Diabetes Support - Dieting with Diabetes -- WINTER 2008/2009

Good Morning and welcome to our new chat thread for the new season. Although WINTER does not officially start until the 22nd, it definitely feels like it's here already -- at least for a lot of us. So . . .

:welcome: to the DIETING WITH DIABETES seasonal support/chat thread! This is the place to check in regularly, share and receive support, and get to know one another. Lets encourage one another all we can as we live day to day with this disease.

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It doesn't feel much like Winter around here . . . it's pouring rain and the high is predicted to be 13C / 55F today. :dizzy:

For some reason, I'm working on the second day in a row with a high FBGL :( -- yesterday was 8.1 (146) and this morning is a little better at 7.6 (137) but not a lot. Hopefully things will improve, but December is seldom one of my better months.

See you all later . . . :grouphug:

December is going to be one of MY better months. I just need to get on top of this - I'm retired but my body doesn't need to. I even did treadmill this morning!

hi everyone,,hope your thanksgiving was a good one,,we just got home last night from being with my sons ,,all of them were able to make it and had a blast with the kiddies,,,came home to snow and is colder than i like for sure. my bs is still high,,,but my eating is out of control so am trying to get it back in line,,,well have a great day all,,,Jeanne

Hi Meowee,Ruth and Jeanne..its so cold here today that im wearing a sweatshirt jacket in the house brrrrr..all grkids and parents left yesterday aftnoon and grma and grpa settled in for a much needed nap.. today i installed a new printer ..my old one died and im making family picture calenders for gifts and needed to print..the new one takes some gettin used to..i'm finding the older i get the more resistant i am to change :?:.. my sl was 105 this am..am glad all the holiday leftovers are gone, befor the next round anyways here i am rambling :dizzy:..hope you all have a "stay on track" day ((((hugs))) rosey :wave:

Hi all.. still cold here..sl was 128 this am..i ate the last piece of pie late last nite..glad its gone..im still getting used to my new printer..i dont like the new program..and some of my stored pictures went into cyber space :?: hope u all are having a stay on track day ((((hugs))) rosey :wave:

Hi all,,my bs was 178 this a,m, still way to high,,have a doctor appointment next week sometime,,,Rosey that is one of my biggest fears losing my saved pictures on the comp,,,some of them thats the only place they are,,i left a lot on the old comp cause i didn't want to bog the lap top up to much ,my old comp is as full as i can get it and i have double memory on it ,,ha ha

well all have a great day cold here also snow on the ground and at least i can see the sky today,,yesterday was socked in,,i hate that,,,later,,JEANNE

Funny weather here for December - just around the freezing point. They keep predicting snow and then it doesn't happen.

I am going to start recording my FBGL vis a vis what I ate for dinner. It's a drag but I want to know what's happening. I am dropping weight very slowly. I hate being our of ONEderland after it took so long to get there. I might even reinstate my ticker for this month.

Big triumph today when I resisted the Chinese Buffet although I walked right past it twice on my shopping trip. Of course, it helped that I'd had a tuna on ww bread and a skim milk when I got groceries! Planning is key.

I did not make it to Bulk Barn to get the stuff for my Christmas goodie baskets. I need to make and give them before Christmas and it's best if they are made and bestowed the same day! :lol:

:grouphug:

For some strange reason, my FBGL is still running too high and now that I'm almost finished with the wrapping (hope to get things mailed tomorrow), I'm also developing that almost overpowering urge to bake, bake, bake that hits me every year about this time. Too bad it also comes with an urge to eat, eat, eat. Definitely not designed to keep either the blood sugar or the weight under control.

Our very strange weather still continues too -- unseasonably warm and very dull. Forecast is calling for mosgtly sunny today, but I've not seen any sign of it yet.

Have a great day . . . :carrot:

Hi everyone..another cold day here sl was 94 this am..yesterday my lift chair(recliner) broke..it was a used one from a friend so we had to go shopping for a new one and becuz this is alaska they had only one where i live so we got it.however its a bit lg and to high for my 4'10" but i'm making it work as i need it..another big expense ouch!! other than that im still working on the calenders as gifts.. meowee..hope you are feeling better soon,i miss xmas baking to and since the grkids are coming a week early im going to let them bake :dizzy:.and hopefully they will eat it all as well..have a great day everyone(((hugs))) rosey :wave:

BGL too low this morning - I need to add starch back into my evening meal.
Had quiche (no crust) and salad for lunch with the quilting group today and resisted a brownie/ hot fudge sundae that my "friend" was trying to share with me. She doesn't believe that No means No! I finally asked her if she had any insulin with her - that stopped the discussion dead in its tracks.

My ticker is back and so is my better attitude about healthy eating. Cold weather is NOT an excuse to eat comfort foods when I do have furnace, woodstove and electric heat plus sweaters and warm, cuddly dogs.

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Another sunny and mild day -- but very, very windy. At least the FBGL is a little better this morning at 6.6 / 119.

Outsmarted myself this morning -- thought I had gotten myself a wonderful treat the other day -- a can of French Vanilla flavoured coffee. Brewed it up this morning and it smelled fantastic; both in the can and in the pot. BUT -- for me anyway, that was the end of the fantastic. Did not like it at all. Guess I'm just a boring coffee drinker. :shrug: Passing it along to my neighbour -- hope somebody there enjoys it. :lol:

hi all and good morning,,hope all is well with you all,,,sunny with snow on the ground here,,,mild winter also so far. bs over 200 this am but am out of byetta so will get it on friday,,,have a good one,,,jeanne

Hi ladies!!

I am new here I have been a diabetic fo 13years. I take oral meds. Last month I had my dr. appt. my A1c was 7.4. I am working to get better control.
I asked the dr. about byetta and she gave it to me. After I picked it up I saw all the new warnings attached to it. I have only used it a few times because I recently had gallbladder surgery(2 weeks ago) and my numbers have been great lately. Those of you who use byetta what is your opinion concerning it? Thanks for any help. The dr. told me it is my choice whether or not I want to use it.

:welcome: Mercee. There is a thread on Byetta in there that you might like to check out BUT please do keep posting with us on this support thread.

FBGL not good this morning - I guess cheese and crackers with my neighbours and then meatloaf for dinner was not a brilliant move! :doh: Today will be better and exercise is definitely on the schedule. It's snowing really hard right now so winter is here no matter what the calendar says! Shovelling is cardio, right? And then there's :tread: !

Hi :wave: everyone..hope your weekends going great (((hugs))) rosey

Hi All!

Brrr...it's cold here in Northern California, too, 39 degrees (farenheit) at 8:00 pm, that means I'll be scraping ice off of my windshield in the morning! We are in a drought, but I see that we have a chance of snow showers in 10 days, so I'm doin my snow dance! :carrot: My kid wants to snowboard, and I want her to get the exercise!

Meowee, I went to a cookie exchange party the other night, oh yeah, potluck, just what I needed, baking and a buffet, THANKS A LOT! However, I made my snickerdoodles with 100% whole wheat flour, 2 egg whites, substituted half the earth balance margerine with applesauce, and used 1/2 xylitol and 1/2 sugar. They were actually tasty!

I've been so good about being vegetarian since last April, and although I haven't lost a ton of weight - I haven't exercised a lot - I've shrunk, gotten smaller. I've been bad about testing and taking my meds lately - gotta stop that vice!

Here's to a good week - and I'm gonna go take my meds before I go to bed tonight!

Hey everyone..a very scary day here..started at 5am when i had to use the bthrm and smelled smoke and burning wires..so got my dh up and he checked everything and couldnt find anything so went back to bed..when its really windy we can smell the neighbors wood fire and it was very windy so thats what we thought the smoke smell was..as i was allready awake i stayed up and noticed an hr or so later that the furnace wasnt running..got the dh up again and waited till 9am to call the repair service..they came at 1 pm and it was the brain box on our furnace that burned up..we are so lucky we didnt have a fire..and our smoke detector had adead batterie in it so ladies check your detectors..this kinda excitement i dont need..i need a NAP!!! hope your day is going better (((hugs))) rosey :wave:

Hi, all. First day back at work after two weeks off. Only thing I missed was access to the computer.:D Didn't do a whole lot, just slept in and did some chores and errands. Did go see the new Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. It is terrific. Now tonight I'm having a gastritis attack and didn't do anything to provoke it. Only had tea and yogurt today. It's always something.
Anyway, hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving.
Rosie - just read your post. What a scary thing to happen. I'm glad you found the problem in time. My old landlord used to give us new batteries for the smoke detector every November, but the new one could care less. I now have to remember to buy my own.

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Yes, I still exist . . . but my back has gone out again and this is the first time since last Friday that I've been able to sit up long enough to type.

FBGL was terrible on Saturday (result of the pain stress, I guess) but it's back to decent levels again yesterday and today.

Take care, gang.

Hi everyone..things are back to normal..im spending the day making xmas cards..i'd luv to send each of u one..pm me your address..my sl was 74 this am..meowee so sry you are hurting,get better soon ok chickie:hug:..rosetta glad u enjoyed your time off..hello ruth how is it going better i hope..welcome just ducky..and jeanne hope u are doing well too! ttfn rosey :wave:

rosey, I'm so glad you didn't have a fire! A friend at work, her house was a total loss from an acquaintance smoking on her wood deck, while my friend wasn't home, the lady felt "cornered" when my friend unexpectedly came home (she is a closet smoker) and left her cig on the wood deck and left. My friend lost everything...but thankfully her fur babies were all spared, and material things can be replaced... and thank you for the welcome, rosey!

meowee, sorry that you are having back pain, it can be so debilitating!!! But glad you are back enough to type us a hello!

rosettastone, howdy, neighbor!! How'd ya like the Academy of Sciences? One of friends says that it is better than Monterey Bay Aquarium...which I love!

Well , I walked 10 miles on a parade route for my daughter's youth group last Sunday, after standing for 3 hours waiting for it to begin! I'm feeling it today...:p

Hi there . . . :grouphug:

My back is feeling about 80% functional this morning and the FBGL was 6.7 / 121 this morning. A little higher than I'd like, but not bad considering the cookies I ate yesterday. :o

Our really strange weather continues. After sunshine and a high of -9 yesterday along with lots of snow on the ground; today we are supposed to get +13 and bunches of rain and wind (that's 16F yesterday and 55F today). All the snow is almost gone already. Actually the dry cold of yesterday is probably better for the aches and pains than the dampness of today.

