Patty, I'm glad CAD works for you. Is it keeping your BGL stable? I wish I'd get cravings for salads.
Thanks Ruthie. CAD does work very well for me and the FBGL is getting better and is finally back below 120... 109 one day and highest has been 119 another time. So I am confident it will continue to go lower as time goes on. System is getting back to normal as well with regular BMs which will help with weight loss too although I seem to be stuck, but I expect that to happen from time to time. For example it can happen when we get sodium when eating out.
Hi gang. Weight is up again since the indian food, and fbs was 5.3 again. Hope to get a hold on myself again. Teaching in the morning, and off for the weekend. Going to see DD on Saturday, and a funeral for a long retired but loved mentor, who was my own midwife too, who died recently.
Well, off to bed early.
Mad, mine is up a tad this morning - I made a pasta sauce yesterday to use up tomatoes and also added leftover cold cuts that were stashed in the freezer. Calabrese salami is salty! Gotta watch that stuff especially if I start throwing black olives into the mix.
Off to the gym this morning and am going to talk to my PT Linda about some more core exercises. I always thought my hips and thighs were my trouble spots but now it's my alleged waist and tummy. She'll assign me some exercises and it'll be up to me to do them.
I'm about to have a strawberry & almond milk smoothie with Fibre 1 and ground flax. That'll keep me from ordering toast or a muffin when we go for coffee after gym. (The Big C problem seems to have disappeared for now.)
fbs 4.7 this am, and weight settled back to normal with just normal food intake, so must have been a lot of salt in the indian food I had had, to put it on and off like that. Having pretty good days, even if not formal exercise, have been out and about and not sitting around much. Going to Toronto to see DD and SIL this evening, take them out for supper and hear about the honeymoon, see the pics not posted to their facebook pages etc. Younger DD has started back to class and works weekends, so will catch her during the week later.
Ruth, enjoy the workout and watch out for the salt monster.
Have a good weekend friends
Oh dear! Book Club last night and the snacks were salty. I decided to not eat supper which was a mistake because everything Terri served was over the top and I nibbled away most of the evening. FBGL was OK but ... the scale was insane! Nothing like a supper of olives, cheeses, anchovies and nacho chips with dips.
Today was to be better but I'm already carbed out with a bagel for breakfast and a PB and cucumber sandwich for lunch. Dinner had better be just protein and veggies.
I just read about things wheat in our diets can cause if we have an allergy to it... even joint pain and arthritis. I read an interview Fat Head did with Dr. Wm. Davis who wrote the book Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight. I don't want to buy the book. I've got enough diet books and don't want to get drawn into another diet. Besides I like to keep my eating simple so I've decided that I have no problem giving up wheat so I can do that without buying and getting into another diet book. I can and will substitute a non-wheat bread like potato bread and there are some veggies or veggie pastas etc which can be substituted for the wheat during my CAD RM. This way I can stay on my CAD/IE plan and still enjoy the foods I like with my family.
Besides from all I can see Atkins, SBD, Paleo etc are wheat free diets which I do wish I could wrap my mind around and do because of the wonderful benefits of doing them. I did see on another site where some people do a SBD with an Atkins twist but not sure what they do. But as long as CAD works for me, that is what I will do.
My meeting this morning went well. I know what you mean Ruthie about the carby foods. We usually have an egg cassarole but the one who probably would have brought it was out because of knee surgery so donuts and bagels were picked up quickly. I didn't eat breakfast before gong which normally is my way of handling that type of situation. So off plan today because I got home and DH doesn't know what he wants to eat so we are having a snack type day. I ended up eating way too much beef jerky I got at Costco yesterday. Sure won't be buying those any more. DGS is home today so I took pork chops out for DD to cook later and I'll have one of those with a salad.
What is wrong with me I hate eaten all kinds of stuff these last two days I am so hungry and I have been eaten everything I can see.
BonnieI've had one of those days today and mine was due to no plan. I know you have a lot of stress and it causes things to become diffcult to get our focus right. You aren't a bad person, you are just having to get things working right in your life. I hope things get better for you and you can find your way soon. TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY AND WE CAN DO THIS!!!
