Trish, there really is no "easy" way as you know. South Beach works for me and I've stuck to it for several years - mostly. It's become what I do now and seems to be working in keeping my blood sugars stable. Weight is another matter but I'm working on that by controlling quantities.

Still no "results" but am seriously considering a sugar-free chocolate binge. I know that works for sure! Thanks, Mad.

Rie, I agree with posting what we actually eat. I frequently revise my planned menu as circumstances intervene. Yesterday, for example, i got involved in other cooking and didn't get the spaghetti squash cooked as planned or the beef thawed for meatloaf. That may happen today. I pulled a small individual pizza from my stash and had it with a green salad. Had some wine too since it was Saturday night! FBGL 4.1 this morning.

Time to crank up the day with a smoothie and then Church. Enjoy your Sunday.

Good morning friends. bs was 6.0 last night before bed, and 5.4 this morning fasting. Weight is same at 171.6 (well down 0.2 of a pound, but thats just variation in my book). So first day I haven't lost almost a pound since I went low carb. The difference?
I had my final serving of the flatout low carb flatbread or tortilla. I made a mini pizza with cheeses, black olives and salami pieces. Total carbs for the day came in about 35g, so no more than usual, but I had wheat. We will see if that is different today, I will avoid all wheat. Had an atkins bar for breakfast. I plan to make a couple of the minute muffins for the next couple of days. I seem to be able to manage a bit of fresh or frozen fruit with other foods, and since thats what I miss on atkins, I will keep that up.

Rie: isn't it heaven when you can sleep long enough that you believe you are rested? It may be psychological, but if I don't sleep for 7 hours and wake more than once during that time, I don't believe I have had enough sleep. Lots of times though I feel tired even after a good sleep. I seldom wake with energy. I miss that.

Trish: I agree with Ruth. Changing eating habits is HARD work, thats why we need each other here, and all the support we can get. Whatever plan you are using, you need to stick to it, at least for a while, and once the weight starts moving, stick it out longer!

Ruth: hope you get your spaghetti squash cooked today, I really enjoyed it last night. Fortunately, its a substitute DH likes too. He often eats bread and butter with spaghetti, so he did last night too and so doesn't miss his carbs. He now weighs less than me, so I need to keep going down to 160 so I can reverse that trend!

I didn't formally exercise yesterday, but was busy and active during the day. Did laundry, cleaned house, weeded garden etc. so I feel I was plenty active. No housework to do today. Just generally feeling fine. Hope you all have a good Sunday.
Hellos to Bonnie, Georgia and anyone else I missed or who is lurking. Hope you have a sunny day like I have here. Its lovely

Weight steady at 225 next goal is to get under 220. My plan for today is on the menu thread. I decided to go back on the plan that has always worked for me in the past... lost 65lbs on it years ago just didn't make it a lifestyle. I will look at it that way this time. I'm hoping to be able to go home to TX to visit family next year. Usually go every 2 years, but couldn't go this year with Tony's DD and family living here. Hope that wll be different sometime next year. So the goal is to lose as much as possible before we can go, keep going till I reach goal and keep it off this time. I'm back on the Carbohydrate Addicts Diet. I'm going to keep up with the calories for a while just to see how much I am eating although I don't really have to on CAD. This plan also helps me to keep the fluid off the ankles.

Long busy day today. One of baby's therapists comes this morning to make up for a holiday she had off. I wouldn't mind her coming earlier in the day every week. But we do what we have to do. DSIL is off the next 2 days so that will be a little easier on me. Getting my laundry done today. DH and I will go to store tomorrow. I need to get some more salad foods.

Have a great day!!!

Hi everyone: did pretty well yesterday. Had a few square of sugar free dark chocolate though at a friend's place, and weight was the same this am. So no loss. Today did well, although having a late supper, I had a few potatoes with my pot roast. Hope the carbs won't do me in, but they were roasted with olive oil and rosemary and are delicious. Otherwise everything good at the end of a long and busy day. Off to bed soon.
Rie: must be interesting to do the training you do, with all kinds of groups. Have a good trip.
Ok trish, hope the CAD works well and you can stick to it.
good night all

No idea where I was yesterday although I did hit the gym. My "digestive problem" is resolved - I get a star on my chart! Fiber and water is key for me given my family history. (My mother's whole family - all nine of them - all died of bowel cancer!)

Got dragged into the dreaded Chinese buffet yesterday but had only one plate with the emphasis on vegetables. "Dinner" last night was crackers, cheese, a sliced tomato and an apple which is what I'd planned for lunch. BGL was 4.6 this morning so I'm good. The darned weight is still stuck at 185, plus or minus a smidgen. Today will be a lower calorie and lower carb day so I cans see what happens.

Hello. I need advice about my meter(s). When I was first diagnosed I had a One Touch and a One Touch Mini that I carried in my purse. When I retired, I had a high deductible so I switched to WaveSense because it was cheaper. I have met my deductible so I went through Liberty and got a new One Touch and supplies. Just out of curiosity, I checked my blood on all 4 meters at once and got 4 different results. I had done a control test on all of them. I can see where the Wave Sense could be unreliable, but the One Touch should have been in the ball park. How close should these readings be between the different meters? They differered by up to 10 points. The only thing I can think of is that maybe I should get new batteries for the old One Touch. What do you think?

CarolSue I am sorry I can't help you but I believe Fatmad can help you when she sees your post as I seem to remember her talking about that very thing a while back. I'm sure it is frustrating.

I had a great CAD day yesterday. I have no idea why I quit following CAD. I did it with an (IE) Intuitive Eating twist to it although I didn't know about IE back then. Ate this way for about 2 or 3 years and it always worked great for me. I am thankful to say that I have found 2 CAD support groups on 2 other sites which is going to be very helpful as one site has people who have successfully followed the plan for many years. Will be posting daily menu on those 2 sites.

