Still hanging in. Darned ticker is now correct although I really don't know where the weight came from. I expected down this morning but it was up. FBGL was good though and I now have had three nights in a row of good sleep. I got a mild sleep-aid from the drugstore on Monday.
Today I will definitely call and make a bloodwork appointment for next week. I guess I was sort of waiting for the weight to improve.
welcome Cajun!
Ruth, you know the weight came from salt and water retention, you said you were marinating meat. Don't fret it, it will come and go, depending on your diet.
I am supposed to have supper with friends tonight, but rather than eat out, I may have them over and bbq, since I spent three weeks basically eating out every night, and DH has been cooking this week, it seems better than going out again, and I can make appropriate stuff. Much easier to stay on plan. I adjusted my weight on the signature, not sure if I will put a ticker on at all. Right now my goal is to get back to where I was before the trip, (about 168) or at least lower than 170, before my doctors appointment on August 16th.
The cherries are gone, ate them all last night, and so are the strawberries. I had a good feed of each, and from here on in will just have them if others show up with them. I kept my committment not to have other sweets or desserts yesterday. Evenings are hardest. Tonight I will "plan" to have some wine with supper though.
The weather is good, and I am looking forward to a nice evening with friends.
Hello ladies!
I am back from the holidays and working hard in my garden trying to get everything I planted in the greenhouse out into the garden. I have one more morning of work, and then it is kick back and eat the "fruits" of my labor! I have been doing pretty well on Adtkins, and had one day off plan (the 4th of course). But still, I have lost three pounds since I started, and I am feeling much better. Portion control has an insidious way of slipping, and I had to go back to being honest about how much I was eating. Eating very low carbs makes me feel very good, though. I got some ester-c to help me through induction because I just don't get enough C when I am on induction. Rei- thank you for the kind words and your support. More that anything, I just need a place to stay accountable, and a place to vent, and for support when I start to slip...
Weight loss is so much harder as I get older, and I need to just be patient. I am trying lots of imagery, too. Imagining myself in a little black dress, imagining myself with the energy to dance an hour, imagining myself with a reversal of my DII DX...wouldn't that be great!? My doctor says it is possible with a significant weight loss. For now, I am just happy to keep it in control. Ruth-I have been marinating and BBQing meat, too. It does make me retain water. I just try to make sure I drink lots of water and eat potassium rich food.
gothik butterfly--Great job! Keep up the good work!
I have found another spot on the forums for me with great support. Besides this lovely group and my other fav the South Beach gals, I have also found a great place in the Support Groups --100lb section.
I had a somewhat stressful day at work but I work at home tomorrow so I can get the administrative junk done. I had a nice beginning to my evening. When I came home I spent an hour hoeing and working in my garden plot. It is humid here - I think a storm is brewing and I really worked up a sweat. I also dug a trench around all the plants so that I can really soak them when I water. As a farmers daughter, I don't want to "water" I want to "irrigate". I have little tomatoes and cukes hanging on. I am excited because the season was so late getting everythink i the ground because it was so wet.
I am terribly worried about our beautiful Yellowstone River. There was an oil spill and there is oil on the shore by my parents' farm. I pray that it is cleaned up.
fbs was at 94 this morning and good all day. I ate well. Supper is some lean steak, mushrooms and veggies from the grill. I enjoyed a glass of wine last night at pool with no bs impact. I think that might have to become a pleasant habit.
I will do personals in the am. Have a lovely evening, everyone!
Thought I would check in before I go to bed. SIL is here tonight. He came flew in yesterday for his interview this morning and we will take him to airport tomorrow to fly home. So I haven't had time to be on pc. We've been sharing my pc while he is here.
Mad Glad to see you made it home safe and I really understand about how things are after eating out in restaurants everyday for days on a vacation. I just now have gotten my weight down some and my FBS was finally 111 mg this morning. It has really been a job getting it back down. It has just taken me time to get my woe back to normal for me. But I think I've adjusted better this time and decided that eating off for any length of time just isn't worth all I've gone through to get things back under control.
