Terri, Metformin is a prescription drug which is used to help regulate blood sugar in diabetics. My blood glucose levels were getting quite high while I was on WW so the doc hopes this will help get them back into the safe zone. The nice side effect is that being on Metformin has helped me get into ketosis which seemed impossible the last time I tried Atkins two years ago.
BTW, I followed everyone's advice and ate lots of protein and fat and drank lots of water and this evening I am back into the pale shade of purple. Yippee.
But, you know what. All morning I was having carb cravings.
Caused by the sweet sauces in the Chinese food, no doubt. Man, am I ever sensitive to carbs! Good thing I don't go out for Chinese food too often.
Ummm, about Chinese food???
) and we went out to dinner with my aunt and uncle to a China Kitchen smorg. I tried to be very careful and put green salad on my plate first. Then I picked out just meat and fish but you know what? Things like ginger beef taste really sweet. In fact, just about EVERYthing tasted sweet. I bet it has knocked me right out of ketosis even though I didn't have any extra sauces or rice or noodles. I have no idea what the carb count for the meal was but seeing as I hadn't had any carbs at all until dinner, I'm hoping the damage won't be too great. 
