At 8 AM my blood sugar was 91. No dawn phenomenon! I think this is a first and proves to me that I CAN control my blood sugar with low carb and IF. Nor even very low carb. 45 total grams yesterday and no carbs at dinner. I was hungry for eggs and had scrambled eggs for dinner. Unfortunately my weight is up. I am beginning to understand that so many different things are involved in the number on the scale, not just how much we eat. I just don't understand what it is in this instance. I really felt thin and expected a drop. I'm shocked. Also, of the 4 mg of G that I'm prescribed, yesterday I only took 1 mg at brunch. So, if I ate true low carb I probably would not need the G at all but I don't think I could stay that low carb long term. I will not tell my doctor that I take less meds sometimes because I don't want him to reduce my dose. I would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. I see the doctor on Dec 15.

Yesterday I read of a man who had really cut back on his eating but still gained weight. He explained this to his doctor who didn't believe him and doubted that he stayed on his diet. Eventually he was diagnosed with a serious medical condition that caused his body to retain 27 lbs of fluid. But the diagnosis came too late and he died 18 months later.

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I'm reading a book called Body of Truth. It is a book no dieter wants to read. It says that dieting does not work. We are obsessed with how our bodies look and it should not matter. We should accept our bodies. No one, or most dieters, will not maintain the loss for more than a few years. I've heard all this before, but so far I'm not going to stop trying., even if all I accomplish is to maintain what I've already lost. I don't know if IF is actually considered dieting, compared to calorie restriction.

Carol Sue we are both doing so much better so maybe we will get a nice whoosh soon. The fact that your FBG is so much better is a good sign that you are doing things right for you. If I remember correctly the weight loss did slow down on me when my FBG got lower. I always thought it would come down better when I got my bs controlled but it didn't.

I thought about using one of DH strips to compare reading with my old meter to the new meter. Io need to know if there is a difference or if it really is reading higher. I'll try to remember to do that tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion.

Even with all we've read and learned I still don't understand how all this bs/weight loss works either. All the books that say diets don't work or have ways of eating without dieting to lose weight usually mess me up so I don't buy into them any more. I think I need some form of guide even though I change them or tweak them to fit my lifestyle. I neede the guideline for self-discipline.

This morning my weight was back down to 179.4. I thought it was a new low but when I checked on my WI last week on MFP, I found that is what I weighed last week. So with all the bouncing around this past week, I remained the same after all. FBG was 108. I only had 2 meals and I drink only 3 c coffee, 1 8 oz glass of 2% milk and then only water besides that each day. Most days last week my calories didn't even get up to 1000 and only one day calories got up almost to 1500. No cold drinks or tea. Not sure what that is all about. Calories are staying low with eating only 1 or 2 meals. Carbs seem to run between 60 g to 100 g making net carbs less than 100.

So sad about the man who died complaining about how he was not losing though eating very little, but doc didn't believe him. If he had listened he might have been able to help him. I've my thoughts about those kind of doctor's because I've had 2 like that in my life. The only thing I have to say about that is that is when you need a new doctor.

I had only 2 c coffee and 2 boiled eggs today. Just not that hungry plus had a busy morning. I've been hungry for chicken and dumplings so we are having that for dinner today. DH doesn't like it the way I make them with Bisquick as he prefers Cracker Barrels, but it is so much easier to make them this way and I like them. I guess I could make them like DH#2's grandmother did with a can of biscuits cut up in the soup. I think it is the texture of the drop dumplings that I like best so I figure he can endure what I like once in a while. I also might try having the protein shake this evening because I am not getting as much protein as I used to because I just am not hungry. I am wondering if the protein is need to lower my FBG. Testing the FBG will probably tell me.

Trish, my mother made the drop dumplings with Bisquick and I love them but they are too many carbs for me and I would overeat them. She also made the flat rolled out dumplings and I liked them too. I think I just love anything made with dough. I'm better off if I just eat as low carb as I can and only eat the carbs DH wants. Like today, he wanted pizza from his favorite place. It is good but has a thick crust. I only ate 1 slice and took my full dose of G. Pizza is one of the things that really spikes my blood sugar. Right now my blood sugar is 85. I don't know if the meds kept it from spiking or if this is one of the times that my blood sugar waits 4 hours to spike. I will have to watch it closely.

