*putting the cookie down and picking up Gaye off the floor*

Ok Alffe...I'll have some more almonds.

all kidding aside, I went for my quarterly endocrin appt today and I did blood work last week. Tweaking my thryoid meds and Vit D still low as is iron.

But she sat me down and said we have got to get your cholesterol lower and....your sugar and insulin are a little high. She called it metabolic syndrome and a precursor to diabetes which everyone in my family has....

So besides the diet I really have to kick it in high gear the next 6-8 weeks before I go back.