Body by vi

Got my shake mix stuff today from body by vi! Here's a pic! I'm not starting until tomorrow morning and I'll post more about how I like it and mix it. There's a ton of ways to mix it the way you would enjoy it! I can't wait to get started! For more info go to http://katyk.bodybyvi.com

Healthy

The other day I finally had my body by vi party, woohooo! I ordered my kit and should receive it in a few days, I'm super stoked and can't wait to share my shakes with everyone, lol. The day of the party we made a shake and I was NOT prepared at all, we managed to find strawberries and kiwi in my icebox, so we mixed that with some milk and ice and the body by vi mix and it wasn't bad. That was just from improvising though. So I'm super excited to not only lose weight but just get healthy. Lately I've been having heart palpitations and my blood sugar is dropping. The other morning I had two bowls of cereal, coffee and diet pepsi and by 10 my blood sugar was 57 when the normal range is 80-110 and up to 130 after eating.

We participated in this health fair for workers of Oklahoma Natural Gas and that was a lot of fun. We got vitals, height/weight/bmi/fat %, blood sugars and cholesterol checks. My cholesterol was so high that the machines wouldnt even read it, it would just say "HI", and I tried on two different machines with different drops of blood. That is super bad. SO I really need to get healthy. Badly. The health fair was really fun though but it was just kind of like a reality check. I didn't take count of how many people were there or how many had high blood pressure or anything like that. I know we seen about 1000. So I'm just going to throw out my statistic and like I said it won't be exact. But I think about 9 out of 10 people had EXTREMELY high blood pressure. I'm not talking barely high, but these people were 180/120 which is insane. The normal range is 100-140/60-90. It's really scary to think that the majority of the people in the room have dangerously high blood pressure and have no idea. What's even more scary is the people that know they have high blood pressure and don't worry about it or take their medicines like they should. It's EXTREMELY important! AH so many people don't realize that it damages not only your heart but your other organs as well.

Anyways, enough of that vent. School has been pretty good, we had a really fun time at the fair and the third day we probably laughed for a good two hours making impersonations of jenelles mom on teen mom (which I've never seen, but my bff kadee does a great hilarious impersonation and we found it hilarious anyways). It was overall a great experience and time and I'm glad we got the opportunity to go.

Super stoked about the shakes and can't wait to share, hopefully it'll be soon and as soon as I start I will post pics! Also been going to the gym twice a week. I need to go more just been really busy with two jobs and homework. =)

How was your week?
Do you know how your health stands right now?
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Weight loss tips

So I'm pretty sure I'm gaining weight now which is super discouraging even though I haven't been doing anything to prevent that (despite my gym membership) soooo. I really really need to get it in gear! Does anyone else just feel like giving up when they go backwards instead of pushing harder? What a ridiculous concept but that's exactly what I do. So I've bought a ton of fruit and even spinach leaves for salad (be very proud Kadee!) I'm still not trying the shakes but I will soon! I know that the thing is to get my metabolism going. To do that you have to eat. I'm going to start out tomorrow morning with yoga, yogurt and coffee. I've GOT to do something and I need to do it now! I work tomorrow morning so I will be up early and get moving. I'm going to buy a scale and use it weekly and report it here. If I don't get a scale I avoid checking my weight and it becomes "out of site out of mind" so maybe that will help keep me motivated to work hard and then harder. I also bought some B12 pills so maybe that will help keep me energetic because lately I just feel so exhausted. No more afternoon naps! Lol so get my metabolism kicked in gear and keep it going. Nuts are very good because of the protein, so snacking on those and fruit is ideal. I found these tips on a website and I'm just going to paraphrase a bit and share. 1. Add foods don't subtract. Instead of "dieting" eat healthy meals snack on fruits and veggies and add them to your meals. 2. Instead of calling it "working out" think of it as just an activity, dancing, bike riding, etc. while doing housework turn up some music and dance some with it. We tend to avoid exercise when we look at it as working out 3. Walking more. Park further, ride bikes, take wAlks, take the stairs instead of the elevator. 4. Don't cut out the foods you love just use low calorie or low fat cheeses or whatever. Fiber makes you feel fuller for longer so add some fiber to your diet. 5. Drink water! Keeping yourself hydrated makes you able to work out for longer and feel better afterwards. Drink a glass of water before meals to feel fuller and you won't eat as much. 6. Share meals, split price for a trainer or gym membership. 7. We spend more time watching tv than we do almost anything so add some cardio while watching tv, no matter what it is, dancing, boxing anything that keeps you moving and your heart pumping. 8. Use a smaller plate. When you have small portions on a large plate it makes you feel less satisfied and leave you craving more 9. Get involved, with anything that keeps you occupied. Many people eat when they are bored, especially whole watching tv so when you have too much free time get up and get involved in something to take up that spare time. 10. It takese time to begin losing weight. It's frustrating and hard but have PATIENCE. Once you lose writ it is much easer to maintain the weight loss. http://women.webmd.com/guide/weight-loss-tips?page=3 Hope this was helpful to someone out there. Any other tips you have feel free to comment! I think it's really important for people to understand that "dieting" is not really good for you. Eating healthier and the right amounts is what you really need, but it's Hard to start out. Especially when you have a busy life Do you have a busy hectic life, if so, how do you maintain a healthy lifestyle and make time for exercise, and have the energy?? Any healthy recipes that the family would enjoy as well?

