Trish, the scale is so contraversial. If you weight every day you know right away if you are starting to gain, but because of fluctuations it can look like you're gaining all the time. I think weighing once a week would be enough to let your know you are gaining but not enough to get you upset about it every day. The only time I can weigh daily is if I am being very strict about my diet and I KNOW the number is going to go down. Otherwise, I feel discouraged that I'm getting nowhere.

I'm sorry to hear your DH didn't like the hamburgers. DH likes his thick, but I think he would know if I made them from those preformed burgers. We only cook ours on the George Foreman grill because that's the only way we can get a thick burger to be done in the middle. Sometimes DH tried to cook one in a frying pan then gets mad when it's still pink in the middle.

My meatloaf is in the oven, probably for another 45 minutes. I put potatoes around it with tomato soup over the potatoes. DH likes them. I will probably cook green beans with it. We just love those frozen green beans from Aldi's. We both got hungry since we didn't eat lunch so we each ate a salad. Years ago I used to go to a restaurant called Sweet Williams. It was in the mall. They had a salad called a Swiss Salad Supreme. It contained swiss cheese and croutons and had sweet and sour dressing. They are no longer around, but I have started making that salad for myself. I really like it.

We had a dog who was blind. He knew his way around the house. He would walk really slow up against furniture and walls and find his way around. Toward the end DH had to carry him outside and back in when he had to do his business. I never had a dog who could climb up onto a table.

Trish, this is so amazing. Here is the story about the cross surviving the church fire.

https://triblive.com/local/regional/...ht-no-injuries

And here are other stories of the same thing happening elsewhere!!

Pastor of Mt. Pleasant church on cross still standing after fire: 'There is no rational reason'

https://abc13.com/iconic-cross-still...-area/2746937/

so today was definitely a "treat" day. Had a nice lunch out with our friends before the play. But I didn't worry about calories and did have a few carbs. Had some pretty good gluten free bread with my pate' that was pretty good. even had a small chocolate mousse for dessert. SO fasting now. And yes, the cravings are starting. definitely feeling the urge to splurge and eat my head off. So tonight will not be easy, its easier now that I know I will feel better by tomorrow. I have DH here to give me strength, and least I hope he will be supportive. Planning an early night tonight.

Carol Sue That is awesome about those crosses isn't it? It's almost like the Lord reminds us that nothing can destroy the fact that the message of the cross cannot be lost. I love it.

I know it would probably be good for me to weigh only once time a week, I just don't know if I can do it or not. I've heard people say they do better not to weigh every day. I am trying to change so much in my life right now so maybe that is another one I need to change.

I've had 2 meals and my total calories for today was 1044 and my carbs minus fiber is 76 which is good. I am going to do my best not to eat anything else today. My fiber is 17 and I need to keep the fiber grams under 20. The doctor who did my colonoscopy said 21 g, but my primary said that isn't necessary which is good because that much makes me feel miserably stuffed.

I will use those HB patties any way. I think angus beef is a top beef and I will thaw one or two and use it for meatloaf etc. I've been wanting to make some spaghetti sauce and I will see how it works for a small batch.

Trish when I had the first box of Angus Burgers I used a couple for chili, just defrosted them the same as you do with ground beef. My meatloaf turned out great yesterday. I made it with 93% lean ground beef. Now that the temps have dropped I can have the oven on cor these things.

I still can't get my blood sugar down. I tried cutting Met back to 2 a day so now I'm going back to 3. I guess I need it.

Mad I guess you posted just as I came on last night so I didn't see it till this morning. You are such an inspiration with your progress. I am beginning to see a lot of gluten free products in the store and wondered if they are good. I've heard not to trust it just because it says gluten free. Do you use them at home? I don't think I have a gluten problem since I seem to be able to handle multigrain. I am glad you have found your way.

Carol Sue Sometimes I wish I could still take Metformin. I've heard some bad things about it, but I always liked the benefits and thought they out weighed the bad. I do so hope that the fact that the Berberine seems to be what some drs use in place of Metformin, I sure hope I get the same benefit.

I saw on the internet where WW is changing their name to Wellness. I tried to read it but some weird thing came up on my computer that I couldn't get rid of. I wonder if it is just another advertisement gimmick to get people to join like they do every year. The new one last year was just the same as before except they were trying to get people to eat more of the Simply Filling type foods without counting them. However, when you tracked them online, they weren't really freebies because when I would put them into a salad, they still had points. I do agree that if you ate that way it would be healthier, but nothing is free calorie for real. When I track those same foods in MFP they add up to a lot of points really fast.

I dropped a little more than a lb this morning. I did eat more calories although not sure since I'm using MFP more as a guideline to get the minimum amount of fiber into my plan. I think my body is adjusting to the fiber better. I don't have a problem going to potty but my regular has increased which I hope is a good thing. I do try to remember to drink more fluids so that it does work properly. I'm back to drinking mostly water again.

I'm including 3 of the 5 super diabetic foods everyday... lentils, chia seeds and basalmic vinegar. And I am staying within 8 hr eating window. I will work at keeping the exercises to at least 4 times a week. My FBS was a little high this morning from yesterday but still below 160 and my bs reading before our main meal is always below 115. I know it was not that good for 6 months last time and my A1c was less than 6 so hopefully if I can keep it like it is for the rest of the year, it will still be that good in January when I get the next one.

DH only checks FBS and his is running in the 160s most of the time. He gets upset because his is like that with so much medication, but I'm just thankful he isn't seeing any 200s any more. I think that means he is making progress. He did so well with the Jardiance before our Part D wouldn't carry it any more and I am hoping when he can go back on it in January that his FBS will get better again.

Our power has gone out which usually happens when we are in a thunderstorm. Not sure what the cause is this time. I think they are building houses out her in this area so fast that they need to put more transformer up. DS said theirs went out a lot when they were building houses where she lives. Now they seldom have that problem any more.

Y'all have a great day.

Trish, when I was a teen, the area where I live now was all farms and wooded areas. Over the years the farmers started to sell their property and it became all housing projects. Our house is 47 years old, and it is one of the last houses built in our plan. They added another plan up the road a few years ago with maybe 500 more homes. Now there is another one coming in with 21 more homes. They don't even have the model built yet and some of the lots are already sold. But so far, we haven't had any problems with electricity. I guess I should knock on wood. The only thing we've noticed is more traffic.

That's good that your DH's FBS has come down. I know you said he eats more carbs than you do and you could mention that to him next time he is upset about his readings. Maybe if he tested later in the day he would see a difference. I'm curious about my friend's next A1c because she never tests, but she said she has been eating more carbs since her cancer treatment, plus she doesn't know what effect that treatment had on her blood sugar. I couldn't go all that time without testing. I would want to know.

I think WW changed those foods to 0 points in an effort to get people to eat more of them. I don't know if it's working. There's a woman on another forum who was doing JUDDD and then her weight loss stopped. She joined WW and said she is losing again, but she does not eat all her points.

I tracked my food in MFP today just out of curiosity. I ended up with 1360 calories, with 87gm of carb, 87gm of fat and 76 gm of protein. The only carbs I had were 2 slices of toast in the am and the breading on my 3 wings leftover from Saturday. I just wanted to see were I stand. I was not hungry at all, all day. I like to stay between 1000 calories ad 1300 calories. MFP has me set at 1300 per day. I don't know how they arrived at that number, or if it was something I entered. I really don't understand MFP. It was very hard for me to enter the wings. They are whole wings, pretty big, so I just chose one of the highest calorie wings on their list, which was pretty long. It goes by name brands, and these were from a restaurant that is not a chain. It is just a wild guess. That's what I don't like about MFP, or any other online tracker.

By the way, my fiber was only 5gm.

I fasted until supper. It was a hungry day though, so not as easy. I'm sure it was the higher carb day yesterday. So I made sure to put lots of butter on my broccoli with supper. We also had ham. Did that with cucumbers, red peppers and some creamy cheese.
So a very healthy supper. and quite a lot of it. As planned, sort of. I hadn't decided when to eat when I got up today, but DH wanted to have supper together, so I agreed.
Gluten free foods seem to have gotten better, but I still want to avoid grains most of the time. So its still an exception. Its not going to be a regular part of my diet.


Need another early night. With the CPAP not working right (have lost the weight, need an adjustment argh) I am not sleeping well.
Sometimes, Canadian health care, with its waiting times is frustrating, even if i don't have to worry about money.

I hope everyone had a good day.

today should be a 2MAD day, and fast tomorrow while working. weight is settling between 159 and 160, so will likely do the fast to get the weight down into the 150s a little lower. The 140s are now in site. That would take me back to before the year 2000, to a pre and post pregnancy me, so very exciting. I have never before felt that my posted goal weight was really possible, but now it seems I will be able to get there, and maybe I will change my goal and go lower. I will see how I feel and look when I get there. And accept feedback from others. Apparently, its not unusual for lots of people with weight issues to see themselves as fatter than they think. We might often see our younger and thinner selves in our minds, but not in the mirror, or just consistently see ourselves overweight, even if we have lost the weight.
Reading about this, a few tips have come through. Exercising helps, as it tones us up, and seeing the muscle outlines help to see the thinner inner you. And looking through others' eyes. Ask other people about changes, which is hard, but spouses and kids can help. I have greatly appreciated DD who talks about it in a non gushy ways (none of that, you've lost weight and look great) but says, I can see your face is thinner. When you wear that I can see more of your waist etc. specific and helpful.
I have noticed that my face is thinner. I was worried I would be more wrinkly but the IF people say they have not been having issues with saggy skin anywhere and I don't feel more wrinkly than my normal aging self. Another help is the non-scale stuff. Waist size changes, smaller clothing sizes.
In fact, I seem to have lost another 1/2 inch in the waist, now 35.5 inches. So thats slowly changing too. and i can feel it.
Today is lots of appointments, including the ultrasound on my sore arm. Really happy about that getting done.
Have a great day friends.

FBG was 157 this AM. Too high but going down. Forced myself onto the scale and got a pleasant surprise. Back down to 194. I remember when I was bouncing in the 200 s but I haven't been there for months. Now the battle is to get to the 180 s. Should be easy! Its up to me.

I also haven't had bad pain for a while. I'm getting used to the achiness. I go about my business and forget about it. I cut back to 1 on the hyaluronic acid. Got a twinge in my knee so took 2 that day. That works.

I ended up eating more yesterday so the scale totally surprised me. Someone on LC is going to do a 30 day daily weigh in so I'm going to join in and see if it helps. I could never face the scale daily unless I was firmly on plan.

Mad we all seem to have those hungry days. I feel it's best to roll with them with healthy food
which you did. I consider that to be an indication that your body needs. nutrients.

I bought a lot of ground beef on sale and want to make chili today. I also got eggs for $1.29 which is really good right now so I bought 3 doz .All set now!

Carol: thats great news all around. I think I was hungry because of carb cravings. My blood sugars did ok with that meal, but I am still sensitive, and having so many carbs left me craving. Today I feel better. I really didn't want breakfast after eating so much last night, and I might just fast longer now. I would like to be firmly into the 150s before my trip, in case its hard to stick to plan while away. I will be more active while away though, because we walk so much of the day. Very little sitting around, which is great. Not sure what happened in June with Portugal, because I was eating treats etc. but I lost weight then, so here is hoping.

Just a quick pop-in before I go for the next appointment. Have been trying to arrange this sleep study stuff, so my doctor will lot me know.
DH still not feeling great, so he is sticking close to home. When he has these flare ups with his chronic fatigue, he just needs low stress and lots of rest.
Raining here, so keeping inside or in the car.

You might want to skip this post,Mad. LOL .I am going to reduce my fat intake. Years back when I maintained, I cooked my eggs in Pam and ate my toast dry. That saved me a lot of calories. Eggs have healthy fat so it's not like I won't be getting any. I just don't feel that adding butter has helped me so I want to go back to what did.

Chili is in the slow cooker. Almost burned down the kitchen. More on that later.

Mad I think the reason I didn't keep my weight off 16 yrs ago was the way I saw myself. I had lost down to about 165 lbs and when I see myself in pictures then, I see that I looked really good. The sad thing is that I didn't feel that way back then. I remember then new DH taking me shopping to buy new clothes for me to wear on our trip home to see my family. When I was able to get into size 14 clothes, I couldn't understand how I could wear things that small. I never thought I was that small. So I think it is important to see ourselves thinner as we go down. I hope you can get the changes you need for CPAP so you can get better sleep. Congratulations on staying under 160. It won't be long until you are in the 140s.

