I have an office day, so have to be sure to fit in exercise after work and before I take my daughter to the math tutor. Lots of homework to get ready for tomorrow's meeting too. Also thinking of going to the chiropractor again, and maybe make a docs appointment. Having more bone and joint and back pain than ever in my life. Maybe its just normal aging, but isn't normal for me, and have realized that there have been few days since late July that I haven't complained about a pain somewhere and that seems odd.
Got rid of one of the pounds I was holding onto from Sunday so think it will ease off today. packing my lunch for the day.
have a good one chickies, Ruth, you too can get to 180s, if I can dip below 170 after so long trying, I have great faith in you. Especially with all the walking you are back to.

Just got back from the doctors office. Now I'm at home with my 3 yr old. She has pink eye in both eyes so I'm missing work (not paid so that stinks!)
she goes to daycare ONE day a week. Last week I seen the sign up that there had been a child with pink eye. I was hoping everything had been sanitized prior to her arriving...anyways she caught it...so now we're both home today because she is contagious. I hope no one else gets it here.

Congrats to those who are losing! I hope to be joining you this week :)

A quick flyby to say hello and I'm still here. Looks like everyone is busy. DH seems to want more attention lately which is nice but different. I think he must be feeling better than he even realizes.

I've added some fruit and more fiber foods into my diet so not really Atkins. Of course FBS has been up a little but coming back down. Using Calorie Counting site to keep up with calories etc and it showed I was doing good in a lot of places, but it says too low carbs. So I felt good about things because I'm still doing low carb, just not as low as Atkins. This seems to be giving me a little more energy. I think getting regular with exercise is where I have to work now so am trying to get back to that, but not doing it as much as I should.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Good afternoon:)

Been busy around here lately and I've had no time to check in.

Welcome back Ruth. Sounds like you did really well. Everyone else seemed to be doing fine as well.

I'm starting a new exercise program in the morning. Sponsored by our Alberta Health. 3 hours x 3 days a week x 12 weeks. Please pray for me.;)

On another note, my DH has been feeling kind of dizzy and out of sorts for the last while. He is one of these people that can eat anything at any time of the day, and doesn't gain a lb. He sometimes goes all day without eating and this is when he start feeling badly. Anyway, it sounded like low blood sugar to me so I started checking his blood. His fasting has been between 7 - 8 and 2 hrs after meals has been around 10.3 - 10.8. I've made a doctors appt for him for next week. Maybe I'm just being over cautious or maybe not, the readings just seemed awfully high to me.

Anyone's thoughts on that?

Have a great day everyone.

MEMOREE ~ get your little girl to wash her hands meticulously by making a game of it; plus don't share towels or face cloths, and wash all her linens and clothes separately in hot or lukewarm water with extra soap. You can disinfect anything she touches with hot, soapy water with a little Javex bleach in it. :hug:

CANDES ~ make lots of veggies along with your meal and a nice salad too; that's what I do. I fill up on the salad, veggies, and meat; and just have a little of the rest (the pumpkin cheesecake sounds like a good idea). I am very fond of pumpkin custard, but may try the cheesecake with some Splenda sometime too.


LINDYLOO ~ not eating all day can raise your BSL's; that happened to my sister, so her doctor got her to start having breakfast, and they started to come down again. Will pray for you -- what will you be doing for 3 hours a day???

CONGRATS RUTH ~ I knew you would keep things under control ... ;)

Nice and :sunny: here today; they are predicting another lovely fall week for us -- yeah! Hope you all have a good one too ... Rosebud :flow2:

I'm going back to Induction for at least a week. I haven't added that many carbs, but I am absolutely miserable today. I know I had a extra busy day, but I honestly believe it is the extra carbs that has caused me to feel so sluggish. We leave on our trip a week from this Friday and not sure how I will be able to do this on the trip, but DH said for me to just do the best I can on the trip and not to worry if I can't do it all.

Too tired for individuals, I'll do that tomorrow. Just wanted to make the commitment.

Good morning. I could swear I posted in here yesterday but maybe it was a brain fart!

