Trish, we all have to work through this and learn what is going to work for us. I am like you that I know that low carb is what I need to do, but I am not always good at sticking to it. I've done a lot better in the past 2 months than I have for a long time, and my BS shows it, just not my weight.

This morning I ate 2, not 1, english muffins. I knew it would spike me but I ate it anyway and had to take a glimiperide to counteract it. I was not hungry at lunch time so I didn't eat til dinner. I felt very shaky, so I tested and was at 85, so the pill and my afternoon exercise did the trick. For dinner I had chicken cacciatore, with grilled asparagus. I still didn't freeze my Sara Lee bread that I bought so I ate of slice of that at dinner. It tastes much better than the Nickles 35 bread. I have now put the loaf in the freezer so I won't eat another slice today. I didn't take a pill at dinnertime because when I do that, it seems to bring me too low near bedtime and I don't want to have to eat again to counter-act it.

Shannon, I saved that tuna recipe in my online recipe file. I never think to put all those different things in my tuna.

I read the Chicks in Control sometimes and have posted there a couple times. I think I also have binge eating disorder but have never been in counseling or actually gave it a name. My main problem would be I wanted to finish off all the "bad" food because I was going to start my diet tomorrow. I never connected it with emotions, I just wanted to eat, and it was always carbs. No wonder I became diabetic.

Artic, I hope you feel better!

My daughter picked out a recipe for me to make today (and her to help). It was complicated but yummy. Gluten free, low carb Strawberry Hand Pies

That's sweet Shannon, I love the Mommy and Me time :) How's your brother and his wife today? I'm gonna have to meet you in Brier Creek for a sweet care package ;)

I saw those kits when I was at Walmart one day and wondered about them. You can be my guinea pig! We didn't have insurance for a month when my husband was laid off earlier this year and I got two sinus infections and my daughter got an ear infection. Three trips to the dr. Really? One month?? :mad:

I am not writing anything down right now other than weights and measurements (of me, not food!). As long as I am losing I intend to keep it that way. I just figure at some point I might have to get stricter to continue losing. But, we'll see. I got nervous when the scale stopped that the time was now but honestly, TMI, I think it was potty related. I have been having some bathroom issues but they see, to be moving along, pun intended, lol.

Here it thundered for several hours and then finally poured for a while but then it was over. Thank God! I hope that is the end of it. I have been sneezing all day like I'm getting a cold so I just drank a cup of Emergen C and I am going to bed early. I have to volunteer at preschool tomorrow. Hopefully I can up early and get my eggs in otherwise I am going to be super hungry.

LOL! The reason you love it is bc your daughter is old enough to not destroy the kitchen while helping you! It took me hours to get my kitchen back together! It always starts out fun and ends up with me fussing at her and feeling bad :-( I have signed her up for a week of half day camp at the Y in June that is preschool cooking. She will love it!

I did not talk to them today but they were both back to work. And yes, I would love to share my goodies. No one else really eats them here so you would be doing me a favor!

My eating often has started with emotions but then I think the taste of the food took over....or something with the insulin response....I'd find myself over the emotion but still stuffing my face.

Shannon :) I will certainly let you all know how it goes. I would think with my carbs being better that my fbs would be better but I was thinking this moring maybe I'm not waiting long enough. When they do it at the drs it's 12 hours but I do it when I get up at 5:30 so I don't forget. Going to the bathroom is a major issue for me. I was doing one of the wake med studies but couldn't finish because of work, but I kept getting the placebo anyway so it didn't help :( I was just reading another thread that was talking about eggs and upset stomach, stomach pain and gas and that is me when I eat eggs since starting this journey. I feel like there is something wrong with my insides. I always have issues :?: I feel bad that this other person has them (she was on an IP thread but I'm glad to know I'm not the only one) ... huh on my daughter not making a mess (she makes a terrible mess as do all of the children when they cook/prepare anything) the good thing is that she is at the age where she likes to clean (she thinks it's fun). I just have to re-do it. I am very particular about things so I re-do a lot in here ;)

Carol Sue I just read this part ... that's what I said about my eating I know I have an eating disorder that I can now somewhat control. I have just never been to the doctor for it so I have never been diagnosed. My issue did not only involve bad carbs. I was the one to finish mine, yours and every bodies. I would eat constantly until I was miserable. I would sneak and eat when everyone went upstairs. I would eat in the car and throw the trash away before I got home. I just called it greedy.

I started the May thread this morning.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/diab...-may-chat.html