Sleep was very good. Woke up feeling pretty good. Weight down .4 lbs and FBG 106. Found a good bp meter that DH found when cleaning things our a while back and it works. I like it better and it works. I'm glad to see my bp is good at 111/60. That is really good for me as I don't have those extreme lows I used to have.

We are going to local store today. I've got plans for lots of low car/keto friendly foods. We are going to get chicken tenders today and I'm going to make my salad before we leave and have my new healthy low carb dessert that I found on FB keto recipes. I love this and I can have a treat everyday and change flavors with the sf Jello pudding powders. Breakfast is scrambled eggs with cheese and sausage. This is so nice for me because I love my breakfast and dinner. Right now I still do a protein shake for a snack around 6 pm when needed so I'm doing an 8:16 IF ratio. Dr. Berg suggests starting with 3 meals and no snacks and build up to only 2 meals a day. So I'm back OP today although carbs are a little higher with a 65 net gram carbs but within the high end of my calories. Dr. Berg says don't worry about the calories, but I do want to never go over 1600 calories on a higher cal day.

Have a nice day everybody.

Scale is down 1.6. Happy! BS was good.

Sounds like you are getting things in line, Trish. Thats good. I nwed to make changes but im not quite ready yet.

Weight won't be good tomorrow. I don't even expect it. Although I ate low carb foods for most of the day, I also had a longer eating window which doesn't always workout well for me. I did exercise, so will see how it goes. It will be interesting to see how it works out.

Hope to sleep good.

Carol Sue I hope your day went good. Years ago one of the Mother's I babyset for asked me to go to this doctor with her for us to lose weight. When I took my prescription to be filled at the pharmacy, the pharmacist asked me if I was ready for this. I didn't understand it then, but I think we actually have to be ready. We have to work out what is our own way of eating. After all, this has to be a lifestyle we can live with and life happens.

Sleep was very good! I felt that I got into a deep sleep and never woke up for the bathroom. That is a miracle. Lately it seems that my incontinence is gone, even though Im still drinking plenty of water. This has happened before.

Scale is back up to 175. I am completely out of weight loss mode. I need to get things going again. Lately I've had other things on my mind and my health concerns flew out the window. I need to clean my exercise room and get back to it. Not for weight loss but for health. Exercising makes me want to eat healthier and live healthier.

I dont know if we will go to the casino this week or not. Funds are low. He has not won for a while.

Step daughter cooked a turkey breast yesterday and dropped some off this morning. They smoked it. That will be my lunch. I dont know what we will eat for dinner. I would like to go to Tx Roadhouse but we don't have money for that. I'll wait and see what DH wants. There are so many things I like at Tx Roadhouse.

Carol Sue glad you slept well. I'm getting good sleep now too. Not sure what has changed to cause that.

Weight is 173 this morning and FBG 115 and bp 129/53 which means a lot of sodium yesterday. Back on track this morning and I'm making changes. I am going to stop eating breakfast and go back to eating the way I did growing up. I was never a breakfast eater when I was on my own and eating my way even as a child. I won't eat dinner until 2 or 3 with DH and I will eat something around 6 pm which will give me a 3 or 4 hr eating window. I think this fits my circadian plus I will get a 20 to 21 hr fast as well as take care of this wanting to eat in the evening.

Pork chops on the menu for dinner today and I am planning an omelet or a chicken salad for supper.

Got to make DH brownies and clean my veggies and get them prepped for salads.

Have good day everyone.

Not sure I can switch my meals to dinner and supper. I felt terrible last night. I haven't eat yet this morning but have to say that while I'm not hungry which is good, I'm not feeling really good. Maybe my body is used to the brunch and dinner after all these years. My weight is edging up and I know I don't want that. On the other hand FBG was good at 106 and bp 115/58. DH doesn't think I need to be fasting more than 16 hrs a day but Dr. Berg seems to think 18 to 19 hrs gets us into autophagy. I would definitely love to get into that.

Carol Sue I know you are struggling with your plan as well. I think we may have to look at things that not only fit our lifestyle, but also for our age. I believe we will figure this out.

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I finally ate about half cup of the chicken salad that I made yesterday around noon today. I don't want to be having problems with all these doctor appointments and labs coming up. So I will continue with the brunch and dinner with a protein shake in the evening and do a 6 or 7 hr eating window at least until after all these appointments are over. One thing I can do during this time is cut my portions down to less and see if that helps me. My labs are non-fasting, but of course if I eat that raises my bs reading. So I will try to fast until after the lab draw Friday and I definitely want to fast for the lab I get at Primary doc's office Tuesday. I have infusion the last Friday of this month and Primary doc's appoint on Tuesday, April 1st. If I decided to go stricter low carb/keto style, I could start that Wednesday to get through the rough part of keto flu before my next oncology lab tests.
Right now I will try to keep carbs around 50 g if I can.

