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02-11-2016, 11:47 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Northwest Florida
Posts: 593
S/C/G: 265/180/145
Height: 5'6"
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Thank you Fatmad My Dr. really hasn't said one way or the other if I'll be taken off meds ever or not. I still have a lot of weight to lose. I know you can reverse type 2, but I don't think it's a cure. You've just stopped the immediate damage it was doing. I am slowly coming to terms with the fact that even at 150 lbs I can never ever go back to old eating habits. It has to be a lifestyle change. Now that I'm adjusted to metformin, I really don't have any issues staying on it indefinitely if that's the case. I've read a lot of research about all the other things it can help with too.
My friend is constantly talking about noodles from spaghetti squash, but I have never tried it. I found a really easy chicken alfredo recipe in December that I've been wanting to use over something. I think I might sweet talk her into cooking me some one night. She has one of those spiral cutter things too and I've been wanting to try zoodles (zuchinni noodles).
Glad your back is doing better!
I got a 4 day weekend starting tomorrow. Hubby is taking me out tonight for an early V-Day and we're going to see Deadpool (I'm a nerd LOL). Found out grilled chicken nuggets at Chik Fil A are only 200 calories and we won't have time to sit down and eat so it's going to be fast food. I think that'll be a great consolation prize.
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02-11-2016, 02:42 PM
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#422
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Home of the Pirates, Steelers and Penguins
Posts: 12,380
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Mad, if we get McDonald's breakfast sandwiches DH only eats 3/4 of his. Never eats the whole thing. He eats small meals, but eat a lot of junk food in between. Never had a weight problem. My SIL told me that her husband, DH's brother, never finishes anything. She said when they were growing up their Dad made them clean their plate and she thinks they do this now as a way of rebelling. Against who, I don't know. Both parents are now gone.
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02-11-2016, 08:58 PM
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#423
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: TX
Posts: 9,265
S/C/G: 221/180/150
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Fatmad So glad the pain is gone. I thought of you last night as I was falling asleep and said a little prayer for you. I hope you will be able to stay pain free.
FickleHearts Enjoy you 4 day weekend.
Carol Sue I don't remember ever being told I had to eat everything on our plate. My Mama loved sweets so much that she would rather make a cake or fudge to eat than a meal when Daddy wasn't home when he worked rotating shifts... 2 week days, 2 weeks evening and 2 weeks nights. Since I didn't care for sweets much until I was in my 30s or older, I think I was just so thrilled to sit down to a meal that I probably didn't have to coaxed to eat what was on my plate. Plus even when Mama fixed our plates, she never overloaded it like some parents do.
I too only ate 1 or 2 meals a day when I was single and between hubbies. Even when DH and I married, I didn't eat 3 meals for a while after we married and a lot of the time when we went out to eat we would share a meal. But that didn't last and when I added another meal or whatever, I gained weight.
WW is good for me because the one thing I am learning is portion control. I was eating healthy but as my doctor suspected, I was eating too much of it. I got my SmartPoint calculator today so I can figure the pts myself. I will probably start tracking on paper only because it will be easier since I use a lot of store brands. This way I can get the exact pts on my own. I haven't figured out how to make copies from WW so I can have a copy so I can see what is working and what isn't.
I like how WW encourages because you feel good after rather than exercise just to earn pts to use for eating more food. I think that is a better reason for exercise.
We ate at Golden Corral today. I don't eat carrot cake any more. I mostly ate veggies with a small serving of fish and roast beef. Hard to be accurate on pts because I usually eat just a few bites of the foods I like.
If I don't make it back here, y'all have a nice weekend and nice V-Day with your sweeties. I'm trying to not be on the computer so much. I know, I know. I've tried that before and it never worked. So I could see y'all tomorrow.
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02-12-2016, 07:00 AM
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#424
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Madeleine
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: rural southwestern Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,981
S/C/G: sw187/cw152/gw140
Height: 5 ft 3.5 in or 163 cm
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Thanks for the prayers and well wishes. Not pain free this am, but slept well, and have hope it can come back. I drove last night to meet my sister, and that did me in. 90 minute drive each way, both shoulders were achey and tired when I got home. DH gave me a shoulder rub, using the livrelief cream. That helped a lot, used a hot magic bag and off to sleep.
