"Ih Dani, acho que vou reprovar no exame..."
Foi minha conclusão derradeira após ter passado alguns dias me convencendo do contrário. Sim, penso que irei reprovar no meu exame inicial de tolerância a glicose (para diagnosticar a diabetes gestacional). Reprovei na minha gravidez com a Rebecca e tive que ir fazer aquele mais completo de 3h. E pelo visto, corro o mesmo risco dessa vez!
Devo fazer o teste amanhã (quer dizer, hoje! Calma gente q estou confusa pois escrevo-lhes as 4am). Hoje acordei as 2:45am após uma das minhas idas ao banheiro (gravidez é assim, gente!) para checar o ipod pois não lembrava mais se tinha que estar em jejum pra fazer o teste.
Como jantei apenas uma sopinha ontem, e esfomeada do jeito que sou, achei melhor fazer minha auto pesquisa online com os experts #not. Decidi entre as muitas opiniões que se alguns consultórios médicos não pedem o jejum, é porque não pode ser obrigatório! Mas melhor ficar em cima do muro, né?
Logo, resolvi levantar-me, sabendo q provavelmente não conseguiria dormir mais e fazer um lanchinho low-fat, sugar free e rico em proteína. Com exceção da margarina que passei no pão junto com sobras de frango grelhado e alface escura, acho que consegui o feito! Depois ainda comi um ovo cozido. Agora pretendo não comer mais nada até a hora do exame, que deverá ocorrer por volta das 10am.
Mas por que digo que devo reprovar? Bem, é que acabei percebendo como comi não saudavelmente no Natal. Tentei comer refeições mais leves no dia anterior e fugir das sobremesas (não consegui totalmente e comi uma oreo ball e um tiquinhoinho de algodão doce.) Contudo, ontem final de tarde e noite comecei a passar muito mal de queimação e pode ser algo relacionado a minha vesícula biliar.
Well, o que eu conclui disso tudo? Que obviamente minha dieta natalina, de doces, gorduras, leite e muitos queijos (que até então eu estava evitando) me zuaram total. Logo, concluo, devo estar com todos os níveis de açúcares e gorduras desregulados (o Dani insiste em dizer que o último não tem nada a ver com o teste de diabetes, e eu acredito nele - em partes.) assim como os meus níveis de sal (bem, isso é óbvio, como sal mais do que qualquer outro alimento. Tô exagerando, gente. Mas nem tanto!)
Assim, o destino é inevitável. Não posso mais postergar o exame pra regularizar minha dieta, e devo padecer o mal do segundo exame! Quem conhece as minhas veias masters em se esconder das agulhas e o meu devagar fluxo sanguíneo, me entende que esse exame é o Ó do chato! Fora o jejum que daí seria obrigatório!
Porém isso me fez pensar em outro mal! O do colesterol alto. E como percebi q não levo o estilo de vida necessário para prevenir o alto colestoral, ainda mais que tenho histórico na família. Mas daí vem meu dilema! Desde que emagreci há seis anos atrás sempre tive dificuldades em engordar novamente! Eu sei q tem gente querendo me bater agora, mas é sério!
Depois que tive a Rebecca e amamentei e vi como fiquei fraca de energia e bem magra (mais do que antes!) fiquei com medo de que na minha próxima gravidez não conseguisse engordar e estocar gordura para a amamentação. Então eu comecei a comer muita gordura propositalmente já pensando que não poderei comer nenhum derivado de leite (começando após o ano novo, rs!). Acho que não funcionou como eu estava prevendo....
Conclusão: descobri que não sei comer direito, mas isso tem que mudar! Nada como dores fenomenais de queimação e eminência de teste de diabetes te assombrando para perceber que preciso mudar meu estilo de vida!
A minha única questão que fica sem resposta é que sempre disse que não queria viver até os 100 anos....
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
2012 Retrospective
This year of 2012 was one of the busiest and most challenging years of our lives, so far! Dan and I had grown so much throughout the many events that took place this year and we are really thankful to God for letting us face all of this!