I'm glad you are back down to 179. I understand what this book is saying about dieting not working but I think the way we lost very slowly, will keep us from regaining. Neither of us has shown any sign of going back to 200. A bounce up in not a regain in my opinion. I also think its ok to eat below 1000 calories if you are not hungry. Eating when not hungry is what got me where I am. I am hoping that my body gets used to this 4-5 hour window. This feel it keeps me from overeating.

Carol Sue, I agree that eating when your not hungry is a bad thing to do. I wouldn't even track my food but I want to be able to be sure I'm not overeating my calories. I agree with you that I don't think we will gain back the weight we have lost slowly. I didn't gain weight either until I started eating more food than I was used to eating. When I started eating "normal" as they called it, I started gaining weight, My Mama never made dumplings or spagghetti or anything like that. Not even mack and cheese. So when I started eating other places where people had it I was hooked really quick. I had some left over dumplings and was going to throw it out so I wouldn't eat any more, but DH said he would eat it because it was good. Go figure, I didn't think he liked the way I made it. His FBG was 116. He is eating beans everyday but I can't do that. So my higher reading might be me. I hope it is the low protein and not the meter.

I did 7 hr eating window and ended the day with the protein shake to see if it helps for me to have more protein. For today I had 1099 calories, 78 net gram carbs, 71 g protein, if some of the counts are right on MFP.

It is cold here and supposed to freeze tonight and tomorrow night. Man we just went straight from hot to cold almost instantly. I am bundled up in my snuggie.

Trish, I looked up Cracker Barrel dumplings and Bisquick dumplings and they are both the way I remember from my childhood. My mouth is watering. Maybe I can make them as a reward when I reach 150 lbs! :hun: I had forgotten about them.

My blood sugar went up to 114 but now its down to 107. The G prevented a higher spike. It will probably be lower by bedtime but I have to be careful it doesn't go too low overnight.

I woke up at 4 and couldn't go back to sleep. I got up to read. DH got up at 6 and wanted to go to Walmart. :lol: They don't open til 7 but they will not be well stocked that early. They get hit hard on Saturday. I hope they have what I want.

I got weighed at 5:30 very early, and weight is down. BS is 121. Up.

I read a study about overeating. It is different things to different people. If you eat a really big meal for breakfast and then try to make up for it it is detrimental to your health. Also OMAD is detrimental, but this is an opinion I think. If OMAD helps to keep your weight down I think its good. I know I am doing much better with a 4-5 HR eating window than spreading it out during the day.

In the other book I was reading it said that studies show that people who are overweight are not less healthy or do not die sooner than normal weight people. Except for those who are grossly overweight or morbidly obese. My sister in law whose husband died is very heavy but her weight is in her lower body. Big butt and thighs mostly. But she has no health issues at 50+ except for an ulcer. She is very active, moves freely and even attended exercise classes until the gym closed. I'm continuing with this book. It is interesting, but I am not going to stop trying to lose weight. I think you and I are in the 5% who don't regain.

One thing this book said is people who lose and regain over and over change their body composition each time. They might weigh the same but they have more fat and less muscle. I think weight training makes the difference because it increases muscle. And each time their metabolism goes down. They cannot lose on the same calories. When I started MFP I came ups eat up to 1500 calories but now I gain on that. I do lose if I eat the same calories in a shorter window. But the article I read this morning cautioned against a shorter window. Its interesting and I can believe some of it but not all.

First we went to the big Walmart. No small turkey, no bakery Italian bread. Then on to local Walmart. No small turkey, no Italian bread. On to local grocery. Italian bread, but no small turkey. On to the grocery with the great meat department. Yay!! 12 lb turkey!! Now I'm tired.

The vegetable soup is started.

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The soup is good. I tried to post it on MFP. The first one I chose showed only calories,no carbs or anything. The second one has carbs but no fiber. All those vegetables and no fiber.

Weight this morning was finally down to 179 even. New BS meter reads 25 pts higher than the old. Interesting because the old one was right on with my labs. I will try to call Walmart tomorrow to see why. I think that is too great a difference. I checked them at exactly the same time from same prick so it shouldn't be that much difference. If I have to keep using these, I will just subtract 25 ptx from my reading each day. Old one showed 89 and new one show 114. Crazy.