The serving sizes were fine, and I had a salad with blue cheese, prime rib with veggies and a little serving of apple crumble for dessert. No wine, just sparkling water re the pain meds. SO today, hurray, am at ticker weight. I am planning on staying under 180 from here on. I'll take prayers on that one too, LOL
Fickle, so glad you are able to tolerate the metformin so well, it took me a good 3-4 weeks initially and when I upped my dose to twice a day to adjust. So people just can't adjust, which is too bad, other meds are good additions, but nothing helps type 2 as much as metformin.
Its frigidly cold here this weekend, Stay Warm RUTH!
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02-12-2016, 11:12 AM
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#425
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It's really cold here in PA too, Mad. Single digits. There's a stray cat that comes in our yard and I feel so bad for it, but you know they won't let you near them. I hope it has somewhere to go to get out of the weather.
My 2 meals I ate when I was single were not big meals, but by good meals I meant healthy, not junk food. The dinner meals I ended up adding were big meals, though. I have learned not to eat all my food when we eat out, but I'd really rather not be eating dinner at all.
Trish, my mother never seemed to care if we ate at all except when we were very young. Food was so scarce if one person didn't want dinner, it meant more for everyone else. I would never eat dinner when she made fish. I like fish, but back then it had bones in it. My mother didn't bake. No money for baking. If it was someone's birthday she would bake a cake. That was a treat 4 times a year. Dad's birthday was Christmas Eve so we didn't get cake for that. We also might have celebrated mine and brother's birthday together because we were 5 days apart. Many times our dinner was just a big plate of fried potatoes. It wasn't until I started working and eating out for lunch that I started over eating. It's funny how our eating habits have evolved over the years. Not always due to hunger.
Mad, I think Metformin is so good because it works to keep your blood sugar from going up, but doesn't make it plunge down like some other meds do. I will probably never stop Metformin, but would love to get off the glimiperide if I can. That stuff scares me. Doctor says there's some better options available, but they are expensive and all have side effects. Diet and exercise is always the best bet!
Hope you feel better soon. Sometimes it just takes time.
Fickle, many people use the word "reversed" when speaking of diabetes control. It can be controlled, but if you go back to eating more carbs, your blood sugar will rise again. So it's not a cure. I don't think you can ever get back to the point of eating those foods and not getting a BS spike, even with weight loss and exercise.
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02-13-2016, 09:38 AM
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#426
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Madeleine
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: rural southwestern Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,981
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well, today its colder, -30 here, is -20 F to you south of the border. It will warm up to -17, at which point I will try to take a walk with the dog. At least its sunny and warm.
After I got home from physio and the chiropractor, i took some herbal pain meds, as I was really hurting and had maxed out on robaxacet and the TENs machine wasn't helping much. That worked better and is less toxic than anything else I have taken, and I woke up almost pain free.
Will just take it easy today and see how it goes.
I overate yesterday though, and will have to be careful. I have a habit of undoing all my hard earned weight loss by going off plan, as if to celebrate, and not getting back on it. Will self-awareness save me from myself? lets hope so!
Trish, you should be really proud of yourself, I think you are sticking to the points system better than you have stayed with anything in the time I have been on here. And truly, as long as its not harmful, sticking with any weight loss plan is the key. Finding something we can stick with, finding ways to stay with it, stay on top is the key for all of us.
Enjoy the sun today if you have some.
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02-13-2016, 10:49 AM
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#427
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Here in PA it's 14 degrees F. This is with bright sunshine and very little wind. Supposed to go up to 40 by Tuesday. A heat wave!
I agree that Trish is doing a great job with WWP. One big key is not to get discouraged if you slip up. We all slip up. In fact, I've slipped and fallen and I can't get up! But I will. Maybe today. I do great at breakfast and lunch. It's after that when I need to really watch.
Sorry to hear you're still having so much pain Mad. I hope the therapy starts working, soon.
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02-13-2016, 04:12 PM
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#428
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: TX
Posts: 9,265
S/C/G: 221/180/150
Height: 5'2 1/4"
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Mad So sorry you are in such pain. I do pray you get to feeling better soon. Keeping you in my prayers.