Weight is now 192.8 and would have been down a bit more if I hadn't indulged in both French bread and pasta for dinner last night. :nono: FBGL is up a bit from my usual but no real problem. I need to find a happy balance of carbs because yesterdays FBGL was 2.7 :yikes: after just meat and green beans for dinner. I'm old enough to know better, right?

My cold is now at the coughing stage but I'm doing fine. I did sleep until 6:30 this morning which seemed to help.

On with the day!

:wave: You know, I think that sometimes we all try to be too perfect -- then, if we don't live up to those high expectations, we dump on ourselves. We need to look at what we are doing right; and what we are doing well -- and pat ourselves on the back for those accomplishments, however large or small.

RUTH ~ well, lean meat & green beans is a bit lean for you; so all you need to do is a add in a small serving of some kind of healthy hardy carb with that meal; maybe a little brown rice or barley, or a nice mixed cabbage slaw. Maybe pasta & french bread was a bit much, but maybe just the pasta alone would be OK. We had wg spagettini (measured) with mini-meatballs with lotsa veggies in the sauce (mushroom, zucchini, green peppers, onions) last night. I had a baby cucumber salad on the side as well; boy was I full or what? On pasta day, I have less grain carbs for BF & lunch, so I can have the pasta with my dinner.

TRISH ~ maybe you added back in too many. My body needs some grain carbs, or I start to feel dizzy and light-headed, even nauseated & weak. As long as I keep them balanced and in small portions, I am fine. I know that I am blessed and that others may not have the same experience; but eventually, you will find out how many you can tolerate and still feel well.


Today was my BD, so we went out for lunch, but I will still be under my maintenance cap for the day; and maybe even under. Have to remember that this is only once a year. I just chose KFC; nothing fancy as we don't go there much anymore and I just had a hankering for that chicken. :lol:

Afterward, we went for a nice long walk to counter any extra calories; I had planned this ahead of time to wear some of that lunch off. Now, we will have a very small, light dinner tonight to finish the day.

We had lovely :sunny: all day long; what a nice little extra gift that was for my BD. I have been drinking more green tea lately and have found that it is easier on my tummy than the regular black stuff. I am becoming a big fan; and I picked up a sample of pomegranate green tea just to try it out.

Hope you are all having a lovely fall week ... Rosebud :flow2:

Trish, good for you making the committment. I will go there with you. Have been good today, on plan, and while I didn't do a lot of "exercise" formally, I stacked our winter firewood with my husband. Lots of lifting and carrying. I used really careful body mechanics and didn't lift much at a time, trying to take care of my back. Had a long day yesterday with lots of driving, which seems to be the worst thing for it, but used my husband's car and my obusforme seat cushion, and so far, so good.
Hubby gone for the weekend. Just me and my dog and occasionally, the teenage daughter.

Sorry another flyby. I intended to do individtuals today, but I am having trouble with my stomach tonight almost nauseous at times. Will try to do it and catch up tomorrow. I made Heroin wings and I think the oregano was too much for me.

Rosebud HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Hope it was a good one. I think I will eventually add low carb friendly fruit. Not sure about the grains. We will see. My FBS was down a little more this morning, but not back down to where it is supposed to be.

Fatmad Glad to have the company on Induction. I've been good, but not feeling well. Besides the oregano making me sick, I think I'm experiencing a little bit of the things we get going off carbs... tired and weak... very sleepy today. Have no energy. Be glad when this passes. But I hate that bloated feeling I had yesterday from too many carbs more. So I have the incentive to continue the Induction regardless of how it makes me feel.

I'm going to get off this cp and catch you guys tomorrow.

trying to avoid a binge
 

I am having a terrible, horrible, no-good very bad day. Some of it is my own fault. Had a big argument with my teenaged (18) daughter. She's a bit old for me to say she ran away from home, but she is staying with friends for the weekend.
My husband is away. Poor guy, he feels like he is in the middle of things when she and I fight, and this happening within an hour of his leaving is bad.
I may have flown off the handle more easily due to low blood sugar, I am adhering absolutely to induction.
Maybe some of you have been through this before. I am feeling like she is an ungrateful brat. she sucks me dry, and spits in my face.
WIth anyone else, she is wonderful. She is supportive and attentive and caring. She is smart and funny.
I am trying to remember when she last asked about my day, and she has never tried to learn about pre-diabetes, my diet, or anything.
THis is probably typical behaviour, but I am taking it very personally, and I'm aching inside.
There, rant over. I will not binge, I will not binge, I will not binge. Going to eat some celery now.

