Hey how was everyones fourth. mine was good. Although I am trying to get my self and stuff togeather so I can make a change in my life I am so tired of people trying to tell me how to live my life.

Went shopping at walmart and I always check out the workout videos I made a great find I got two Jillian Michaels videos with Hand weight and a Jane fonda set with hand weight for three Bucks a set . You cant buy the weights for three bucks. I say it's a great find..


I will check in later and see how things go OHHHH Before I go I am a grandmother again. My hubby's oldest son from his first marriage they jest had a six pound baby boy Liam Phoenix Harbeson... Born on the 3rd of july

Went to Wal-Mart and bought an electric skillet hoping the kids and I can cook in it instead of the oven. Made it a DD/DM moment with DD by having her come down and opened it with her and told her she could be the first one to use it.

Rie Praying for good test results for you. I'll be okay till I can see my doc. I think he must be on vacation may even be in Philipines where he is from because when I called for appt a while back, I couldn't see him until August any way and today when I called for refills on DH meds he wasn't there. Another doc had to okay his refills. I won't need any refills for another month or 2. So I'm good for now.

Actually this time is good for me because it is making me get serious about the way I eat and my exercise. I know lots of people have problems with the New Atkins program, but I'm reading the book and I have to tell you that it has more than sold me on low carb woe for life. Too me it is a real compliment to the Dr. Atkins' original plan. I trust it because one of the authors is a doc from Dukes and that seems to be "the" big trusted place in the Carolina's. After all the research that has been done through the years, they have pretty much proved not only that Dr. Atkins knew what he was talking about, but why and how things work. What sold me is the fact that they explain that the one thing that causes triglycerides to rise and the good cholesterol to go down is a high carboydrate diet. Also, those of us who door have done Atkins know that he stressed the fact that we need to use salt to prevent certain reaction to the low carb during Induction. Well, the new book explains that low carb especially the AI is a natural diuretic (from what I understand this is until you get your grams above 50 grams Net carbs) so if you have leg cramps like I have a lot of, it is possible that it is due to not eating enough salt and they say that normally adding salt to foods may not be enough. They recommend either drinking 2 cups of broth (1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon) and to be sure it is not low sodium or use 1/2 tsp salt, or 2 Tblsp of regular soy sauce from the 1st day on Induction. I found this interesting because when I diet I cut out the salt even when low carbing and when I do I still get leg cramps. Then eventually I start craving chips etc and now I'm wondering if maybe it isn't the chips I'm craving but the salt. I say that because the baked chips are sweet tasting and do nothing for me... I don't like anything but the regular. So maybe the Metformin wasn't the problem. So I'm going to follow their suggestions for about a week using the broth (funny I never liked the broth either but it was low sodium had a cup of regular today and loved it) and then try adding the Metformin back and see how it works. Of course, they say you need to get approval from your doctor especially if you are on diuretics or blood pressure meds and or on salt restriction diet. I've never been on salt restriction although I do take bp medicine and my doc gave me permission to do any diet that I choose to do. So I'm good to go.

I'm not really counting the carbs... just following their suggestion of eating up to 6 c salad veggies and 2 c cooked veggies which they say will automatically add up to about 15 carbs minimum for each day. I'll dd in the broth and I finally switched to Almond unsweetened milk. BTW does anyone here use unsweetened Almond milk? I wonder, can I add my sweetner to it?

So I'm using this along with my time at the Y between now and when I go back to the doc to get my act together and hopefully I'll get a really good blood work when I go back and hopefully a fairly good reading on the scale as well.

Mad You are such a precious compassionate person so caring and helpful to everyone around you as well as to us.

Ruthie, Bonnie and Georgia So glad to hear from you. Sorry I didn't comment on y'all, but I managed to make this into a mini-book so better close it off.

Y'all have a great evening.

Yes, I love it. For a nice treat, mix chocolate-flavored unsweetened almond milk with diet root beer. Crushed ice makes the drink even better.

It's really good to be back here at 3FC. Thanks to yesterday's warm welcome and an endless supply of helpful threads, I felt completely satisfied eating a moderate amount of healthy food today. Yay for 24 hrs of progress!

