Yesterday was another bad day. I never did get around to my exercise. I ate what DH prepared instead of the protein and veggies that are best for me, and I just felt terrible. I had pasta for lunch, fried potatoes and a sandwich for dinner. Just too much carby starch. I also ate a little bag of butter cookies I bought at the dollar store. I like the butter cookies because they don't taste as sweet, but it's still sugar, and I cannot seem to buy things like that and portion it out over a few days. I end up eating the whole thing and then feel awful. (Note to self: no more cookies.) Because I felt so terrible, I ended up sleeping a lot. So I have to get my act together.

I didn't sleep well the night before so I think I did need the extra sleep. I had a short nap, then slept well after I finally fell asleep last night. I am finding I sleep better if I go to bed and fall asleep before DH comes in.

Hi Mad. As you can see above, I too have been having more carbs, and my body is rebelling. That's just not the best food choice for me. A bite or two here and there are about all I can handle. I need protein and veggies to be at my best. I am glad to hear that you have been able to handle them a little more lately without any problems

May we all see a little drop in weight this weekend.

Carol SueI haven't been great either. I am back up to 221 and seem to be hung up there and FBS back up to 160s however, readings later in the day are around 113 to 119. I'm wondering if I need to quit checking each morning like my doctor told me to do. I'm just so feel like I need to know what it is so I check. I think because of the lower afternoon readings before dinner that my A1c will be okay, just not sure.

I went to bed early last night because I had to get up early to go to beauty shop. I got a good nights sleep and woke up 7rs later like I had an internal alarm clock. Feeling pretty good. I do need to go to bed earlier in the evening not early in the morning. LOL I also need to tweak my diet more so that I can lose weight as well as lower FBS. I am not staying within calories. I started taking potassium and eating more potassium foods. I think that is helping me feel better. I also bought some electrolytes drink to help build up my system. I realize that I just need to change my attitude and start thinking in terms of how little I can eat and still feel good rather than how much I can get by with eating. Might not be able to use MFP if I do that or learn to just make it look like I'm eating more when I'm not.

DH has his doctor's appointment this afternoon and we forgot to call in one med so have to go pick that up while over in that area. So busy, busy. Beauty shop, go see Daddy as I need to put eye drop in his eyes, cut his fingernails and clean out his ears. I need to go to HEB but don't think I will have time today. I may have to save that until tomorrow.

famad Always good to hear from you.

I got to run. Y'all have a good day.

I just entered my food for yesterday. I ate 1953 calories, usually in the 1100 range. 350 gm of carb, usually in the 60-70 range, and protein was only 45, usually in the 60gm range. So it was a terrible day for me. I start out so good with my scrambled eggs and then it went to pot. I haven't done that in a very long time.

Trish, I would continue to track in MFP but just add something at the end to bring it up to an acceptable number. I do that sometimes. As long as I'm up to 1000 calories MFP accepts it and I'm usually in that range. I ate for 2 yesterday and all crappy food.

On Tuesday I called the cardiologist and ordered my RX to be sent to mail order. As of this morning, they haven't received the order. I think the girl forgot to send it in because she was angry that I insisted on seeing the doctor instead of the PA. I called today to have them send it in again and a different girl said she would. This med is the platelet reduces I NEED to keep the new stent from blocking up. It's imperative I don't skip it even once. I have about 2 weeks worth left. I sure hope she sends it in. I could get it from Target, but it's an expensive drug and much more expensive from Target than mail order. We are at the mercy of those at the doctor's office.

Maybe if your FBS upsets you that much you should stop checking, but you know, that's not going to change the number. I think you are better off to know what it is. I think that's just the way your blood sugar runs. You are usually pretty low at other times of the day and you A1c is never bad. Mine is back in the 160s and today it was in the 190s. I know what to do to get it down, but doing it is the problem.

I just got an update to my medical portal that the new prescription was added to my records today, so that proves to me that the other girl did not follow through and order my prescription!! That happened to me one other time, but it was not a med that was so crucial. Everybody makes mistakes I guess.

Carol Sue Are meds cheaper if you order them mail order with your PD insurance? Maybe I should do that with DH expensive meds if it will be cheaper through our PD mail order.

Glad you got the meds you need ordered. It is critical and I personally think the grumpy girl should get another job. But we can't control people like that.

I agree about checking the bs each day and tracking foods/calories. I did track my breakfast this morning. I'm just afraid to trust myself not to. If I have difficulty keeping track of these things, I surely am not crazy enough to think I would be any more disciplined if I didn't track at all. I'm just not self-disciplined enough not to track on MFP or not to check bs.

