Oh, I'm not the one with the snow. It's in Cleveland Ohio where the Steeler's are beating the pants off the Browns. We are just getting to see it on TV. But if it's in Cleveland, it won't be long until it comes to us here in PA. I am looking forward to snow. I don't have to go anywhere and I can sit and look out my window and say how pretty it is.

You had a very low calorie day that sounded good to me. I want to start back eating oatmeal once in a while. I think you are due for a drop any day now. You'll see!!

We went to Goodwill but the exercise ball was gone. I looked online and they are way more than I'm willing to pay in a retail store, so it looks like I won't be doing those ball exercises.

Jacqui_D I actually had to google what slow burning carbs were before I could answer your question. The only time those carbs would be allowed is at RM.

Carol Sue I don't actually take turmeric in pill form because that with Metformin was doing a number on my system, but I do buy the spice and sprinkle it on my eggs and even on the meat before I cook it. I have been thinking about giving up the Metformin again and get the turmeric pills and try taking them without the Metformin. Still may try that.

My bs is too high while on CAD. I was thinking about trying Atkins again, but I just might see how the slow carb works as I've never been able to stick with Atkins for any length of time. Saved the links I found on slow burning carbs (Livestrong has lots of info on it) and since I do like fruit the slow carb woe just might be what I need to get my blood sugar back down and enjoy what I eat too. Fasting blood sugar going up is not an option. My biggest goal this year is to get my blood sugar back down in a healthy area.

I'm thinking more in line of going slow carb and taking one day a week and have a more carby meal like I started when I first found y'all. I thought the CAD would work, but I don't think I can have a carby/rm once a day any more. I think that is what the my high fasting blood sugar is telling me.

SMF I wasn't able to get my numbers on MFP exactly like I wanted it. I had to estimate but got things close to where I wanted them. I like the sweet potato once in a while and just use butter and cinnamon on mine since the cinnamon is supposed to be good for lowering blood sugar.

P.Q. So good to hear your brother is getting better each day. It also sounds like you Mom is taking notice of how well you are doing with your diet. Maybe she will pick up more of your habits.

I enjoy reading what y'all share. I learn a lot and hopefully I can put to work some of what I see you doing successfully.

Jacqui_D Thank you for pointing out the slow burning carbs. I read up on slow carb and how it affects blood sugar. DH and I can do this together so I'll be going with it. After all, this is not only about weight loss for me, but it is about getting my bs under control.

Evening all! SMF don't worry about it. I know this must be an incredibly tough time now for you and your family. Jacqui hey there :) Pattygirl and Carol Sue thanks for making me smile with your posts.

Another phone call from bro this afternoon. He was bored and wanted me to talk about dinner. Before he got sick, he always did this. He so wants some food....I hope he passes his test tomorrow. He said he stood up today and took about three steps with two people either side of him. I'll have to verify with my mom, because he imagines things still. He swore he had green jello and applesauce on New Year's Eve, but he didn't.

Hubs and I are waiting for the much anticipated season premiere of "Downton Abbey." We're watching reruns of old English sitcoms while we wait.

Today's menu....

Break - steak, potato pancake
Lunch - bourbon chicken, brown rice, white grapes
Dinner - salad w/vinaigrette, 3-way chili spaghetti

What did I tell you about the snow? It was snowing in Cleveland around 2-3PM during the game, and now at 8 PM we have snow on the ground. I should be a weather forecaster! LOL

PQ, I'm amazed that bro thought he had green jello and applesauce. Our hospital always gives green jello to patients after surgery. I wonder what it is about green?

I just figured out how to get online on my Nook. I like it much better on my PC but the Nook will work in emergencies. I don't remember what I did with my time before I got the internet. I know my house was cleaner.

:rofl: BaaHaHaHaHa....and you can still keep your snow.

Oh, PQ, that is so wonderful...and Boy, Howdy, where can I get some of those drugs?...I would love to have me some false but realistic memories of food I ate, but really didn't....maybe not green jello, tho...ooooooo I love Downton Abbey, but I haven't seen enough of the episodes to keep track of everything. I'll have to catch up some time.

