I drink a whole bottle when I get up
1 with breakfast,
1 at work during the morning
1 at lunch,
1 after lunch,
1 when i get home with my exercise
1 with dinner
1 in the evening and a diet pop
I have 8 every day without fail, I line the bottles up on my desk at work and home so I don't forget - I drink them at room temp so I don't have to remember to go to the fridge.
Hey Thin, I am new to the forum, but I usually eat a few pcs of fruit a day. If you are worried about BS levels, then you might want to eat them early in the day. I know fruit rasies my husbands levels. Patti
Well . . . it is Friday . . . it is morning . . . so far so good.
Afraid I'm not having a good one. Feel quite crummy, actually and the BGL of 8.2 (148) goes along with that I guess. Hopefully things will improve.
Welcome to the group . . . Patti . . . glad you found us, chickie . . .
Guess we should make water consumption the official question for the day . . . so, on average, how many 8 oz (250 ml) glasses of water do you drink each day and do you count things like diet soft drinks and/or crystal light in that total? .
You already know the answer for me -- 10 -- and I do not count anything but water (the rest is gravy, so to speak) Looks like we definitely know the answer for Thin, too -- 16 -- and just water. So; how about everybody else?
Anyway . . . think I'm going back to bed for a bit. Hope I wake up feeling better later. In the meantime, here's a good article on Healthy Snacking for Diabetics (and everybody else, too) from Everyday Health . . .
Morning All and Pattiann
Basics first 114 bsl this am. not bad for a chick who ate mini bag of popcorn at midnite lol This weekend i was suppose to be going to the bridal shower, but the bride neglected to tell me that she had changed the date
as for the question of the day... ahhh i really don't keep track of it. i don't really drink a lot because im just not that thirsty.. i drink water at work and sugarfree lemonade with dinner.. but i really couldn't tell u how many oz or cups or anything lol.
Meowee: Hope u feel better when u wake up. I think we woke up feeling about the same. i didn't want to go to work and felt sluggish and funky for the most part.. but i couldn't take the day off because the bosses are off at a b&b for the weekend lol. but heres an extra for ya.
well i'll be floating around for a while.. ttfn and happy friday!
Morning everyone.. cloudy here today.. my sl was 106 this am..i splurged and had pizza last night.. one slice thin crust..didnt taste as good as i thought it would as far as water ..i drink water with all meals and a big quart jar while watching tv at night and also keep water beside my bed..maybe thats why i get up in the middle of the nite.. i dont make a speacial effort to drink "x" amount every day tho.. hoping to get to my sewing today..gee ive been saying that al week and havent managed it once..anyways you all have agreat day (((hugs))) rosey
and . . . things are a lot better now . . . I had that "nap" but it turned out to be 4 hours long . . . hard to call that a nap. Anyway, it's like I started the day all over again. I feel a lot better and my BGL was 5.5 (99) when I got up the second time. I just had a second round of two cups of coffee and finished up a light lunch (I had forced down my breakfast before even though I didn't really want it). The weather has made a massive change too . . . it's actually fairly warm and nice and sunny this afternoon.
Hi ROSEY . . . . . . hate to tell you this, but I think our age has a lot to do with the getting up in the night thing.
Hi MICKEY . . . . . . well, that was the epitome of thoughtlessness. Is the shower now scheduled into the future or did you miss it?
Keep drinking the water girls whether you are actually tracking it or not is obviously immaterial . . . just don't forget that staying well hydrated keeps the body from retaining water (and, of course, retained water = weight).
Hey Meowee: She rescheduled it for next weekend lol.. and then informed me that the maid of honor is not contributing finacially to the bacherlorette party that i am putting on.. this thing is already costing me up to $400 and yet i was not made the maid of honor, but i have all the duties. Im ready to just put out a tray of Peanut butter and crackers and call it a day. this is why they make terms like bridezilla
Here's what I ate today . . . actually a little higher in fat than I like to be and that really adds up in calories, too . . . but those 6 little back spare ribs were delicious even though 70% of their calories come from fat . . . saturated fat.
B: 2 coffee, HP pancakes, strawberry-rhubarb topping
S: ---
L: 2 coffee, celery, cheese, apple
S: Skinny cow bar
D: spare ribs, big salad with FF Italian; strawberries with jello & CW
S: 100 calorie bag Smart Pop; 1/2 apple
96 oz / 3000 ml water
Hope everyone has a great evening . . . see you tomorrow.