Carol Sue, I know I do better if I eat breakfast and dinner 5 hrs apart. When growing up, I ate lunch and supper. When I left home and lived on my own I usually ate only OMAD. I got in the habit of that when I worked as a carhop and when I worked cooking in fast food. As a carhop, I got my food free so ate one burger a day. Don't remember eating fries as the burger satisfied me for the day. When I worked making burgers, I didn't want to get into the habit of eating them every day so I never worked at work. Just before I married DH#2, I lived alonge and it was cheaper to eat once day. I made myself one regular HB, fries and drank a glass of tea or milk. When he died and before I married DH, I mostly lived on roasted chicken and salad. Once in a while DS would buy Chinese when he got paid on fried and share with me, but that was rare. Weight usually was between 150 to 160s during those days. I was always much healthier eating that way so I disagree with the book about OMAD etc.

The problem is I'm not eating enough protein but not sure I need it. Today I've planned just 2 meals but may drink the protein shake again around 6 or 7 pm get my protein in. It would make my calories almost 1300 with the shake instead of barely under 1100 without and raise my total carbs above 100, but it might be worth it if more protein is that important. I will have to experiment with that, but I want to stay in the 170s now that I'm here.

I ate a bowl of oatmeal made with 1/4 c oats along with my new homemade yogurt and 2 strawberries and 1/2 a banana. Only had 2 c coffee. I am cleaning out freezer so we have a few pot pies that the dates were still good so we will have one a piece of those for dinner along with our salad. Then I will have my protein shake later in the evening to finish out the day.

I really think we both have pretty much figured out what works for us so I'm not sure we need to change a whole lot.

Have a nice Sunday everybody.

Carol Sue, I have found that I have to estimate each item in my soups or other dishes individually. Yesterday when I made my chicken and dumplins, I tracked about how much of the shredded chicken I thought I would be eatting in the soup. Then I figured how much of the cream of chicken soup I would be eating and God only knows how much of the dumplins was correct as I could only go by a serving of Cracker Barrel dumplins. I tried to go with higher #s since I'm usually trying to reach 1000 calories on MFP. Thats like my homemade yogurt. I did find a yogut listed made with H&H and stevia. I have no idea if it is right, but that is all I can do to get as close to accurate on my calories, carbs, protein and fiber.

Trish, if I were you I would do a comparison one more time, but compare your meter against DHs meter. That's if he doesn't mind you using his meter. Then if your new one is still off, call Walmart. You could continue using the old one since they still sell the strips but you spent the money for the new one. Now I'm curious to hear about DHs new one. I feel bad because I encouraged you to buy the new one, but mine is,very close to the old one.

Good for you on 179 even!

My soup was delicious but I screwed up and had 2 slices of Italian bread which spiked blood sugar. I found a soup listed that was vegetable barley so I used that because I put barley in it. I didn't have much cabbage and I like a lot of cabbage in it. I would do great with the cabbage soup diet. :)
So calories are only 700 + but carbs are 70. I feel stuffed from the soup.

Trish,you can order free control solution for your meter. I just ordered some. I have it for the old meter but not the new one.

https://relionbgm.com/

Carol Sue, Thanks for the link. I watched the video and read the book on set up. I decided to take the batteries out and put them back in. Then I had DH set it up. He suggested that I test again. I don't know what my nite readings usually reads, so can just go with what it is. The new meter actually now read less than the old one. New meter read 110 and old read 119. DH said, "you know your bs is good so don't worry about it". The important thing is my A1c when I go for labs. I had just taken some supplements before testing so that probably contributed to the reading.

I only had 2 meals today. Never got around to drinking the shake because I felt full. I don't know if that is because the way I'm eating now satisfies me or the probiotic I'm taking that is supposed to help curb appetite or both, but I will take advantage of it for now. The strange thing is that I feel like I'm eating less. So calories were less than 1100.

Trish, I'm so glad you got things resolved with your meter! I used to have trouble with my old one when the batteries wore down. I would shake it and get a couple more tests out of it before I had to change them.