Ruthie I know that darn salt sure does a number on us doesn't it. I've been eating pistachio nuts for snacks in the evening and the weight was up a lb today. We took SIL to O'Charlie's for a steak and I DH and I halfed a dinner which was perfect for both of us, but the broccoli I had had a lot of salt in it. However, I don't use salt at home much, so what I call salty may be normal. Hope the scale will be nice to you soon.
I think I've figured out that I have to eat small meals almost like snacks throughout the day instead of larger meal so that I don't have that full feeling which I really hate any way. That is the way I ate yesterday and as I said earlier the FBS was finally down to 111 mg. I am eating low carb more along the lines of SBD although it isn't SBD.
It's getting late so I am going to bed.
Rie, Butterfly, Lindy7, Quixotica and everyone else
So my friends didn't make it over for supper, (they are midwives too, so got busy working). DH and I had homemade burgers, fresh peas and salad for supper though, and I must say, I am happy to be eating at home, knowing the fat and salt content of my food, adding in onions for extra veggies etc.
We are not going away this weekend off, so will cook and eat at home everynight. Likely have people over as well, so have some fun.
Going out for a walk with the dog and will do some yoga today, and can eat on plan all day, so looking forward to normal. Slept in today, and hope that will let me stay up a bit later and get on a normal schedule. Yesterday, even though I had slept well, all day I was tired, felt like I needed sleep, even had a nap in the afternoon, but wanted to get in bed all day. It was my head felt sleepy, not my body. Body doesn't feel so tired. Trying to sort that out, hope getting out for a walk will wake me up and make me feel better.
TGIF everyone, have a great weekend.
I am taking a 3FC break from report writing now. I was up with the sun this morning again. For now, I am going with it. A cup of coffee on the back steps and then I worked out. I got through 1 hour and 20 minutes of aerobics and a nice 15 minute yoga/stretch routine. It was awsome. I was dripping sweat but I felt so powerful. My muscles are so pleasantly tired now.
Fatmad, I enjoy grilled food so much and my son loves to grill so we have it all the time. Like you, I really like being in control of what goes into my food. I hope that the excercise perks you up. Some mild depressive symptoms are classic with jet lag. Take care
Trish, it sounds like you are continuing to figure out what works for your body. If the little meals thing works for you, it is a good way to control blood sugar.
Lyndy, I have lurked occasionally on the 100 lb forum and they are really cool. Don't forget us over here, ok?
Quix, you have a greenhouse? I am soooo Jealous!
Gothic, good job on the bs and congrats on the weight loss! Go you!
Cajun, glad to know that you are back. I hope you can find your way to the seminars soon. If nothing else, it will help your confidence.
Ruth the ticker will move again. I agree with Fatmad, it is probably water retention. I don't know about there - but it is hot here and that always does it for me
Well great news, DD called and her DH got a call while on his way back home and he got the job he came here to interview for yesterday. We are thrilled to know that when they move in that he will have a job. Poor guy lost his job with his Dad because they had to close their business because of the economy and has been looking in FL for 3 years. DD said the DGD were running around the house joyfully shouting about the good news.
Boy these bodies are something else. I think I really went through burnout recently concerning this diabetes stuff. If I didn't feel so determined to get things under control, I think I would give up. I don't know if I didn't get enough sleep last night as I don't sleep well knowing I have to get up early or if it is the stress of all the changes coming in my life, but this gets so confusing sometime. This morning my weight was down 2 lbs and the fbs was way up. I didn't do anything different from what I did to get the fbs down yesterday. Of course I realize that when eating out, you have no control over what is in the food. Well, I'm staying with the plan I'm on because I know that I do better eating this way and I believe it will finally take hold. I may not have drank enough water and I know that seems to affect my bs. I sure hope I can get the doc to do a more thorough thyroid testing just to be sure everything is okay in that area. I do seem to have some symptoms of it not working right and my mother had to take thyroid most of her life and my daddy takes it and they are trying to regulate his now. I just need to know for sure if I have a problem that doesn't show up on regular test.
Mad Hope you get to feeling better. I've been experiencing tiredness lately too. I don't know if it is from the thyroid, stress or what. In fact, I think I'll go take a nap but just may do a Walk Away the Pounds dvd first. We walked around to stores today to walk off our lunch we ate out again today, but maybe it wasn't enough.