Slacker

Thats me! I've been plain lazy lately. Since the wedding I can't really motivate for anything. I'm so disappointed in myself. I wish I could figure out where my motivation went and why it chose to leave me!? I have a gym membership and I haven't really gone I haven't been studying like I should. I gave up on trying to eat healthy. I just need someone to shake me and tell me to wake the hell up!

Clinicals have gone well I've got to do quite a bit now and I'm going three days out of the week. I went to hosa last weekend and scored top five in the state for taking a pathophysiology test. That was kind of Exciting.

I'm going to start the body by vi shakes soon. I hear they are good and work, has anyone tried them? You replace two. Earls with them and eat one meal of whatever, which is great for me because my main problem is I DON'T eat then when I do I definitely over eat or just eat really bad. So hoping that works out for me!

I've been kind of lonely lately I feel like I don't have any gal friends to just hang with and vent or work out. I have one friend that's really into working out but she wears that treadmill out way after its kicked my butt, if that makes any sense. Its just embarrassing when you suck so bad and she's so good. Her kids even kick my butt, one is like 11! I've got to do something though my blood pressure has been really high lately, 135/105! And I KNOW that I'd feel so much better all around. Just have to climb out of this hole I dug myself in.

Any suggestions?
Ever feel like this?

Life in the fast lane

Today my clinicals were canceled so I just did what everyone does on their day off, cleaned my 7 year olds messy room. While wrestling a dog and a 16 month old, both of which pooped on the floor as I was cleaning. What a glorious day.

Yesterday I had clinicals at a nursing home and this time I got to follow an LPN, give insulin, draw blood and all that good stuff. It was fun. There was a lot of drama going on between employees and management though. That was exhausting and uncomfortable! My assignment for
Today is to write a paper on the different types of embolisms. For those that don't know, an embolism is a blood clot that has been freed and is going through the circulatory system, it's very serious and fatal.

I really haven't done much working out lately, my life has just been kind of hectic and my husband has been sick and men are total babies when they are sick, at least mine is haha. I plan to start again soon, I've got to do something! I have at least been going to the gym once a week for a minimum of thirty minutes which is pretty good for me. Joshua and I are probably going to start trying to conceive in may ish. I'm not sure if I'm exactly ready for three heathens but who really is?

My son has done a lot better on his ADHD medicine, it's not a narcotic it's actually a blood pressure medicine originally and it's called Intunive, in case anyone else would like to know an alternative medication. I really didn't want to put him on a narcotic so young. Had to do something though.

Almost done with school! It's all gone by so fast I can't believe it's already April! If I stay as ahead as I am I'll maybe end up graduating with the class before me! I'm so ready to be a nurse! And then on to RN BSN =)

Clinicals day 3

I'm getting ready for my day 3 clinicals. Monday I went to a big hospital in a nearby town. I was shawdowing an RN in interventerional radiology. It was mch more interesting than I expected!

Only an RN can work in I.R., or a tech. The techs are very intelligent and do a lot of work, they get to scrub in with the radiologist. It's kind of close to surgery so we had to all stay sterile and it was super neat. All that was done was a fistula gram. Just pictures of a fistula and attempt to clear out blood clots and a stent was added. It took approx. 2 hours! Conscious sedation was used which was pretty neat! That's just making the patient really sleepy and comfy but also alert so that if you say their name they respond.

Today I'm going to another hospital, it's not as big. I'm not sure what floor I'll be on but I'm kinda excited. Hoping it's a good one and get to see a lot of interesting things.

Tomorrow I'll go to a nursing home, not near as exciting as the hospitals, in April I'm in the nursing home almost all month. I do not look forward to that. I already "basically" work at a nursing home. (I work at a small hospital).

Working out has not gone well at all, but my mother in law has been staying here a few days so I didn't want to leave to the gym and leave her here by herself so today I'll get back on trying to start a routine. Ugh I jus feel do ridiculous.

I'm going to start selling and drinking body by vi soon! Hoping that will make a difference! It's made a big difference in my friend and I'm going to at least try it out.

Has anyone tried body by vi? How did it go??

If you were to be in nursing or health care what would you be and where Would you like to work?-I'm wanting to become an RN, possibly PA, and work in the ER.

Princess for a day

My wedding was march 17! It went wonderful thanks to all my amazing friends, Kadee! We are on our way home from the honey moon now.! I hvent been working out because I've had so much to get ready for the wedding but I'm eager to start!