuming. I was lucky that I could schedule most of my doctors visits outside of school/internship hours, but I was not able to plan all of them on my own free time.
Fast forward to february 2nd. I have been taking 3 types of pills: one for my sugar (Metformin) one for cholestroll (cos that was too high as well) and one more. At this point I don't even remember what they're all for (exept ofcourse the Metformin).
I have to eat on regulated times. So i eat at 8:30 am, then again at 1 pm. and again usually around 7/7:30 pm. So that is completely different from what I did before.
Next to that I have had to change my food. And I mean make sort of a 180 degree turn. Where in the past I could eat loads of Pasta with veggies and some lovely fish or beef. Now I have to keep a diet consisting large part (50%) out of vegetables, then 25% potatoes/pasta (wholewheat) and 25% or less for meat or fish. They advise me to choose chicken or fish, and try to pass on pork, beef and similar. Any poultry is fine.
So it has been quiet a search for the right menus. Mitch is a big help but every day is still a bit of a struggle. I need to loose weight, about 15 Kg, so we'll see if my diet is helping me get there.
I'll keep you posted, lovelies.
XOXO Chantal
