[Wannabehealthy]

It was years before I learned how to get online with my phone. I do it often now, because it's easier on my hands than being on my desk top. No laptop. I bought a new tablet that has a removeable keyboard. I take the tablet off and use it like a separate tablet, but it makes me mad because I can't find a (?) or (!) on the keyboard. There are a couple to choose from. One has the letters in different places, such as the (Y). I don't know why. Maybe the tablet was made in China. You just can't trust them!!! LOL

My books are on a Kindle that is for e-books only. You cannot get online with it except to download books. I don't even use it for that. I go to Amazon on my desk top and it downloads them right to my Kindle. It is not even backlit, but I don't read in the dark so it's all ok. I wanted that one because since it is black and white and cannot get online, the battery life is much longer. I loaded the Kindle App onto my tablet so all my books show up on it, too. I rarely read on it because it is 10 inch. My Kindle is 6 or 7 inch and fits well in most of my purses so I can easily carry it with me. How did we ever survive without all these electronic gadgets? I never thought I would have them, and don't know what I did with my time before. For one thing, I know my house was cleaner. LOL

I woke up at 2 AM and couldn't go back to sleep so I got up and got online for 2 hours. Took 2 Tylenol and went back to bed and slept until 8. I was worried about the new microwave. When DH and SIL tried to install it they said there was a part broken off of it. I suspect they broke it off, but they said it was like that, so we had to return it and ask for a replacement. I was worried that they were not going to take it back, but as it turned out there was no problem. Step daughter was in the kitchen with them and said the part broke off and fell down inside the microwave. If they did not break it off, how do they know it went inside? But, I guess the store gets credit from the manufacturer, so all is well I guess.

Trish, I don't think my feet are really anywhere near like your DH's first wife, at least I hope not. But I know it can progress to that and I want to avoid that at all costs. I know what I have to do. A woman I worked with has a foot amputated then died a couple years later. She had diabetes but ate sweets and baked good like crazy. I have something occasionally, but am going to try not to do that anymore. I have been putting lotion on my feet when I go to bed so no burning during the past 2 nights. The burning is what scared me, but I know that numbness is also a factor. I do have occasional numbness in my toes on one foot. Wake up and smell the roses, Carol.

[pattygirl63]

I don't use my phone or computer for reading books. I only use my kindle for books and don't text or do internet with it. My phone is only for calls and some texting.

I got sick drinking the BPC this morning. I'm not sure what caused it. The past few days I got headaches after drinking it but I got sick at my stomach this morning and threw out half of it. I'm not sure I can do LCHF. My stomach just doesn't like it. So I'm fasting until our main meal today. I'm beginning to think that I don't like coffee. I'm drinking lemon water until lunch and may try just drinking lemon water during my fasting time each day.

Made another batch of yoghurt today with half and half and a package of the good starter. I didn't care for the whole milk yogurt so I decided to just go back to the one I like. I hope it turns out as good as the Organic half and half. I don't mind using the package starter every other time. I don't really want to start with one ready made serving more than once.

I slept good last night but I didn't want to get up this morning, but I did. DS called me and asked if I saw that she had called me early this morning. I don't know why but I hadn't even checked for calls like I usually do. She said the nursing home called her around 5:30 am and to ask her what hospital to take Daddy to because he was having chest pains. She thought we were going to have to go to the hospital. Then they called her back and told her that he refused to go to the hospital. She had talked to him just before she called me and he was fine and didn't remember a lot about the incident except that he felt like his chest was heavy. I called him and he was fine.

I called baby sister and told her and to check to see if I was going to be the only one here this week end, but they are going to be here. I just hope nothing happens while DS is gone this week end as they are moving her DD and her Hubby about 4 hrs away. I know DS will be worried the whole time she is gone. I would rather us all be there if something does happen.

I'm dull feeling today. DH has to go get blood work done and I'm staying home while he goes.

Y'all have a great day.

[Wannabehealthy]

Trish I hope your Dad is ok. I wonder why he told them he was having chest pains but didn't want to go to the hospital? He is probably just tired of the whole thing. I pray that nothing happens when you are there alone.