Have I mentioned I dislike DH laptop, just lost a long post with lots of personals, but anyway, will resend later. argh

Good Morning Chickies

Headed out this morning to post office then the Y and on to beauty shop. Beautician planning to go to her Mom's this weekend for her birthday so doing hair today. Then will run by store to get things I couldn't get at Wal-Mart yesterday.

Things are going good between us and the kids, but I think DH is getting dissatisfied with them being here. I have a feeling that now that I've talked to her that if she doesn't do something it will make it easier for him to confront her. I also learned in the past few days that he isn't happy with us babysitting all the time. Hopefully he will be the one to handle that situation.
Any way for the moment all is going very nicely... I know I may have to "retrain" them later.

One day on eating lower carb and using the ideas of the New Atkins plan and the fluid is coming off. Go figure. You know I thought as I read the book that it is a shame that Dr. Atkins didn't live to see that his theory actually works. It seems there have been over 50 scientific research studies that have not only proven that it works but evidently shows why it works. I heard a doctor on Fox news say that low carb diets like Atkins is the best way to fight obesity, but the problem is that people on food stamps and ho have lost their jobs can't afford to buy the foods to go on the diets. That is really what got me to read the book.

PartTimeHippie We are glad to have you hear and thanks for the info on the unsweetened Almond milk. I didn't see any unsweetened chocolate at Wal-mart but I definitely look for it in the other store today. Love the idea of diet root beer too.

Mad I do the same thing on my laptop and need to use Rie's idea of using Word and then cut and paste. So frustrating to type a whole post and lose it.

Got to run. Will back later. Everybody have a good day.

so glad to see Georgia back, I bet you are missing all the walking, and thats affecting the weight too. Enjoy a few potatoes! I have been baking mini baby potatoes with olive oil, sea salt and rosemary, and they are very nice, I can have 2 or 3 a couple of times a week.
Bonnie, the weights are great, we should all be doing some weight bearing exercise to fight off osteoporosis, and I hope the videos make it fun for you. The planks I do in yoga are my thing.
Rie: glad you came throught the endoscopy so well, lots of fluids to get the meds out of the system, no wonder you are tired!
Glad that hippie girl is joining us, so fun to hear from others.
Ruth, stay in touch!
Had too much wine last night, bonding with SIL, so will be having a quiet day today.
well, back to the lake, just a few more days of heaven.

Hey ladies its being a hetic day here have tons of errands and 2 dr apts for the girls so I am having a busy busy day here. But good news is no baby sitting next week My cousin is off all next week so I am going to get up in the am and start being back on track I have done informed everyone all the stuff that has come into the house can no longer come in if they want it they must buy it them self.I will not be doing it. Plus my aunt got her test results back and they say her sugar is up so its a good time to start it for everyone..

Got plenty to do around her so I am ready to get active again . I will jest have to roll with the heat and make sure I drink plenty of water.. Well got to run have to see if we can find a area rug for the living room before we get to the dr..More later..

Hello! I am new here but look forward to having some support. I have Type 1 Diabetes and have had it for a while (12 years), and am 29 now. I look forward to getting to know all of you (online at least ). I woke up and had great BG's and know that usually means an easier day for me rather than constantly chasing down the high BG's.

I'm having almost like diahrrea today. Is this from switching to the very low carb almost like Induction way of eating I'm doing or do you think it could just be a virus? I had the headache yesterday but figured that was because I didn't drink the coffee. Couldn't go tp the Y, the beauty shop or the grocery store. Ended up coming home after going to the post office. I'm eating the veggies allowed and I can hear the stuff going on in my tummy so I just wonder if it is the veggies.

Sorry, but so far I can't find anything about this in either of the Atkins books. All I see there is about constipation. Hoping some of you who are old hat at doing low carb might have some answers. I'm also looking into some of the vitamins I take as I think I'm going to have to back off some of them now that I'm doing Atkins type low carb.

seakat Look forward to getting to know you. This is a good support group. You will enjoy it.

Pattygirl-- Whenever I have tried Atkins, it does make my stomach pretty upset but it will go away after a while. I think it is your stomach getting used to more fiber from vegetables.