Nothing big in my plans . . . still have a little wrapping to do (local stuff) and will continue my reading and back resting that's been the story of my life for most of the week. Still taking the Robaxicet, of course. The added muscle relaxant in it really does seem to help a little.

Have a good (and safe) day everybody . . . :wave:

Hi, all. We're continuing to have chilly weather, which is fine with me. MyBGL was 108 this morning. I had stopped taking the glyberide for awhile because I was experiencing early morning lows, but the BGL went way up. So now I'm cutting the pill in half and it seems to be working well. Up to my eyeballs in work - have to catch up with two weeks of emails. Ugh.
Rosey - I pmed you.
Ducky - welcome to the thread. The academy of sciences was terrific. They have a 3-story rain forest, an underground aquarium and a new and improved planetarium. I spent the whole afternoon there. It's best to go on a weekday when kids are in school. Not so crowded. You get $3 off admission for using public transportation or have a AAA card. They have a nice cafe there too. I've never been to the Monterey Bay aquarium so I can't compare.
Meowee - sorry you're under the weather. But sometimes it's good to have downtime to catch up on your reading.

Good Morning Sweeties . . . :grouphug:

Back is still about the 80% mark -- guess I need to learn to be patient and enjoy the slower pace it's forcing on me. FBGL was a nice enough 5.7 / 103 this morning so at least that seems pretty stable.

Won't be doing the normal Thursday Mall Crawl . . . partly because of my back; partly because nothing will be moving very fast or very far around Nova Scotia today. Why do the weather forecasters always seem to get it right when they are predicting nasty weather? Yep, all the snow melted in the rain by yesterday and then the temperature dropped and it changed to that most dreadful of winter stuff -- freezing rain -- and that kept up all night. I'd much rather have the snow. :yes:

At least I still have electricity and heat and that is not true for a lot of other places around the Maritimes this morning. Thought my telephone had been knocked out first thing but that turned out to be just a minor 'cat'astrophe. Don't know what they do some nights and probably better that I don't. :lol:

Have a great day . . . :wave:

SSDD . . . :lol:

Strange weather continues -- it's raining, of course, but high is predicted to be around 15 to 18 C (60 60 65 F). Currently my front porch still looks a bit ice-covered, but it is melting fast.

FBGL is 5.8 (104) this morning. Have to admit that I'm reallhy not eating too well and consequently I'm avoiding the scale. Just keeping the blood sugar undeer control will keep me fairly happy during December.

Morning everyone..brrrrrrrrrrr it is freezing cold here today..and last night my dog daisy climbed under the covers with me and we kept each other toasty..my sl was 84..i'm going to do some baking today as the grkids expect cookies at grandmas (nice excuse tho :D) meowee its nice to see that u are feeling a little better..hope u all are having a great day..happy weekend (((hugs)))) rosey :wave:

Good Morning . . . :grouphug:

I know that we Crazy Canadians are famous (or maybe that's infamous) for talking about our weather a lot; probably because we get so much of it. :dizzy:

AtlantiCa is on the same roller-coaster. Yesterday we broke fifty-year-old records by hitting +20 C (68F). Today -- our high is going to be -2C (+28F) with a little snow before we also head back to about +10/11 C (+37F) for tomorrow. Oh well, guess I should be thankful for small mercies since I know things are a lot colder in lots of places -- for example, Alaska. :yes:

Happily, may FBGL is still doing well even though I have been indulging the tastebuds a little too much; FBGL this morning was a very nice 4.8 (86)

Well, I really have to go out and brave the cold and the crowds for a bit today since the larder is looking a little bare and I do have one more gift to get. So I'd best get moving in the hopes of beating the snow. Hopefully, I'll resist the urge to buy butter so I won't be able to come home and make shortbread.

Have a great day . . . :carrot:

Today was cold but sunny . . . but my FBGL was not so great at 7.1 (128) . . . can't figure out either one. :lol:

Hope your back is A1, Meowee. I woke with a pulled thigh muscle yesterday morning but it's easing up today. I've no idea what brought it on unless I had some wild dreams that night.

FBGL has been pretty good lately but weightloss seems to have stalled. Maybe this week I'll be back in ONEderland? Any bets?

Good Morning . . . :grouphug:

Second day of 7.1 (128) . . . I really must stay out of the chocolates. Weather has bounced back to the warm side again and of course it also bounced back to dull and damp too. I much prefer yesterday's cold and sunny.

I don't think the back is ever going to get to A1 again, RUTH -- very frustrating. Hope both the thigh muscle and the scale are good to you this week.

See you all later . . . :grouphug:

Woke at three and was sure my BGL was either very high or very low but it was 5.8. WTF? I puttered around and felt kind of fuzzy after a while so I guess it dropped maybe the elevator dropping is what woke me.

Weight is still the same - and there I was hoping to be in the 180's by my Christmas trip. Ah well. I may go back to the doc in January and see if he can give me any suggestions. I'm pretty sure it's just the pre-Christmas socializing which seems to involve a lot of wine. I turn down the insistent cookie pushers by asking them if they have insulin handy! :lol: That scares them and they shut up.

Today I'm not having any wine and am pushing the fruits and veggies. Thigh muscle is back to it's normal flabby self so I will be out and about.

Good Morning . . .

At daybreak . . . wet, warm, windy; by this afternoon . . . white, cold, windy. At least the FBG was a little better this morning at 6.1 (110).

Two things to take my mind off the silly chronic lower back pain today -- didn't sleep well and woke up with a sore neck -- the gigantic filling in my tooth that had the root canal in April fell out. Doesn't hurt of course; just annoying; but I was lucky and the dentist had a cancellation for this afternoon. Guess I'll have to start saving for a crown though. $$$$ :shrug:

Here's another article on Gastric Bypass Surgery and particularly the implications for older Diabetics that you might find interesting . . . http://www.everydayhealth.com/publicsite/news/view.aspx?id=618684&xid=nl_EverydayHealthManagingDiabetes_20081216

Nothing else exciting in my world . . . :wave:

Not much exciting here either, Meowee. Sorry you still have back and tooth problems. Getting older really sucks!

I managed a perfect on programme day yesterday and was rewarded by a one pound drop today. :carrot: Fruits and veggies plus shovelling slush and ice off the walks and steps probably helped. Our weather has moved on to you - we had a warm wind that dried up the water before the cold hit again so I'm glad I cleared the crud away.

Off to do the Good Food Box Programme shortly. I wonder what the wholesaler sent us this month. It's like Christmas morning and amazing to see what you get for ten bucks! We started up this programme to try to get people to eat better and it's working pretty well - except for the people who take their Romaine lettuce to the diner and trade it for a donut! Those people are the diabetics that we are trying to target. The dietitian and I will never give up though - we refuse to substitute iceberg lettuce for the good stuff.

I'm outta here to lug veggie boxes off the truck at 10!

morning everyone..nothing new going on in my world..its been below zero for a week now,probably why id rather snuggle with a good book and Daisy on my lap..have a great day everyone :hug: rosey :wave:

Hi everyone..its warmed up a little..im finishing my family picture calenders today..have a pot of bean soup simmering..my sl was 75 this am..meowee am sry your back is still bothering you,i can relate :hug:..hope you all are having a great day for (((hugs))) rosey :wave:

Hi all. BGL's been bouncing around. Was 84 Monday, 132 yesterday and 104 this morning. It's cold here -- in the 40s. (I know Rosey and Meowee are laughing). We're not used to this weather here. There's not enough heat in our office and my hands are cold. Been busy at work. We're having our office xmas lunch tomorrow. Have been good eating wise the last couple of weeks but will enjoy tomorrow.
Have a good day.

It's snowing -- it's been snowing all day -- it's supposed to snow a bit every day for the next week. Knew it would eventually need to make up for lost time.

Back is still annoying, tooth is okay but jaw aches a little from the pins he stuck in before refilling the tooth but at least it was all done at no charge since it was less than a year old.

At least the FBGL is still hanging in there fairly decently even though I have not exactly been OP much of this month.

Have a good evening, gang . . . see you all later . . . :grouphug:

Hi everyone..happy weekend :hug: rosey :wave:

Hi there . . . :grouphug:

So far, the snow forecast seems to be coming true -- very white, windy, and cold.

Have a great weekend . . . :wave:

White, windy and cold here too. I will be out there shovelling "for my health" as soon as it gets brighter. Don't we just love winter? :nono: At least snow is white and odourless instead of gray and stinky! :shrug:

Hi everyone..just finished a long post and then poof it was gone:?: hope your weekends going well..ive been baking but so far am leaving it alone ..grkids will be here tonite and grama always has xmas cookies..i decreased my metformin agin to many morning lows no matter the snack and how late ..im now down to 1 500 mg pill and my glypazide ,sl still low this am 79.. im all set to sit back and enjoy the season,how about all of you? ttfn :hug: rosey :wave:

hi everyone..its snowing like crazy here..grkids are keeping me busy..having fun..:hug: rosey :wave:

Hi, all. Rainy Sunday but it's sunny today and not as cold as it has been. BGL 104 thisd a.m.
Rosey - My endocrinologist said it was the glypezide that was causing the lows, not the metformin. I am now cutting the glypezide pill in half and not having lows. I think you should run this by your doctor. Stay warm.