I think you are ok not doing high fat specifically as long as you are not using low fat products and continue to watch your carbs.

When I got up at 8 my blood sugar was 129. I had an egg mcmuffin and some yogurt and now my blood sugar is 114. I took Metformin but no G. I am pleased with these numbers and feel that they are in the range they were while DH was in the hospital. I hope to keep them there to see if my pain goes away again. I will do the best I can to avoid carbs in the pm. It seems my body can handle them in the am. I am glad to learn this from testing. If I can continue this trend I will stop testing as often and trust my eating plan. My friend never tests. She doesn't even own a meter but she dropped her A1c from an 8 to a 6.

I also plan to continue my eating window but some will be longer than others. No set schedule. I will let my hunger lead me. I probably will not eat after 5 pm and let my hunger decide when I eat my first meal.

Typing this out is helping me set the plan in my mind. I feel so much better physically and psychologically when my eating is on track and under control. SO far DH is not leading me in the wrong direction.

[pattygirl63]

Carol Sue Congratulations on getting your bs plan working for you. You are doing very well.

I'm feeling a little better, but still not up to par. Not really sure if it was too much fat or if I have a bug. I don't think I will cook today so we are going to have soup. I think I will lay off the high fat today and work on getting my stomach feeling better and hope to get back OP tomorrow.

I think I was doing better before I started all this high fat stuff. I will go back to my IF/IE MFLC plan. I did get some exercise done before I got sick. In fact, I watched a YouTube video of Dr. Berg and he and his wife were making fat bombs and he says make them and then when you eat your meal finish it off with one fat bomb and you will lose weight. You add enough fat to your meal and don't have to drink it. That way I would still get the benefit of the coconut oil without drinking it.

[Wannabehealthy]

Trish I have a hiatal hernia and high fat aggravates it. I'm having that issue today probably from the yogurt. It so gets aggravated from too much coffee without food.

[fatmad]

Trish: you can do lowish carb and higher fat without true LCHF. You may not tolerate all fats in all ways. The BPC seemed ok for you before though. Did you get something new for it? a different brand of coconut oil?
I tolerate my higher fat better now than I did in the beginning. Had to ease into it a bit. I don't use much coconut oil. I do have HW cream with my tea though now. Started with half and half, then table cream now the 35%. Again, had to work up to that. I find I tolerate avocado well, but not coconut oil as well.

Did well today, hope you all can manage ok. too tired for individual shout outs. have a good night

[Wannabehealthy]

Slept OK last night. Woke up often for the bathroom but was able to fall back to sleep. Low pain levels today. No rhyme/reason for it.

I have some coconut oil. I don't really remember what I bought it for. I think I tried cooking my eggs in it and didn't like it so went back to butter. I gave it a good chance....half the jar is gone. I just can't imagine putting it in my coffee. The thought grosses me out, plus I really love my coffee just black. I do not eat high fat but I think I get enough. I have an avocado that is very ripe and needs to be eaten soon. Maybe today or tomorrow. I already had scrambled eggs so I'm not really hungry. I think we are going to the casino today so I will be eating the buffet. I don't think I'm going to gamble today. I will take my Kindle and read in the Food Court. I wish they had free WIFI so I could read things online. I think their WIFI is only available to hotel guests. I have Data, but I don't like to use it because I get carried away when I'm reading online and would use it all up when unnecessary. I ordered a new Kindle. I don't need it, mine works fine for reading, but the price was right for a Fire. I saw it advertised a couple months ago and I didn't order it. I wanted to "think about it." When I finally decided I wanted it, it was no longer available, so I just forgot about it. Now I got an email from Amazon that it is available again as of May 1. When you go on Amazon and view something, they remember!!! So I ordered it and it will arrive on May 9, our 38th wedding anniversary.