So far so good around here although it is pretty foggy for the second morning in a row . . . maybe I should go back to bed, that seemed to work fairly well as a weather improvement device yesterday. My BGL is having a pretty good morning, too. Sitting at 5.3 (95) first thing. However, I do feel the beginnings of a little yeast infection 'tickle'.
So . . . the question for today (close your ears, Glen) . . . I think most of us know that diabetics are said to be more prone to yeast infections than the 'normal' population . . . do you find that to be true for you?
Definitely seems to be the case for me and most of my 'outbreaks' are topical/external rather than internal. Very annoying, nontheless.
BTW, just to keep you entertained -- always something new in the world of my feline menagerie. This mornings "event" -- 2 out of 3 kittens have figured out how to get onto the kitchen counter -- will probably be all 3 by the end of the day.
Okay . . . off I go to try to get something accomplished. Have to get things moving and shaking. The new scale said I was almost 2 pounds higher than I was 2/3 weeks ago. Sure don't want that to be the case when I ask it for an 'official' opinion on the 27th, so I'd really better try to do as much of the good stuff as I possibly can until then.
Have a great day, gang . . . see you all soon . . .
Good morning everyone, yep a east infection is what led to my Diabetes diagnosis, when they tested my urine they found a high level of sugar and sent me for blood work.
I am up early this morning, forgot to turn my daughter's school alarm off - so it went off at 6:45 she slept through it (of course) but do you think I could?
7.4 this morning for BG (133) probably those nasty cashews I scarfed down (again)
Have a great Saturday everyone, tonight I go to Ruth's Chris steakhouse, wish me luck.
I've figured out something about myself these past few weeks. I do not crave anything sweet. (ie) chocolate, cake, cookies, regular coke etc...
My daughter made muffins this morning and I feel absolutely no temptation or interest but - what I do crave and struggle with is salty things, my husbands nuts, for instance I have cheated twice with his cashews. plus. I crave the cheddar cheese in the fridge, or his steak & onion pie with gravy... salt, salt salt.
I also feel very unsatisfied with the taste of some things I make for myself, I really want to put salt on my egg white omelet and in that spaghetti sauce I made the other night - it tastes okay, but it really needs salt!
Morning everyone.. another beautiful day here.. my sl was 106 this am.. i didnt get any sewing done yesterday.. in stead my dd and grdd and i went garage saling..it was fun and we where gone all afternoon.. then we went to bingo and I had the best night of bingo ever that i can remember.. i came home with a grand total of $1200.00 i won on pull tabs and abig jackpot.. now im all set finnacially for our vacation in july and it was so much fun that ive still got a grin on my face .. they have a casino where we are going and im for sure going to try my luck there..meowee sounds like the fur patrol is on the march sry for the yeast infection.. ive only had it once when i was alot younger..thin girl.. throw out those nuts.. or have your dh hide them.. my dh loves peanut m&m and so do i but he puts them up on a tall cupboard where i cant reach them..now nuts arnt a bad choice but if u are craving salty get some lo fat 100 cal popcorn..or if you have to have nuts portion them out in small baggies and then only eat whats in that snack bag..how about vegies cut up with some lofat ranch dip?or they have other 100 cal snack packs.. chips crackers and cookies, i use them all the time..not sure what planned for today..hope u all have good one tho..((((hugs))) rosey
I had no idea. 
and 
Pattiann 
i really don't keep track of it. i don't really drink a lot because im just not that thirsty.. i drink water at work and sugarfree lemonade with dinner.. but i really couldn't tell u how many oz or cups or anything lol. 
as far as water ..i drink water with all meals and a big quart jar while watching tv at night and also keep water beside my bed..maybe thats why i get up in the middle of the nite.. i dont make a speacial effort to drink "x" amount every day tho.. hoping to get to my sewing today..gee ive been saying that al week and havent managed it once..anyways you all have agreat day (((hugs))) rosey 
Is the shower now scheduled into the future or did you miss it?
this is why they make terms like bridezilla 
My BGL is having a pretty good morning, too. Sitting at 5.3 (95) first thing. However, I do feel the beginnings of a little yeast infection 'tickle'. 
I have cheated twice with his cashews. plus. I crave the cheddar cheese in the fridge, or his steak & onion pie with gravy... salt, salt salt.