Congrats on getting control of your bs, PattyGirl....(wish other folks would try'n control their BS, too.) Sounds like you're having a tough time with it...sending good thoughts and wishes...

Well, I did pretty ok today, but went out for dinner to celebrate DcollegeB's 4.0 GPA from his 1st semester! Can you say "proud mama"? (and "whew"!) It was a somewhat pricey restaurant, but good news is...not much food, ha! (how's that for Weight Loss Logic!) I ordered a shrimp dish that was basically a few jumbo shrimp, sauce, and 3 small crusts of bread. Not sure how to estimate the sauce...I figured 1T olive oil and 1/2t salt...I'm sure there was more salt in there than I usually have.

So B: oatmeal and coffee (same as y'day)
L: small salad (same as y'day)
D: shrimp with bread dish

The MFP estimate for today is a little over 1100cal 128g carbs. 0.85mile swimming. AND no eating past 8pm. and my brain is dead.

Well, for the 1st time since November 6, I get to move my ticker :carrot: :broc:

I'm still second-guessing EVERYthing...maybe I'm getting too little salt? too little protein? too many carbs? too much/little fruit?...but I stick with oatmeal for breakfast 'cause I like it and things seem to be working.

Have an eye appt today....cross fingers x

I found this recipe on another forum and it sounds good. I don't know if I want to be carrying saurkraut around in my purse.
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Nobody knows it but I make sauerkraut in my purse!

Well not really, but doesn't it sound GROSS?

I do mix a cabbage salad for my lunch, though.

In a quart ziploc, I mix:

3 - 4 c cabbage (just cram the bag full) and add:
1 TBS olive or sesame oil
1 TBS rice vinegar
1TBS soy sauce (or less to taste but it really wilts the cabbage)
optional squirt of hot sauce of choice.

Zip it shut and stick it inside another bag (my lunch bag) in my purse.

By lunchtime it is well-mixed, and quite tasty.

You could also make Curtida, using salt instead of soy sauce (no idea how much ... ) and oregano!

SMF Congratulations on being able to move your ticker. If the oatmeal works for you, I would say keep it. :hug: It is so good for your cholesterol.

Carol Sue Interesting sauerkraut in my purse recipe. LOL

My Dad makes egg omelets in a bag. He puts eggs and all the ingredients he wants in it in a bag and then he boils water and places the bag in the water until it is done. Made me think of the boil-in-bag rice. Quite interesting. I had forgotten it until I read your recipe.

Actually I can see that making the kraut myself would be better because I it wouldn't have so much sodium. And doing it this way would be so much easier than when I used to make it. I used to have a great recipe for kraut, but I lost the book and never have been able to find the recipe on line. Thanks for sharing.

I went back through the thread and read food plans of some of y'all. I notice some eat a little more carbs than others but they don't eat a lot of it. I also notice that y'all don't eat a whole lot. I plan to take the slow burning carb info I got off Livestrong and using MFP make my daily plan I can make a lifestyle I can live with.

Thanks everyone.

Evening all!

Carol Sue that actually sounds really good to me. The pickling mixture is similar to what I use to make my pickled daikon. I might try it. I love cabbage raw like that as well as fresh kraut. I eat about 1/4 cup a couple times a week cold. I could probably eat the whole pint jar If the salt content was lower.

Pattygirl I make just a basic kraut and ferment it for 5-6 weeks. Yum!

Today's menu.....

Break - McD's sausage burrito, ice tea w/stevia
Lunch - 1/2 portion 3-way chili spaghetti, white grapes
Dinner - chili cheese wrap, side salad

Carol Sue Thanks for mentioning the turmeric pills. I had to go out to the bank for DGS as he is still in FL. I had to go deposit his check from work, so I went by Walmart and got the turmeric pills. Started with one today and left the Metformin off to see if it bothers me without the Metformin. I hope it will help inflammation and bs.