We got a new microwave. Ours was way overdue to be replaced. It was an over the range model and was really too big for our space. Therefore it was too close to the stove and I think cooking steam damaged it. The control panel was loose, and then the front plexiglass cracked. Out to the curb it went, and a junk picker picked it up. We got a low profile model. That's all we need. I mostly use it to defrost meat. DH attached the installation plate to the wall and SIL came over to help him install it. They played with it for a couple hours, then finally DH realized a piece was missing from the top and the screws would not screw in. So we took it back and got a replacement. SIL came over again yesterday and they got it installed within 30 minutes. I really didn't want to spend the money on that. I am trying not to buy a lot of new things. I don't want to die and leave a lot of new things for someone else. LOL I'm trying to live out my life with what I have. But I am lost without a microwave and we don't have counter space for a countertop model.

I hope everyone is doing well with eating. I'm not getting on the scale today or tomorrow because I don't expect it to be pretty, but blood sugar is doing well, and that's more important to me.

[pattygirl63]

FBG was back down to 132 this morning. I woke up and checked it at 7 am and it was 135 and checked it again before coffee & breakfast it was down to 132. Strange that it was going back down. Oh well. Maybe it has something to do with whatever is going on with me. Weight is coming down more steadily now. I'm back down into 215 range again. I seem to be losing between .2 to .4 lbs on days I lose. I wouldn't mind it to continue going that way especially at my age.

fatmad I remembered at about 1 am getting ready for bed that I've started taking Turmeric/Curcumin twice a day. One in the morning and once later in the day. I remember the girl on YouTube said that it had a lot of pepper in it so I think I found the culprit. I took that along with a liver pill. DH wanted us to take that because the keto rash we were experiencing. I old him that I'm not itching but I feel awful. I have headaches and indigestion and as that goes away I just want to sleep.

I stopped the turmeric/curcumin altogether and had planned to take one of the liver pills for a while instead of 2. I think I'm going to have to get off coffee for a few days until all this passes. However, I am still OP food wise. I know low carb doesn't cause me any problems. I also had the BPC because I know it isn't bothering me other than the caffeine except that I only had coconut oil no MCT oil. I'm not going to take that for a few days either. I might alternate the MCT with CO. However at this point the fat bombs at the end of a meal as a dessert is looking better and better. Baby sister said those were what helped her stay OP and lose weight. Dr. Berg and his wife have some good ones on YouTube. She buys little plastic containers in the party section of the store to make them in and warned us not to put them in the dishwasher. I don't think you could put them in the microwave either, but these things are placed in fridge or freezer to firm up so they can be eaten. I think it might work better as a treat rather than drinking the BPC.

Had a really good phone visit with Daddy this morning. He didn't even hang up when he was going from his room to the dining area for lunch. Then we hung up and he called me back to tell me that his granddaughter who has moved back her from CA came to see him. Did I tell y'all that DS DD checked his phone Sunday and the battery was about to explode. I think the problem with the phone battery was the charger DS had got him because it was easier for him to just put the phone on the charger rather than plug it into one. He is back to just plugging it in and so far we haven't had any problem getting him.

Sorry I guess I'm talkative to day.

Fatmad I'm sure you are getting ready for you trip. Hope you have a lot of fun.

Carol Sue have fun at the casino whether you just read or gamble or do both.

Have a great day everybody.

[fatmad]

Trish: re the Keto Rash, try showering twice a day, and using a body wash. I know it sounds obsessive, but for some, their sweat changes so much and their skin reacts to that, so it needs to be washed away.

[Wannabehealthy]

Trish I have heard of phone chargers causing fires. I won't charge mine overnight and I take it off as soon as it's charged. We have a power bank that really helped when DH was in the hospital and couldn't get out of bed to charge his phone. When I went to see him each day I would charge the power bank. I have to laugh about the phones they provide for the patients. Most patients can't get out of bed to use them.

Not much pain but i had foot cramps during the night. I had potty issues earlier in the day. I think when that happens I lose electrolytes. I ate pizza at the casino last night and all my foot pain went away . I don't understand that.

The casino was ok. Not great. I wish DH would get tired of it. This morning I heard there was a fatal crash on rt 70 in Washington PA right after we came through there. Scary. I feel bad for the family of the 16 year old who died.