I didn't sleep well last night. I actually slept well til 4 am but then could not fall back to sleep. DH made French fries late last night and I ate 4 of them. Neither of us felt good when we went to bed and I think it was the fries. He normally eats cereal at bedtime and I eat nothing.

I want to clean today.

Busy morning and didn't get near what I expected to get done. I thought I hadn't got my cable bill and after calling about it, I found it after the call. They changed their envelope and I guess I just set it aside. Thank God I didn't throw it away. I'll mail it and it will get there on time.

Weight is basically the same bouncing within the 179 range without going to 180s. That is a good thing. FBG was 109. Higher than I want but I can live with it since I had a lot of carbs yesterday. The new meter had some kind of a set item for hypo which was to be set any where from 20 to 60 mg/dl. If it is for what I understand it to mean, I wouldn't want my FBG to go lower than 60 so we left it on that. So I'm not unhappy with my progress with weight or FBG. DH is still in the FBG in 110s. I am so proud of him.

I had eggs, bacon and SLMG toast for breakfast for brunch this morning, but I don't think I can eat them any more because I had potty issues all morning. I have no problems with oats so that will become my breakfast when I eat one. Main meal dish today will be liver and onions.

Very cold here today and raining. Glad I don't work and have to be out in it any more. Pretty much a lazy day.

Have a good day everyone.

My window today was 6.5 hours, a little longer than usual. 1019 calories and 74 carbs. I prefer 4-5 hours but that's not written in stone. The main thing is to not eat any more.

I'm glad you got your meter straightened out. I didn't know about the setting for the hypo so I will check it out.
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Calories today 895 and net carbs 62 g. My eating window was within 5 hrs. I've had potty issues off and on all day which have left me very weak. I didn't really feel like cooking dinner but wanted to fix something good for DH to eat as his FBG is doing so well. It really perked me up for a bit.

Spent time on phone with electric company because my contract with them runs out the first of December. The lady called me because she said she could get me a better deal and I think she did. The nice thing is that starting next month I can do my laundry during the day instead of having to wait until 8 pm at night on free nights. That will be nice.

Carol Sue I don't think a longer window hurts once in a while because our body doesn't need to get too used to one routine.

Trish, I've heard other people say their electricity is cheaper after 8 pm but we never had that. We pay a budget amount all year round for electric and gas. They add up our usage for the past year and divide by 12 so our bill is the same each month. Its coming time for them to give us a new budget amount.

You are doing very well with calories. With the potty issues you should have a nice drop. I am having pain on the left side of my abdomen. I hope nothing is wrong. I am gun shy ever since I had my abdominal surgery. I don't want that again. We have to take the dog for his hair cut today so I hope I don't get sick while I'm there.

I haven't slept well for 2 days. I was sleeping good but had to get up early to go to the dog groomer. I wish I could have kept on sleeping. I've napped A bit each day.

I tried to look at settings for me meter but got all mixed up so I stopped. I will try again later.

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My pain is gone after going to the bathroom, thank God but I have to be careful what I eat.

The dog grooming went well and that's over with til spring.
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Carol Sue, Glad you felt better after BM. I've been having that with the potty issues and for me I think it is the probiotics I'm taking cleaning out and hopefully healing my gut. The only difference in my eating plan and the one Dr. Davis calls for is that I still eat minimum carby foods he doesn't allow. I read that these cramping experiences will go away within a month or two. I know what is causing mine and can understand how you feel about it with the problems you had in the past.

As for your not being able to sleep, I remember when Fatmad was on here that she experienced that a lot with her low carbing and I remember having that problem when I ate lower carb than I do now. I am thankful that I seem to have found a happy place with all that eating to keep net carbs between 50 to 100 g most days. I still don't sleep more than 6 or 7 hrs during the night, but I do seem to take a nap each day when I need it. I notice that I don't seem to need the nap everyday though. Most of my life when I was thin, I didn't sleep as much as most people do.

