Week one down!

So it's been a week.

At times it has felt like the longest week, but we made it!

I am excited to say that Thomas is no longer on any medications! That's right, none! He is able to maintain his sugar levels within a normal range without medication and just by changing his diet. I am shocked at how quickly everything happened! In a matter of just a couple of days he stopped taking a new medication that he was on and went back to taking metformin only and then the next day was able to cut that dosage in half and a day after that was able to stop taking it completely! He has also lost 6 lbs.

Low carb high fat diet does actually work to reverse type two diabetes!

And along my journey in this, not only supporting my husband, but I have also lost 9 lbs. Minimal carbs and high fat. And it tastes good!

I won't lie, we have had those moments where we dream of something we wish we could be eating. Where we just sit and have this conversation about something that we really want at that moment. But the results are too good to just throw it all away.

I was telling my Mom the other day, that I walked into the grocery store and I was looking around and everything carb just stuck out to me. And she was like "yeah you feel like your allergic to it now!" And in a way its true. I'm actually more aware of what has carbs in it now then I was a week ago.

So here is to another upcoming successful week on LCHF diet!

Every journey.....

Begins with a single step.

My husband and I are starting on a new journey. We are set on trying a new way to eat. Our initial reason for wanting to do this was to reverse his type two diabetes. And for support I thought I would also partake in this journey and see if I could not improve myself as well.

We have started eating low carb high fat. Strange you may think because we all try to avoid those high fat foods. Thinking that it is bad for us. When really the carbohydrates are the true problem. You see the more carbohydrates you eat, the more sugar there is going to be in the bloodstream. Which is not good for a diabetic. Yet a dietitian will tell a diabetic to eat between  30-60 grams of carbohydrates at meals and 15-30 grams if your having a snack.

They are telling a diabetic to ingest sugar.

Also on the food pyramid that we are all well aware of, the biggest part is the bottom, which is all carbohydrates!

Might be an indicator why diabetes has been on the rise.

So here we are night one of low carbohydrates and high fat. I wasn't sure what kind of meals we would find and how tasty they would be. We all know so many fad diets out there where you get to eat food that tastes like cardboard. Let me tell you, fat tastes amazing! And better yet we are not going to be hungry in a couple of hours, unlike if you were to eat a high carbohydrate meal. You can eat until you feel satisfied and better yet, there is no calorie counting or weighing your food!

We tried our first meal, bacon mushroom cheeseburger lettuce wraps. It was so good! I accidentally put the cheese on top, but it tasted all the same either way.

So our journey we have decided to start with a two week challenge and see how it goes.

I'll keep you posted!

P.S I have put a couple of links to a couple of videos we watched. And also the site that we are getting all these amazing recipes from!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l55OjWS9pEc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da1vvigy5tQ

https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/recipes/lunch-dinner

The tough stuff

Deep breath, you can do this.

I'm four and a half months into it. And to be honest it hasn't been all skittles and rainbows. It's been tough. Exhausting. But I push through the dark days, because I know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I know that these days will soon be behind me.

I didn't realize it at the time, but when my second child was born I suffered from postpartum depression. (PPD) It sucked me into it's black hole. I had a difficult time dealing with things. A baby and a three year old at the time. It was more then I could handle then. But somehow I made it out of the darkness. I made it to the other side. I had at the time reached out for help. I went to my family doctor and I was very open with her about my feelings and thoughts. The response I got from her was nothing that I expected to get and it made me shut down completely. I wanted to say nothing else to her and I just wanted to leave.

I never sought anymore help after that.

I suffered and dealt with it on my own.

The cards are stacked against me. I have a family history of depression. And I didn't want it to happen to me, but here I am. It's so difficult to admit. It is difficult as a mother to reach out and admit defeat and admit that I need help. I wanted to be super Mom. I wanted to be the one to do everything for my children.

But I can't.

Nora is four and a half months old and the black hole is trying to suck me in again, I'm trying my best to keep my head afloat, but it gets the best of me sometimes. I have learned when to walk away now. I know the baby will be OK to cry for a minute. As I gather myself up and count to 10....or 20 and go back in to settle her. I know when I should reach out for help and it's always helpful for me to be able to talk to someone and let them know that I am struggling in that moment.

I wish everyday that I didn't feel like this. But I'm getting through it. I hand off Nora to daddy more often now. I find days that are not as cold and take walks. We like to go for our daily Starbucks run with Bugga. It's the little things that help me get through a tough day.

But they are not all bad.

I love it in the mornings when Nora first wakes up and she greets me with that goofy gummy smile. I love seeing her interact with her brother and sister. I love those quiet moments when she falls asleep in my arms. She has caught onto the game of peek a boo and absolutely loves it.

My love for my children only grows more each day. I know there might be a storm or two ahead, but the clouds will clear and the sun will shine.