Hi there . . . :wave:

Yesterday was a terrible blizzard that totally closed Nova Scotia -- seriously, you couldn't get in or out of the Province by land, air, or sea. Today is gorgeous and sunny and the wind is mostly non-existent. Both of our major airlines have added extra flights today in an attempt to clear the stranded travellers out of Halifax before the next storm hits tomorrow evening.

hi all wanted to wish you all a merry christmas,,,my bs are still out of control,,am working on it i fear it will be insulin after the holidays for sure,,am tired of fighting the never ending battle.

we have a few feet of snow and another front coming in this week,,it is beautiful today,,,i have to work so getting down the mountain will be a test..lol,,,happy holidays all,,jeanne

Merry christmas everyone :hohoho::xcheer::present::hohoho: hope you have a great day with the ones you love..:hug: rosey :wave:

:grouphug:

Best wishes for a truly wonderful day filled with all the great things you and your family hve been hoping for . . . :gift2:

Hi everyone..hope your holiday was filled with fun and laughter..iv still got a house full..they are going to the swimming pool tonite..my sl's have been good inspite of the extra 'munchies'..we had a foot of snow christmas day and evening..it was sure pretty tho a pain for the dh and sil's to clean up..thinking about u all :hug: rosey :wave:

Hi everyone..having a great weekend hope u are too :hug: rosey :wave:

Hi everyone..its -18 out this am brrrrrrrrr..my house is quiet as grkids have gone home :( we sure had fun,after they left i had a long nap..so where is everyone and how was your holiday ? (((hugs)))) rosey :wave:

Hi all sounds like we all had a great Christmas,,,i am sitting here trying to figure out my new camera,,,boy they sure are high tech now,,lol,,snowing heavy and beautiful out,,,work the rest of the week,,take care all,,,bs are still running high,,,jeanne

good morning ,,well the snow finally stopped,,but another front coming in for the week-end,,,cold this a.m but still pretty,,I have work today,,and got a appointment with the doctor next tuesday,and blood work on friday following,,can't wait to get this bs under control,,i am behaving on my food,,but in nov when i got that infected tooth is when it started to go up,,i got it pulled but the bs has stayed up,,,wel all have a great day,,,Jeanne

Morning everyone..its -29 brrrrr and im all bundled up,sweater, sweats and flannels and 2 prs of socks :dizzy: even my dogs are under their blankies..my sl was 83 this am..im trying to get back to normal eating..i sent all the cookies home with the grkids..jeanne hope your tests turn out better than u think..:hug: for all rosey :wave:

Happy new year everyone..meowee and other absent chickies hope all is ok with you? ((((hugs)))) rosey :wave:

Hi Chickies! I've been away visiting my DD in Nanaimo, BC, in terrible weather. It's so nice to be home safe and sound. Weight blipped up a bit nut it could have been worse.

Spoke with Meowee this morning. She has power but no ISP service so is spending a quiet time. They are supposed to be hit by a blizzard today so let's hope she keeps her lights and heat.

:cheers: :hat: Happy 2009 to us all! :hat: :cheers:

Hey everyone still freezing cold here and no signs of warming up:?: hope your day is going well :hug: Rosey :wave:

Hello everyone,

Here's a toast with some hot white tea to our chickies on this board....for 2009, may the road rise to greet you, may you have no dawn effect, may you be in control, may your blood pressure be normal, may exercise be fun! :carrot:

A happy, healthy, and safe 2009 to us all! :hug:

I've been away for a few weeks. Mostly trying to sort out my diabetes care. I'm now seeing specialists at my local hospital. They've dropped down my fast acting insulin and bumped up my Lantus. I had a pretty ok holiday, matter of fact, I've dropped 15lbs since December 10th. My doc's say its all because I was taking too much insulin. She said I might lose much more weight since I used to be relatively thin before diabetes.

Blood sugar levels aren't down where I'd like them to be, but its a really great improvement on the 29's and 25's I was getting in the mornings. I've gone from those numbers to 10's to 15's, which is a huge leap for me.

bit too tired to say much more now. My rabbit is driving me insane, she will not stop biting her bars at night, and it makes me and hubby very..very annoyed and tired. :( We've tried everything with her and we just can't take it anymore.

I've been away for a few weeks. Mostly trying to sort out my diabetes care. I'm now seeing specialists at my local hospital. They've dropped down my fast acting insulin and bumped up my Lantus. I had a pretty ok holiday, matter of fact, I've dropped 15lbs since December 10th. My doc's say its all because I was taking too much insulin. She said I might lose much more weight since I used to be relatively thin before diabetes.

Blood sugar levels aren't down where I'd like them to be, but its a really great improvement on the 29's and 25's I was getting in the mornings. I've gone from those numbers to 10's to 15's, which is a huge leap for me.

bit too tired to say much more now. My rabbit is driving me insane, she will not stop biting her bars at night, and it makes me and hubby very..very annoyed and tired. :( We've tried everything with her and we just can't take it anymore.

Casandra, glad your numbers are better! About the buns....I've had rabbits all my life....nocturnal little buggers! Do you cover her cage at night so there's nothing stimulating her? How about something quieter to chew on like an alfalfa block? Or even cardboard? Can you remove her cage to the furthest room of the house at night, and shut that door and your bedroom door? How about a white noise machine? :dizzy:

akrosey49. Ruthxxx, Jeanne88, has it warmed up at all? It's about 46 degrees f here in Northern California in the daytime, and it's been about 27 at night. Took my little teen chickie an hour up the mountain to snowboard, it was all of 7 degrees at the ski resort, brrrr!! That's quite cold for here! Ruthxxx, thanks for the update on meowee, it's good to know that she is okay.

Stay warm, all!

Hi everyone..still freezing here..trying to stay warm..(((hugs))) for all rosey :wave:

hello all ,,how goes it ?,,i am beginning to think i am Rosey's next door neighbor,,ha ,,i don't believe it is ever going to stop snowing,,i have snow up to my window,,,called to try to get my driveway plowed today but havent' seen anyone yet,,this is the second time all ready this year,,,these guys are making a killing and am sure glad they are around. If it doesn't get done today i don't think i can get out to go to work on wed,,,just have to wait and see,,,

my bs was the lowest its been in weeks and that is still high,,155 but maybe it is coming down some,,,,friday blood work and next tuesay doctor,,,later all stay warm and happy,,,jeanne

hi all am really bored today so thought i would see if anyone else posted,,sure is slow around here,,hope everyone is ok,,hey Ducky,,your saying "one is to much and ten not enough" i use that at work every day,,i am a bartender so it usually fits,,ha ha ha,,have a great day all,,jeanne

Hi there . . . :grouphug:

Wow, the Twelve Days of Christmas were definitely not very kind to my internet life . . . no idea what was really wrong since I managed to weather a couple of really nasty storms during the period without losing anything but the intenet. :shrug: Probably shouldn't say that too loudly since we have another storm moving in tonight/tomorrow. :yikes:

Anyway, sorry about being missing . . . I've really missed everybody a lot and hope to get caught up with my reading over the next couple of days. In the meantime, I imagine my buddy RUTHXXX has been keeping an eye open around here.

See you tomorrow, gang . . . :crossed:

Hi everyone..welcome back meowee :hug: u where missed..its still brutally cold here..my house is chilly and im all bundled up..its -32 here and its midday :?: yikes.. hoping your all staying warm ((((hugs))) rosey :wave:

hi,,,glad to see everyone back,,warmed up here out of the minus and 0"s and stopped snowing,,,now some is melting and makes it very heavy and hard to drive in,,went for my blood test yesterday,,so now the wait,,,bs 170 this a.m not good,,in a hurry to get this on the way to better,,,well take care all and hi Rosey wow stay warm girl,,,,jeanne

Well another storm has come and gone and today is full of gorgeous sunshine and I really hope it lasts for a while -- afraid I'm getting very tired of this Winter already.

Weight is definitely up a little from November, but guess it could be worse (of course, it could also be a lot better). BGL has been all over the map throughout most of December and the first few days of January as to be expected with not so healthy eating routines. Today is looking good with a 6.3 (113) first thing this am and a 4.4 (79) just before lunch. Hopefully I can keep this together too.

Have a great rest of Friday . . . :wave:

Good Morning, Sweeties . . . :grouphug:

We are supposed to be getting a couple of mostly sunny days, but I'm not too sure about that since there is some white fluff falling out of the sky at the moment. :mad:

Nothing else is very exciting in my world . . . :lol:

:wave: Where are you hiding gang?

We had a wonderfully pretty sunrise this morning but it didn't last nearly long enough and now it looks like our storm that we've been promised for this evening just might decide to show up a bit early. Oh well, it's that time of year, I guess.

Have a great afternoon everybody . . . :carrot:

I'm here, meowee! Was up until a bleary 2 am last night writing a wedding flower estimate for a bride (my side job). Welcome back to internet world!

We've had terrible, thick fog for the past two weeks, it was lovely to get up this weekend to blue skies. They even say it may warm up to 70 degrees next week, and no rain in sight for the next 2 weeks. While I will be reveling in the sunshine, it's bad for California, because January is when we get most of our rain and snow to store for the next year, and we've been in a drought, and January is usually our rainiest/snowiest month. AND, I have to hope it doesn't get too warm up in the Sierra Nevada mountains (think Lake Tahoe area), because if the snow melts up there at this time of year it will cause a lot of flooding down in the flatlands. So, it's nice, but it's very worrisome.

Ackk, rosey, wish I could send you some warmth! Hope the cold lessens for you.

jeanne, I hate those high morning bs, don't you? Hope they come down. LOL you would understand the one is too much, eh???? You probably see a lot of folks for whom that's true. I've been having that issue lately, but with food. Staying on the vegetarian wagon, but you can still eat badly that way, and bread is my siren.

Me, I've been very, very bad for the past month. Not checking my bs, having control issues, not taking meds. I've not felt well as a result, my kitchen has been a mess, so I've not apportioned out my meds weekly like I used to. I need a kick in the bum to get back on track!!!

Good Morning . . . :grouphug:

Six inches of new snow hit the ground overnight and it doesn't look like we are going to see much, if any, sunshine today. In other words -- nothing is new around here. :lol:

Hope you all have a really fine day . . . :wave:

Bum kicking needed here too, Ducky. I've been taking my meds but not testing every morning. I just know I'm way too low by the fuzzy feeling some mornings.

Weight is "stable" - that means no frassing loss! :( I think my body wants to hang onto its insulation in our very cold weather. It's supposed to get even worse starting on Wednesday and then I'll pass it on to poor Meowee for the weekend.

Here's to a healthy week! :cheers: (That's Crystal Lite in the glasses!)

Hi everyone..sry ive been hybernating the weather has been beastly cold -35 but today it finally warmed up :D16 above zero today..dh is heading to the cabin..my sl have been in the 80's fasting but i have been eating all the wrong things so i too need a kick in the butt..have been working on a scrapbook album for my dh with all his hunting photos..my usaual winter project but i luv it..the dogs actually played outside this morning..it was fun to see them race around..hope your day is going great rosey :wave:

Hi there . . . looks like everybody has gone into hibernation again today.

We had a cold but mostly sunny one and I was out and about for most of it. Now, I'm just hunkered down waiting for thext snow storm to start. They are calling for a pretty awful mix of snow, rain, and then drastic cold for the next 24 to 30 hours. for once, I'm hoping it just snows.