I've decided this morning that there is only one thing for me to do. I know I'm not going to go keto, low carb and so far not doing really great with moderate carb so I've got to do something different so I can get things under control. I am going to work at eating 1/2 of the food I normally eat and still count the calories and of course track the FBS as well. That is part of my learning to be self disciplined. If I have to, I will go back to CAD, but I think it is better to spread the carbs over the 8 hr eating window rather than eating them all in one meal. I really think as I get to feel better that I will do better.

I took the time to run over to HEB so I could get the TX Pecan coffee. DS said she would have to try it so I got her a box as well. I was able to get in regular rather than decaf this time. I also got more of regular coffee. I drink 2 cups of regular coffee in the morning and then drink 1 of the TX Pecan after main meal as a treat. I don't need any creamer in it so I save calories there.

We are headed now to doctor's office as soon as DH is dressed and then to Walmart to get his medicine we forgot to order when we were there Wednesday. Not sure about what we are eating today, but I know I don't want a McD hamburger and I am tired of Chinese food for a while. May get something at Walmart to bring home and cook. Just not interested in fast food.

DH doctor's appointment went very well. He put him back on Farxiga. He gave him samples while we try to see if we can get it cheaper from Part D mail order from insurance company cheaper. He kept him on Eliquis and is giving us samples for that. May have to go back on Coumadin later not sure. DH A1c was 7.9 3 months ago and was 7.8 this time. He wants DH to get it down to 7.5 and try to keep it there. He said that his goal is to get him off of Glimepiride as he say the newer meds works as you need it where as Glimepiride can't read when you need insulin. He said Glimepiride just makes your pancreas push out the insulin all the time whether it needs to or not. He wants to get him on Metformin and Farxiga.

I asked him about the higher FBS in the morning and the lower readings later in the day. He said the reason my FBS is higher in the morning is because my biggest meal is in the evening. If this is true, then I need to stop eating at night. I probably shouldn't eat anything after 4 or 5 pm.

My brain is tired so I'm going to take a nap. Catch y'all tomorrow.

Trish, yes, my meds are cheaper through mail order. Not a lot, but every little bit helps. I get my diabetes meds from Target still, though, and I pay $15 for a 90 day supply. That's not a lot, but it would be $0 if I went through mail order. I might switch. I don't know.

I am aware that Glimiperide pushes the pancreas to release insulin whether you need it or not. That's why I don't just take the med as prescribed. Instead, I test BS, and then sometimes I only need half a pill or 1/4 a pill instead of the whole thing. My doctor doesn't know I do that, but it works for me. I'm hoping that eventually I will get my eating under control enough that I don't need it at all.

I agree with your doctor about your fasting blood sugar because mine dropped considerably when I started eating a much smaller dinner. We eat dinner around 4-5 PM. It is my intention to not eat after dinner but I don't always stick to that 100%.

I think I am getting tired of coffee. I used to drink a lot more than I do now. After a couple cups I just don't want anymore. I never drink coffee after 10AM. It's a morning only thing for me. My doctor never said anything, but I should probably be drinking decaf because of my heart, but DH makes that big pot of regular so I just drink that instead of making separate for me. I don't order it when we are out for breakfast anymore because I only like it steaming hot and it cools off too much for me and then I don't want it. So I just order water.

It's past my bedtime. Goodnight.

Good morning. My poor eating continues. I had a bigger than normal breakfast this morning having eggs, 2 sprouted grain toast and 1 pancake. I could have lowered the calories by using cooking spray rather than butter, and I wish I had, but I didn't, so I have to track the butter which raises calories. I am over 500 cals just at breakfast, so the only way to save the day is to have a veggie dinner.

I continue to be on the fence about butter. I think I should go according to how I truly feel about it and not pay attention to what others say. When I was thin, I cooked my eggs in cooking spray and ate my toast dry, with no butter. I believe I was very healthy back then, and that's what I should continue to do. For years, when I cooked vegetables, I used 0 calorie spray butter on them to give them the buttery taste. For a few years now I have been using real butter and I can't say that I've lost weight with the extra fat or become more healthy, for that matter, so I think I will go back to that. I get healthy fat naturally in my diet and don't agree that I have to eat high fat. In Optomizing Nutrition, Marty Kendall says "If you body has fat, then all you need is LC." He also says to concentrate on high nutrition foods. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

I cannot express these feelings on a LC forum. It is considered blasphemy.

Well, I slid by this week with no gain and no loss. I almost decided to do low carb, but I ate just normal yesterday but used the thought I got from doctor.

