~Diabetes & the scale, & learning to test my blood sugar levels~

I've been getting 6 weeks of raw coaching from an incredible woman, Joanna, (offered in exchange for a written testimony for her upcoming book, which I suspect will be incredibly beneficial to many, based on her coaching!) http://freshblessings.net/
She has assisted me in seeing many things differently, as well as challenged me to lay aside the scale for awhile, which has definately freed up my focus to zero in on other areas besides how the scale is reflecting what I'm doing to regain my health. I've set a goal for the remainder of the month, & will weigh in then, but am paying more attention to other areas of my health now...it's all about balance, {which I'm finally seeing I need to pay more attention to!}
I've been able to test them & see that my blood sugars soar so high out of control when I eat any sugar! I've learned that it's not worth it, for the way I feel afterwards, & that has removed any desire for it (though I once was a notorious chocoholic!)
I have an urgency to get my blood sugars under control fast, I can feel my body crying out for help when they're really high, & sighing with relief when I get them lower!
When I got my fasting blood test {to diagnose me} done, my levels were at 11.8 (212.4 for you Americans) It should be between 3.5-6.0, I believe {or 54-108 in the other way of measuring...}
It has gone as high as 18.9 (340.2!) since I began testing. It's time to get disciplined about this! Now that I know it CAN be reversed, how can I NOT do whatever it takes, knowing the consequences if I don't???
http://www.diabetescureweb.com/about-diabetes/consequences.htm
Something funny happened yesterday...I was at my sister's, pickin' raspberries....Hannah came out with my meter to test my levels, & it was 24!!! (432!)
She almost fell over, thinking I'd been eating the berries as I was picking, & was about to DIE! But I hadn't had one...I just had raspberry juice on my hands where I poked & drew blood! *grin*

~Starting Again, at the Very Beginning~

Hello! Welcome to my new blog!
My old blog is here: http://raw-stazia.blogspot.com/
It goes back a few years, & covers my adventures with raw food from then until now...
...but now, I'm here, finally completely totally committed & ready to do this every day for the rest of my life, so I'm led to start a new blog to celebrate & acknowledge my new beginning, focusing on tracking my healing with raw foods, exercise, & the lifestyle changes I've been gradually making.
I no longer have the option of goin' in slow motion, or back & forth with this. Aside from my other accelerating numerous health issues, I've just been diagnosed with diabetes, & I know where I'm headed if I continue on the path I've been on.
My life's on the line, my future's at stake, & there's no more time to waste!!!
These are my major health issues:
~ Diabetes, with blood sugars around 300 (or 12-13, for all you fellow Canadians!)
~ Morbid obesity (& all the accompanying problems associated with it.)
~ Tentatively diagnosed with MS, {family history, have had attacks, refuse to get invasive testing or do the toxic drugs that only mask/delay symptoms, have been studying alternative ways to treat MS, as well as heal/reverse it, & am implementing those as I'm able, knowing raw food is the main key!}
~ Fibromyalgia {which has been severe enough that I'm on disability for it.}
~ IBS {which is eliminated when I stay raw consistently, but returns with a vengeance when I'm not eating raw.}
~ Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in both wrists {which improves as I lose weight/detox.}
~ Pain in hips, knees, back, & difficulty moving much, aside from swimming.
~ I also had Inflammatory Breast Cancer, which God miraculously healed me of, but I know my weight & numerous other factors still leave me at risk for various cancers.
I've been easing back into 100% raw living since my diagnosis, a week ago, & researching reversing diabetes with raw food. I've ordered Dr. Gabriel Cousin's book on healing diabetes, & am beginning to do daily green juices, knowing that's his protocol. When it arrives, I'll fine tune it, but my blood sugars have been really high, & I haven't been feeling good at all, & need to get them under control fast!
All in all, I'm ready to get & KEEP my flesh nature crucified, & no longer allow it any victory in my life! I'll be posting pictures, videos, record of my weight & inches lost, & an outline of what I'm doing that works...{ & what doesn't work! } At first, I'll be focused on my diabetes, but as it's reversed, I'll be concentrating on my other health issues, because I know they, too, can & WILL all be Rawstored with my commitment to live as healthy as possible!
Fresh, whole living foods, daily movement, sunshine,
& daily intimacy with God brings total RAWSTORATION!