TRISH ~ THANKS, and good idea; start with the low carb berries and see how it goes from there ... since some people have a hard time doing the induction long term, why not just cycle it now and then? Every other day; or would that cause a BS problem?

MADELEINE ~ you will not binge ~~ YOU WILL NOT BINGE ~~ YO U -- W I L L -- N O T -- B I N G E !!!:lol:


We had two busy days shopping and errands; so got lots of extra walking in this week, and some sore feet to go with that. Stayed home today and just did laundry and the daily house stuff here. We had lovely :sunny: for the last few days ... and hoping for some more next week too.

Have a wonderful weekend, ladies & gents .... Rosebud :flow2:

This past week has been a struggle for me. I'm just not making it very well. FBG hasn't been great either. I have good days with it and bad. Didn't eat a lot of anything yesterday but tried to stay very low carb and BS was 138 this morning. I'm thinking it is knowing I have to deal with this trip the end of this next week. I'm really dreading it. However, I am even more convinced that I have to get this all under control. I'm wondering if I've been dealing with denial or just fighting the idea of it. Rosebud, I think you might be right about me adding too much carbs too fast.

I've decided that I have got to get serious and think of some healthy foods to take with me on the trip. I'm going to look at some of the tuna products and maybe take some of them.

fatmad I sure hope things work out with you DD. I went through so much with mine, but things did get better over time. Somewhere along the way they learn how important Mama is to them.

Leanne, Ruth, CandEs, Lindyloo and everyone else:wave:

Y'all have a great Sunday afternoon and evening.

Hey, everyone!! Will be back later! Just wanted to say hi! :wave:

I did not binge, but actually got more strict with induction. I am finally back to ketosis, so I hope that will help.
I will be arranging for family counselling with DD and me and DH, he is very torn up. I am more worried for him than myself or DD. Emotional stress like this really destroys him. Frankly, we have to find a way to manage life in the same house just for another 10 months, then she will be gone to university.
She's 18 acting much younger at times, others like a real person. Still volatile. I am at times too and she really knows how to push my buttons. and chooses to push them and keep pushing until I lose my temper.
I guess I shouldn't take it personally, but she says really hurtful things when she is angry. this is gonna be tough, and ongoing for a while.

trish, just stay low carb and don't sweat perfection for this trip. It will be ok.
I have to stay very low on the carb ladder to get anywhere, maybe this won't always be so, but it is frustrating not to be able to add in healthy carbs and go up the ladder yet.

ttfn everyone.

Mad, I went through the same thing with my daughter and it was pretty horrible. However, we are good friends now. Hang in there.

I still have the dregs of the cold I brought home from Italy so am not going back to the gym this morning although I probably should. Weight is stuck again after a fairly indulgent weekend. Fruits and veggies will be pushed this week.

Wishing everyone a good week.

Hi everyone..........

I have not been around the past few days as I have had my granddaughter with me for the past 3 days. I really enjoyed having her here but was glad when it was time for her to go home.

Why is it that I can't keep it together making healthy food choices and keeping up with the exercise if something new is put into the picture. I made poor choices and did not exercise the whole time she was here. I gained back 3lbs that I had lost. This is something I need to work on as it really throws be back and makes all the hard work I've done seem like it was for nothing.

I did exercise this morning and so far have made healthy food choices.

Sorry that I'm not going to comment on each individual today but know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers.

I am waiting on a call from the Unemployment Security Office between 1pm and 3:30pm today. They had already sent me something in the mail after I filed for unemployment asking me to explain why I quit my job and I sent them back a page and a half explanation and now they are going to be asking more questions. I don't have clue as to what to expect. Will just have to see and just be a honest and truthful as I know how.