I hope this works. I'm posting from my blackberry. I just had to pop in to say that I had my first diabetes education class today. I knew most of what they taught us but it was still good to have the support. The best part is they weighed us and I am 7 lbs lighter after my first 3 weeks! I am so happy and it is the motivation I needed to continue and add in my exercise program starting next week. I also now am checking my blood sugar. My morning after breakfast was 88. Before dinner was 96. So far so good!
I will be going to my Diabetes classes later this month, I am sure I will know most of what they will teach, but there are still things to learn. I need to rethink carbs for diabetes and not just weight loss and that has me confused because I know it for weight loss only. My blood sugar has been higher and I think it's because I am having too many starches at night with supper, I don't think I am having too many during the day, but I guess I will find out when I go.
Sorry to have been slightly MIA this week but real life has been interfering. Today will be an "at home" day of relaxation after a fairly busy and stressful week. I need some gentle garden time and some sitting on the porch with the dogs time.
BGL has been pretty good but the weight has been doing a roller coaster ride, mainly up. Yesterday was just terrible foodwise as I was out for lunch and then ate at the Fish Fry last night. I even indulged in a piece of pecan pie and expected a high reading this morning. Nope - good old 4.4.
The Plan for this next week? Lots more veggies, more water, meats that are NOT marinated in salty mixes and early morning walks with one of the dogs. I will also make an appointment for bloodwork. Have I mentioned that before? I think I have elevated procrastination to an art form.
fbs was at 76 this morning. I had a really late night at the pool tourney and I still woke with the sun today. I am drowsy and not feeling very well so I am just allowing for a relaxing morning with my coffee and computer. I watched the birds for a while this morning from the back steps. I think I need to go buy a couple bird houses/feeders.
Made many poor choices in food yesterday and my fbs was 195 this morning! It has not been that high since I was diagnosed. Drank 3 glasses of water and back in the 140s which is still high but that seems to be by level right now. A few weeks ago it was around 160 in the morning. Slowly coming back dow as I am eating better. Scared me to death this morning wneh it was that high.
Starting the day with some greek yogurt and trying to me healty today. It is beautiful outside. Not sure about the humidity. It was like pea soup yesterday and so I barely even went outside. Hoefully will read some on my porch today and get out of the ac for a while. Have a great Sat. everyone!
Hello. Just back to report on my morning because I made a good choice. After sitting around for a while this morning, I decided to get up and get going. I did my 2 mile walk - at a rapid pace with arms swinging. My knee hurts pretty bad but I feel good. NOW I can relax the rest of the day with that good feeling. I hope no-one feels like I am bragging. I am just going for accountability here. Have a great day.
Lyndy, hang in there. This is a life-long process and you will get it under control. Does your dr give you numbers where you are supposed to call in or seek medical attention? Mine is bs=200. I think various providers have different ideas but you might check.
That being said, may I say that I am proud of you for testing even though you knew it might not be a good number. Too many people just forgo testing in that circumstance so they don't have to face the numbers - not you. So, good job on that!
Take care and feel free to pm me if I can provide you with any more support.
Still hanging in. Darned ticker is now correct although I really don't know where the weight came from. I expected down this morning but it was up. FBGL was good though and I now have had three nights in a row of good sleep. I got a mild sleep-aid from the drugstore on Monday.
Today I will definitely call and make a bloodwork appointment for next week. I guess I was sort of waiting for the weight to improve.
Afternoon Ruthxxx. I use Melatonin as a sleep aid, best thing that I have ever tried! My fbs was also better this morning, went from 148 to 119, now if I could just keep it going down!
Still hanging in. Darned ticker is now correct although I really don't know where the weight came from. I expected down this morning but it was up. 
FBGL was good though and I now have had three nights in a row of good sleep. I got a mild sleep-aid from the drugstore on Monday.
I have little tomatoes and cukes hanging on. I am excited because the season was so late getting everythink i the ground because it was so wet.
I was dripping sweat but I felt so powerful. My muscles are so pleasantly tired now.