Oh YUCK . . . that describes both our weather and my mood today. :lol:

hi all, got my blood work back not good my aic 9 the last time it was 7 i told you it has been out of control. so she put me on januvia and glimepiride 4 mg twice a day the januvia is once. if this doesn't work then it's the 24 lanus (sp) I was ready to go on the lanus when i went in to see her but for some reason she really doesn't want me to go on the insulin yet ? she gave me the samples for a month of the januvia. my daughter in law works at the pharmacy in wal-mart as called to tell me my insurace most might not pay for it and it is over 200 a month,,i liked to had a stroke,,ha,,so well see what happens,,,,bs this am 177

have a great day all,,,later,,jeanne

Hi everyone..our weather is awful too meowee..it went from -32 to 30 above and then we had a billizard yesterday and my dh had a breakdown and had to call his friends to rescue him..they spent the night and came home this morning..but it started raining during the night so made for a miserable trip and me all stressed out :( as im posting its pouring buckets of rain out side..very strange weather..jeanne :hug: so sry your sl are out of wack,hope the new meds help (sry about the insurance too) ive still working on my albums..i have several yrs of photos to catch up on..it keeps me from snacking..eating is a little better..ttfn :hug: rosey :wave:

Hi everyone :wave: rosey

Hi there . . . :grouphug:

Wow is it ever cold . . . 'warmed up' all the way to -25C / -10F in the sun this afternoon. Know that's nothing compared to your temperatures, ROSEY, but for us this is unusually cold. Our normal highs for mid-January are right around the freezing mark.

Finall got the new furniture for my sunroom/family room delivered and set up. Now, once I get some new window treatments organized, I'll be able to decide if I love it or not. Got rid of the couch entirely and just have four big chairs. It's definitely a bit different.

The cats know that they do not like it . . . but that's just because cats hate any kind of change. They'll be fine in a few days.

My back has been bothering me again and so has my right ankle. Consequently, my blood sugars are all over the place. HJopefully everything will calm down to normal again soon.

See you later . . . :wave:

Hi everyone..still raining buckets here :( but at least its warmer..meowee we must have sent u our cold weather sry..hope your back and ankle are better soon and the cats adjust to the new look.. :hug: for all happy weekend rosey :wave:

Hey guys, I really need to start posting here more often! DH and I are trying to get everything packed up now, we've just bought a new house...I say new, but it's older than my parents, so...yah, but it will be new to us!

My next hba1c will be on the 13th of Feb, but they're going to do the finger pricker machine instead of a whole lotta blood taken. I'm excited! My weights been hovering again, and I've all but given up drinking everything but water. (soda is a nono and I only have it when I eat out on those rarest of rare occasions. I'm really picky about water, I can tell the difference between filtered and unfiltered water, to me, its the difference between a centimeter and a mile)

I'm pondering speaking to my doctor about SAD, a seasonal disorder that causes fatigue and other symptoms due to lack of sunlight.

blegh. Can't wait to get moved in ^____^

JEANNE: Seems like our problems tend to be similar... Did the Byetta stop working for you like it did me? All of a sudden, my BG just jumped up and I have been struggling with it since. I went from 6.1 A1C to 9 too. I am taking Januvia 2x and Glimeperide 1x at night. This new doctor also put me on Actos in the morning. I don't like it much...expensive and I don't read much positive about it. He told me if this did not work, he would have to put me on Insulin...and since Insulin is worlds cheaper, I said ok! He wants to wait to see if this combo does the trick, but it has not helped much. I have another month before I go back. Maybe all the stress in my life will settle by then. I think it may help to get the bg down some..but who knows? I wonder if my pancreas is just giving up?!

Hi there . . . :wave:

Yep . . . you know that stress can do terrible things to the BGL, ELLEN, but I think you might be better off with the Insulin. Although ACTOS worked for me for quite some time, I never really felt good about it after all the Avandia scares. Actos is the same family.

Now I'm back on Insulin -- LANTUS, which you take once a day and really doesn't have a peak period so doesn't cause the drastic nighttime lows I used to get with my previous insulin -- and I'm quite pleased.

Of course, shooting insulin does nothing good for the weight loss effort. :mad:

Freezing cold here again today, but once again it is nice and sunny. Tomorrow is supposed to be our last day of really, hideously cold temperatures. On Monday it's going to go up to almost the freezing mark and, of course, they are calling for another 6 to 8 inches of snow. At least at the current temperatures it's too cold for it to snow.

Good morning! Still plugging along. I go for bloodwork on the 28th and am hoping for an improved reading. I definitely have been "over-carbed" lately. Cold weather seems to make me want starchy things and the scale shows it although my ticker is not lying today.

Today will be a quiet day at home and I'm considering making a weekly food plan - on paper, rather than online. I can't hang my monitor on the fridge in the kitchen but sure can put a sheet of paper there and check off stuff. Veggies have been neglected this wee so I need to focus on them.

Hope your weekend is going fine and you have decent weather.

Good Morning . . . :grouphug:

My BGL is holding in there at okay, but not great levels. I tend to crave carbs in this kind of weather too. :mad: Hang in there gang . . . we can do it. :yes:

:wave:

We have really weird weather this morning . . . after a few days of definite deep freeze, we are well above the freezing mark at first light this morning and it's pouring rain. :dunno:

Hope your Monday is good, everybody . . . :grouphug:

Hi Everyone! Casandra, welcome! It's a friendly bunch of chickies here. Weather here is very dry and springlike. Not good for our drought or our plants, which I'm afraid will start budding and then get hit by frost. Although, I can guiltily say I'm enjoying short sleeves and sandals midday (sorry, not trying to rub it in, I actually enjoy winter, and we desperately need snow and rain here in California).

Well, I finally went on Fitday, and miracle, it says I'm no longer morbidly obese, just at the top range of obese. Hooray! I figure I can keep better control of my out of control eating and non-med taking if I own it. I was a little bad today with the food, but I logged it in anyway and I'm gonna just have salad for dinner so I don't go over my calorie allowance (that's a cool tool - the calorie balance thingy and calorie restriction). It also helps me because I can see that although I blew it, I can control the rest of the day and still meet my caloric and carb goals.

Morning fast bs was 136; 117 at post prandial.

HI everyone and Ellen thanks for reading my post, it is so nice to know it isn't just me not that i wish this on anyone,,but yes sounds so much like mine. the byetta was wonderful in the start two about 2 years ago,lost a lot of wt easy and bs were good,,when it stopped that was it. i am on one januvia the highest mg once a day and then the other twice,,i can't take the actos and like others say it has a lot of side effects,,anyway i have been on the jenuvia for over a week it is coming down to around 150 or so but not what i am looking for so far. i also go back in a month..let me know how you are doing take care,,jeanne ps rosey i am still in a winter wonder land and next week all week will be snow,,,burrrrrr stay warm girl.

Hi there Sweeties . . . :grouphug:

Our weather is pretty much back to seasonal norms -- quite a bit warmer (just below freezing most of the time), but also quite a bit less sunny, too. Oh well . . . win some, lose some, I guess.

My BGL is a disaster and it's not what I've been eating so much as a stress reaction to pain from this stupid SI back problem. Pretty much all I've been doing for the last couple of days is taking too much Tylenol and sleeping a lot. May take myself to the walk-in clinic tomorrow since I know it would take me at least two weeks to get an appointment with my own doctor. :rolleyes:

Gee, that's definitely enough of my complaining . . . see you later . . . :wave:

Aw, Meowee, so sorry you are having the darned body problems. Too bad we can't get complete transplant - this from someone who crabbed and complained so much about a knee replacement!

FBGL seems to be improving so I may keep rather than cancel next week's bloodwork. I am such a wimp! Actually writing down ON PAPER WITH A PEN seems to be helping with the food. It was too easy to plan on FitDay and then forget the extras that snuck in like crackers and cheese :to keep the dogs company" when they ate at five. :shrug: Managed to lose a pound - hope it stays lost!

just drive by to say hi,,cold cold here but everything is frozen and really beautiful,,suppose to get more snow this week-end,,hope everyone is doing well my bs was 170 this am..haven't had a over 200 for over a week not much better but some..take care all i am off to work..Rosey is it still raining at your house ? later,,jeanne Ruth the paper and pen help me out also if i can make myself do it,,,good for you.

Good Morning . . . :grouphug:

Back is still bothersome, but a little better. Stupid ankle is also driving me nutzie. Geez, maybe I'm getting old or something. No . . . never going to happen. :lol:

Woke up this morning to overturned chairs and an overturned garbage can under the sink with three cats pawing through it. Guess I'll get a can with a lid for under there -- although I imagine Purrecious will eventually manage to get it open, it might just slow them down for a little while. As far as the chairs are concerned . . . hmmm, maybe I could just nail them all to the floor.

Anyway, by the time I cleaned up the mess and finally checked my BGL it was 9.3 (167). Must remember to check first thing before I start working at stuff. :dizzy: It will go down as the day progresses.

Nothing too exciting around here today. Right now the sun is shinming but there is snow in the forecast for later this afternoon. Hopefully not too much.

Hope you all have a great day . . . :carrot:

Morning..nothing new in my world..dh is at the cabin..ive been puttering around enjoying my solitude..have a great weekend :hug: rosey :wave:

Hi..dh is back from the cabin..its snowing like crazy here..a quiet weekend so far :hug: rosey :wave:

Hi there . . . :wave:

Never thought I'd be thankful for really cold weather but my back is feeling better today since it is dry and sunny as well as icy cold. Yesterday the temperature was slightly above the freezing mark and it was very damp and dull and I could hardly move. :mad: Relativelhy pain-free also results in much better BGL readings. :yes:

Havew a great Sunday . . . :grouphug:

Hi ladies.

I am new to this particular forum but thought I would check it out. I just started posting again after a 2 year absense in the 100+ forum. I really relate to you ladies talking about the weather. It has been a wicked cold winter here in Minnesota. I spent the first 45 years of my life in California and have never totally adjusted to the cold here.

I was diagnosed about 2 years ago and have been able to keep my A1C in the 6's with my best efforts at carb counting and exercise. I have become complacent lately. have not been testing and while not eating indiscrimanantly have abandoned any carb counting efforts. I get my A1C checked tomorrow and am definitely a little nervous about the results. I am hoping the few pounds I have lost in the last few months will work in my favor.

Best,

Denise

Hi Denise . . . :hug:

Yep . . . we've got another really, really cold but sunny day on the go here in northeastern Nova Scotia . . . great day for sitting inside and looking outside. :lol:

God news. I guess my calorie counting efforts are having a positive effect My A1C was acutally down a tenth of a point. Thanks for the support.

