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HEALTH & WELLNESS| Aljay & Sandra

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Journey to Getting Healthy starts with our Checkups! So with us having healthcare benefits through UVU again, we decided to really take advantage and be proactive with our health. This is the plan I have in my head--- February - Checkups/Physicals March - Dentist, Optomotrist  April - Follow ups I'm happy to report we got our checkups in February and okaaaaa...... So there are the obvious things right? like we need to make the lifestyle changes (exercise more and eat right) to lower our weight.  And there's my blood pressure that I was quite nervous about, given my high blood pressure with the last two pregnancies. Well, it was a pleasant surprise to find out that my BP is good!! The thing that was less than exciting was my glucose! Oka...my A1C was a 7.5 (not good). For reference -- A normal A1C level is  below 5.7% , a level of 5.7% to 6.4% indicates prediabetes, and a level of 6.5% or more indicates diabetes. Within the 5.7% to 6.4% prediabetes range, the higher your A...

February Kid's Updates

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  Leila - this girl is 11 and going through all the things a tween ager girl goes through - she is forever making her "plastic surgery"/"botox" face and imitating how the Kardashians talk or any annoying people really lol See below for examples of said face. And yes Lani's face is exactly the face we all make when this fool makes her facials.  - she loves hanging out with her friends Kenzie, Sophi, Nia, and some others.  - had her first experience of seeing two friends get into a long, drawn-out, pretty lame girl fight (minus actual physical fighting hahaha)....just a precursor of what middle school drama will be like haha - is still wanting a cell phone (sorry not happening this year) - also wants a longboard (because her friend has one) - she's in young women now and has been going to young women's activities every week. She's still pretty shy but I know that will change eventually - she can be so funny and annoying at times Sefa - my dawg! - I too...