Well, I do enjoy the new WW plan. I don't worry about slips because I know I am working toward good eating habits and I believe the benefits will follow. I was OP for breakfast this morning. However, DH and I had a little Valentine's day treat for lunch. So lunch was a planned off plan, but following the WW suggestion, I will be right back OP at dinner. I have so many extra earned points from exercise that it really shouldn't be a problem.
I've been going through the shopping book and there are a lot of foods that people following the Simply Filling plan do not have to count. Even though I like that plan when it was called Core Plan and even followed it back then, I still counted the flex points for them because I didn't trust myself to not count them. I think I may do the same thing again counting the SmartPoints. In fact, come to think of it, there were a lot of us back then who did that back then and I actually lost weight doing it. I remember I was doing online WW and some of us called it Flore because we combined Flex/Core plan and Flex people really got mad at us for calling it that. LOL!!! But it did work.
Mad I am finding it easy to follow this and stay on it because I love grapefruit and have actually developed a love for apples. On WW, I can have half a grapefruit and 1 apple everyday. Although I do eat some special foods because they are lower pts, I actually feel like I am a normal eater again.
Y'all have a happy Valentines day with your sweeties and stay warm. We have a guy here now trying to get our heater to work as it decided to stop working this morning while I was at the beauty shop and tonight is supposed to be 15 degrees and freezing rain late tomorrow night and Monday. Still not as bad as some of you guys are having.
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02-14-2016, 07:38 PM
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#429
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Madeleine
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: rural southwestern Ontario Canada
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did well sticking to plan today, and hope to be back to ticker tomorrow am. Its a holiday here tomorrow (family day) and I will be skating with my girls. This is a new holiday in our province, just a few years old, and it seems everyone wants to go out and play in the winter on this day.
Hubby gave me a lovely valentine card, and I got him one, and a back scratcher, since he keeps taking kitchen utensils to do that. Hope you all have had a nice Sunday and St. Valentine's day as well.
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02-15-2016, 10:42 AM
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#430
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: TX
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S/C/G: 221/180/150
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Fatmad Congratulations on doing well on Valentines Day. Enjoy your Family Holiday with your girls.
I made it through the day well too. Still have Valentines chocolates left and DH and I are allowing ourselves 2 a day. And yes I stuck to the 2. I love WW because it allows me to enjoy the foods I like in moderation. I never feel deprived.
And WW new program is working very well for me. I have a new low on my ticker. Down 5 lbs since I started WW 2 weeks ago. New low of 225.4. I am really excited about how well this is working. FBS seems to be in 150s right now but that is okay too. I expect it to come down more as the weight comes down.
I have to say that I am very pleased with this plan. I love being able to have the fruit and veggies I enjoy. Since Sunday is usually a breakfast meal for our main meal and it was so cold here, I decided to take a can of chicken noodle soup for flavor (1 c = 1 pt) and added 2 pts of veggies to it and make me a serving of chicken vegetable soup for a total of 3 pts. I am thrilled to find that the mini moo half and half that I use is only 1 pt. The book suggested checking the pts with the labels and I am learning that I can't trust low/reduced fats to always be lower than regular on some foods.
All in all it is a great plan for learning to eat healthy. And the great thing is that it is working for me.
You people in the extreme colds north of me, y'all stay warm and safe. Have a great day.
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02-15-2016, 01:24 PM
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#431
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We're having a heat wave, Trish. It's up to 40 degrees F. LOL I went out with my coat unbuttoned and no hat.
I am so happy for you Trish that this is working for you, and you are learning so many new ways to handle your food. Yay! on the new ticker number!
We don't do anything for Valentine's day. I made DH a steak for dinner and I ate leftover fish. LOL Leftovers for Valentine's dinner. But hey, it was what I wanted. Today I bought some 50% off Valentine's Day candy in KMart. Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures. DH likes those, and I will pop one once in a while. This morning on the radio they were talking about the 2 hour waits to get into some restaurants on Valentine's day. Not for me!!
Mad, hope you are doing better with your pain. I am going to have to see the doctor about my knee. It's getting worse by the day. Keeps wanting to buckle under me, and I don't want to fall and break something.
Hey Fickle, p.a., /Ciaohound, Watercolor. What's going on with you guys?
Ruthie? Are you behaving???? Testing? Taking meds?
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02-15-2016, 03:06 PM
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#432
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,476
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Hi everyone
I had been reading but not posting,,,sorry. I've been struggling to get the holiday weight off and I have a Drs appt coming up and don't want to go weighing more then I did 3 months ago. It was really hard to get back on track. So, instead of looking at the whole picture I'm challenging myself to lose 1 pound this week. Then I'll take it from there. Back to cutting down on carbs to.
Mad where are you in Ontario,,,, I live here as well.
Trish apples are my fruit of choice,,,,as long as I eat them before evening my fasting number stays good. After 8 pm and my numbers are up in the morning.i know a few people that are really getting the hang of the new WW program and are loosing well! Keep up the good work.
Carol your right we have all slipped and fallen,,,,myself over and over. But the trick is to never quit getting up ! You can do it...
Ficklehearts I wanted to see Deadpool as well,,,but then my son in law mentioned it's very gory..
It's family day here and I went to an indoor playground with my grandkids,,,,oldest loved it. Home with a tea and watch the Grammys tonight.
Last edited by p.a.; 02-15-2016 at 03:09 PM.
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02-15-2016, 07:34 PM
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#433
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Madeleine
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: rural southwestern Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,981
S/C/G: sw187/cw152/gw140
Height: 5 ft 3.5 in or 163 cm
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I went skating for a bit with Lilia and her sister Sophie, and my extended friendship family. A good Family Day outing. Also had a visit in hospital with my administrator, Cynthia. She is dying, and is in for some palliative surgery, as there are blockages. Watching someone you care about die really stinks.
Then I went to see DD and have a cup of tea with her. She offered to help me do up an "evening in Paris" for Cynthia, who will not get her dying wish to go, so we will do a homemade version. I just love that DD offered to do this. She is a woman with the best heart.
P.A., I live near Elmira, Ontario, out in the sticks. I know Ruth is nearer Ottawa, where are you?
Carole Sue, sounds like nasty arthritis in the knee, hope there are some good therapies for you for that.
Have a good week friends
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02-15-2016, 10:18 PM
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#434
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Northwest Florida
Posts: 593
S/C/G: 265/180/145
Height: 5'6"
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Man, it's like hurricane weather out there tonight. We haven't had a good storm like this in a long long time. I love Florida weather!! I thought the cold front was going to bring another bout of cold weather, but now they are forecasting the 70's all week. AWESOME! I can get back to my walks.
Been a busy weekend. Deadpool was very good, we saw it twice LOL. Ryan Reynolds killed it! Not really all that gory honestly. There was some gore, but not really bad, nothing that made me ill, nothing like say the Saw movies. The comedy made up for it.
I ended up splurging a bit yesterday on some red velvet cheesecake, but we split it and I ended up only have a few bites. Logged it, moved on, and stayed under carbs and calories for the day so I feel pretty good about it.
I totaled up my weight loss from Sunday to Sunday last week and I lost 5 lbs in one week. That is really unheard of for me as last year when I was dieting it was an agonizing process. I've also lost 2 inches on my waist from my lowest point in November. At this point, I'm totally crediting the metformin. It's the only difference between what I'm doing now and what I was doing back before the holidays.
Sorry to hear about your friend fatmad. That's a really nice thing to do for her with the evening in Paris idea.
Hey, it's really great to see WW's is panning out for you Trish. It worked for me when I did it back in the early 2000's!
My name is Casie btw LOL!
Ugh, back to work tomorrow. Yuck. At least it's a semi short week.
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02-16-2016, 07:49 AM
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#435
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Come on Spring!
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Delta, Ontario, CANADA
Posts: 26,840
S/C/G: 232/170/150
Height: 5'0" on a tall day
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I'm behaving and taking meds. However, I am not testing because I don't feel I need to - and my docs both agree.
By the way I live closer to Kingston than to Ottawa in the wee village of Delta, 30 minutes from the 401 at Brockville or Gananoque.
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