Terrific news . . . :high:

Hey where is everybody else hiding today ?????? I miss you all. :yes:

Nothing exciting in my world -- it's still cold and it was another sunny day. It's also budget day for the Canadian government and it's supposed to be a doozy, so guess I'd better go watch the report.

But, before I do, here's a good little article that was in my e:mail this morning . . . tends to reinforce the idea that this is a lifelong journey and we cannot expect to be perfect all the time . . .

Someone once said that the best way to deal with a temptation is to yield to it! Staying on a diet forever is extremely hard, so the first step is to recognize that at some point you will give into temptation. It's natural, normal, and even inevitable. You can manage your splurges if you accept that reality and don't feel guilty about it.

To maintain a healthy eating plan with occasional indulgences, try practicing the 3-to-1 rule: Each time you have a food splurge, follow it with 3 equal units of time in which you eat a more sensible, predictable diet. The time period in question can vary. It could be a single meal, a day, even a weekend. For example, if you eat voraciously for a day, eat conservatively for the following three days. Remember, good diabetes control is a game of averages, not a game of perfection!

Have a great evening . . . :grouphug:

Hi everyone..its cold here again but the suns out and thats nice..nothing new in my world..i think ive got cabin fever..plan on getting out this weekend to watch my grs play basketball..my dd and family are coming too..should be fun..ttfn :hug: rosey :wave:

Well . . . for a region that got a late start on Winter, we are definitely making up for it -- still cold, but the temperature is on the way up and our forecast for later today includes a big pile of snow followed by a nice coating of freezing rain.

I here you on the cabin-fever, ROSEY. It's settling in on me too and it isn't even February yet. :mad:

Stay warm and cozy everybody . . . :grouphug:

:wave:

Nova Scotia is a windy skating rink. :yikes:

:wave:

Good morning meowee,:)

Doing better. The snow drifts are helping me get exercise.:dancer:

I've gotten back to a routein in the am. I feel best then and get more done.
Trying to stay out of the kitchen after I get back from taking Tom to work.

I had to cancel knee surgery again because of a sinus infection.
I am schedualed(sp) for March 16. Closer to spring and less chance of icey walks. Feeling much better now. :yes:

Hope everyone is doing well.:dance:

:grouphug:

Another beautifully sunny, wintery day is quickly drawing to a close. Silly back is holding in there at a medium level of annoying and BGL is holding at a slightly too high level.

In other words, SSDD. :lol:

Come out, come out wherever you are . . . :wave:

I'm out! I was outside chopping away packed snow from the stairs off the deck. I hear rumours that we will be getting more snow. Oh well, it's Canada and February.

I should get my HA1C results this week. I am expecting them to be a bit higher than last test as there's been a bit of a carb fest going on the past months. :( The good news is that my BP was an amazing 114/75 which will delight my darling doctor!

Happy February! Let's try to love ourselves this month. :love: :love: :love:

Good Morning, Sweeties . . . :grouphug:

Not much going on around here . . . we do have sun again this morning so the resident rodent definitely saw his shadow. :shrug:

Hi ..sry sry for not posting.. 1st i had a very busy weekend..my dd and family where here and we all went to watch grs play basketball..i had so much fun rooting for him and his team..he played awsome(im not a proud grma am i ;) )anyways i hadnot been out of the house since thanksgiving..its just to difficult and scary with ice and snow on the wch ramp but with sil and dh we managed..scary walking on ice with walker to get in the car but we did it except on the way home getting in the car my foot rolled sideways and i was standing on my ankle bone..it was swollen for a few days but no pain as i cant feel my feet so to be safe i stayed off my feet as much as possible for a few days its fine now..its turned cold again and im longing for spring :flow2: as then i can get out more..my sl are still low..hoping u all have a great day ttfn :hug: rosey :wave:

Take care of that ankle, Chickie -- glad things are OK.

Well, well....got my HA1C results and things are slightly improved at.065 vs. .069 in October. Bad cholesterol is up a tiny bit but that could be from Christmas. So things are improving despite all my slippages.

Hi everyone :wave: nothing new to report hope your day is going great :hug: rosey

Hi gang . . . :grouphug:

Not much going on around here except snow, snow, and more snow. If anybody needs some, just let me know. :lol:

Have to take one of my cat's and one of LouLou's dogs to the vet later this morning (just booster shots). Hope we can find the place. :lol:

Still got a little back pain and a lot of chest congestion and, of course, BGL that is running too high but not out of sight. :mad: Still think it's mostly stress related and that the stress is mostly pain related.

Sry meowee, feel better :hug: things still quiet here and it snowing again..im working on a baby quilt..sl was 104 this am..trying to make better choices..ttfn have a great day.. rosey :wave:

My sugar level this morning was horrendous at 9.8 (176) :yikes: It was much better last night and I really do not know what is going on. I'm not eating poorly and I really don't think I'm going low in the middle of the night, but something is happening here and I definitely don't like this trend.

I wonder if Lantus Insulin sometimes has a problem of not working well over the longer term? Guess I'll have to look into that.

On a lighter note . . . I thought it was Saturday when I first got up this morning . . . hey, doesn't really matter when you are an ORF. I get two Saturdays this week. :lol:

FBGL is so strange! I usually run low but it's been over my normal lately. The darned weight is up another pound this morning for some reason. I think I should just delete my ticker since it always lies. Silly thing!

Congrats Ruthxxx. I always love it when my A1C goes DOWN!

But this morning's FBGL was 9.1/163. Something is screwy.

Yep . . . strange FBGLs are a habit right now it seems . . . yesterday I was 8.9 (160) -- not good, but definitely better than the day before. This morning 7.1 (128) -- almost acceptable. :shrug: I'm beginning to think I am going hypo in the middle of the night without being aware of it. Last night at bedtime I had a very large bowl of oatmeal with an apple just sort of as an experiment to see if I'd be high or low this morning.

Nothing much going on in my world -- after a gorgeous sunny day yesterday, we are having a relatively mild (above freezing) and rainy Sunday.

Hope everybody else has a great day . . . :wave:

Oh my . . . I seem to be talking to myself again . . . :lol:

I'm meowee..i was distracted this am..dh had surgury..hes going to be fine b ut still stressful..its so pretty out today sunny and cold makes the snow beautiful..at least looking out from my warm house lol..anyways :hug: for all rosey :wave:

Hi, all. You may have wondered where I disappeared to. I just got back to work today after a month of medical leave. I was in the hospital for ten days due to a bowel obstruction caused by a hernia. They said surgery was too risky so they just didn't feed or water me for about a week until the problem resolved itself. When I left the hospital my feet were swollen the size of sweet potatoes and I couldn't get my shoes on and walking was hard. after about 10 days of that my doctor prescribed a diuretic and my feet were back to normal in a few days. I am very tired and my gastrointestinal system is delicate. I'm sure eating a lot less but don't feel like I've lost much weight. In the hospital they gave me insulin and my bgl was all over the place. It's back to normal now. I did a blood test last week and will the get the A1c results when I see my doctor on Thursday. I only have computer access at work and I sure missed it while I was out. Well, it's good to back.
Rosey - I hope your dh's surgery went well and he recovers quickly.

:grouphug:

Oh ROSETTA, you have had a time of it, thank goodness everything is back to normal.

And ROSEY, hope DH has a good outcome.

Life is pretty boring for me -- the nasty wind has died down a lot today and we re having another gorgeous sunny, but cold, one -- going to get my haircut today and still dithering about changing the style a bit. Hey, after all these years, the hair pretty much does whatever it wants to do anyway. :shrug:

FBGL is still running a bit too high, but mediocre okay. At least the back is doing pretty good. Of course, tomorrow is garbage day, so will have to see how it feels after that.

I don't want to be insensitive, but I have a question re: my bgl and I trust other diabetics who've had experience.

If my bgl is running a bit high, can I get the low sugar shakes at 126? (Dr. wants me at 100.) I'm trying to figure out the cause of these shakes.

You should mention the problem to your doctor -- everybody is different, but I really doubt you could be having a hypo at 126 (7 on the international scale).

Hi everyone..another beautiful day here..rosetta am so glad u are better :hug: stay healthy chickie..my dh is home now they kept him overnite as his o2 levels where low..he had been having headaches caused froma blocked sinus from a broken nose(college football injury) so they went and rebroke it and fixed it right but its painful and packed shut so they pain meds cause him to forget to breathe right..he ok now but hurts like someone punched him in the nose poor guy..its nice that a can baby him for a few days for all the time i was in hospitals he was always by my side..we are like a pair of old comfy slippers but argue over who has control over the remote :?: my sl remain normal..am almost finished with my quilt top..it so cute..anyways im rambling..have agreat low sugar day everyone :hug: rosey :wave:

Thanks for the input Meowee.

Good morning. SOSDD on the weight but finally got a decent FBGL reading this morning! Whew!

Meowee, I'm sending you some warmish weather later today.

Hi there, gang . . . :grouphug:

Thanks for the try RUTH . . . our weather today is definitely warmer but, unfortunately right around the freezing mark and things are pretty slick out there. Once again the schools are closed and that usually means it's a good day to stay home.

Also unfortunately, I cannot say that my FBGL has given me a good reading. Sitting at 8.3 (149) this morning. :mad:

Hi ladies,

You all really inspire me with your weight loss and attention to BGL. Almost 2 years after diagnosis, I have finally lost 5% of my body weight. I am actually quite thrilled. Now on to 10%

DCM

Whew! Down two pounds overnight and FBGL of 4.6! Drugs are my friend. I realized yesterday I had missed some of the meds when setting up my weekly dosette box. Finally my ticker is being truthful.

Meowee, I tried to save some of the warm weather for you but it got away from me. We are back to proper winter weather today but it was nice to have fake Spring for a while. :shrug:

Hi there . . . :wave:

We never got the fake spring and is today ever an awful mess. :yikes: If you sent this garbage to me, Chickie Ruth, you can definitely have it back. Actually, probably good weather for a Friday the 13th. Might just keep a lot of people close to home and thus staying out of trouble. :lol:

My BGL was a decent 5.8 / 104 thus morning. Not to sure why, but I'm not arguing.

Good going on the 5% DCM . . . keep up the good work. :high:

Hi everyone..nothing new here..dh is recovering nicely..in fact hes at that pesky stage..bugging me on purpose :dizzy: i think hes bored..my sl was 87 this am inspite of the hersheys kisses i ate last night sometimes a girl just has to have chocolate :chockiss: :val1::val1::val1: HAPPY VALENTINES DAY everyone ((((hugs))) rosey :wave:

Hope everybody has a really great Valentines Day . . . :val2:

ooo I am in a super good mood today. My blood sugar was 81 last night before dinner and then 83 this morning! It had never even hit the 80s before!! The lowest before this was 93 lol.