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A few years ago I met a woman on a CAD/CALP thread who was doing CALP and she started her own newsletter. I got a newsletter today and she was telling how she has lost weight still doing CALP, but she has been wheat/gluten free for 2 or 3 years. I am so thrilled to learn that someone else has had success reaching goal doing CALP the way I want to do CAD and that it does work. Just had to share.
Trish, my youngest DD was allergic to wheat in the first years of her life, and while I nursed her for 3.5 years, I went off wheat too for the most part. I am also finding wheat of any kind tends to spike my blood sugar, so I keep it to a minimum.
Due to this experience, I can tell you that other breads probably won't do it, and are quite expensive. But really not worth the money. They DONT taste good, don't have the texture you want etc. The rice pastas are ok, though I prefer spaghetti squash, and I will substitute cooked rice or quinoa in salads that might have wheat, (like tabouli). There are some brands of wheat/gluten free crackers that are nice, ( I LOVE the Mary's organics, and the low carb ones made with chickpea flour. ) And you must read the labels of everything. To do it right, you MUST be really free of all wheat. Do a google search of things that may have hidden wheat too. I think some forms of hydrolyzed vegetable protein may have hidden wheat, soy sauce often does etc. So the ingredients of some ingredients can be a problem. Its a really big deal if you are a real celiac.
Plan to do it just for a week. It is hard and requires planning. You will want to take snacks etc when going to meetings, especially if there is food, because it will almost always be food you must not have. I am not a big bread eater, so didn't find that a challenge, but other foods were. And nothing tastes like bread if it doesn't have wheat, IMHO.
Hope you diet plan works, and you can make a one week plan and stick to it. I agree, avoid buying another book. If you really need to read it, get it from a library or borrow from someone.
Good luck.
bedtime bs was 5.5 after a nice supper out with DD and DSIL. They are looking great, and seem quite happy. The servings we very large at the greek restaurant, so I have another meal. I sensibly didn't eat everything, and brought home half the supper. So off to bed now.
BGL 4.8 this morning but I did not feel well. Skipped breakfast and had a coffee after Church with real Scottish shortbread - a friend was just back from a trip there. Feel great now so I guess it was just a passing "malaise".
I'm planning a beer can chicken on the grill with broccoli and sweet potatoes or quinoa. This method does a great job of keeping the chicken moist. I hate dried up cooked chicken breasts and usually end up throwing them into soup or dousing them with mayo in a chicken salad.
Hi all. fbs was 5.2 this am. not too bad, but still not under 5 on a regular basis. slept well after a late night. Ruth, I actually have finally accepted that I don't actually like chicken breasts. I can tolerate them as long as the meat is moist and tender, but if they are dry at all, the texture turns me right off. I never buy breasts, and only have them with a rotisserie chicken from the store. (its often cheaper to buy one fully cooked than a raw one to cook, and with just the two of us, we don't want the mess.) but Beer can chicken is a good way to do it, out on the grill. Are you having company to enjoy it with, or will you have some yummy leftovers?
Happy Sunday friends. I have a funeral today, then friends over for supper. A very social Sunday for me.
Sorry that I have been MIA for a few days. A phone call came into work telling us that one of the teens we work with was killed. This call came from her grandmother. Lots of grief, caring for staff and sad feelings. Then, I found out last night that it was a hoax - perpetrated by another family member. How awful. I am glad that she is alive but filled with hurt and rage over the last few days. Sorry. I am planning to turn over a new leaf on Monday.
RieSo sorry for what you and your work crew have been put through. Wonder how people can be so cruel.
Fatmad Thanks for all the info and advice. We went to Walmart after church and I decided to get organic flaxseed to make my own 1 minute muffins when I want or need bread and I got spaghetti squash to use in place of pasta. I also have buckwheat or oat bran for making pan cakes. I also have pecan flour to cook with.
Ruthie I've never tried the beer can chicken. I will have to try that.
I always wondered why my sister suffered joint problems and I didn't. I now understand the difference... I was always eating low carb. It was when I fell for the "whole grains" and eat wheat hype etc, I acquired all these health problems. It comes down to the quality of life I want and I want the best I can have.
Busy day and weekend so flyby. Have a gread Friday and weekend.
I've had one of those days today and mine was due to no plan. I know you have a lot of stress and it causes things to become diffcult to get our focus right. You aren't a bad person, you are just having to get things working right in your life. I hope things get better for you and you can find your way soon. TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY AND WE CAN DO THIS!!!