Anyways have a great day

Leann

Leann, I hear you. Its so easy to let things slip when there is a change in routine. Maybe that why I am getting so strict now, I am afraid that anything I do differently will just mess me up worse. So the routine is whats helping me weather the storm.
Update, we are speaking civilly today, but aren't chatty or anything.
I didn't call the counsellor this morning, as my co-worker called in very sick and I had to take over for her for a while. So thats on for tomorrow.
also, am not feeling very well today, physically that is, but wouldn't be surprised if that is a result of the emotional stress I have been going through.
thank you everyone for your supportive words and encouragement.

:wave: Well, we started out with ***** but that melted and then the :sunny: came out for the rest of the day ... yeah! Just had a quiet weekend at home and read a great historical romance too. I seemed to be hungry this weekend and really had to watch the munching; but I made a nice roast chicken dinner tonight with lots of roasted veggies. That always makes me feel better ... :D

RUTH ~ hope you get over your cold really fast ...:hug:

Hope you all have a wonderful week coming up; just keep on, keepin' on ladies; and it will all work out in the end ... Rosebud :flow2:

Ruth Hope you get over the cold and feel better soon.

Leanne I know exactly how you feel. I've gained 2 lbs back that I had lost too. I've been thrown by this stupid trip we are making. However, I am counting calories taking it easy and believe it will work out okay. Good luck with the interview with the Unemployment Sec Office.

As I said, I decided that my eating was so wild and my FBS was going up so I'm just counting calories right now and staying more whole foods style of eating. Interesting thing is that the FBS was 135 mg/dl this morning and 2 hrs after our main meal which was a good "balanced" meal my BG was 110 mg/dl. So maybe this is the way for me to go. I will do this throughout the next week till we get back from our trip and re-evaluate things when I see the results. I will take my materials and continue to check FBG each morning. Keeping my calories under 1500 daily.

Will try to check in once a day. Next 3 days are very busy as we get ready to leave Friday morning.

Have good evening.

Good morning. It seems I've not been checking in regularly.

Weight's about the same and BGL has been good. It was a bit high this morning but that's because of bean soup and crackers for a late supper last night. I has back-to-back meetings and did not feel like eating supper at 4 PM! The food at meeting one was pumpkin cake and ice cream. I passed! I should have taken along an apple and some cheese for my drive to the next meeting.

I don't seem to be getting smarter as I get older. :shrug:

Today is Good Food Box day which I have to work but do hope to get some outside work done after that.

My cold is slowly leaving and I'll probably try for a gym session tomorrow. I need to get motivated again. Maybe another trip?

Ruth tell us whats in your good food box? A friend of mine down here is starting up a winter version for the organic crowd around here, and I am tempted. They also do co-op orders, and although there is little I can eat, (too high carb) I can support them with the food box.

Things are a bit more tolerable. DD and I had a dentist appt which involved me picking her up from school and driving into town, then back home afterward. We didn't speak much in the car, but it was civil.
DH called the counselling centre yesterday, but no word back, so I will call later again. Phew, I am very emotional, and cry about all kinds of things at the drop of a hat. I have to discharge a client who had a miscarriage last month, and it hit her really hard. Everytime I see her she is suffering and crying. My heart goes out to her. SO this will be a very emotional final visit with her, and I don't know how I will keep my professional demeaner.
At least it will be ok to cry with her. We have gotten quite close over this as I am the only midwife in the practice she knows now, the 2 others she knew have both left. So I am going to a walk in the sunshine to get myself ready for all this.
have a good day everyone,

Mad, it depends on what the wholesaler or local growers send us. It comes in large quantities to the hall where we split it into packages for each site to distribute. There are $5 and $10 bags plus $15 boxes - really a bargain. I'll let you know later exactly what's in this week's order.

Good morning girls..........

Just finished my exercising for the day. Had a good breakfast. Now if I could keep up the good eating habits the rest of the day. Last night all I did was eat and it was not good choices either. This is my week before TOM and I am always grazing during that time. Need to clean out the fridge of the carby stuff I had fixed for the granddaughter this weekend. I do so well until supper time then after that it seems to just go to pot. Any suggestions.

Update: The call from the Employment Security Office was nothing. But I was on edge until she called 20 min after she was supposed to.

Madeline I so feel for you and your daughter. I've been there and done that and eventually it will get better but it sure hurts when its going on. Stick with it.:hug:

Leann

I am going to miss y'all while on my trip. I hope I will be able to check in. I'm taking my laptop, but don't know if I'll get to be on it or not. Depends on what is going on. Grandkids do sports and may have games. I don't know if we are leaving to come back on Mon or Tues. I dont know if DIL is still in school. We usually like to have a day with just the parents while the grands are in school. So we will see. We plan to come back through Nashville and catch a couple of museums. Anyway, I'll check in when I can.

Ruth Glad you are feeling better.

Madeline I went through so much with my daughter. I let her come back home so many times when I shouldn't have. I know her Daddy got tired of it all. (He probably wouldn't have let her come back so many times, but I thought I had to. She had 3 children.) Finally at one point, I said "No, I can't do this any more". It was the best thing I ever did for her and me. It made her grow up. She did finally come back home one more time and it was great. She lived with us and stayed with me for quite some time after her Daddy passed away. I have always been so thankful that he lived to see her straighten out her life. She calls now and tells me how much she loves me and she often tells me how sorry she is that she put me through so much, but she is thankful for us loving her. Just remember that "love is the key". That is what my Mama always told me. You don't have to agree with the things they do to love them. I always told her and her brothers, I may not like what you do or say, but I always love you. Things will work out eventually. I am so sorry you are going through all this. It doesn't feel like it now, but there will be a day your daughter will appreciate you and you will be close friends. It happens.

Leann I am a night eater. I plan my meals out for the day and include snacks for the evening. It keeps me from having cravings and binges because it is just part of the daily plan. Keeps me within my calorie/carb limit for each day with no cheating. I've also found that planning a stirfy around 8ish helps keep my FBS low the next morning and satisfies me for the night.

Later

Thanks Trish for the advice. I have done much better today. One day at a time. I have to remember that. Also thanks for sharing your story of your daughter. It is nice to have that hope that it will eventually get better.

Madeline Boy did Trish give you some wonderful advice there. I need to remember it for my own daughter. Our relationship is definitely better than it was.

See ya tomorrow
Leann

Good Morning Ladies,
Fast flyby as getting ready to run out the door. :rain: in our forcast this morning and hoping I get to the church before it starts. Can't complain as we need it too badly.

Y'all have a great day.

Catch you later today.

Thanks everyone, today was a better day, of course, I hardly saw my kid. But I had a good working day, and the feedback from that was enough of an ego boost, to help me out of the funk I have been in, and that helps me feel like there is good ahead. I have an appointment next week with a counsellor, DH is going Tuesday, me on Wednesday. We are waiting to hear back from the counsellor (a different one) for DD.
I do love her, and she is overall a good person, but she sure knows how to push my buttons until I lose my temper. I don't get so upset with anyone else I know.

Well, off to bed. I think I had a few more carbs today, maybe a total of 20, since I went out for supper and my entree was mussels in a thick tomato sauce. I have not lost an ounce on very strict induction, so am getting a bit discouraged. Here is hoping for a woosh soon.

Clucking in. BGL still OK and weight is stuck at 193. I know it will move someday. It took months to get into onederland.

We are cold here today with temps near freezing. Unfortunately I keep thinking comfort food which is carby. Meatloaf is scheduled for tonight - I make it with oatmeal and milk so it should be healthy. I'd thought of acorn squash but may switch to roasted cauliflower and broccoli.

Mad, my $5 Good Food order included: a large head of romaine, an English cucumber, a head of celery, a package of baby carrots and four large tomatoes that are ripening on my counter. It sure was worth more than five bucks!

Ruth, I too am stuck at my weight. Very frustrating. Anyone else here post-menopausal? I am not officially there, but close enough to official that I see it as a weight loss issue. (otherwise, not a problem at all!)
But I do think the age is related to our difficulties shifting the weight.
I am getting tempted to change WOE, but have invested so much time and energy learning the atkins way, that I feel that anything else will be very difficult. (was thinking lower fat, low glycemic carbs, calorie counting, and talking to my doc about increasing metformin to ensure I don't have too many problems with blood sugars)

Mad I'm in the post-menopausal time of life. I think it contributes to a lot of issues especially weight loss. I'm trying to stay low carb (not Atkins) and count the calories right now because of trip. I've decided if things don't change soon, I'm going back to doc (DH has an appt the week after we return from trip) and ask for a little more help. DH hasn't changed is woe much at all and his FBS was 84 this morning. He is on Glimepirin (not sure spelling is right). I like having the Metformin, but would like a little more help getting the numbers lower. I did read about a man whose wife made him eat balanced meals and he said that his BS finally leveled out so we will see. When I get back from triip, I might switch to Phase 2 of South Beach Diet mainly because I like the idea of having fruit. I think I could handle protein, fruit and veggies.