I've learned that I can mash up an avocado and mix it with lime juice (I use the little green container of lime juice I get in the produce department) and it lasts a few days. I ate only when I was hungry yesterday. I ate carby foods but spread them out throughout the day. However, DH decided to watch a movie later than usual so I was up late and had a snack. I was shocked that my weight was back down to 219.4 which according to MFP is right where I was last Saturday. My FBS was 159 lower than yesterday. Although I had carby foods it wasn't more than 5 carbs which was the suggestion in LC for Dummies book. So obviously I can handle a little bit of carby foods. In fact, it appears that I actually need a few of them. I'm feeling somewhat better.

I decided to go back on the Pravastatin last night. I decided that since it was not what caused my bs to go up that it won't hurt to have the protection. BTW the doctor said that the newer diabetic meds are supposed to prevent heart attacks and strokes.

I am added 2 more OTC pills to my diabetic regiment. One is green tea gels which I am actually taking because I don't like drinking green tea all the time. According to the bottle I finally found at Walmart it is a carb blocker. However, I take it for the green tea. I also bout a pill from Amazon called Optilevel which is a blood sugar supplement. I figure it can't hurt since I can't afford the diabetic meds.

We are going to see Daddy today so I am going to try to get DH to go window shopping. We've been here for more than a year and a half and still haven't gone to the big mall. We have wanted to go see what is in there. We both need to walk so we could go walk around there. There a few stores we have wanted to walk through too. So we need to make that a thing to do.

I've decided to change my strategy. I will continue eating as I am now, but try not to eat at night any more and track on MFP. I am going to work at moving around more whether actual exercise or just being active. I've also decided to stop weighing everyday. I'm thinking that when I see a weight loss that it may be causing me to slip because I'm rewarding myself for the loss. I just want to see what happens if I make these few changes.

I think spring is finally here. It is a beautiful day. We have moon windows in bedroom and living room. No matter what time I go to bed, the sun wakes me up around 8:30 or so. I like that because I feel better when I wake up that way. Maybe I can birth a new way of eating etc as new life happens around me with the budding of trees, flowers etc.

Have a great day.

Trish, it sounds like you are on the right track. I ended up better than I thought when the day was over yesterday, but I still can make improvements. We went out to eat and I had wings and a side salad. The wings were not the best choice but they were low carb, and there's really not a lot of meat on a wing.

Trish, I am on a couple meds that are supposed to prevent heart attacks and strokes, and where did they get me? LOL I guess they help, but nothing is 100%. My statin is not on the list of the ones known to raise blood sugar. They say that the protection they give for the heart outweighs the risk of high blood sugar. That's easy to say if you aren't the one with diabetes. I am also on another med for my heart that is known to raise blood sugar. Sometimes I would like to just dump out all these meds and see what happens. I know if I had not allowed myself to gain this weight over the years I would not be on a lot of these meds.

We have not been to the mall in years. We used to go once a week but got out of the habit. It's nice to walk around and browse.

I buy green tea bags, but when I make it, I combine it with black tea because I like my tea strong. I think I am starting to prefer tea over coffee. Coffee just doesn't have the attraction for me that it did for years. I'm also getting tired of Diet Coke, which I never thought would happen. I buy the little bottles, and don't even finish them. A few sips and I'm done, but it has a screw top lid and I can put it back in the refrigerator.

DH is going to want to go out for breakfast this morning. I hope he gets up early enough to beat the crowds. Sunday breakfast is such a big thing around here. I hate waiting for our name to be called to be seated. Guess I'll go try to get him moving.

Have a nice, healthy Sunday, everyone!

Carol Sue I like a cold drink once in a while, but not everyday. I never was a big on cold drinks any way. I'm trying to get back to drinking more water.

I don't like to go out to eat on Saturday or Sunday because everybody goes out then. We like to go during the week when fewer people go. Since we usually eat early around 3ish, we find not too many people are out eating then any way.

Well, I think I found out what always caused my potty issues. I tried eating a low carb breakfast this morning with the idea of going lower carbs today. I made a veggie/egg omelet and added some avocado and a little bit of jalapenos with it. And I felt absolutely awful and then it hit me. I had to run to the potty. I don't know why I need to eat the toast with my eggs and bacon, but I won't be doing low carb. I will work at staying moderate carb, but no low carb. My body just doesn't like low carb so I will have to stop trying it. I need to just go with what works for me. Saying that, I do believe there are still some keto/low carb meals that I can work into my menus. I do want to work at staying on the low end of the MCD and try to stay around 130 grams a day.

