I'm baaaaack!

Sorry it took a little bit before I got back to you guys. Just wanted to let you know that everything is so far so good with school. (Yes - I'm planning on going back in the fall - which is only a couple of weeks!) I have everything required in for both schools that I applied to. Just waiting and hoping that the processing doesn't take too long and they bump me back to Spring enrollment. I'll keep you guys posted, though.

Things have been good with the diet but I really kicked it up a notch. I've gotten very serious about it by cutting out meat, dairy, sugar and wheat gluten as well as everything else I had already been cutting. That means I can eat only veggies out of the garden (or frozen), fruit, brown rice, nuts and seeds and possibly some fish. Actually, it makes for a really nutritious, healthy diet! I'm eating to live, not living to eat! I've decided to experiment with it for about 2 weeks to see if that makes any differences. I'm betting it will.

I cut out coffee and alcohol too! No stimulants. It was a rough day after no coffee, let me tell you. I had a nasty headache and was extra sleepy, but apparently that's normal from coffee withdraw. Kind of made me aware that I was addicted to it too, to have that adverse reaction after stopping it. So that made me feel good to recognize that. By the way, it passed and now I feel really good.

As for the mid afternoon sleepiness that I had been experiencing, I gained control over that by taking most of my medication at night. This helped considerably. I then take part of one of my meds around 10:00am with fish oil (that's new!) and the first pill out of 2 of Resveratrol. It seems to be working well for me.

So I'm still letting things play out and experimenting with food, but I'm getting really close to having this all under control. Not bad, considering this amazing change just started approximately 2 1/2 months ago. It's also exciting to know that food has such a big role in our health. I thought I knew before, but really had no idea! I'm also exercising now too and that helps. Instead of grabbing a cup of coffee, I go for a walk on the treadmill or outside.

For the first time in my life I'm really taking care of myself. I should start noticing a change in the way I look as well. I'm eating so healthy now and exercising, I can't imagine that I wouldn't start loosing weight. That'll be fun to watch.

I feel very proud. It's all a good feeling. And for this Schizo Affective Bipolar Disordered Social Phobic, feeling good is the name of the game!