"Keep-in-Touch" Thread

[TappingPeony]

Did my WATP 1 mile on the 5 Day Slim Down after lunch today. On my way!

Kathy

[Ruthxxx]

Stuck right to my plan today and even worked in some exercise lugging stuff around outside. I forgot my meds last night but will remember tonight and hope to see a better FBGL in the morning. Didn't re-establish my ticker but today's weight was 198.

[TappingPeony]

Good afternoon everybody! But where is everybody, lately? How are you today Ruth? How's Meowee?

Yesterday was 1st day of school chaos, so my day's plan was right out the window. For the first time in ages, my morning FBS was high-116mg/dl. But I was SO hungry for some reason, and ate badly all day. And everywhere, all day, were donuts and sweets. And I got no exercise in. Wheew! Glad that day is over.

Today is going much better, and I went this morning to water aerobics, and the hungrys are gone. So we will see how it goes.

The repair guy had to come out yesterday to check the washing machine we acquired with this house. It's on its last leg and leaking on the floor when it spins. DH got done early today, so we just got back from Sears after getting a new washer. Better now than later--the big stuff always goes out when company is coming. One year, the ice machine, dishwasher, microwave, and 2 burners of the ceramic cooktop went out between Halloween and Christmas--DH and I got expensive gifts that year! The worst was the dishwasher dying on Thanksgiving Day.

Have a good one everyone! Kathy

[Renacer]

Hello everyone!

I have been MIA. I had a full house over the past days, my grandmother and niece came from Florida and a friend came from Puerto Rico. We had fun, I behave quite good and the weight still the same. Know back to my plan and exercises.

Talk to you later!

[Ruthxxx]

Hi Renacer and welcome back. I'm glad you stuck to your plan - especially with so much company.

Peony (my favourite flower), sounds like you are having a stressful week. I think the appliances all get together at night and plot!

Meowee has checked in with the MODs but still finds sitting at the keyboard very painful. She may pop in one of these days.

Is anyone else indulging in lots of our local veggies? I just love summer veggies and am planning to make an eggplant dish for dinner. It's Chinese inspired and needs me to grill the slices on the BBQ so I'd better get cracking at it! We just had a t-storm but it's sunny now so I'll take advantage. I've also been indulging in raspberries and blueberries - yum! Good stuff!

[akrosey49]

Hi everyone..sry i have been mia..really busy having a going away party for my dd and family and helping them adjust esp my dd..her dh wanted to mov e,she didnt but is willing to give it a try..soooo they are on their way to oregon..shes sad and so am i but had to keep it together so it wasnt so hard for her..my sl and eating has been out of wack to much stress..(((hugs))) for all and keep up the good job.. rosey

[sapphire9]

Hi, all. Been real busy at work and not eating well. BGL shows it.
Ruth - good for you eating all those vegetables. We have lots of locally grown vegs out here but I don't like to cook so I get prepared food, which, even in the fancy health places, vegs are limited. The fruit has been especially good this summer and I have been eating a lot of it.
Rosey - I'm so sorry your daughter and family are moving. I know how much you enjoy spending time with them. Change is difficult. Maybe you can get busy with your crafts and take your mind off it.

[Renacer]

Thanks Ruth!

I did eat some *stuff* but since we walked so much it wasn't terrible with the scale.

I forgot to mention, I went to the Endocrinologist and she was really pleased with how I'm managing my diabetes. They told me that there wasn't much they can do for me at the Diabetes Center but they wanted me to be engaged, so she wants to see me in six months. She also send me again for a Lipid Panel since the one that was done wasn't fasting and she sent me a albumin levels to make sure that everything is in order.

Today FBGL was 106...I had some ice cream last night. I need to go back to my exercise routine.

Have a great day!

P.D. Summer veggies, yumm! I've been postponing my visit to a food coop that I found close to my neighborhood and need to head there ASAP.

[TappingPeony]

Evening, all!

Had a pretty good birthday on Thursday, and went out to breakfast this morning for my birthday (I would rather do that than dinner, and I have all day to work if off!). Couldn't go out before that because of the wacky weekend schedule we had. We're almost back into the school mode, so things are sailing along.

Hope everyone had a good weekend.
Kathy

[akrosey49]

hi everyone..a beautiful sunny day here rosey

[akrosey49]

Hi everyone.its a blustery day here..eating is going better..life goes on even tho i've been sad..so where is everyone summer such a busy time..ttfn ((((hugs)))) rosey

[Ruthxxx]

Sorry I've been MIA. Lots is happening around here. I'm having a room added to my house and have been in noise, dust and chaos for the past three weeks.

The mess plus the heat is affecting me, I'm afraid. Weight is up (partially water retention from the heat) and BGL has been going way too low in the night. Nothing like a 2.1 to wake you up at 3 AM! I am going to try adding more carbs for my evening meal which has been mainly grilled meat and veggies lately.

We are heading into a stretch of very warm weather - temps to 100º is very strange for mid-August in Canada. Unfortunately my AC is disconnected because of the construction so.... Send me some of the Alaska air, OK?

Today I have to figure out what to do with the seven big zucchini sitting on the kitchen table. I may slice and dry them, setting up the dehydrator on the porch as it really heats up the kitchen. I planted TWO seeds - one green and one yellow - and the plants are in major production mode. I also have about a dozen spaghetti squash developing. No sign of red tomatoes yet but I have enough Swiss chard for us all!

Hope your Friday is fret-free and your weekend is great.

[sapphire9]

Hi, all. BGL has been high. Still eating poorly. Weather nice. Busy at work.
Rosey - Hi. I know you must be missing your family. Maybe you can get a web cam so you can have virtual meetings regularly.
Ruth - I'm jealous of your garden. You could stuff your large zucchini. I would love some chard. It's too much trouble to cook fresh chard and C&W stopped selling frozen chard.
Have a good weekend.

[Ruthxxx]

The zucchini are huge. A stuffed one would barely fit in my oven and would feed 12 people, I'm sure! A friend came over yesterday and left with four zeppelins in her car. Today I will tackle the others - I'll shred and freeze for baking in the fall and dry some too

I made sure to have more carbs with dinner last night and today my BGL is up too much. You can't win but it does all average out. It certainly was nice to sleep right through the night and having the AC restored made a difference too.

Have a good weekend, Chickies.

[pkmom]

Popping in to say hello. Added my profile a few days ago. Ruth asked what plan I'm on, and I'm not. Shrug. The idea of keeping to someone else's program is overwhelming to me. I prefer to write down what I'm eating and then just adding up the calories at the end of the day. I don't even put the calories on the page till the end of the day. Believe me, I know ahead of time if I'm not doing well. I've tried counting carbs but it got too confusing with the whole net carb/fiber, etc. question. I know enough to know that I can't overdo the carbs anyway, so I'm selective with them.

Regardless of what I do, I've GOT to quit the late-night snacking. That's my enemy. But I don't sleep either, so I'm up and temptation reigns.

So hello all. Hoping for support and encouragement as I head down this new and unknown road.