Hi everyone:hug: :wave: rosey

Hi there . . . :wave:

Hi :grouphug:

Afraid this Winter is really starting to get me down . . . it just seems to go on and on. :mad:

Actually, I'm a bit surprised I don't feel a little happier today since it is sunny and supposed to stay that way through tomorrow, but all I seem to be able to think about is the next blizzard that's due to hit us on Thursday.

Bah Humbug and a rousing Oh Phooey as well . . . :p

ok meowee spring is coming :cheer2::flow1::flow1::cheer2: hang in there chickie :hug: rosey :wave:

Now, Meowee, no sense grumping about it because the blasted Weather God just does NOT listen! A month from now, we'll be looking for robins here and celebrating the 17th of Ireland.

My BGL seems to have settled down again and weight is back down below 200 - just barely but I'll take it!

Hi, all. It's been rainy the past few days. Whoopee. We really need it. Oops, just remembered I forgot to check by BGL this am. :?: I did an A1-C recently and it was 6.1. A little higher than the last one, but still good. I am now suffering from sciatica, the result of sitting around for a month. I hope the pain goes away before my pain meds run out.

Rosettastone, congratulations on the great A1C. And meowee, I 'm with you. Sick of winter. I have found myself walking around in shirt sleeves in 12 degrees because I refuse to acknowledge that winter is still here. Goofy

Someone once said that the best way to deal with a temptation is to yield to it!

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde :)

Anywho, thought it best I'd check in now that I've got internet access again. Finally moved in and all! hehe ^_^

I had my latest appointment with the diabetes clinic on Friday, my cholesterol is double what it should be and my hba1c went from 9.4 to 14! :(

I'm still trying to adjust my insulin doses as well and my other half sent my puppy away. :( Its the stress definitely.

I hope everyone else is well and you all had a nice valentines day :) <3

Hi everyone..hope your day is going great esp u meowee :hug: rosey :wave:

Hi there . . . :grouphug:

Wow . . . sorry I was missing but I've had a very busy couple of days. A very big funeral; a couple of lunches out; a dinner and overnight stay with friends; another snowstorm (of course); and a blinding headache to add to the fun. Nothing good for the BGL levels, of course. :shrug:

Hopefully, stuff is back to normal again -- at least for a little while. :dizzy:

Cassandra and Meeowe Sending you support :grouphug: DCM

Hi gang . . . hope you are all having a wonderful weekend wherever you are. :grouphug:

Weather is pretty good today -- sunny and only just below freezing; but a bit windy. Next storm (#11, of any consequence so far this year) is not due until Monday, so hopefully tomorrow will be good too.

Nothing exciting on my agenda for the weekend anyway and that suits me fine. Need to finish up some knitted slippers I promised to a friend -- hope she enjoys all the cat hair thast seems to be getting knitted-in. Should make them all that mjuch warmer, right. :crazy:

BGL is still bouncy, bouncy -- happened to check at 2am this morning (hey, I was up to the bathroom anyway) and was sitting at 4.8 / 86; so I ate an apple and a little cereal before I went back to sleep and by 7 am it was 9.1 / 164. :shrug:

Another beautiful day but now the TV is covered in those nasty red warnings -- rain, followed by freezing, followed by snow -- moving in tonight and lasting perhaps all the way through Tuesday. :mad:

Hi everyone..nothing new in my world same-o same-o..finished putting my quilt together this weekend and im now hand quilting it..it turned out really cute..dh is better and puttering in the garage :carrot:..hope u are having a great day (((hugs))) rosey :wave:

My BGL is pretty "bouncy" these days too, Meowee and the weight is bouncing right along with it. :shrug: Today has been pretty pure so I hope tomorrow's readings are better.
I have to go to a pancake supper tomorrow night - that'll be a trial! AS one of the Church ladies said "You'll be OK, Ruth. There's lots of other food like baked beans, sausages and pie!" She seems to be missing the point. :lol:

:grouphug:

Sounds like your church-friend has that mistaken lay-man's opinion that diabetics have to stay away from sugar, and only sugar . . . oh wouldn't it be great if that were only true.

Woke up very early with what sounded like a freight train trying to get into my bedroom, but at least my 5 am BGL was a nice even 6.0 (108).

The howling winds have been the only thing consistent about this storm. It's been switching back and forth between rain and snow all day. About the time that darkness settled in again I think rain has been winning by a bit. Of course, who knows what I'll see by daybreak because it's not over yet.

Still snowing and blowing but not nearly as badly as yesterday. Hope everybody is having a great day and doing lots of fun things. :wave:

eh today was horrible & I need to vent. My blood sugar was low today at work I started feeling light headed and like I might just passout & was like ugh I think my sugar might be low. But it was almost time to go home so I didn't do anything about it even though I had some cereal & a granola bar in my purse + juice or milk around.

As soon as I got home I checked and was at 58 by this time I was actually shaking and it was difficult to even test my blood sugar because it was hard to steady my hand! My husband gave me a pepsi and I ate the granola bar & felt better right away and retested 15mins later and it was up to 88.

This is the first time it was ever that low before it dropped down to 63 but I was at home. I feel stupid for not doing something at work when I felt sick. My health is important and I shouldn't feel weird about it :( Though I feel good that I obviously knew something was wrong but I need to handle it better.

And yesterday after work it was lowish at 69. and I wasn't feeling too great.

I think they have me on too much insulin in the morning perhaps. and maybe I need to eat a bigger breakfast. Like an hour to an hour & a half after I eat I go to work and am on my feet and I think right now it is just too much activity for me and it drops me fast.

Luckily I go to the doctor next week so I can talk about it but sigh it is just so much to handle and a bit scary. and on top of it I actually feel bad somehow for drinking the pepsi and going off plan. plus I didn't record my food today or yesterday because things were kindof chaotic.

Hi, all. BGL has been good in the mornings. Today it was 113. It's been mostly lower than that. Guess I'm doing something right for a change.
Blasphemie - Those lows don't seem right. Good you're seeing your doc soon. Maybe he/she can tweak your meds. That usually works for me.
Meowee - Happy mutual birthday. I'm celebrating mine with lunch at a French restaurant.:bday2:

Happy Birthday Meowee and Rosetta :encore::bday2you::hat::encore: rosey :wave:

Good Morning . . . :grouphug:

Well, yesterday was definitely filled with food-porn -- got force-fed by friends for two meals and there is one more 'special lunch' to go today. Hopefully, I'll get myself back on track after that. I know, I know; nobody but me puts the food in my mouth. :s:

Hope your GBL comes through your birthday celebration better than mine did, ROSETTA. Actually my reading of 7.7 / 139 this morning was better than I expected.

Have a great Thursday, Chickies . . . do the good stuff just as much as you can. :carrot:

Hi, all. I had a big bad lunch yesterday. Umm Umm good! Was still too full at dinner so didn't eat much last night. Surprisingly, despite my sins, by bgl was 104 this a.m. Hope you recover Meowee.

Hi All,

Good to see that people are hanging in through this incredibly long winter. We had something like 8"s today. Luckily I didn't have to go out.

Blasphemie - I had my first low blood sugar experience earlier this week. I started feeling light headed in the shower as I was getting ready to go out to lunch. I think the culprit for me was that I had very little carbs for breakfast (just a cup of a very meaty chili no beans). Ineed to remember Balance, Balance and more Balance

Oh wow . . . yet another dinner out . . . hopefully my March will be a lot better than my February.

Looks like we are going to be seeing the lion for the beginning of it -- already started in fact. Out three days of great weather has ended. Today it is pouring rain. the real lion is due to arrive overnight tonight with an instant freeze-up and then at least three, maybe four, days of heavy snow. All I can hope for (as well as maybe the forecast being wrong) is that the lamb will definitely be here for the end of March. :crossed:

Hope things are better in your weather-world . . . :grouphug:

OK - new month and new resolve. I am definitely going to lose five pounds this month - without cutting off a boob! My BGL has not been stellar - of course, it'd help if I remembered my meds regularly.

No weather whining here. We are back to cold weather but five days of sunshine are ahead.

Okay . . . that sounds like a good idea . . . actually I'd be thrilled to lose the same 3 pounds AGAIN. And oh boy, the BGL situation would certainly benefit. :yes:

Just a little weather-whine -- a few flurries, but nothing (so far) like what they were calling for.

Hi everyone..hope u had a great weekend..my was boring :dizzy: todays a brand new day right :hug: rosey :wave:

Oh wow . . . we have definitely had weather today . . . mostly a snow, freezing rain, rain mixture that never gives any indication of stopping.

Had a good OP eating day yesterday, but the BGL is still bouncing. :mad:

Rained all day . . . people on lower ground (luckily I'm on top of a hill) are in dire danger of flooding out right now. Supposed to freeze up overnight. What a mess that will be.

Eating is going well for third day in a row; but BGL is getting stranger and stranger. :dunno:

Good eating and bad blood glucose levels are still together for some strange reason. :shrug:

It's cold and it's icey and there's a tiny bit of new snow and some sporadic sunshine.

How is everybody??????

:( hope you find the culprit on that strange bsl issue, meowee <3

I'm getting excited, my younger sister is coming to visit! Her flight lands this Sunday and she's with us for a week! ^____^

I have to go see my Diabetes nurse, I haven't been able to feel my pinky and ring finger on my left hand for around 5 days...(been "asleep"..tingly) I tried everything from massages to ice/heat packs.

I was really sunny out today, my grandmother called and told me that this winter bite back might kill her apple tree's chances of out-producing last year's applesauce batch XD She made 6 gallons of Applesauce from one tree last year!

Hi everyone..nothing new here..feeling stir-crazy..sl stay normal..daisey and i are all curled up with a book..ttfn and :hug: rosey :wave:

I have to go see my Diabetes nurse, I haven't been able to feel my pinky and ring finger on my left hand for around 5 days...(been "asleep"..tingly) I tried everything from massages to ice/heat packs.



I have one finger (index finger, right hand) that got quite bad like that a few years ago when my BGL was consistently running way too high. It came back, mostly, but still tends to feel a little 'different' from the others at times.

Hopefully the nurse will have some suggestions for you. How have your sugar levels been?