Thank God, I have a new low today 178 lbs.:carrot: I don't know if I can keep it but I had it which means if I keep doing what I'm doing it will eventually be really. FBG was 104. One thing that is happening is that with trying to correct my gut, I am eating according to how it affects my gut and not man made rules. Saying that, today will be a OMAD. We will go to get a few things at Sam's then go to local store for a few things. Not sure what we will do about dinner today. I told DH that he could get KFC for himself if he wants it and I would get me something else. So not sure how that will work out. Church's Chicken is next door to the local store and I could get mine there on the way home or find something at the store.

Speaking of Fatmad, I miss her. Wish we could hear from her once in a while now that we have this thread working again.

Have a nice day everybody.

I ate lunch then back to the bathroom, but it is not potty issues.

I think my not sleeping is due to time change. I fall asleep very quickly but wake up at 4 am. Sometimes I fall back to sleep. Someone told me to take my Zyrtec at bedtime instead of morning and it helps but I forget often. I don't think I eat low enough carb to interfere with sleep.

I wish Mad would come back but she really likes her fasting group. I think it is hard for her when we discuss our eating. I told her we miss her but will not harass her about it. I also wish Rennie would come. And Momtopands. I could go on and on. Butterfly, p.a., so many others.

Yes, I miss the others too. Many of them work and I'm sure they are busy, However, it would be nice to hear from them once in a while when they can drop by. Maybe you could put your Zyrtec by the bed or some other place where you will see it to take before bedtime.

It's snowing. The first snowfall this season. Its very cold out and I hope the streets don't get icy. DH says the ground is still too warm, as it was in the 60s just last week.

Awe, I'm jealous of the snow. I hope it will be a safe snow and not icey. It is cold here. In 30s at night and 40s and 50s during the day time.

Well we never got to the store. We got in the car turned the key and the battery was gone. DH tried to charge it but his charger threw the braker and died. So BIL came and they got the car started so they could take it to the auto shop to get a new battery installed. So we will do tomorrow what we had planned to do today.

I ended up with a 24 hr fast by the time we ate. Calories today 753 and net carbs 85 g. 25 g protein isn't near enough, but it is just one day. Since I had planned takeout and didn't have anything ready to cook, dinner ended up being soup and salad and 5 hrs later I had half a ham sandwich just enough to satisfy my hunger. I will have a shorter fast tomorrow and we will get takeout. Just glad we got the car running.

Doing laundry tonight. I'll be so glad that next month when my new electrid contract kicks in that I will be able to do laundry earlier in the day.

The streets did not get icy. It snowed for about 2 hours. I like snow when I don't have to go out in it and DH does not fall in it.

I think I want to go to Aldi's tomorrow. I haven't been there for a while. I want to get some canned goods.

I'm glad your battery didn't die while you were out somewhere!

I was shocked that weight was down to 184.6. Yesterday on MFP it says I ate 647 calories and 42 carbs. I don't think that's right but I can't figure out what I missed. I never eat that low. Oh, I just remembered. I had some cheese as a snack and forgot to enter it, and a snack size peanut butter cup. So I was at 1057. 57 carbs. That's about normal for me. It seems that that is my calorie range without trying.

DH cooked eggs and sausage at 10am but I told him I didn't want any. Too early. He made an egg and sausage sandwich for himself and I ate the fork ful of eggs that was left. I didn't eat the extra sausage. He always cooks too much. So I did break my fast but very few calories. That's much better than the big plate he cooks for me. Maybe I'm starting to eat "normal," whatever normal is. This is what I want. I'm tired of being obsessed about what I eat. I know automatically when I eat something "wrong."

When I went to bed I was too tired to put water in my cpap so I slept without it so sleep was not good at all. I need to get into the habit of filling the reservoir earlier in the day because I get so tired I just want to go to sleep. I fell asleep instantly last night but didn't stay asleep. So I will get tired.

Also, I'm getting pain in my hand. I think it is tendonitis from typing on my tablet. I might have to go back to the computer again.

Carol Sue, Congratulations on the 184.6. That is good. I'm finding my eating is more normal as well. I just hope this will continue. I am back to basically eating 2 meals a day or more like a meal and a snack and would like to keep it that way. I do find it easier to eat only 2MAD or OMAD + 1S so will try to keep it that way for now. Will have a 20 hr fast by the time we eat today.