I also picked up a few slow burning carbs. Had my Monday company this morning and she brought muffins. I told her that my FBS was too high for me to eat it. I chose to have a small apple with pb.

Meal for today

Breakfast small apple w/2 T peanut butter
coffee w/ stevia and mini moo

Lunch chili w/beans, pita and salad

Snack carrots, celery, hummus and flatbread.

Calories were under 1300 calories and within the 30% carbs, 45% fat and 25% protein ratio. The amazing thing is that I am totally satisfied tonight and do not feel stuffed.

As you can see, I'm not doing CAD, but I think I am doing my own form of low carb making it a lifestyle I can live with.:)

I'm considering eating less. It seems on the days that I do track, my calories are higher than I thought they would be. I will not cut out any meals, but make them smaller. I am at home most of the day so it's not like I will be far away from food if I find that I'm hungry. When I worked, I always ate big meals to be sure I didn't get hungry before the next meal.

Trish, I got my Tumeric from WalMart, too. Did you ever hear that you are supposed to have black pepper with it to enhance it's potency? You can order it online with black pepper added to it, but I take one with meals where I add black pepper, like my morning eggs. I add pepper to salads or vegetables too. It seems that as soon as I pick up the pepper shaker I think to take my Tumeric. I plan on buying a spice jar of Tumeric and adding it to recipes.

I think I mentioned that in the new year my copay for my PCP went down to $0. Well, DH picked up my prescription at Walmart and it was $0, too. I used to pay $12. It's unusual for the cost of something to go down. Every little bit helps.

Prairie Queen, my step-son makes his own sauerkraut sometimes. He and a friend make it it big barrels then put it in Mason jars. Sometimes it's good, and sometimes it's weak tasting. I have seen recipes for making just a jarful but DH would not want me making anything fermented like that. I would love to make my own. It's so easy to buy things in stores but you can control the ingredients so much better when you make it yourself.

Carol Sue I make my own so I can keep the good bacteria/probiotics. The stuff you buy in the store is usually pasteurized or canned at high pressure which kills everything. And if my DH ever tried to influence what I did in the food department, I'd kick his *** to the curb (and he knows it). But he knew what he was getting into when he married me :)

PrairieQueen, do you remember the Friendship Cake that you kept on your kitchen counter and added things from day to day? Someone gave his daughter a starter and she started adding things to it. When it started to ferment he made her throw it away. He will not eat yogurt because it says "live active cultures" even though they are healthy. You are a tougher woman than I am. LOL

P.Q. and Carol Sue Y'all are making me want to make my own kraut. I have a crock pot that I never use. I think I'll get some ingredients and make some. It really is good for keeping good bacteria/probiotics. I used to make it because I have a tendency to have a rash from time to time that a health food store owner told me was Candida. I had a great recipe in the book and lost the book when I married and moved to FL. I'll have to see if I can find one similar to it.

Breakfast: 3 eggs
2 1/5 sl bacon
1/4 avocado
coffee w/Stevia and mini-moo

Lunch: Unknown eating out DH hasn't decided where yet

Dinner: country style pork ribs
finger salad w/hummus

Carol Sue I am trying to eat less too. I remember telling my doc one time that I eat healthy. He said, "Well, then you are eating too much of it". Enough said. Now that I'm tracking in advance on MFP as much as possible, I can see where I do eat too much of certain foods. I think it is teaching me that maybe it isn't what I eat so much as how much. I think low carb sometimes makes us thing we can have so much more just like lowfat/low calorie foods do.

I am using some of the Livestrong guidelines I found for eating slow burning carbs. I picked up a Nature's Own Whole Grain bread the other day. It is 70 calories for 1 slice. The Sarah Lee's Multi-grain bread was 45 calories a slice. I eat on Sunday when DH and I have breakfast together. I remember thinking the last 2 times I made toast "well 2 sl equals 1 slice regular" so I made it. I didn't need 2 and when we eat breakfast out, I never eat the 2 slices they bring to the table. So I think those specialty things like that just make me eat more. May just be me, but I know I do play mind games when it comes to eating and I have to change that.

