We used to go to the cotton gin to get m&ms.

Daily dare for today: 2 minutes side to side kicks


https://darebee.com/hive/daily-dares/422623-dd-16-november-2017-2-minutes-side-to-side-side-kicks

Have fun and have a great day!

@ccrdragon That description of Texas goes some way to explaining just why it's hard for a stranger to get a good handle on what it looks like. Sounds like a wonderfully bio-diverse place.

@OregonRunner5 I almost suggested my place might look a bit like Oregon. Great work on the daily workouts. I'm getting daily exercise, but not yet back to the pace I was at last month. Working on it.

@corinasue1143 I showed my snow pics to some Canadian friends, they had a good laugh

@plainanjelik You are such a powerhouse of energy. Glad you feel better today and nice job with the daily challenges. I might not be able to do them all, but I'm inspired nevertheless, and generally find something similar to work those muscle groups.


I'd love to share some news with you all that's pretty big for me. Last year I was diagnosed with Type2 Diabetes. After a bad accident I'd given up on ever getting back to being a person I wanted to be or even liked, and was sitting day after day in a darkened room eating my way to disaster. Type II is quite bad because it's degenerative and my doctor told me I could do something about it and enjoy another dozen years of quality of life or I could just live with it and start go go blind in about 2 years. Now I can live without all my toes. But the eyes... I like my eyes and I use them every day. You could say I've grown really attached to them. I drove home and looked at the beautiful world we live in. Did some reading and thought screw that, I don't like either of those options.. I'm going for door number 3. I'll change whatever I have to, and with a bit of luck, I will have caught the diabetes early enough to be one of the few people who reverse it.

So.. Break out the chocolate bars because I'm celebrating. The glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) test is a major determining factor in diagnosis of T2db and anyone with a score of 7%+ is considered diabetic. Today, my test came in at 5.8% and my fasting Blood glucose level was 4.3mmol/L Which is low, even for a healthy person. So while the original diagnosis will always stand. Clinically I am no longer diabetic. The keto lifestyle I've embarked on will only further cement my improved pancreatic state and with ongoing healthy life patterns I plan to keep T2db in my rear view mirror indefinitely.

If you know someone who is pre-diabetic or have had your own scare.. I think it's important to know that you can do something about it, and you don't have to give up everything you like to do it either.

Yahoo @Fyreside !!! Great news!

Did not complete my diary yesterday, have all my entries in for today tho.

Exercise - walked to the store and back today... stepson needed to borrow my truck so I figured what the heck.

@OregonRunner5 Wow that place looks absolutely awesome.

I've never really had a big sugar problem, I don't have a sweet tooth as such.. However, I honestly just never got the whole carbs/sugar connection. It never even occured to me that buiscuits, bread, pasta and rice were effectively sugar to my body. There were times in my life where I literally ate whole boxed of breakfast cereal thinking as long as I don't put sugar or honey on them, they are a healthy option. {facepalm}

Having just completely quit sugar and wheat flour, I can say I do feel very different. They weren't kidding when they said on keto you have a lot of energy. Like.. I wake up with a lot of energy and it never seems to dip. (probably because I'm carrying around 50lb of fuel hahaha) Don't worry I'm not going to go all keto preachy.. I can see why people do tho lol.

With your sweet tooth, This week I bought a bag of stevia. I got the Natvia brand, but I'm sure they are all pretty similar. As far as sugar replacements go, it is pretty amazing. A natural herbal extract with all of the sweetness and none of the glucose. I'm going to make some sweet treats with it today to see how it performs there.

@Fyreside -- at first low carb I have a lot of energy and then it dips so let us know if the energy sticks around or if it dips, I'm curious to find out. Also how are the workouts going? Watched a documentary last night called "Cereal Killer 2" and it examines keto / low carb and endurance exercise. It was super low budget but intriguing. It's for rent online if you're curious.

In the US a lot of the Stevia is cut with Dextrose and sugar alcohols and it's pretty rubbish. But I use Sweet Leaf in a bottle, it's vanilla / stevia, I use it for tea but usually don't log it #lazy. I've seen the Nativa brand before here but not selling Stevia, I'll look for it. Maybe I"m thinking Nativa Naturals, it might be a different company.



Today I took a broom on my hike and swept clean all the foot bridges! All four were nice and tidy when I left. The sun was out which is rare here this time of year so everyone was in a good mood and happy. There was a great energy to the woods today. I found today's walk easier than last weeks walk.

I have gotten hooked on caffeine again (will have to stop that pronto) and gotta do better on the food next week before Thanksgiving.