Thanks Seakat I appreciate the info. I wondered if that was it. I also realized that some of the suppliments that I take may be causing it as well so am taking some of them out of my plan and also adding some probiotics. I'm not following Induction to the letter as I still like eating only when hungry not because it is time to eat, but there are so many wonderful benefits from eating low carb that I just have to make it work for me. For one thing I don't get the cravings for sweets and chips eating this way.

Rie - I miss the old drive in movies. Didn't know there were any left. I used to make our food for supper/dinner when my kids were little and we would go to the drive in movies. Their Daddy was never an indoor movie person, but would go to drive in until home videos came along.

Hippie Girl - I actually drank the Almond milk with out adding sweetner. It wasn't all that bad and I decided that I might can get used to drinking it without it. Funny, I don't like eating almonds so hopefully I will get the benefits of Almonds by drinking it. Also I used to take magnesium suppliment, but I don't think I will need it now that I'm drinking it.

Bonnie - So sorry things are so hectic at your place. I sure hope you aunt will be interested in eating the way you eat as it will help her with her diabetes and she will feel better. You sure did get a good deal on those CDs and weights. You go girl.

Mad - It is wonderful that you are having a great vacation at the lake and bonding with SIL. There is nothing like relaxing by the lake.

Ruthie - Your garden sounds lovely and I love meatloaf or ground beef cooked with onion/pepper mix in my salad. Thanks for reminding me of that. Makes me wish I had some ground meat thawed out right now. I will definitely thaw some out for tomorrow.

Georgia - Glad to have you back and getting back on track with food and exercise. Don't wait too long on getting back to checking your blood sugar. Good luck on everything.

The kids have friends coming in tomorrow from FL. They are getting a suite for them and for the kids for the weekend so DH and I will have the house to ourselves for the weekend. It will be good for them and us. DD and I have been talking and right now things are going really good. I don't know if it is all on the up and up, but as long as it is the way it is, I can live with it. Hopefully we can keep things the way they are right now. I really hope that we can and will build some kind of a working relationship, however, I have learned the importance of sticking to my guns on the things that are important.

Have good evening.

Hey girls! I think I've almost fully arrived home since the holiday excursion. It helped that I started my new job and the laundry is done. Switching back to the very low carb plan is still difficult so I'm taking the weekend to have a break from food and just cleaning out with lemon water.

Patty, I think some people have more intestinal issues than others when it comes to increasing veggies and eating very low carb. It never bothered me at all...other than having the really intense craving for carbs that I don't even like for the first week or so. I'm craving those supermarket pastries again this morning, and I really don't like them. But all I can think about is fatty, sugary pastries right now. Grrr!

I really do miss all the walking and the sight-seeing, Rie and Mad. I met and chatted with so many of the locals in Edinburgh and Glasgow and I miss them all! And hanging out with writers at the Santa Barbara Writers' Conference was also very socially satisfying. In my small hometown, no one is that lovely to talk with. Everyone seems to scowl.

I've enjoyed being at work and talking fitness with my trainer everyday. It has helped get my head back in the game. And exercising everyday in between duties is wonderful. There's no off-plan food at the studio, and I have to bring lunch in so I'm making good choices with that.

It's when I get home that is the issue. I arrive about the time my appetite is most intense. I've left the boys at home all day and the house is a mess and I get angry. I don't feel like cooking, especially in a messy kitchen. I'm tired...I make poor, carby choices. I haven't worked outside my home in a very long time so planning meals ahead of time is not something to which I'm accustomed. I tend to have things on hand that are easily prepared, easy to throw together. But after being gone all day, the boys have been gobbling that up and they're not hungry when I get home to make dinner. So cooking a meal for one is uninteresting to me.

I think I need to make some effort at purposefully caring for myself when it comes to meals. I tend to fight it because I'm still rebelling from my upbringing. My mother tends to spend the entire day thinking of food, what to buy, preparing it, feeding people. It's really tiresome! I don't want to be like that! I don't have to be, but I need to find a balance and find what works for me.

(Really, what I love is to go out for salad and a small piece of grilled meat. I'd rather eat salad that someone else makes. I don't know why!)