On Wednesday we went on our first bike ride as a family of 5. It was loads of fun AND the next day I noticed my blood PRESSURE (not to be confused with blood sugar) went down a little - woo hoo!!  It is now within normal range (which is still pretty high for what I usually am...but, hey, I'll take what I can get!)

 I heard back from the doctor yesterday and my iron levels were a little low (not terribly anemic but worth noting). My T3 thyroid levels were also low. Its all a little confusing to me because HYPOthyroidism (low thyroid levels) is usually related to weight GAIN and low blood sugars (which I am experiencing the opposite). I asked the doctor about that and he said that is usually true except in cases of low T3. In thyroid language there is t3,t4, and tsh to consider. (From how I understand it t3 is the only one that is not totally related to thyroid function but also intertwined with several other systems within the body.) However, I haven't found anything via google about that. Then again.. I don't really have much time to do any research on it with two babies needing my attention and getting caught up in our home school.

At any rate. What I do know is that diabetes and thyroid are directly related (they are all part of the endocrine system) and when one is stressed the other is likely to be as well. I have read that adding muscle mass will help both of these areas (which makes perfect sense as I have 0 muscle mass or fat). So, I will continue to work on building muscle mass. However I also read that exercising for more than 30 min at a time will cause the body to release the stress hormone cortisol which will increase blood sugars (which I have seen this happen first hand).

My appointment with the naturopathic doctor (N.P) is March 4th. I'm anxious to get the ball rolling with her :-)

I do feel good that I at least have a path that I can move forward with. We are falling into a nice routine at home too, which feels delightful. So, I guess I don't have much to complain about.