I've got a chuck roast in the crockpot. I'm trying to start cooking more. I have lost interest in eating out especially fast food. I hope I can continue to feel this way. DH like hamburgers, tacos etc so I am cooking better versions at home. Since I'm into high fat, I buy good quality ground beef with as little fat as possible to make these foods.

I noticed on the new LC site that there are some crockpot lowcarb cookbooks so I'm thinking of getting one of those. What I've been doing lately is to cook in the crockpot so that when we get home from going to see Daddy or shopping, food is ready when we get home. That way we are not tempted to stop for some high fat/sodium foods to bring home because I'm too tired to cook.

Working toward a better, healthier week.

Trish, I always tell DH that we can go out to eat M-T and don't have to go on the weekend when it's crowded, but he likes to go for breakfast on the weekend. We had the breakfast buffet today. I have told him repeatedly that if I eat the breakfast buffet I will not be hungry the rest of the day, so now he's eating by himself. I guess he burns it off, but I am still not hungry. I may want a little something later on.

My step-daughter was here today so I cleaned the leftovers out of my refrigerator. LOL I had some lasagna, pizza, meatloaf, and I gave her some Twizzlers I bought and don't like. Her husband loves to take leftovers for his lunch. I really hate to throw that food away and I'm glad I have someone who will eat it.

The crockpot is great. When I worked, DH never wanted me to leave the crockpot on all day when we were gone for so long. It would have really helped. Instead I would get my dinner started the night before and just finish it off when I got home from work. I do use the crock pot now, when we aren't gone as long, just a few hours.

I have bought Dr. Jason Fung's books on Amazon.

I believe in low carb, but like many, am having trouble sticking it.
I will read it this week. It should be easier because I am not on call, and will have time to cook and prepare my foods.
I have a conference next week too, and it would be hard to avoid the sweets, and the drinking. Perhaps its time to consider that too. I don't often drink, but do enjoy having some at conferences when I am dancing and partying with friends.

Carol, its not a bad thing that you are feeling better after your heart attack.
Its tough if your appetite is sabotaging you. Maybe don't allow the foods unless they are a reward for getting moving. While the exercise won't keep the weight off, it will help your blood sugar and cholesterol levels.

Trish, its interesting that there is such a difference in the rates paid for prescriptions. I recently switch pharmacies, and there is very little difference in price. We have to take generic brands for everything, unless there is a particular reason, and the paper work to get the name brand is daunting. So there should not be huge differences. I am pleased with the service at the new place, they auto-refill things and call when things are ready. The old place didn't do that. One less step for me.

I got a big walk with the dog in the sunshine today, and lots of steps at work today. I am doing much better with exercise now that spring is here. DD and I are both doing better. I hope I can get her out more in the next couple of days. She has been out a lot, working, now that school is done for the semester. Thats great, but I miss her being around. So hope to have some time together .

Hope we all have a good start to the week.

Hi Mad. I am a big supporter of Dr Jason Fung and his teachings. Which books did you buy? I know of The Obesity Code and The Complete Guide to Fasting. I think there was another one but I forget the name of it. I didn't read the Obesity Code but I read his blog and I think most of the same information is there, just not as organized as a book. I do have the Complete Guide to Fasting on my Kindle. I like the way he explains how and why things work.

I really am not craving this bad food I'm eating, but depending on DH to prepare our meals since my hospitalization. I need to get back in charge so I am eating healthier, which is what I prefer.

I hope you get to spend more time with DD. Is she still living with you?

It's hard to believe that April is over. We are way overdue for some spring weather.

fatmad Good to hear from you. Enjoy your time with your DD.

Carol Sue I don't crave most of the foods I eat either. I'm not sure why I want it.

I spent all day yesterday looking for the old way of eating regular food diet. I want to stop cutting out carbs etc. I think it is causing me problems to think low carb when I don't do well on low carb any more. I love how God gives me what I need. When I went on FB this morning, I found exactly what I was looking for.

Someone started a diabetic group on FB which is loaded with info on how to eat all food groups and be healthy and lower FBS. In fact, they post their FBS reading on there each morning and I posted mine. I printed out the suggested plate they had on there to hang in my kitchen. They have videos and articles etc on there so I can read and listen to what they suggest. I am so thankful to find this group because DH will never eat low carb and now I can cook for both of us.

I am back to exercising too. I did 20 minutes on the bike. I am back OP today.

DH has eye doctor follow up today. If all goes well, I think he only has to go once a year.

Have a great day.