It is good to know that when doing IF you don't wrinkle especially at my age. I'm going to be working harder to stay on IF.

Carol Sue So glad you are doing better and pain free. You are probably doing better than you think. I have noticed that when I eat more food that the weight is better than when I try to go lower in calories. I'm wondering about that one. I'm so glad you are below 200s. You go girl. When did you get the ground meat and where. They did a recall on Aldi's and Sam's club. I've eat out of the beef I have with no problems so I don't think I had any of the recall batch. You might want to check it out.

Will have the fur baby a day or two more since DS is staying with her daughter a few days. It is hard for her to walk up and down the steps so is just staying with her. I still have a lot of things to do when DH gets up so will have to put the pet in his kindle while we are gone. Need to run by and see Daddy if I don't hear from him to let him know what is going on. I think his phone is unplugged or dead so I need to go check. I didn't plan to go today but may have to make a quick run by there to check on him and his phone before we go get car inspected. We need to pickup meds at Walmart and at doctor's office besides trying to go get tags for the car.

I'm going to go back to not tracking on MFP. I seem to have some kind of hang up when I track and I don't control as well. It is good as a guideline but not something I can use constantly.

Got to make a grocery list before DH gets up because we have a lot of places to go today.

Y'all have a great day.

Ok, well, I was sauteing the chopped onion, celery and carrot in a fry pan and had the ground meat on the counter, sitting on a little piece of wax paper. I crumbled the meat and put it in the pan to brown, but didn't throw away the wax paper. It got too close to the flame on the gas range and caught fire. I tried to put it out but wax paper really burns fast!! I yelled for DH who was 5 ft away in the next room and he just replied "What?" I yelled "I've got a fire in here!" He came in and pushed me out of the way but he couldn't get it out either. He picked it up and threw it in the sink and told me to hose it down. Well the flames went up the side of the sink and started lapping my dish drainer, which thankfully is metal. I couldn't reach over the flames to turn the hose on, so DH did it. Catastrophe averted. So now I know not to leave anything like that sitting on the counter, too close to the burner. I have told him several times, "If I holler 'Jerry' you can answer 'What.' But if I scream "JERRY!!!" then come immediately!"

Trish, I only buy ground meat at the one local grocery who has been in business since before we moved here 38 years ago. That is the only store I trust for ground meat. DH ate some of it yesterday and we had it today in the chili and we are OK.

I am the opposite in my view of myself. In my mind's eye I think I am still 135 lbs and I'm shocked when I see pictures. One time in a department store I was standing near a mirror, and wondered why that woman was standing so close to me. Here I was looking at my reflection and didn't recognize myself. When I met DH he had all dark hair but has since gone gray/balding. One day at a flea market I thought I saw him walking across the aisle, then thought to myself "No, that's some old guy." Then I realized it was him!! I still think of him as that young guy I married. The mind can play games with us.

I ate too much chili, but I didn't eat anything else today but my morning eggs.

Carol Sue I got a real chuckle thinking of about the older man in the store being your DH. I'm sure glad you got the fire put out. I understand about needing your DH and them not coming. Crazy.

Did a quick flyby to see Daddy and turn his phone on. It was charged but is hard to turn on, but I did finally get it to work. Got the car inspected and went to Walmart and got our flu shot, meds and a few groceries. Didn't go get the tag yet as I can go to the local store and get that in the morning. I will leave here and go by doctor's office to get the samples they have ready for us and then go get the tags and few other things I couldn't get at Walmart.

We stopped by the KFC to bring lunch home. I'm surprised that I couldn't eat as much as I used to. In fact I feel stuffed. One interesting thing is that all I had for breakfast was a bowl of Whole gain shredded wheat cereal with 1/2 banana, 2 slices of bacon and my coffee. I checked my bs like I always do before main meal and bs was 96. I think that is the lowest it has ever been. The nice thing is that while I was starving, I didn't have the shakes etc like I usually do when it goes to a new low. So something must be working for the bs, Now to get it working for the weight to move down. Really think the key for me will be IF.