Carol Sue I remember those starters! I actually bought some sourdough yeast from San Francisco to try my hand at making the bread, but I've yet to get it started.

Talked to bro a few times today. Failed his swallow test again. It may be neurological but fixable his doctor says. Running some more tests. The doctor told him to not freak out basically...that he is one lucky man if this is his only problem after all he Has been through. Second time he called he just wanted to tell me how much he loved me and all of his family and that when things get tough his family is always there for each other.....not everyone has that. He's lost just over 50 lbs in just over six weeks there. . . 187 to 134.

Anyway, my menu today consisted of....

Break - 2 sausage links and gravy, 1/2 bun, unsweetened tea w/stevia
Lunch - Red's organic chicken/cheese burrito, white grapes
Dinner - grilled pub wings, 1/2 order hand ciut fries, 2 lite beers

My goal is to have a 500-cal deficit every day. Today I'm at 315....I guess I need to do some stairs because I sure as heck am not going back outside. It's 25 degrees!

Oh my goodness, I have been so busy the last couple of days! Anyway, I weighed 169.5 yesterday and 170.5 today. It looks like it may be another one of those months when I circle around 170! :dizzy:

PrairieQueen, I'm so sorry to hear your DH failed his swallow test. He is still in my prayers! :hug:

Trish, I hope the Livestrong slow carb plan works well for you! :crossed:

SeeMyFeet, yay on the ticker move! :bravo: And what great news on the DcollegB's 4.0! That's awesome! :cp:

Carol Sue, yeah, I don't know about the purse kraut, lol! Then again, I may have to look into eating more cabbage since I need more veggies in the winter, so maybe! :lol: I too need to start eating less, at least at night. The last couple of nights, I feel like I have just eaten and eaten! I'm only eating slow carb foods, but eating too much of any food, especially late is not good. :nono: I have stopped taking sips of water between bites. I may have to go back to that, just so I'll give my body a fair opportunity to feel full before I stuff it with more food. :hungry:

.....I'll not be asking for any tissues from you guys...

Wow! Your DB must be skin and bones, PQ...hope he recovers his ability to swallow p.d.q......And additional EXCELLENT benefit of swimming is increased tolerance to cold.....I left the pool this morning with flip flops and wet hair in 32F, rainy weather, and I welcomed the cool-down. Not sure how that is gonna work when it's -10...maybe my hair will break off and I can finally get a haircut.

I'm Lovin'Lovin'Lovin' this MoveTheTicker game, Jac. The worrywart in me is wondering if it's not real fat loss, just something about the change in schedule. I'm working on getting into an earlier schedule and avoiding calories past 8pm (slaps hands), too.

oh...posting menus

B: oatmeal (no raisins) n coffee
L: small, boring salad; few chunks of pineapple
S: ~20 mixed nuts
D: 1/2 C black eyed peas; ~1/3 C leftover zucchini stir fry

821 cals; 103 total carbs (50%); 13% protein; 792mg sodium (yes, including the salad dressing and nuts and salt added to veggies). Not low carb by %, but I'm more focused on avoiding processed carbs and getting nutrition from fruits and veggies.

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Jacqui_D I said I wasn't going to do CAD, but I seem to have feel into doing the carby meal but I'm using the slow burn carbs in it. So I'm going with it. My other 2 meals are low carb.

P.Q. I'm sorry DB didn't pass the swallowing test, but we will keep praying that he will recover that too. He truly is blessed to come through so much and doing as well as he is. It just takes time for the body to heal. Years ago a doctor told my daughter that it takes a year to get over a surgery. Look what all your DB has come through so gloriously. I'm sure the Lord will complete the healing that has begun in him. :hug:

You and Carol Sue Talked about the kraut so much that I picked up a big bag of coleslaw and put most of it in one of my crockpots this morning. I used the recipe for the purse kraut because it is quicker, but will let it set for a few days before using it. I didn't measure ingredients since I was making a bigger batch so not sure how good it will be. I used ACV and EVOO in it and the soy sauce. So will see by the weekend how good it turns out.