Ruth Can I come to your house? I need to come to your house of Rosebuds. Your menus and Rosebuds always sound so good. DH is so picky and I miss good cooking like I used to do.

We will leave in the morning. I've got just about everything packed except for last minute things. We are going to leave at 7 and take our time as kids won't be home until after 4:30. I plan to take pc, but don't know if I'll be able to be on line very much. I will try to check in when I can. If not I will catch y'all when I return next week. Will return either Tues or Wed. Not sure yet. It should be a nice :sunny: drive going and I look forward to seeing the fall leaves, but is supposed to be :rain: in IN from Saturday all the way through our trip back home. We are behind on our rain here so I really cannot complain about it.

TRISH ~ have a good trip! I like the advice you gave the ladies too; about your daughter: so agree with you on that. And about the night munchies; that is my issue too. I do so great all day and then battle the night munchies (that's what I call them). I like the idea about the little stir-fry in the evening: I think I will try that and see what happens.

RUTH ~ that veggie box sounds great; good prices for sure.

Today, I made some nice homemade tomato sauce with lotsa meat in my crockpot for tomorrow night's dinner; it smelled yummy. I had baked chicken fingers & sweet potato fries (DH had fish) plus a broccoli/cuke coleslaw for dinner tonight.

We have had very low temps and ***** the last 3 nights/days ... while it has been pretty, the cold is chilling ... :brr: They are forecasting for some :sunny: for the weekend -- oh, I so hope they are right.

ttyl, Rosebud :flow2:

Gorgeous moon this morning but it sure is cold. I have major guilt over the house plants that are still out on the porch. :( I may have to replace them after Christmas.

My BGL survived the meatloaf last night although I did have squash with it. Of course the weight blipped up a pound. :shrug: Today will be a lower carb day.

doing ok
 

emotions are a little less fraught at my place. went to DD convocation from high school. Gave her a card with a long loving note, and the ring my grandmother gave me for high school grad.
We had some nice words and hugs. And then the thing happened, that seems all too common around these celebration times. some young people from her class were driving and crashed the car, an old boyfriend of hers has died.
I know my husband and I both had a lot of high school classmates die around these times too, and every fall there seems to be a senseless loss of life.
anyhow, the good new for us is that DD came home to grieve with us nearby, (and we a grateful her current boyfriend is not a big drinker and was not drinking and driving at all, its zero tolerance here, and his mothers' minivan is not meant for drag racing). So some healing has begun on that front.
Counselling is booked next week.

Have been sticking to plan, getting some feedback from the atkins thread about tweaking the diet to lose a bit more.
I anycase, feeling a bit better and more hopeful. Its nice to have a place to vent. thanks everyone.

And rosebud, we sure had a lot of s**w here the other night, way do southern ontario way. over an inch and it stayed over night. I am getting my s**w tires on Thursday.

Been carbing a bit too much so BGL is up a tad - as is weight.:( Meatloaf sandwiches are not a good idea. I am geared up to go back to the gym tomorrow morning - my workout clothes are on the couch in the bathroom, ready to be put on right after my shower. I have a really busy week ahead but this has to take priority!

bad things in 3's
 

So, had a car accident yesterday, rear-ended someone in terrible stop and go traffic, in the rain. Was charged as well.
I didn't get to the musical theatre that night, but did go to see the Dalai Lama today. It was lovely and wonderful and meditative. SO, hoping that the accident was the 3rd thing, and that I have finished with crummy stuff and today was a fresh start, physically, mentally and spiritually.

Stuck to plan except the food offerings during the ceremonies, (rice and medicine balls are very starchy, so I only had a bit).