Sorry your hands are bothering you again. I wonder how much of the weather change affects that. Seems like you experienced that when the weather turned cold last year. Aldi's is a good place to get good can goods. I don't have the space for a lot of can goods in this house like I had in SC. Love my home, but miss SC home.

Weight this morning was 178 again today and FBG 107. So the weight loss was real and the FBG is coming back down. We are going to Sam's and the local store across the street. The Chinese place wgere we used to get our Chinese food is in own the same shopping center of the local store so we are getting Chinese takeout for dinner. I hope it doesn't mess up my weight and FBG.

Have a good day everybody.

Trish,,the reason I think my hand pain is from the tablet is that's the only time it hurts. I am susceptible to pain from repetitive motion but I know the cold could affect it too. My back seems to act up when its cold. My chiropractor retired so I hope my back stays pain free.

I am pretty good now with observing my window but I'm still snacking. Small meals instead of sticking with 2. I count the egg I ate at 10 this morning as a meal, although small. At noon I had a half cup of cottage cheese and toast. I know it's not good to eat often and keep getting an insulin response. I would do better to eat my small things together as one meal and I might try that. I think its important to go longer between eating. That's what you do and its working. I don't think you will ever see 180s again! :):dance:

We are eating at Bob Evans and Aldi's is across the street. I am trying to use the extra food I have but I'm out of canned tomatoes and tomato sauce. I use them often and like to have them on hand when I need them. I use mostly frozen vegetables rather than canned. I also like to have tuna and mushroom soup on hand. When my MIL got a new cabinet in her kitchen we took the old one to use in the basement for over stock of dry goods.

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I ordered country fried steak with mashed potatoes and broccoli. Ate the broccoli and half of the potatoes and steak. I just couldn't finish it. It was good, and what I wanted. In the past I would have eaten it all.

I got a few things at Aldi's then DH wanted to go to Wal-Mart so I got more there. I don't like Wal-Mart at 5 pm. Aldi's is usually crowded in the morning, empty in the evenings. Wal-Mart is the opposite.

On the way home Great Clips was empty so I got my haircut. .

We got Chinese Sweet n Sour chicken with fried rice and egg rolls. We half all of it but I couldn't eat all of my half but counted it on MFP as just half because I don't know how to count 2/3 of a half. So calories shows over 1300 and carbs extremely high. I noticed while DH was getting the Chinese food a place called Great Cuts. I had never seen it before. Interesting that you mentioned that you get your hair cut there. I think it is new in these parts of the country.

I found a beautiful Boston butt pork roast big enough to cut in half and the price was pretty good for the size. DH doesn't care for turkey any more so we decided to have the pork roast for our Thanksgiving dinner. I finally got a can of pumpkin only because it was on display. I noticed on one of the FB keto groups, they eat it as a side dish not a dessert. I thought I might try it.

I enjoyed the Chinese food but it didn't settle well with me. I think it was the fact that it was way too carby. Only had 1 meal today and will try not to eat anything else today so it will be a OMAD after a 20 hr fast.

Was the place you saw Great Cuts or Great Clips? Mine is Great Clips. It is walk in only. I think they also do perms but I never see anyone getting a perm. No color. DH goes there too. There is another similar place called Super Cuts. Its a little more expensive. I looked online and your area has both Great Clips and Super Cuts. We pay $12 for a senior haircut but at the one near you it is $16.

I love Chinese but never get it. Very carby because of the sauce and rice. I make La Choy Chicken Chow Mein occasionally.

I started to get a little hungry and was going to eat my leftovers but then I drank water and forgot about it. .

Tomorrow the dog has to go to the vet for his rabies shot. I found out I could take him somewhere else cheaper but I already made the appointment. We want to make sure he is on record at this vet in case we ever have an emergency. Some vets won't take you as an emergency if the pet hasn't been there before.

I guess I should have eaten my leftovers because the scale is back up to 185.2. sigh. I was only at 900+ calories and I had to adjust it up to 1011. But I had 72 carbs. Whatever. I will just keep trying to get the scale to go down. My body REALLY doesn't want me to lose!! I used to be able to go as high as 1500 but I guess I messed up my metabolism big time.

