Ruth, I think pasta may be doable for you if you use good portion control. Are you gonna get into homemade pasta? I think ensuring there are eggs in it would help too, would lower the glycemic index a bit. And of course, the walking helps your bg too. Good habits to get into, walking to get the mail.
Have a nice weekend, as you get back into Canada time.

Yes indeed, the scale is happy with me, no extra weight from my time away. Aside from not being sidetracked and needing to "re-lose" the weight, this means I can go away, and that watching my plan works, makes me think maintenance is possible, and I don't have to give in and eat what others push me towards, its worth it to stick to plan!
Feeling pretty good about myself today.

Good Morning Ladies,

HAPPY THANKSGIVING CANADA CHICKIES

Welcome backRuth. Good to have you back. That's great that you BG stayed down. I used to love walking. I think I'm going to get back to that myself as I get to feeling better each day. I love pasta. I found a little pamphlet the doc gave me on low carbing and it says 1/3 c cooked pasta is a serving. I told DH that I don't think 1/3 c would be enough to make me happy. I think pasta is one of those things I have to stay away from most of the time. I think it is great that you can eat it.

fatmad Congratulations on no weight gain while at the conference. You did a great job.

Everyone else Have a great Sunday!!!

Happy Thanksgiving Canada Chicks!

I'm not in Canada, but I am planning to do Thanksgiving at my house this year. I guess I will try to make the pumpkin cheesecake. That sounds really good.

We have tomorrow off for Columbus Day. Woo Hoo! I get to sleep in!

I've been putting my food into Fitday, and I've been unknowingly eating a lot of fat. My percentage was really high. I suppose that is okay since I'm not eating a lot of carbs, right? I get worried about these things. I'm not on Atkins, having never read the book, but it seems like I'm unknowingly doing Atkins just by eliminating the starchy stuff.

Hope everyone has a great Monday, whatever you are doing.

Well, Chickies, the scale and I met this morning and I gained only one measly pound while away. This has to be a record for me!

I realized when getting breakfast that I've not had a single egg while away. Of course I instantly wanted one. It'll go on my list for today. I'm thinking a chick pea soup with greens in it and a small green salad for lunch and will crank up the new wee BBQ to do pork tenderloin for dinner with green beans and some acorn squash. I'm anxious to get back into routine and cook in my own kitchen. (Note to Self: Check out fat content in chick peas.)

Happy October Monday! Try to spend some time outside - it's a long winter.

Added: ½ cup of chick peas has only one gram of fat

Isn't that funny ruth, I always thought chick peas were high in fat! one of my meals when away was indian food, and they happy substituted rice with a chick pea curry. I thought I was getting extra fat that way! oh well, I did get extra gas!
CandE: that is the trickier part of atkins, I think, is that it is meant to be high fat. YOu cannot safely do low carb+low fat together. So low carb and up the fats, but as you raise the carb level later, reducing fat to some extent is usually needed, and in the meantime you get used to the higher fat content of the diet. I don't think anything of putting butter on cooked veggies, or lots of olive oil dressing on my salad.
But as long as you are losing and over all eating a healthful diet, you are fine. IMagine, losing weight without explicit instructions! LOL
I did well yesterday, pc bg was 4.9 after a delicious supper, but fasting was 6.4 reflecting the cheats and general overeating.
The pumpkin cheesecake was good. I am not sure if I did it right, couldn't figure out the ounces of pumpkin to the size of can etc and I cooked my own, so added an extra egg to ensure it all set. Was just fine that way.
Its perfect weather here this long weekend, going to go for a trail walk now.

Good Morning Ladies..............

Today starts a new week and I am looking forward to some much needed rain here in our area. It is so dry. DH and I took a drive yesterday and the trees are changing and so beautiful. He stopped so that I could get my yearly taste of persimmon. The ones on the ground were ripe but the ones he shook from the tree were a bit hard so I did not try any of those. The leaves on the ground just crunched as we walked.

Had my healthy breakfast and just did my workout. So at least I have started the day out good. Splurged and had an apple last night and it was so good. I don't do much fruit and need to start adding a bit in.

Anyway had a great Monday

Leann

Well, I changed my mind and made CHICKEN & RIBLETS with BBQ sauce for our Thanksgiving dinner; along with baked new potatoes & veggies: baby carrots, knib corn, cauliflower & broccoli (more heavy on the latter two). And the leftovers are in the oven right now and smell great ...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!




No turkey at our house; decided to save it for later as there was only two of us this year. Did get to talk to family this weekend though; that's what is great about the phone, you can visit even when you are hundreds of miles away from each other ...

We had a little ***** this AM but it melted before it touched the ground and it is nice and out there now. Time to go have an early dinner now; have a great week ... Rosebud

BTW, do those turkeys seem a little hyper to you, or is it me?

your thanksgiving dinner sounds delicious and I don't even wanna see the "snow" word! Ugh I hate that stuff and it's coming soon here too and it won't leave for a long time! I love the

Fatmad, thanks for the advice. I'm hoping that as I lose weight, I will be able to eat more carbs. Right now I'm keeping it very low.

Ruth, I eat eggs every day. We have our own chickens, too.

Leann, I know! I had 1/2 an apple yesterday, and it was so good. I will have to work fruit in more. I'm trying to keep the carbs low, though.

Rosebud, I can't believe it's Thanksgiving for you. It makes me worried about Thanksgiving for my family. I am hosting, so it should make things a bit easier to control, but I love pie! I will make a pumpkin cheesecake soon, just to see how it is.

memoree, we don't get too much snow here, but I wish it would cool off. 84 degrees here today, and it's supposed to be that way tomorrow, too.

I lost another pound! I'm always surprised when it happens. I know I shouldn't be, but it just feels like I'm eating a lot. I guess really I'm not because I've cut out the carbs. All that sugar and flour packs a punch. LOL

My boys have another day off of school tomorrow. Today we broke out the science kit and went to town. It was a big hit. Not sure what we will do tomorrow.

Night, all!

Quick fly-by this morning but had to pop in to say that my Italian pound is gone along with another one. I may make it to the 180s before my next trip - Nanaimo, B.C. in mid-November.

Just renewed my gym member ship and will be getting back to the MTW 7:30 routine starting tomorrow. Exercising is definitely the key to my knee functioning. I managed all the walking just fine with pain only first thing in the morning when I first got up.

Chick pea soup with garlic, olive oil and rosemary is on the menu for lunch today. This gorgeous cooler weather has me in comfort food mode.

Enjoy your day and do something nice for yourself today.

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.

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