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I changed my profile picture from my wedding picture (which was taken 6 months ago tomorrow) to the phoenix rising. This is because things are looking up for me. With my 6 month anniversary being tomorrow, I feel like no longer a newlywed. 

Some good things have happened. First of all, I finally figured out Grammarly!  I love it so much that I used it to work a little more on my book. 

Secondly, I found an app that REALLLLYYYY helps one know what to eat/not eat with NAFLD or non alcoholic fatty liver disease. My gastroenterologist called my case “promising” and said my stage was “zero” then corrected himself to say “Well, between zero and one.”  Obviously, a total stage zero would mean I don’t have the condition at all. Stage four would be cirrhosis.  I believe that I can change my diet and reverse this. The app I found is called “Food as Med for fatty liver”, cost $3.99, and looks like this:

There were some surprises for sure!  I went to the store and stocked up on the most “helpful” foods and some “ok/neutral” ones. 

I left the facebook group called “quit sugar”. The information was all over the place with that group, and it was full of people who “can’t” for whatever reason. I stepped on the scale last week and had gained four pounds. I attributed it to that group so I just left. The last time I stuck religiously to an eating plan specifically for NAFLD, I dropped weight quickly and then plateaued once I was not so strict anymore. 

Yesterday afternoon, I also went to the gynecologist because I have some things that I am not so sure are related to perimenopause.  There’s not only a lot of misinformation about sugar on the internet, there’s a lot of misinformation about perimenopause as well. I just wanted to get it sorted out. My gynecologist is a man, and he’s a very good doctor- probably because no one wants to see a male gynecologist, so he tries harder. When he walked into the room, I realized he’s extremely tall. I didn’t notice that about him last time which was April. He decided to give me a progesterone patch to help with menopausal symptoms. Honestly it sounds just like birth control, and I wonder if I’m just being made to go on birth control because I don’t really use any due to my and my husband’s ages. My weight at the doctor yesterday was 190.1. That was so frustrating!  Of course I was dressed, but if I wasn’t, then I would have been below 190. He also scheduled me for a mammogram on 10/2. 

With fall approaching, it will be easier to go for walks in the park with my husband who goes daily. I literally can’t go in the summer. My step counts daily are between 2000-6000.  Hopefully if we get a cool front that sticks, I can get to 10,000. Maybe on January1, 2027, I will weigh 145 🫶🏼