We started the year on a trip to South California with Gabby's parents. We spent our 3rd wedding anniversary (January, 18th) in San Francisco and got to know many beautiful places along or close to the coast like Carmel, Big Sur and Solvang. It was a really special trip and we are so thankful to them for this opportunity and for the quality time together!
February is the month of our birthdays. Dan's on the 2nd (turned 32 years old) and Gabby’s on the 10th (turned 26 years old)! So a month filled with great food and some presents! Generally, a happy month!
Then one of the biggest events of the year took place early in 2012 with Dan being approved on his preliminary proposal. This was a huge and important step towards obtaining his PhD degree, which he ended up getting mid-July! So many people prayed for us during this whole process and we couldn't be more grateful to them! This whole experience led us to a needed human growth and spiritual boost! We have only good things to acknowledge and praise how God works in us!
Meanwhile, in July, we found out we are expecting our second baby! We were very happy to know that God has granted us a new child once more! But we tried to keep it a secret until we were finished with the first trimester of pregnancy! We are blessed with so many family members and friends who were just as happy for us when we finally shared the news!
During and after obtaining his PhD degree, now Dr. Daniel Kota started looking for a post doc position as a researcher everywhere in the World. But we had a feeling God was calling us to live in Houston due to its comparable living affordability and also because of the presence of Opus Dei activities there! In fact, there was a job opening in Houston in his field just in time and Dan did really well on his interview getting the job!
In August we were very busy finding a home for us in or around Houston! We had to make two trips and finally found a great place, a small but very nice house in Kingwood, TX. After this, in September we were just as busy (but more relieved) trying to manage the moving out (of our lovely old apartment) and move in (to our new home). MEANWHILE, we had a trip to New York City with Gabby’s parents once more! We had been dreaming of a New York trip since the year we got married and again thanks to their generosity we could make it! It was also great seeing them after 9 months and we loved the city!
Just a few days after this trip, we had to say our goodbyes to friends in Temple and load the Uhaul with some great help from Dan's coworkers and their families! We thank them all for all the help and friendship during these three and half years we were living there!
We are loving our new house. Everyone is happier than ever!!! Gabby and Rebecca go to mass every morning in our new parish “St. Martha, Mary and Lazarus, Friends of Jesus”. It's a beautiful church and its name reminds us to be better friends of Jesus, as well! Rebecca sends a big kiss to Jesus every day!
In October, we found out the gender of our new baby due in March, 19th. It’s a BOY! We are still figuring what we’ll name him, but his second name is going to be Jose (from St. Joseph). He is doing great in my womb and moving quite a lot! It will be exciting to find out how Rebecca and the baby will interact with each other!
Dan is really enjoying his new job and taking full advantage of his freedom to research and experiment what he has in mind! He takes the bus+train practically every day and he is being good busy! He also found a pickup soccer group in our city and plays at least once a week! He is playing well again and enjoying it and his new soccer mates a lot! God is good to him!
Rebecca is doing great, walking, climbing and drawing everywhere! She can't say many words yet - although she is quite chatty - but we are being patient and understanding that each child is different, that she is still under the normal path, especially for bilingual kids! But for what she can't speak she makes up for it in cuteness and mobile skills!
And finally about the Opus Dei activities, it's being more blessing than we could have hoped for!!! Gabby’s been going to the recollections and circles in Houston! Everyone she met was so kind, generous and welcoming! She loves that they all share the same spiritual life views that she grew up with. Dan is planning to start attending the men’s activities soon.
And last, but not least, we bought our first real Christmas tree and it is looking beautiful in our hard floor living room!! And Rebecca loves to take out the ornaments from it!
We started the year on a trip to South California with Gabby's parents. We spent our 3rd wedding anniversary (January, 18th) in San Francisco and got to know many beautiful places along or close to the coast like Carmel, Big Sur and Solvang. It was a really special trip and we are so thankful to them for this opportunity and for the quality time together!
