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Originally Posted by JustJo
Hello healthies 
I'm cleaning off my desk and purging filing cabinets this afternoon...something I've been wanting and needing to do for ages.
It got me thinking about how "stuff" accumulates....and also about how small changes and small, consistent effort adds up.
And then....a lightbulb moment....when I found my lab results from February 2006 (yea, I know....like I said I've been meaning to clean it out for a long time).....
So here's what small, consistent changes over years do.....in six years....
Blood sugar....was 298....now 103
A1c......was 8.3%.....now 5.9%
Triglycerides.....was 369.....now 126
HDL....the good cholesterol....was 40.....now 72
When I was first diagnosed, my doctor said I had the "fatal four".....high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high triglycerides....and was essentially a heart attack looking for a time and place to happen.
Today, after many years of progressive, small changes.....not even close.  |
Hey Jo!
You reminded me of something I took from my WW meeting yesterday.
Our leader talked about the "clutter" in our lives and how getting organized and decluttering can really help spur weight loss. She passed around a photo of her before starting the program.
I think she said she weighed about 400 lbs in the photo. She was standing in the middle of her kitchen in the photo and you could tell that there was complete chaos going on around her.
She talked a lot about how decluttering helped her busy herself instead of sitting in front of the television and how it reduced her stress, which in turn reduced her desire to eat because of the stress.
It really rang true for me. My office used to be really chaotic (ask June who saw it in it's tornado state last year) and I always had a feeling of dread about going in there and found my mind wandering to it several times a week. It was pretty symbolic of my spiritual house as well. Everything else in my life was neat and clean but there was that one room that was completely neglected and embarrassing.
My office is my utopia now. I designed it myself and it is pristine and organized and I am no longer embarrassed for people to see that part of my house. Much like my weight loss process, having finally started to address it I am not feeling the apprehension around it anymore. It feels more accessible because I have started "cleaning it up".
Your results sound amazing! (and very inspiring!)