A Little ♥ and Soul

So, you know when the beginning of the new year rolls around and you recommit yourself to begin a healthier lifestyle and then you kind of crash and burn somewhere around the end of the month? Yeah...I've been there. Like every year of my my twenties. For some reason, the closer I get to turning 32 - yikes! when did that happen??? - the more I think about where I want my life to go, what I want to do, who I want to be...you get the point. Almost a week ago, I started exercising every day with just one rest day a week. Today - Saturday - is my rest day. It also is my sugar day. Anyhow, last Sunday I was sitting in my room perusing Pinterest. I was coming off a graveyard shift sleep the daylight hours away stint and I was bored. I said to myself, "You should do something healthy today. You've slept all day and have energy to burn." Somehow I ended up on this wall exercise chart thing on a friend's board and I thought, I can do this. It's quiet. I won't wake...

I decided to take magnesium citrate to clean out the grooves of my intestines. I knew what would happen, but right now, I am not having fun. Blurg... I'd eat whatever I want right now just for the shear fact that I know it won't be in my body long enough to do anything, but I hate having to rush to the bathroom after putting anything in my mouth. So after my dinner going, quite literally, right through me, I'm nursing a cup of water waiting to test my blood sugar and take my meds before going to bed. Which brings me to another update... I have type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol. Its a little scary knowing that if my blood sugar were to get over 200 mg/dl...just the seriousness of the that high number is scary. So far I haven't gone over 200 mg/dl, which is good, but its still high enough where I need to be on medication for my diabetes. I'm also taking Pravachol and Omega 3 fish oil for my cholesterol. The high side of taking the fish oil is that its good for my ...