February is the month of our birthdays. Dan's on the 2nd (turned 32 years old) and Gabby’s on the 10th (turned 26 years old)! So a month filled with great food and some presents! Generally, a happy month!
Then one of the biggest events of the year took place early in 2012 with Dan being approved on his preliminary proposal. This was a huge and important step towards obtaining his PhD degree, which he ended up getting mid-July! So many people prayed for us during this whole process and we couldn't be more grateful to them! This whole experience led us to a needed human growth and spiritual boost! We have only good things to acknowledge and praise how God works in us!
Meanwhile, in July, we found out we are expecting our second baby! We were very happy to know that God has granted us a new child once more! But we tried to keep it a secret until we were finished with the first trimester of pregnancy! We are blessed with so many family members and friends who were just as happy for us when we finally shared the news!
During and after obtaining his PhD degree, now Dr. Daniel Kota started looking for a post doc position as a researcher everywhere in the World. But we had a feeling God was calling us to live in Houston due to its comparable living affordability and also because of the presence of Opus Dei activities there! In fact, there was a job opening in Houston in his field just in time and Dan did really well on his interview getting the job!
In August we were very busy finding a home for us in or around Houston! We had to make two trips and finally found a great place, a small but very nice house in Kingwood, TX. After this, in September we were just as busy (but more relieved) trying to manage the moving out (of our lovely old apartment) and move in (to our new home). MEANWHILE, we had a trip to New York City with Gabby’s parents once more! We had been dreaming of a New York trip since the year we got married and again thanks to their generosity we could make it! It was also great seeing them after 9 months and we loved the city!
Just a few days after this trip, we had to say our goodbyes to friends in Temple and load the Uhaul with some great help from Dan's coworkers and their families! We thank them all for all the help and friendship during these three and half years we were living there!
We are loving our new house. Everyone is happier than ever!!! Gabby and Rebecca go to mass every morning in our new parish “St. Martha, Mary and Lazarus, Friends of Jesus”. It's a beautiful church and its name reminds us to be better friends of Jesus, as well! Rebecca sends a big kiss to Jesus every day!
In October, we found out the gender of our new baby due in March, 19th. It’s a BOY! We are still figuring what we’ll name him, but his second name is going to be Jose (from St. Joseph). He is doing great in my womb and moving quite a lot! It will be exciting to find out how Rebecca and the baby will interact with each other!
Dan is really enjoying his new job and taking full advantage of his freedom to research and experiment what he has in mind! He takes the bus+train practically every day and he is being good busy! He also found a pickup soccer group in our city and plays at least once a week! He is playing well again and enjoying it and his new soccer mates a lot! God is good to him!
Rebecca is doing great, walking, climbing and drawing everywhere! She can't say many words yet - although she is quite chatty - but we are being patient and understanding that each child is different, that she is still under the normal path, especially for bilingual kids! But for what she can't speak she makes up for it in cuteness and mobile skills!
And finally about the Opus Dei activities, it's being more blessing than we could have hoped for!!! Gabby’s been going to the recollections and circles in Houston! Everyone she met was so kind, generous and welcoming! She loves that they all share the same spiritual life views that she grew up with. Dan is planning to start attending the men’s activities soon.
And last, but not least, we bought our first real Christmas tree and it is looking beautiful in our hard floor living room!! And Rebecca loves to take out the ornaments from it!
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Erratum
Hi guys, today I just found out I published some wrong information about one of the Christmas traditions here in the US.
I wrote about a song called, "25 days of Christmas". Well, I was wrong - I guess! It's actually "The 12 days of Christmas".
Here is a wikipedia link for those who want to find out more about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)
xoxo
I wrote about a song called, "25 days of Christmas". Well, I was wrong - I guess! It's actually "The 12 days of Christmas".
Here is a wikipedia link for those who want to find out more about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)
xoxo
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