Hope everyone has a good day.

I tried to respond last night from thde casino but coyld not get online.

Slept good last night. Fasting blood glucose was 94, quite a surprise but we had no dinner and didnt stop at DQ on the way to the casino. So if I eat right I get better results. The scale is now hovering around 175 instead of 178 like it was. I need to get myself back on plan. I have made excuses too long. I want steady drops.

I also want to get back to exercising like I said I would. Ive been thinking about it but thinking about it does not. help. You have to do it. And once again I have laundry to do and my house needs to be cleaned. No more fooling around. I want to be thinner by summer.

Our weather is warming up but I feel we will have one more burst of winter. We have had 3 ft of snow in March so anything can happen.

It is cold today. And will be cool tomorrow and then it will be nice. However, we sometimes get a really cold spell around Easter and then we start getting warmer. I don't look forward to 3 digit temps.

Weight back down to 173 down 1.4 lbs and FBG 108. Not where I want it to be but I when get back to stricter low carb, hopefully it will get better.

No breakfast this morning. I am drinking coffee. I'm going to try to do this through next Tuesday when I have to go for lab draw in the afternoon. I will try to drink plenty of water today for lab draw tomorrow at oncology. We will have beef steak for dinner today. I always have beef steak the day before oncology lab draw.

Have a good day.

I am happy to say that I've made 2 days of 6 hr eating window. Didn't feel good last night or tonight so not sure what is going on. Maybe it is just the switching to 30 to 50 g of carbs and I just need to get used to it. Headed to bed soon.

Carol Sue I hope you had a good day.

Sleep was good again. The 1 Benedryl works well for me and I can still get up in the middle of the night and not be groggy, and am able to go back to sleep most nights. Blood sugar was in the 90s again today because of Allulose. Scale is up .2 and I dont know why. I will just keep trying to make necessary changes.

DH is going to want to go to the casino today, for the fish dinner and also to gamble but we dont have gambling money since he has been on a losing streak. I wont mention it. Ill waitvto see what he says.

Carol Sue I am glad the allulose helps you lower your bs and that you are able to sleep good.

My FBG was 97 this morning. Weight stayed the same as yesterday which is really good for me. My bp was 127/62 which the nurse at oncology would say is good but is a little high for me. However. maybe the fasting is correcting my bp and this really is normal.

I go for blood draw soon and DH has meds to pick up at the local grocery store on the way back home. Not sure what we will eat for dinner. DH mentioned fish so may get Long John Silvers. We don't need anything at the store so we could get the LJS fish.

Have a good day whether you go to casino or not.

Trish, I would be very happy with that blood pressure. Mine runs invthe 140s over 60. I used to check it every morning but now rarely except at the doctor.

Carol Sue I agree that my bp is good.

I ended up fasting 21 hrs before I ate today and a 4 hr eating window today. I will probably just have an 18 hr fast by the time I eat tomorrow. We did get LJS fish and came home and cooked sweet potato fries in the air fryer. It was good.

I talked to DS today and she sounded really good. Said she felt better than she had in some time. Was good to here it in her voice. She was able to walk down the hall today and also walked at the beauty shop.

I've been sleeping good each night and taking a short nap almost every afternoon after dinner. That helps me a lot.

Goodnight.

I want to throw my scale in the trash. It keeps going up. 176 today. I have to do something soon.

We had another bad day at the casino. He played and had fun but came home with $0. I dont know when he will want to go back to the other casino. I know we dont like the hour long ride home on the interstate. It used to be the other casino was the bad one and we went to W Va. That was 90 minutes away. I would love to go-to that one again but only if we could stay overnight. Thats hard on the interstate at 11 PM

For me,Im ready to get back to exercising next week. I will work myself up to it over the weekend.

Carol Sue that weight gain may be water weight. I remember Dr. Westman saying that weight bounces when we are dieting. I know that but get upset when it goes up. I also know that I exercise makes me feel better, but there are days I just don't want to do it. It will get better.

Weight this morning was 171.2. I need to keep eating the way I ate for 2 days, but I felt so bad doing it. I will have to struggle to make myself do it. FBG was 100 and bp 124/62. That should be enough to keep me eating this way.

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I will continue with this woe at least until after Tuesday when I have blood draw at Primary doc's office. Then decide if I want to continue with it. I am eating low carb but not keto low and may not be keeping protein high enough. I am doing some exercises today. I even wiped down some of my cabinets today. I need to stay on A Plan during this time.

Have a nice day.