[TXMary2]

This morning's BS was better- 138- not much but I'll take anything lower! Today has been a good day carb wise I guess. I think I am going to have a couple of slices of cheese before I go to bed. Tomorrow is my first weigh in!!!! I am nervous and excited. I am hoping TOM doesn't screw things up for me too much because I need a scale victory tomorrow. This week seemed sooooo long even though I feel like I am eating enough. Emotionally I just want to eat a chocolate cake! I won't though because being healthy and free of 100 extra pounds is more important to me!

[africanaussie]

All the advice here is excellent, and congratulations on getting those BS figures down already. I am sure the scale will reflect your hard work!
One thing I have found quite useful is to always try and focus on what type of colourful vegetable I can reach for first. Check out a list of foods on the low GI list - they are the foods that are going to take longer to digest, keeping you fuller longer and not raising your blood sugar too fast. For instance I will make a spaghetti sauce with lots of added vegetables (onions, celery, grated sweet potato etc) then serve it over spinach instead of spaghetti.
All the lists too say that basmati rice is lower GI - you might try that instead of the plain white rice. Although I must say brown rice is one of my favourite foods!
Oh and another thing that helps me, rather than do one huge shot of exercise, I will do little spurts during the day. Ride my exercise bike or go for a walk for 30 minutes at lunchtime. Then a walk and swim after work with my hubby. Even just a little dance when you hear some nice music on the radio. That always makes me feel slimmer and healthier!

[TXMary2]

I weighed this morning and I am down 7 pounds!! Woooohooooo!!! My BS was 144 so that was up again. That is frustrating, but I will keep striving to lower it. I hit my goal of 7 pounds- which I know is a lot of water but I am excited anyway. I can't wait for next week's weigh in when TOM is gone! I did about 10 minutes of exercise yesterday, which was having running races with my 5 year old son. I think we will do that again today. He thought it was so fun! Mommy is never really able to run around, but that is all about to change.

[beerab]

Sounds great girl! Keep it up!

[Justwant2Bhealthy]

MARY ~ on the 7 lb loss !!! And the numbers are getting there -- 10, 9, 8.6, 9 ... keep going; you are doing well.

I also heard that basmati rice is lower GI; maybe mix it half and half with brown: even better. I am going to make a mix of 1/3 each basmati, brown, and wild for next month and see how we like that; maybe even add a bit of flax meal for a nuttier texture and some omega-3 too. I add flax meal to my oatmeal and natural cream of wheat and it puffs it up and taste great too.

I also like to have spagetti sauce over shredded cabbage too (which is very economical and I steam it first); others like spagetti squash or zucchini fetticini (just cut the zucchini into long strips); and sliced head lettuce (use a knife) ...

Some days, I save up some grain carbs and have whole grain spagetti (1 cup cooked) as it is a favorite of ours; and I always put lots of veggies in the sauce too. Oh, there are so many great ideas out there to experiment with!

[TXMary2]

I am still doing great on my calories. Carbs yesterday were a little high and I even had a Snickers (within my calorie allowance of course) but this morning my bs was 126. Go figure. I am hoping for the same or lower tomorrow!

[Justwant2Bhealthy]

How odd is that: you have high carbs with a high sugar SNICKERS BAR and your numbers dropped some more to 7.8 (126) ... hmmm ... well, it could be a dip, but maybe since you had those sugar carbs, your body may have produced less insulin.

My sister had that same thing happen to her -- she had numbers in the 9's and as she was only eating one meal a day becuz of IBS, her doctor (and I and her nurse daughter) asked her eat something small in the morning like a piece of toast, etc ... and low and behold her numbers dropped the more she ate, not the opposite. I have heard of this before ...

Some people need to eat less carbs (most I think), but some people who aren't eating enuff food overall each day, need to eat more regularly. When they don't eat enuff, their bodies produce extra insulin to try to help them have more energy. So when they eat more often (like they should be), their blood sugar levels drop.

That's why my doctor told me to experiment and take my #'s at different times of the day (in the beginning) just to see what they were at different times and after eating, or after a walk and so forth. That was just to see what these changes made in my #'s.

Anyways, you are still doin' great; keep it up!!!

[TXMary2]

This morning it is back up to 142. I did have a heavy carb day again- I had:

Strawberry/Banana smoothie
Whole Wheat Bagel with cream cheese
Mushrooms and Onions sauteed
Sugar Free Popsicle
Blueberry Special K
Lean Cuisine 5 Cheese Rigatoni
Banana
Apple
Blackberries and sugar free Cool Whip
3/4 c. plain thin spaghetti
2 c. Corn Chex with 3/4 c milk

My total calories were 1875. I was having a "hungry day" yesterday for some reason. I finally went to bed before I could go more than 75 calories over.