I slept so much better last night. I remembered to take my Zyrtec. I don't take Benedryl anymore and only take Tylenol if I have pain. I still take Tart Cherry and sometimes magnesium.

Carol Sue, The one I saw was Great Clips. It is the first time I've ever seen it. We do have the Super Cuts and it is on the other side of town around the block from where I get my hair done with my long time beautician/friend. I had my hair cut at Super Cuts for year before DS learned about out beautician who became a long time friend. She learned about her from women she worked with. I had never heard of Great Clips or Great Cuts. Good to know about them.

I wasn't hungry after dinner and still haven't eaten today. Once I drink a cup of coffee, I seem to be fine so not eating until dinner. So will have a 23 hr fast by the time we eat. I cook a small pot of lentils for me and have a navy beans cooking in the crockpot for DH. My plan is to eat lentils for supper tonight maybe 4 hrs after dinner. It would be nice if I could get back to my old way of eating dinner and supper like I did growing up. It would be nice to have 2 days of OMAD and 5 days of 2MAD. We are having pizza for dinner and DH has his cauliflower before he goes to bed and I can have my lentils or something else that is fairly light for a second meal such as oatmeal or soup. Today as close as I can figure on MFP my calories will be 1059 and net carbs of 88 g.

Weight stayed at 178 lbs and FBG 107 for 3 days in a row. Kind of surprised me after the Chinese food, but I guess having only OMAD was the key.

Have a nice day everybody.

Trish, I'm so proud of you for staying in the 170s! You have found your niche and are doing great! I did good on calories but way up on carbs. Too much bread. That is a problem for me. I didn't stay in my window but I don't have to do it every day. Maybe tomorrow I will do OMAD.

Did you hear that Buffalo NY is getting 4 feet of snow? They get a lot of snow there.

Carol Sue, I hadn't heard about the 4 feet of snow expected in Buffalo NY. I actually didn't watch the weather today not even our local weather.

I actually ate pretty much on plan except that I had a keto ice cream bar for supper with my few bites of lentils. I am really eating too much at dinner some days but haven't figured out how to cut back more. It might be the probiotic that I take at dinner. I think prebiotics are kind of like fiber and makes me feel fuller.
So my calories were between 1100 and 1200 which is really good. I know the carbs were a little higher as well. However, I did eat within a 4 hr eating window.

Carol Sue, I'm not sure we have to eat the same eating window everyday because our bodies will get too use to it. So maybe it is good to have a longer day once in a while. Also I am not convinced that it hurts to eat different foods some days either. Since our bodies adapt so easily to what we are doing that it makes me wonder if eating what some call an "off" or "cheat" day isn't a good thing. Since you and I follow our own plan and don't have any "foods not allowed" but just try to eat what we want within our calorie/carb limit, we don't have or need an "off" or "cheat" day. Weight might fluctuate up, but we know if we stay true to our plan the weight will come back down because the bounce up is exactly that... just a temporary up which is probably water weight.

Goodnight.

Weight bounced back down to 184.8. I felt like I over ate because I went way over my window but calories were good.

Trish I think the lentils you eat are working in your favor. Beans are not the big thing up north like they are in the south. I like beans but I don't know anyone who eats them. My mother used to make great baked beans and bean soup using dried beans. I don't know where she got her recipes. I don't think my grandmother cooked like that. I have only cooked with canned beans. When you talk about them I want some. Thing is, if I make things like that for myself then I still have to eat with DH. He would never eat them.

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DH made French toast and I had some made with Sara Lee Delightful bread. It was a great treat, not something I would eat daily. I just got an idea. Its too late for this year but next Thanksgiving I might make my stuffing with Sara Lee bread. It would be lower calorie and carb but higher fiber. I could cube the bread and let it sit out to dry out. I could add my own seasoning or mix in some seasoned commercial bread cubes. I don't know why I never thought about that before.

Carol Sue, My Mama never cooked beans. I suspect that Daddy didn't like them so I didn't eat them until I lived with my aunt after college and years later after marrying DH#2. The only reason DH likes them is they help keep his FBG down below 120s. It is cold today and he is going to mow the yard, so beans will a good meal to help warm him up when he comes in so that is on the menu. I could also make some really good baked beans with Stevia or some other accepted healthy substitute sweetener. I might do that sometime.

