WALKING and BEING HEALTHIER PLEASE.

ALL FIVE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS WERE HONORED THIS WEEK.  I was glad that they were over.  Once again I TOOK A NAP once I got HOME from my Medicare EXAM and labs plus shopping day out.  Before we left Manhattan, I walked the CLARENBERG TRAIL that outlines the city park.  

1 mile.  

I walked in a dress!!!  No skimpy jogging shorts or YOGA pants with a barely covering me up top.  With my hair pulled back in a pony tail I managed to walk at a decent speed.  Temps were in the low 80s and I managed to make the mile.  Twice I wanted to sit on a bench to rest and cool off as I walked the distance, but chose not to.  I listened to Linda Ronstadt sing BLUE BAYOU on my phone as I walked, then to a Jane Pauley interview with Linda.  Made for a fun walk.

I walked it in about 30 minutes which is just about right for my old OBESE body that carries too much weight.  Through LIFE's journey, I believe I will continue to eat LARGE SALADS and drink water, take a view supplements and REST when I can at HOME.

I weighed in at the doctors weighing more than I had hoped I weigh.  My blood pressure was higher than I like and something was said to keep a journal for a few days and bring the readings in with me next week for my regular, yearly exam where I will be told my A1c is too high, my cholesterol is too high and I am OBESE.  Not sure where my TSH will be as it has been too high meaning I am very hypothyroid making it next to impossible to lose weight.  No surprises, but I'd prefer to not hear what I am going to hear.

I will mention to my doc that the way my numbers flex so much that I need to keep a closer eye on my TSH.  I will share that I drink spring water with my meds that are taken first thing in the morning about the same time each day on an empty stomach.  Nothing is eaten or drank at least 30 minutes to an hour after taking the Armour Thyroid.  Not a coffee drinker anymore.  No grapefruit.  No cow's milk.  No supplements for at least 4 hours after taking thyroid meds.  AND I CONTINUE to have TSH numbers that flex.  I believe I should have more testing done and also see if my gut health is good so I am converting the T4 to T3 the best way it can be converted and absorbing the meds well IN MY GUT.  I seem to be doing all the right things, but still have issues. My Endocrinologist is fine with the way things are going.  Next appointment with him is in OCTOBER.  I shall see what my Primary Physician says at my physical next week.

As for weight reduction, I decided that I would beef up my walking and embrace MORE VEGGIES AND KEEP A BETTER EYE ON MY TSH NUMBERS SO I AM AT OPTIMAL NUMBERS not just in the suggested range that the labs use saying I am normal. Come to find out that the range that is used is based off of sick people's readings.  So if you are so-called normal using their ranges, you are going off of SICK patient's readings.  That doesn't make any sense if you want to be well.  

ORGANIC Vegetables are my friend!  
Amen and amen.

Here's to being healthier,

~d