[pattygirl63]

I didn't go to the beauty shop this morning. I woke up feeling terrible and stomach issues as well as potty. I text beautician that I wasn't going to make it and went back to bed. Finally got up and dressed and moved to recliner and been listening to Dr. Berg and I have learned a lot and understand more of what is going on with me.

Obviously, I am in ketosis and experiencing the tiredness etc. I read or heard some where that BPC or MCT oil helps you get into ketosis faster. Even though I am not as strict with the keto diet as some, I've been doing the BPC and MCT and I have jumped into it really fast. Probably not a good thing to do. So I think I'm experiencing the keto flu. The good thing I've learned from Dr. Berg is that I don't have to keep eating all that fat. He says once the cravings especially for sugar leaves that you can stop or cut back on the some of the fat. In fact, where some keto diets call for you to eat 85% fat, he does not. He thinks 60% would be the most you should have and I got the impression a lot of people can't even do that. Evidently the added fat is just to help you get from one meal to the next without the snacks. I am so relieved to hear that. According to Dr. Berg I probably need some potassium and electrolytes right now. The need for potassium to lose weight when doing keto/lc is the reason for eating up to 7 c of veggies a day. I probably should take potassium again because there is no way I can do 7 c of veggies a day. He also stresses taking B1 and B5 vitamins but I already take a good B complex. So my problem may be potassium and electrolytes.

In fact, he talks like you will start gaining weight instead of losing it if you keep doing the BPC etc. because you burning the fat you are taking in rather than your own fat. So I'm at the place where I can just start doing the diet without drinking it. He also stress eating a load of veggies and a moderate amount of fat and protein. I did have the MCT oil in some green tea this morning and it is helping some although I still have the headache. He says the keto diet with Intermittent Fasting will work. He also says that as you correct your system that you won't stay in ketosis all the time. I think I will listen to more of his videos on that because it helps to know why and how this works. Takes time though because some of them are so long. Especially his old ones.

Carol Sue that is so sad for the family to lose their teenage daughter. My heart goes out to them.

All I want to do to do is sleep right now, but I probably need to take some potassium if I still have any and drink some pedialyte. With my stomach like it is I'm afraid to drink any coffee or eat anything.

Have a good day.

[Wannabehealthy]

I'm sorry you aren't feeling well Trish. I hope you improve soon and figure out how to make this work for you. You have made a lot of changes. I don't think I have ever had keto flu. I think I have never gone that low on carbs on a continuous basis. I have probably not been in ketosis except maybe years ago

I was wondering what problem you had to stop the turmeric. I had nothing but good changes with it and am very disappointed that I can no longer take it . I am tempted to take it anyway.

On the evening news they said the father of the 16 year old was driving the car and was under the influence. I mistakenly thought the 16 year old was driving.

[pattygirl63]

Actually feeling better this evening. Still not to par but sooo much better. Since I thought the problem was caffeine, I drank the decaf green tea with MCT oil only and I have to say that it slowly caused me to feel good enough to make me some eggs, bacon and I ate a couple of pieces of Sara Lee 45 calories MG toast with a cup of black coffee. I actually felt myself gain some energy from the MCT green tea. It was really weird feeling. I decided at noon to have the breakfast. Then when DH got up I wasn't hungry so he made himself some soup. I finally had a bowl of soup later and am having my yogurt before 8 so I can have just an 8 hr eating window.

I'm not going to have the BPC or MCT oil for a few days. Dr. Berg suggests having full fat half & half in your coffee for fat so that is what I will do. I found something he said very interesting about putting fat in your coffee. He says when you drink your coffee with HWC or whatever that the insulin is going to go up some because anything we eat even just plain fat raises insulin a little bit. I find that interesting because when I was reading CAD diet, they left the impression that you eat only one meal with carbs and eat it within 60 minutes because you want only 1 blood sugar surge once a day although they said don't go longer than 60 minutes or pause eating more than 5 minutes because you would get another surge. They made it sound like you were only getting a blood sugar rise once a day at the RM. Then when started checking bs because my A1c was up, I would check bs after low carb meals and found that my bs was higher than FBG. This is when I decided that it didn't matter if I had just eggs and bacon with veggies as they suggested or if I had the toast instead of the veggies. Just an interesting observation.