Have a great visit with your sister, BTW . . . :hug:

Hi to you too ROSEY . . . your life sounds just about as exciting as mine. :lol:

:woohoo: :carrot: I went to the doctors today and they were really happy with my numbers and said I was doing great and with how I am doing I shouldn't be on insulin that much longer! She lowered the insulin I am currently on too. I was doing 20 in the morning and 10 at night and now just 15 in the morning and 6 at night. + she took me off metformin so yay i hated taking them lol.

Now if I can just shed this weight faster I would be feeling really great :)

I hope everyone else is doing really well :)

:woohoo: :carrot: I went to the doctors today and they were really happy with my numbers and said I was doing great and with how I am doing I shouldn't be on insulin that much longer! She lowered the insulin I am currently on too. I was doing 20 in the morning and 10 at night and now just 15 in the morning and 6 at night. + she took me off metformin so yay i hated taking them lol.

Now if I can just shed this weight faster I would be feeling really great :)

I hope everyone else is doing really well :)


Hello, why did you hate being on Metformin? I may have to go on some sort of med soon, and Im just wondering?:smug:

Hi everyone..still quiet and boring here but the suns out and its pretty out so spring must be coming and i plan to get out of my funk and get busy..plan to clean that dreaded closet that has everything stuffed inside..need to get off my duff and do a least one productive thing today(( sigh)) im a great procrastinator..hows things in your world :hug: rosey :wave:

:wave: . . . afraid I'm not feeling too great today and, believe it or not, it's snowing again. :halfempty:

Hi all. Our rain has stopped for the moment, although it's overcase and cool. My BGL is doing quite nicely lately. Must be doing something right. My medical bills from that hospital stay are beginning to trickle in and my new health insurance leaves a lot to be desired. Every doctor who eyeballed me while I was there is submitting separate bills and the insurance is deducting all sorts of stuff which I will have to pay. I have a PPO now. With my old HMO, I would never see a bill (although they would have kicked me out of the hospital before I was ready to go. lol). I sure hope President Obama is successful with that Universal Healthcare.
Have a good weekend.

HI Everyone
Today was my first non jacket day in many, many months. Yeah for Spring!!!!!
Meowee - Sorry to here about the snow

DCM

It's a bit warmer today, but definitely not a nice day. They predict snow/rain for tomorrow and Monday . . . oh joy . . . guess I'll take my good weather vibes just by listening to some of you who are actually getting some. :lol:

Still feeling sort of crummy, too. :shrug: blood sugar is still bouncing around like a rubber ball. Hmmm . . . those two things could be connected.

Well I won't bore you with my usual harangue about DST; I'll just stick to complaining about the weather instead -- :lol: -- it's been snowing all day, but not too heavily and straight down most of the time.

:sunny: but :brr:

Another nice day . . . hope everybody else is doing lots of fun stuff.

Hi everyone..nothing exciting going on in my world..how about yours :p (((hugs))) rosey :wave:

There was a full moon last night. How did I know for sure?

I woke up to a full double roll of TP unfurled throughout the house; every cabinet door and drawer in the bathroom standing open and stuff scattered all over the room; and just so the rest of the house wasn't ignored--the garbage under the kitchen counter (yes inside the cabinet) was upset and a couple of artificial plants in the sunroom had been dragged around a bit; guess the cats thought they needed to be relocated. :shrug:

BGL is still bumping along and I'm still doing well in the eating department. Today I've been having a bad case of the hungries but so far so good. :crossed:

Hello -

My name is Mel, I've been going to these forums off and on for years now...I forgot my old name though...I used to be quite a frequent poster...i had posted in the thousands!!!

Anyways, I am 28 years old...used to weigh like 350...over the course of several years I dropped 50 pounds without even trying. I was always thirsty, always using the bathroom. I knew what it all meant, but I didnt want to deal with it.

Last week they tested my BS and it was in the 400's - so apparently I have diabetes. My doctor sent me to get blood work done, and I go back tomorrow to see what we're dealing with. I am worried, what could see need to see in my blood work??

Anyways, I joined weight watchers, and started exercising, and i've already lost another 7 pounds...plus my symptoms are gone...i hope my bs is in order now, and i hope i have not spoken too soon!!

It is nice to meet you all!!

Melissa

Hi, Mel. Welcome to our thread. The blood work you are getting will probably include the hemaglobin A1c, which measures blood sugar over a period of months and gives the doctor an average. You didn't mention whether the doctor put you on meds or not. You have made a good start by trying to lose weight. If you lose enough, your diabetes may be controlled without medications. There is a lot of information posted on permanent threads in this forum that you might want to check out.
Keep up the good work on your diet and let us know how the blood work came out.

hey, thanks for the welcome!! I do recall the nurse saying something was high..whatever number she gave me was in the single digits, so it might have been what you said!!

the doc basically said "there are some good things, and there are some things i expected to see" but that's about it.

she put me on metformin, 500mg twice a day. i am scheduled to go back in three months...i hope it aids in my weight loss.

all my diabetes symptoms have disappeared, fatigue, thristiness, peeing...is it possible that one week of strict dieting could actually do that?

it seems too easy to be true...

Hi there . . . :wave:

Second day of great sunshine but very cold and very windy weather. Busy day for me yesterday but I did keep the eating in check. Today will be hibernation-mode for me -- not of course that I'm superstitious or anything. :lol:

:welcome: MEL . . . glad to have you joining us. Yes, a week of careful eating and taking Metformin can do a lot for BGL control . . . but please don't forget this is a lifetime journey you are now on. :hug: Keep on doing the good stuff, chickie.

Have a good day, gang.

Hi Meowee...thanks for the welcome.

Well I started taking my metformin again today. i was on it about four years ago, and i recall having similar symptoms.

Needless to say i've been getting a lot of use out of my bathroom this evening :( for some reason i am not on the extended release version. i wonder why. do you supposed there are benefits to taking the non extended release one over the ER version?

Afraid I have absolutely no experience with extended release Metformin. The only advantage i thought any ER meds had was to save having to remember to take multiple separate doses. :shrug: So maybe it only relates to how much you are taking?

ohh....well that would make sense.

Adding my :welcome: to Vermont Chick. If it's any consolation, the "digestive upset" Metformin side effects do end. I'm on 500 in the a.m. and 1000 at night and have absolutely no problems. My HA1C results are now in the "controlled" area so it does work.

hey ruth -

yeah, a few years back i was taking 1000mg ER - i do recall the side effects waning, but never completely going away :(

Right now my intestines are totally spazzing out - they feel like they're spasming - it kinda tickles more than it hurts...is that too much info???

I've been taking 2000 mg of Metformin for years now and haven't had even any twinges of discomfort since the first few months. Hopefully your tummy will calm down too. :yes:

Absolutely nothing new in my world -- BGL is still bouncing; eating levels have been good all month so far. :yay: The carbs did sneak up too high for a couple of days but at least the calories stayed in the okay range. Haven't seen any scale movement for a couple of days (connection??) now, but I have faith. :yes: In fact, I have faith in all of us, Chickies. We will win this race as long as we keep on doing our best.

We do have mostly sunny again today and the temp is expected to get up slightly above the freezing mark. Not too Spring-like yet, but I have faith in Mother Nature too. :lol:

Hope the rest of the weekend is fine for you. :carrot:

I AM SO DEPRESSED!! I have been dieting faithfuly and strictly for ten days. I have been on metformin for two and a half days now.

I tested my bs a few minutes ago, and I'm at 320!! I was at 420 when my doctor diagnosed me.

I am so worried that my bs will never be in range - is it possible that diet exercise and metformin just won't do it for me??

I am also scared because all the postings say you shouldnt exercise if your BS is above 250, so I'm like 'what do i do? i need to lose weight?'

does it take a long time for metformin to kick in and lower your blood sugar? and is it safe to exercise you think??? :(

Patience, Sweetie. It takes a while and it is more of a slow modification than a kick-in. I hadn't heard about no exercising with higher BGL readings. You'd think exercise would help. More research needed, I guess.

Metformin gradually increases your cells ability to use insulin in your blood. It will take a while and doesn't really "kick-in". Be patient and know that you are on track.
As to exercise, I'd check with your doctor. I don't recall ever being told not to exercise with hight BGL; in fact, exercise lowers BGL.

so here is an update. i checked my BS before exercise, it was 262...and then did just 15 minutes of light exercise (basic step for ten minutes and then brisk walking for 5)..it brought my BS down to 216!!! :carrot:

Hi everyone..sunny and cold here..dh is at the cabin so im queen of the remote and my times my own:yes:so have been working on a baby afagan,reading etc and staying away from the kitchen..sl was 105 this am..welcome vermontchick..its allin what works for u and its trial and error sota..we are all diff even tho we have the same disease..i take metformin and dont have any troubles..hello to all :hug: rosey :wave:

:grouphug:

Another sunny day around here but the temperatures are going in the wrong direction and it's getting colder again instead of warmer. :mad: I do have to go out, so guess I'd better get moving. This is School march Break week so I would imagine most of the places I have to go will be pretty crowded with lots of waist-high kids.

I'm still staying very much on track in the eating department but I'm still very much off track in the BGL battle -- having difficulty getting below 9's (160). Don't know if it could be connected with the increased levels of pulmonary edema symptoms I've been having or, if after 20 odd years of living semi-successfully with type II, my pancreas has decided to simply shut down (unfortunately, it does happen). That would mean a much more stringent Insulin routine. Guess I'll see what the doctor says next Monday. :shrug:

Have a great day, :carrot:

Ok, day four on my metformin. i increased my dose to 1000mg yesterday, and my symptoms (diarrhea, nausea) seem to have already passed.

however, i checked my BS this am and it was 373. I am SO discouraged, and I feel like I will never get it under control. How long is this supposed to take? I don't want to die of stroke or a heart attack or heart disease. :?:

I know that I need to give it time, but I have already drastically changed my life, i worked out for about an hour yesterday because I was testing my bs before and after exercise. I DID determine that just 15 minutes of light exercise brought my levels way down.

1. How long does metformin take to lower your BS? Can it take weeks?

2. How many grams of carbs should I be eating?

I just feel discouraged, like I can never have bread again because it will just raise my already high BS levels.

Afraid I don't have any definitive answers for you. Everybody is different. You might want to do an internet search for the American Diabetes Association and have a look around their site to see if they have information you could use.

Here's a link . . . http://www.diabetes.org/

thanks meowee...i tested my bs later in the day and it was down to 160...so we're getting there.

it seems as if my bs spikes in the morning no matter what i do. i hear that's a normal thing for some people....