I love your idea of making dressing/stuffing out of the SLMG bread. I like mine a combo of cornbread and bread and I am the only one who will eat it. I will take the left over cornbread that I will have from today and add just enough of SLMG bread pieces to even it out and make a good dressing/stuffing for me on Thanksgiving day and it will be so much healthier.

I looked up on line to see how to take my probiotic and found out it should be taken in the morning on an empty stomach with lots of water. I haven't eaten so will see what happens when I eat dinner. Hopefully the gut issues will improve.

Weight this morning was up 1.2 lbs, but that is to be expected when I eat pizza. FBG was 104. Strange how the weight was up but the FBG down 3 pts. So grateful things are improving for both you and me Carol Sue. I do think we are in a happy place with our eating and weight loss. Because beans are not low carb, my carbs today are higher than usual, but my calories for today is less than 1100.

Have a nice day everybody and hope we all can stay warm.

Trish, I heard that the carbs from beans don't count. I forget why. I will try to find out.

Here is something I found.

https://wellintruth.com/are-beans-high-in-carbs/

We went to Rodney's where I had salmon and green beans. I have not had salmon for a few months and it was very satisfying. I am at 1100 calories and 70 carbs. I'm feeling a little hungry now at 9:30 but I'm trying not to eat anything. Actually, the only thing here to eat is bread or cheese as I don't feel like cooking anything. I will use a trick I used to use during my first diet when I was 21. "If I don't eat anything now maybe the scale will be down tonorrow!" We will see if that still works!

Carol Sue, Thanks for the info on the beans. I remember in WW years ago when they based one of the plans on fiber that beans often were low pt because the fiber grams were 5 or higher which was higher fiber to be subtracted than whatever the # of fiber allowed to subtract.

I thought I was going to end up with a OMAD today but then I got sick with a lot of acid in my stomach causing nausea so I ate crackers to calm it down. So calories ended up being 1189 and carbs very high for me. I didn't even look at the carbs to subtract because it wouldn't matter since the carbs were so high. However with what I learned from the link you shared, maybe it wasn't as bad as I think. I had this same experience the other day but not bad enough to eat something like tonight and I'm belching lettuce. I think I'm going to have to stop eating so much salad for a while.

Hope your scale will be nice tomorrow and hope I don't go too much over 180 lbs tomorrow.

I would love to go to bed right now but I would wake too early to get up so will try to wait at least till midnight.

I thought I was so good not eating when I got hungry last night but the scale is up .4. It was a nice try. I hope you stay away from 180 and I'm sorry you had acid stomach. I wonder why.

Doing laundry this morning.

DH asked if I want eggs and I said no but I do want them. I will wait til later. I think I'm cooking pork loin today.

I actually lost back down to 178.8 this morning and FBG was still at 104 so no damage with having to eat the crackers yesterday. So I had a loss of .4 lbs this week and I've actually lost 2 lbs so far this month. I think the stomach issue yesterday is the salads. I also think the potty issues are getting better, but may need to cut back on the probiotics and take only one a day instead of recommended 2 a day. I wanted to take the one for women because of the bone health but may not be able to take it with the other one that has everything. So will cut back for now to see if this balances out better.

Carol Sue that .4 lbs you gained may have just been water. I remember one time I went to the restroom at the bariatrics office and weighed less when I came out and they said to me "sometimes just a potty trip makes the difference". So not really a gain.

I've decided to go back to 2MAD of brunch and dinner. Then make 2 days a week a OMAD. I plan to do that Tues and Thursdays next week because I want to eat only one meal Thanksgiving day.

I've got my foodplan tracked on MFP with 1040 calories and net carbs 83 g. And that will be with 2 meals of brunch and dinner. I'm going to cook fried chicken today. Cals may be a little higher because I don't trust the counts for homemade fried chicken on MFP. I can't believe some of the ridiculously low calorie counts people put on there for their fried chicken which couldn't possibly be that low. I saw some that the flour alone would be higher than what they had on it. Oh well, I took the highest I saw. I don't want to cheat on this. I figure if I keep my total calories a little low then I allow for error in counts.

Have a nice day everybody.