For any lurkers just reading and starting or thinking about starting keto and eating higher fat let me share with you what I learned from this experience. Start the fat slowly because if you just jump in and do high fat as fast as I did you will have bloating and a bunch of other unnecessary feelings. You don't have to go as high fat (85%) of calories like a lot of keto diets say. Allow your body to slowly adjust to the higher fat. When you get to the point where you no longer crave sweets etc you are probably I ketosis. If you get to the point to where you are not hungry at all, you probably need to back off on the fat some so that you are burning your own fat. If we are following the plan and not losing weight or even gaining weight, we are probably over eating fat. It is a shame that with all that I read and heard on line, I never heard anyone say this.

Carol Sue the problem I had with the turmeric was potty issues. However, I was having all these headaches this time and having some trimmer feelings which may have been the keto flu instead of the turmeric. I will try it again in about a week but use only one a day instead of 2.

So sad that the dad was driving the car and drinking in that accident. I really pray for him because he will never be the same after this.

I hope you are feeling okay today.

FBS was 125 this morning and weight was down another .4 lbs this morning. I hope when I get things straightened out with diet that maybe the weight will start coming down. BS reading before dinner was 107. I would love to see those numbers coming down as well.

[Wannabehealthy]

I'm really tired today. I'm always like that day after the casino due to the long ride home late at night. 10 pm is late at night for me. Lol. We did a lot of running around today...paid taxes went to Walmart and Goodwill. Ate fish for dinner even though Lent is over. We just like fish but I feel like I ate too much. Tomorrow is another day.

I'm changing my breakfast to 1 egg and 1 piece of toast no butter. This was what i used to eat before DH started making scrambled eggs. He makes way too many and it started feeling like a normal portion for me. I did 1 today and I was fine until dinner. Now to find a way to get DH to stop making so many.

Glad you feel better. Increasing fat slowly is a good idea. Fiber too. I think it's good to make changes gradually for most things. Our bodies don't like sudden changes. They rebel.

I just want to be kinder to myself.

[Wannabehealthy]

I want to share something I'm reading. It is a book called The Fast Diet about 5:2 which seems to have fallen out of favor since extended fasting has become more popular. I got this older book (2013) at Goodwill for $1.

It discusses much more than the 5:2 plan. 3 things it explains are vegetables, exercise and fasting. Vegetables contain phytochemicals that make them bitter. When we eat them these chemicals cause a stress response that activates a gene that causes the body to protect and repair. Similarly when we exercise we cause stress... little tears in the muscle fibers. They tell us not to exercise the same muscles 2 days in a row because that is when the body repairs the little muscle tears and strengthens them . Fasting also stresses the body and causes it to repair and replace. (Autophagy). They compare that to a car. If you buy a car and just drive it endlessly eventually it breaks down and stops running. But if you periodically take it to the shop, get a tune up, replace the worn parts, it will continue to run well for many more years.

Some books use a lot of terms I don't understand and I have to look them up to understand what they are saying. I really like these analogies they are using and makes me understand much better. I like to know WHY I'm doing what I'm doing and the effect of doing it. I guess the bloat and discomfort we get from eating vegetables is the body's way of cleaning house so to speak.

Trish, this makes me think of Dr Berg's suggestion that we eat up to 7 cups of veggies per day. Now I understand it better. I say start slow. Eat a half cup of veggies at each meal and increase it as the body allows. As your body heals, it should accept more veggies. Plus, he says "up to 7 cups" so not everyone would need that much. A salad per day would provide at least 1 cup.

I want to start watching some videos on my tablet, but I will have to get a set of ear buds so it doesn't bother DH when he's watching TV. Trying to be considerate.

My weight was up to 187 but is now starting back down, and I'm at 185 this morning. It is a constant battle that I intend to win, slowly but surely.