I ended up having my RM and 1 CM (Complimentary Meal which is a low carb meal) for those who don't know. Looking at the book again, I found that this is actually one of the optional Plans allowed in the CAD book so it will be the one I will be following since I ended up having my 1 c of coffee wth Stevia and splash of H&H then eating only my RM and 1 CM yesterday not needing the snack. As I think back to the way I ate as a child and in my teen years and at times in my life when I have been thin, I realize that this is the way I always ate. Except that sometimes if I wasn't hungry, I would only eat once a day. It never felt like a det ecause it was normal for me. Nothing is off limits at RM so there is never a need to cheat because if I want somethng I can have it as long as I fit it into the RM. So I've chosen to do CAD because it is what comes naturally for me.

Hope everyone has a great day.

had a nice 4.7 for fbs today, so am quite please with that. Weight up a smidge, but haven't had a bm for a couple of days, so should be better tomorrow after that. Had indian buffet at lunch, feel very full still 4 hours later, so will have a very light and late supper, probably just salad. I skipped the rice and noodles though, although papadum and onion bahjees were very much enjoyed as my carbs.
Carole Sue: it is a pet peeve of mine that there is not accessible research comparing meters. The companies that make them will do and publish research showing that theirs are reliable, and by industry standards, that is within 20% of a lab value. So that means that you can be off by quite a lot. So the difference between meter readings of 10 points isn't much by those standards. Even consumer reports didn't publish a comparison. Blood sugar 101 doesn't have much. My diabetes educator and dietitians couldn't say which is most accurate. I suspect an industry conspiracy about it. What they really want is for us to start buying smart meters and spending lots of medicare or insurance company money on their products. However, most type 2s don't need to test several times a day, except when we are first diagnosed and learning to manage our sugars. When we are stable with meds and diet, a few times a week is usually fine.
For my money, I would go with a meter that is reasonably close to test results.
I was able to do that by having my blood drawn several times and testing at the same time. My one touch was within 1 point (canadian values are different) every time, and my low showed low and my high showed high. So I am sticking with the one touch.
However you do it, stick with the same meter, (yes, even different meters of the same brand may differ, although I have a one touch and 2 one touch minis and they all will read within 0.1 of each other when I have compared).
At least then you are comparing yourself to your own normals on a regular basis, and not messing with results that may be different with different machine.
Hope this is helpful, and I would be truly interested if anyone finds some research testing different meters. thanks

Thanks for the reply, Fatmad. Back when I was using the regular One Touch and the Mini at work I had a similar problem. I was getting a big difference between the two and asked a pharmacist at work about it. She told me to do a control test on both. I did that and it didn't help, but I opened a new canister of strips and that straightened it out. They were less than 5 points different, which was good enough for me. This time I have new control solution AND new strips that I just received with the new meter and am still getting a difference between the two. I think for a few dollars I will get a new battery for the Mini. I haven't used it for a couple years and the battery might be old, even though it is not yet indicating low battery. Since I just recently had bloodwork done I won't be having it again for a few months, but I will check them along with my bloodwork next time. I just want to know which one is right.

Quick check-in again. Had to knock off a few spammers this morning so running late.

Darned weight is not budging although eating has been fine since my minor Chinese detour on Monday. Guess I'll just have to wait it out. I can no longer blame it on the big C, TMI I'm sure.

Yesterday's food was spot on. Now to plan today's and FOLLOW it. As usual, more water is needed.

Quick flyby. Busy next few days so probably won't be here so checking in quickly now. DH and I will be going out today while DSIL is off and Friday when DD gets home. Got a call from lady over devotionals for our once a month ladies meetings at church, I couldn't speak last month as planned so had promised to do it this month. I didn't realize this is going to be the 3 week of the month so will be busy getting ready for that.

Eating is going good. Still finding that I'm not real hungry and no cravings other than for salads. That can't be a bad thing. I'll check in whenever I have time.

Hope everyone is doing okay.

Hey Ladies things here are good I have not been on plan 100% but been busy have been cleaning out the garage this heat is amking some of my things mold out in the garage and I have been trying to get everything cleaned up and get things ready for the winter. But Will keep going. Will be back later when I have more time.

Nice to see you again, Bonnie - been wondering. I'm getting into fall clean-up mode too.

Patty, I'm glad CAD works for you. Is it keeping your BGL stable? I wish I'd get cravings for salads.

Carole Sue, hope you have resolved the meter problem. I try not to get to obsessed with testing daily unless my doctor wants me to do it. Meters really do vary.

Mad, Indian food is soooo good and your post made me realize I've not had any for ages. I just may have to hie me down to Kingston. Right now the closest I get to Indian food is Blue Menu Chicken Tikki Masala which I had for dinner last night.

Rie, my you do travel a lot with your job. I think of you every time I see the "Get lost in Montana" commercials! Gotta get there someday.

FBGL a tad low at 3.6 this morning but I'm about to fix that with a smoothie. Finally found unsweetened almond milk locally and am going to try it for my smoothies. Only 30 cals per cup. I also dug through my freezer and found some Splenda sweetened strawberry jam that didn't gel. It's in half cup containers so I see a lot of strawberry smoothies in my future. Fibre One and flax seed will be added as needed. I'll let you know how they taste.

Time to take out the trash and crank up Thursday. Enjoy!

Hi Ruth - Normally I don't get hung up on testing because my doctor is satisfied with my A1c. But since my surgery I have been having a lot of high readings and I thought a new meter would help get better control. I was reading about it online and it seems to be a problem for many. I am not alone. I am going to test the next time I have bloodwork and compare the two.