SMF I am also setting my goal to not eat anything after 8 pm myself.
Maybe we can accomplish this together. :) Good job going for the swim, however, I'm not sure about coming home in such cold weather. I hope you were wrapped up. I do remember years ago those people who used to go out in the ocean in freezing weather claiming it felt so goo to them and healthy. That was the days of Jack La Lane and Paul C. Bragg. LOL Any way you be careful doing that.

As I said above, I didn't plan to stay on CAD, but it just works better for me eating with DH. We ended up going out to Golden Coral. He loves the fried fish there and it is so much better for us to have all those veggies to choose from rather than going to his favorite fish place Long John Silvers where the only veggie I can get is coleslaw.

I did good. I didn't get my usual dessert when we eat at GC. When we didn't eat there so often, I would make it a CAD meal and have my favorite which is carrot cake. My weight has been up a bit lately due to eating carbs outside my carby meal and the good thing about me weighing everyday is that I was 1lb yesterday from being back down to my ticker weight. I know their food with the sodium usually makes me gain 2 or 3 lbs. So I got 1 fried fish fillet and 1 fried chicken thigh. I wanted mashed potatoes... just wanted the taste so I got about a tablespoon of them and put low carb veggies with that. Decided instead of the cake for dessert that I would eat fruit instead. The good thing is that tracking on MFP I had 1601 calories and my carbs/protein/fat ratios were all within the percentages allowed. The only thing that was higher was the sodium. This morning my weight is right with the ticker. So I lost a lb rather than gain. :carrot:

My exercising is better to. I was able to do over 3 miles in 25 minutes this morning. I think I have found my way of eating. I consider the slow burn carbs a big help with this.

Carol Sue You and I have been talking about the sodium. In the New Atkins books they say in order to keep from having leg cramps like I get to be sure to get enough salt. So I'm thinking since we are doing a relatively low carb woe of eating that maybe the little bit we go over sometimes isn't a big deal. I notice now that I'm planning my meals on MFP that sometimes I'm not meeting the 2300 g limit so hopefully the days I do go over will balance out. I sure do hate waking up early in the morning having to jump out of bed (not an easy thing these days LOL) to walk off a leg cramp. So I think that as long as I'm not going over by 1000 g, maybe I'm ok since I am basically doing a moderately low carb way of eating. I check my bp everyday and the last few days it has been normal which is good.

My family seems to have theirs all over the place. Daddy's goes sky high and then it goes so low he almost passes out. I hope to keep mine normal.
I used to think low bp was good, but I had an aunt who died from hers. My doc said that they have meds to raise it but the meds are dangerous. My parents didn't add salt to food for years, but they would often eat high sodium foods. Daddy said his bp was low for years then all of a sudden after Mama died he had high bp. They have a difficult time regulating his. I don't want that problem and hopefully the way eating the way I do I won't have it either.

Boy I'm wordy today. I guess I better get out of here and do something else. Y'all have a great day Everybody.

Right back atcha! LOL It sounds like a new exercise routine!

I went to the PCP today to get my new RX for diabetes meds. I am going to try very hard to get my BG back down with diet and exercise, but will have pills if I need them.

Everything else was pretty good. I'm going to have DH measure me again. They said I'm down to 5'1". I need all the height I can get or my BMI will increase. LOL

Something else was low on my bloodwork. SGOT. Read up on it and if it's high, it's due to liver problems, but if it's low it's due to low Vit B6. Guess what low Vit B6 causes. Skin problems. Psoriasis????

PQ, sorry DB failed his swallow test and that he lost so much weight. Here we are struggling, and it just falls right off him. I hope he gets to eat soon. I love sourdough bread. It's supposed to be better for you, but still spikes my BG.

Okay, chickies, we are over 500 posts, so I have to shut this thread down, but the new thread is open now! Here's a link: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/othe...ml#post5227680. See you there! :carrot: