Body By Vi Challenge: Day 1

"The time has come!" the Walrus said, "to talk of many things!  Of scales, and shakes, and plans to lose the weight, of all the possibilities!!"  (Yes, I do feel pretty darn creative.)

Today is Day 1 of my 90 Visalus Body by Vi Challenge!  Shake #1 is down the hatch!  I ordered a pack of 5 samples of the Vi-Shape mix and it came in the mail today, at work.  I don't have anything special here so I put the shake in my blender bottle with milk and shook it up, I also added some ice cubes to make it cold.  It was DELICIOUS!  It really does taste like cake mix/marshmallows!   Tomorrow I'm going to add instant coffee and blend it :) For this first week I will only be drinking one shake a day.

My starting weight of this challenge is 251.2#.  I'm going to take measurements tonight when I get home because I know those will be good to have.  I'm going to weigh everyday because that just how I do things but I'll have an official weigh in/total reveal each week on Fridays.  So this week will only be 3-4 days worth of challenge, but then weekly weigh ins will be 7 full days apart!  I will measure each week as well because I know numbers can be deceiving, especially when the scale isn't being nice!

I really feel the hugeness of how much my life is going to change...  I believe in this product to teach me, to nourish me, to help melt the fat fortress I've built around myself!  It's going to be awesome discovering the me underneath!

Ready, Set....

I have been diligently researching different recipes and work out plans to go along with my Body by Vi challenge.  I have even recruited the help of an amazing photographer to track my progress through pictures!  I am putting everything I have into this challenge and I am on fire with thinking about the results.  I'm waiting until August 1st to start because I love a clean slate, also I get paid once a month at the end of the month.  I was calculating the costs of the whole Body by Vi challenge and it seems like a lot of money, around $100/month, but when you calculate everything, and consider the fact that you are replacing two whole meals a day for a whole month, it seems like it costs more to eat poorly!  I can't afford NOT to change!  I'm terrified that my body will give out long before my spirit is ready to.  I know I can't keep going like this; and I know that I'm not going to!  I can feel how big this is going to be for my life!

I just keep imagining myself fighting for fitness, fighting for health.  I see myself with energy to burn, slimming down more and more each week that passes.  I know this is what my body needs, and I am thrilled thinking about actually becoming pregnant because of the progress I have made on my health.

My friend Meredith has a blog about her journey through Body by Vi, if you're interested in seeing and reading about her results follow her over at Discovering The New Me!

Body By Vi Challenge

I'm usually not into fad diets.  I usually stay away from anything I think is a gimmick.  I can't stay away from this, because I've seen it work.  One of my really close friends took a chance and tried the Body by Vi shakes and she has lost 55 pounds (once I talk to her, I will put a link to her blog)! She's done it very slowly and safely!  I found myself becoming more and more amazed by her and her progress and decided that I want it for myself!

I have done quite a bit of research about whether or not this system of losing weight is OK for people who have diabetes.  So far, so good.  I'll be able to control my carbs, and losing weight will make me need less medicine to control my blood sugar.

Last year we had our first consultation with a Reproductive Endocrinologist, I was filled with so much hope, but still received bad news that I wouldn't be able to pursue treatments until my blood sugars are in a normal healthy range.  I am very excited at the prospect of getting to see our RE by the end of the year.  If I can lose 30# in my 90 day challenge, I will see my PCP and get a referral to see our RE again!

At my heaviest I was 292#.  I'm currently between 255-260# (I'll have a more accurate number on my start date).  I will have had 90 days of beautiful blood sugar control and will be pretty excited to find out what my HA1C is!  At our appointment, the RE said he would like me to get my HA1C as close to a 7 as possible.  Challenge Accepted!

Challenge start date 8/1/2013
Challenge End Date 11/1/2013 (3 days before my 29th Birthday, holy moly)

I'm ready to get started on this challenge!  Here's to hoping Body by Vi gives me a Baby by Vi!!

XOXO
Sugar Mama

The Start of the Battle

Lately I have just felt like shit.  I have not been taking care of myself really at all.  I have been eating however I want to, not even thinking about the consequences.  It’s very easy to do, because diabetes doesn’t feel bad all the time.  My body CRAVES sugar and fat like air.  It has taken its toll though, I am ready to stop this lifestyle and start the new, healthy lifestyle that my body needs to survive.  If I ever want to conceive, I’m going to have to get myself together and really allow my body to do what it needs to do.  I’ve said this so many times that I’m having a hard time believing that I can do it, but I’m determined.  I know if I keep going how I’m going I’ll die young, or worse, I’ll be the only reason my dreams of being a mother haven’t come true. 

I can’t start out this journey like a scene from Rocky.  I can’t put in every ounce of my gusto just yet because I’m tired, and I know I can’t sustain that level of enthusiasm for very long… Been there, done that.  So I’m going into this journey with a whisper.

To battle my type 2 diabetes I was prescribed Metformin 2000mgs/day, and two different types of insulin long acting and fast acting.  What I’m going to do today, is take 1000mgs of Metformin.  I’m also going to give myself my long acting insulin because it too is once a day.  I’m going to do this for a week.  Next Friday I will be upping my dose to 2000mgs.  After a week of that I’ll start adding my fast acting insulin.  I’ve started a twitter account so I can post my blood sugar readings and anything else I care to share.  A link should be posted at the top left of the page under my about me section.

I’m going to have to dig up my meter, and I’m going to be scouring pinterest for recipes and the like.  Stay tuned!!

Introductions

I am your average American woman.  I work full time, I'm married, we have 1 dog, a cozy 3 bedroom 1.5 bathroom house in Oklahoma City.  I'm always busy.  Too busy for even the slightest self-care, but I always make sure everyone around me is taken care of.  I have Type 2 Diabetes, I'm over weight (actually I'm in the Obese range according to my BMI 34.1)

All that's about to change :)