Yes indeed, I definitely get my highest readings in the morning and especially if I sleep in a little later than normal; but, as mentioned before my FBGL has been dreadful lately. This morning was a little better at 7.6 (137) as compared to yesterday's 9.0 (164), but still not good.

How can you tell it's ST. PATTY'S DAY???? Well the bars in Halifax opened at 7 am this morning and the patrons were already lined up to get in. :yikes:

Hope the day brings a :goldpot: to each of you today -- but stay away from that green beer.

I got up and did some exercise, then checked my blood sugar, and it was around 261...pretty damn high still.

I have vowed to not check it for another week or so, because it is just stressing me out.

I am sure I went years with a high blood sugar, and it's going to take some time to level them off.

I hate to think of all that time that I must have gone undiagnosed. I was away from the doctor for nearly four years.

Yes, today I could tell it was St. Patty's day - all the kids were wearing green (I work in an elementary school).

This morning I was nauseated, I wasn't sure if it was the metformin, but I think it was my IBS acting up again...it hadn't acted up for nearly two weeks.

Hi all! VermontChick, metformin causes nausea and diarhea in 56% of the people that take it so both are likely culprits.... and don't discourage so easily, I got diagnosed with type 2, 3 years ago and am still working on getting lower readings, the metformin alone wasn't working as well as it should have for my sugars and I had horrible gastric problems the whole time (3 years of the runs was all I could take), so I've switched over to the needles because they are getting me better results and I FEEL better which is also important. Good sugar control if you feel like crap all the time isn't really the point I don't think.

And way to go on the exersise.... that's where I'm having trouble getting motivated.... and exersise really helps to lower sugar!

Meowee...Adorable kitty!! ;)

Re: Metformin

I real problems with the generic. The gastrointestinal symptoms kept getting worse. I stopped taking it and the symptoms went away. I started taking the brand name Glucophage, have been taking it for years, and have no problems, except maybe a little gas now and then. My insurance won't cover it so I get it from a Canadian pharmacy through a senior program. If your symptoms don't go away, you might want to try the brand name. The advantage of metformin over other diabetes medication, including insulin, is that it doesn't make you gain weight. Good luck.
Vermont chick: If your morning sugars are so high you should consult with your doctor. You might need to increase the metformin and/or take another medication along with it. I also take glyberide for that purpose. Used to take Actos, too, but no longer need it.

:drinkup::goldpot::luck2you::irish:
Happy St. Patty's day all.

Hi All and a Happy St Patty's day to you too.

Vermont chick. I would check things out with your doctor or diabetes educator. I too had higher readings in the morning before I ate and they had me take a late evening snack with protein. It helped but everyone is different. Check with your health professional.

Hi there . . . :wave:

Another sunny day and we may work up to above freezing temperatures, too. Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy but quite a bit milder. We'll see.

FBGL is back to 8.6 (155) this morning. :mad: Of course my major chocolate meltdown yesterday may have contributed. :dizzy: Just worked out my mutritional averages for the month so far and happy to say my 2286 total calories yesterday did NOT screw things up too badly. I'm still in good shape for the month. Average total calories are 1444 and percentages are running right on 40% carbs and 30% each for fat and protein. Sometimes you just get lucky I guess. :lol: Yes, I do believe in the 'cycling' philosophy whether you are tracking calories, points, or something else. I just don't think it needs to be all pre-planned. For me, and most of us (probably) , it just seems to happen.

BTW, I thank you FEISTYCAT and so does my calico, Purrecious. for the compliment. Hope you'll drop in to see us from time to time.

Have a great day, gang.

Hey ladies -

Thanks for the advice. I was just diagnosed last week, and I've barely been on the medication for a week now.

My doctor wants to see me again in three months. I assume this means that the meds take a while to work.

That was my question, I have been checking my BS dozens of times and am finding it's usually in the 200's.

I am exercising twice a day, but I probably could cut my cards down anymore. The thing is, I am starting to get so sick of just eating vegetables and protein. I eat fruit too, but I am so grossed out to think that I cannot even eat bread anymore.

In your experiences with metformin, does it take a long time to lower blood sugars? Maybe if I lose a bunch of weight my BS will get lower...?

oh, and i have an apointmet with a diabetes educator AND a nutritionist next month. I hope they have answers :cross:

Meowee, you are getting my yesterday weather. Today it's grey and showery but still will be relatively "warm". We are carrying on with above freezing temps and sunshine tomorrow. Could it be that Spring is early? This time last year we had 20" of snow. Anyhow the robins are back - maybe they know something because they are two weeks early this year.

Weight is finally a good solid 201.0. It's been dropping a tenth of a pound at a time - too slow but I guess I put it on slowly too. :shrug: BGL has been OK these days - nothing too low or too high unless there was a reason for it - the four-letter word is carb!

Got a Good Food Box order of veggies yesterday and am going to try to work in more. I am such a veggie slacker some days. I did have cucumber with my breakfast and plan a large salad with HB egg and turkey bacon for lunch. Sigh! I get so sick of this planning crud but ti's necessary.

Keep on keepin' on,Chickies!

Vermont Chick, who said you could not eat bread? Whole grains are part of a diabetic diet but you do need to keep the carbs low. Legumes are just wonderful and quite low GI.

Hi everyone..another sunny but cold day here..sl was 100 this am..vermont chick i eat bread,just multi grain dark bread,you will get the hang of this and after you see the nutrionest it will be easier for you..meowee chocolate gets me too cant live without it:dizzy:,ruth congrats on the weight loss slow is good as long as its going down..rosetta have you seen any good movies lately? ive been reading Janet Evonovich books about a lady bounty hunter..they are so funny that im chuckling all the time..wonder what happened to Jeannie..hope shes ok..well theres a pile of dishes waiting for me so should get busy ugh i hate house work id rather play..ttfn (((hugs))) rosey :wave:

Hi, all. Blood sugar holding steady. Spring has sprung here for the moment. Work is boring. Rosey -- there haven't been any movies out that I've wanted to see for awhile. Been watching old ones from Netflix. I have recently read two of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. Love them. They are very entertaining, especially grandma Mazur. Will pick up some more at the library.
I don't know what happened to Jeanne. She hasn't posted for months. I hope she's okay.

I like her 'numbered' books too . . . lots of fun.

BTW . . . the experts are once again dithering ab out when SPRING will actually, well, spring. :lol: I think the official word is Friday the 22nd -- BUT -- since I'm old school and since most of us are just a tiny bit sick of Winter :s:, think I'll start a new thread TOMORROW. :yes: :yes: :yes:

It actually IS tomorrow, Meowee, so it IS time!
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/riteofspring1.html

OOPS . . . thanks RUTH -- don't you just love it when you do the right thing for the wrong reasons. :rofl: :o . . . At least I remembered that it was NOT the 21st this year. :dizzy:

hello ladies,

i know i am 'allowed' to have breads, but i am still new into this diagnosis,and i am afraid to.

i haven't seen my diabetic educator yet (apointment is next month).

i am still trying to figure out how many carbs i am allowed to have...i have seen varying numbers - like someone said you can't have more than 40grams a day - how do you live off of that???

on webmd it said to make sure that 50% of your calories came from carbs...so i figured 750 calories a day are from carbs, ie 150 grams..and then another site said to keep it to around 20g or less per meal...

what do you guys do?

wow . . . I do not know where you are getting those 20 and 40 a day numbers; please be more specific . . . ????

I've certainly never seen anything like that on either the American Diabetes Association site or the Canadian Diabetes Association site. You definitely cannot handle your disease easily on one of the extremely reduced carb plans like Atkins or even (as Ruth will attest), Phase I of South Beach. I believe both ADA and CDA will come in around the 50% number you mentioned from WEBMD.

Pleasde don't get carried away (and confused) until you have your appointment with the DEC . . . promise now . . . okay????

i'm not sure where i recall seeing those low numbers - probably on yahoo answers. i haven't been able to find a clear answer to the carbs i should be eating, so i was looking all over.

Morning...BS was 166 this morning...still not that great, but better than earlier this week!! I hope my diet and meds are kicking in now...

thanks for all the advice girls...I am such a newbie with all this, and to be honest it still scares me.

Vermont Chick, you may be getting confused. Information overload? Perhaps it was 40% of calories from carbs rather than 40 grams of carbs? I use Fitday to track my food and my percentages are usually around 30% fat calories, 40% carb calories and 30% protein calories. Please do add whole grain carbs to your diet.

Good Morning, Sweetie-Pies -- :grouphug:

After thinking that Friday was going to be the 22nd :shrug: for awhile yesterday, imagine my delight to wake up this morning and discover it was only the 19th -- sort of like getting two extra days this month. :lol: Anyway, now that I've figured out 'what day it is' let me state that I will be setting up a new chat thread tomorrow - Friday, March 20 - which is, officially the first day of SPRING.

I also woke up to the first decent FBGL I've seen in a couple of weeks -- 5.6/101 -- so maybe that helped the fog to clear. Still have the chest congestion and a very sore right ankle, but some things are moving in the right direction. Hope it continues, because I have absolutely no idea what I did differently yesterday so it may be hard to control. I see the doctor on Monday and hope he can shed some light on things for me.

Today is heavily overcast, but milder than it has been so I'll probably do a little shopping and lunch with my buddy LouLou. It is nice to see the snow melting, but not nice to see all the rubbish along the sides of the roads. I didn't think there could be this many Tim Horton's cups in the whole Province.

Have a great Thursday (it is Thursday, isn't it?) . . . :wave:

Just moved Vermont Chick's morning post into this thread from the Dawn Effect one.

Don't be scared. It takes a while to learn how to tackle this beast but it can be controlled. Diet and meds worked for me. HA1C done every three months will tell you good results, I'm sure, but it takes dedication and knowledge.

horrible gastic problems today...of course i am a school teacher and can never leave my classroom without coverage :(

morning all....i am happy to report that my fasting BS is the lowest it has been since i was diagnosed two weeks ago :-D I have been reading up a lot on metformin, and i have found out that it is a systemic drug, and because of this, it can take weeks or even months to show its full effects.

I also took my blood pressure last night...112/84 on one arm, 132/95 on the other...that's the lowest i have been in YEARS

:wave:

It's official . . . SPRING HAS SPRUNG . . . and here's a link to our official new home for this glorious season . . . http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2662760#post2662760 . . . hope to see you over there, gang. :grouphug: