Went to my 3 month doctor's appt today and didn't get a physical. Medicare only pays for that every 2 yrs and I had my last one in November 2012. Boy I was glad.
He said all the tests came back negative and I guess the iron wasn't low enough for meds. I told him I thought the problem was the way I had been eating trying to get into a routine to get the weight coming down. The reading was 11.2 and the lowest normal is 11.5. I probably wouldn't have worried about it, but I'm thankful for a doctor who is cautious. He said that my A1c was 7.1 and I was happy. He said "it was 7.0 last time". I was kind of surprised as my daily fbs had been lower than it was on my last visit. But all my other numbers were very good and so was Tony's.
This may sound strange, but we really had fun talking to our doctor today. I told him how I was using MFP to get my ratio of protein, fat and carbs the way it is working for me and that I'm doing low carb although not strict like Atkins. Then I said, "But I'm probably going to leave here and go have a hamburger. But I'll just eat off for one meal and get right back on to my low carb at the next meal" which I did. What was funny was he laughed and made a sheepish grin put his hand up like he didn't want anyone to hear and said "That's alright. I had pizza last night". He is doing MFP right now himself. Said he wanted a second piece so bad, but it was over 300 calories for one piece, but he kept thinking about how it would be over 600 calories. He tells me how he has to make himself do what he does to keep his weight off. He says he usually starts faithfully doing MFP in January like everyone else. He planned to do it 100 days until his pants fit again. LOL I really appreciate his honesty. He really is an excellent doctor. I'm thankful to have him.
Carol Sue I asked him about using vinegar with the fluid pill and he said it wouldn't hurt. I told him that I wanted to use it on my salads. I also asked about fbs reading and the reading after meals. He said that there isn't any need to check it until you get the fasting under control. Then you start watching the 2 hr after. I told him about me checking mine yesterday after lunch and dinner. I told him the 2 hrs after dinner was 139. He said that was good. When Tony and I get low on our present test strips, we are going to get the new meter you told me about that is sold at Walmart. I showed them to him today and it is worth getting in order to pay only $9 for 50 strips.
Rennie I told my doctor that I also told my doctor about how I was stretching to get 1200 calories in yesterday and that I ended up eating when I wasn't hungry to get there. I told him I don't like doing that, but that I know they say don't eat less than 1200 calories. He said that the reason they don't like us to eat diets cut down to 800 to 900 or less than 1200 calories is because when you eat such little calories that it sets you up for cravings and then leads to binges. However, he did tell me if I'm eating Intuitively which is the way we should eat that I should not eat to get 1200 calories in if I am not hungry. He doesn't think it is good to make yourself eat when your not hungry either.
So glad y'all fbs is coming down so well.