We are supposed to have a lot of rain in the next while, so will have to make sure I exercise no matter what. have a good week chickies.

Mad, so sorry about the accident but am glad it wasn't too serious. Let's hope it was the third thing and your luck will change immediately.

I've not been eating properly lately. This weather seems to make me feel I need carbs and FBGL has been running a bit high for me. My darn cold has come back a bit too which isn't helping. I fully intended to go to the gym this morning but my body is saying no. She and I have had a good talk and have negotiated treadmill here at home. I find it really hard to get enthused about going out at 7:15 when it's wet, dark and cold. If I go later in the morning the gym bunnies are there and it's too crowded.

Excuses! Excuses! I need a brain transplant.

Good Morning ladies!!

Had some computer problems so I wasn't able to check in. E-mail crashed and I lost everything. Then I had to do a recovery and I thought I had backed up my files. When I went to instal them again there was nothing there:dizzy:

I was supposed to go to exercises this morning but I'm not feel well enough. Having problems there as well. My BS has been dropping into the low 4's after exercise and i'ts scary.

DH had his A1C done yesterday and we have to wait until friday to find out the results. Doctor said it could be insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, or diabetes, but would have to see the reading before he can diagnose.

Have a great day all.

My optimism is back today. It was a long busy day. But I got my rental care, got through some stuff with insurers, and my daughter is speaking to me. My problems are not so big I can't cope with them.
One shock, I had a client recently who had gestational diabetes with no risk factors other than age, (35 and pregnant) and she did really well with control during the pregnancy. She went for her gtt at 6 weeks, and her two hour post 75 g load was 9.1 what a surprise. She is thin, and active, and has no family history of diabetes. she is also breastfeeding which usually helps.
(but she is a sugar and candy addict) I was just so surprised. SO spent lots of time going over her options and sent her back to her family doctor and diabetic educator and nutritionist.
sigh, this disease just sneaks up on people.

:wave: Well, we had :sunny: for the weekend like they promised and that full moon was lovely for sure; so the snow had melted away. Today, we awoke to :rain:, fog, and chilly weather on and off. We have to have the furnace on these days as wet, damp, cold just seems to go through yur bones.

We did our civic duty and voted today (for our municipal gov); and got to see our new arena complex -- oh, it is lovely. There were quite a few people swimming in the pool I noticed; what brave folks with all those windows for people to watch through (oh, I just couldn't). I even rode in the special elevator there but had to find someone who knew the combination to make it open ... :lol: They don't want the kiddies playing in it so they have a special code they have to use.

RUTH ~ meatloaf is good; meatloaf sandwiches -- notsogood ... :lol: I would like it with some green beans & corn; and zippy coleslaw; I would have to forgo the mash, I guess but that is OK (have the corn instead). A little tomato sauce drizzled over is nice on meatloaf. My mom's recipe has some in it so that is nice already.

MADELEINE ~ sorry, about the accidents; prayers for that young fellas family & friends. Glad you weren't hurt and everything is working out OK for you. The snow has come early for your area; it may not stay though ... I always have a hard time adjusting to the wet, damp cold at the beginning of this season; when winter is here in full force, it changes to a dry cold which is much more bearable ...

LINDYLOO ~ maybe you need to have something before you go to the gym; heard someone here mention a spoon of peanut butter before going. Might help ...


We spend the last two afternoons putting up our Halloween decos; had a couple of people stop and say they were "LOOK'IN GOOD" -- that's always a nice reward for the work with frozen fingies. Won't tell you what they are forecasting but suffice to say, only one day of sunshine; so we'll make the best of that for sure.

Oh, BTW -- I appreciated all the advice you gave us pertaining to our neighbors; we had already asked nicely a few times. DH did go to the landlord & requested a limit of 11 pm for music & drums; and the landlord promised to talk to him and did. Well, seems providence has dealt with them. The young man got into a huge tiff with the landlord and was evicted. The young lady moved out last night & went her own way, it seems. DH was just told about it a couple of days ago and we are getting a single lady moving in; should be OK, we think.

Hope everyone has a good week coming up ... Rosebud :flow2: