Our high today will be in low 50s, then 3 days in 30s with nights in 20s or less. Friday will be in 40s and then our weather will start going back up. Since Easter is usually cold, not sure if this will be the end of our cold weather or not. DH got a call from Pharmacy yesterday and we have to go get a prescription for him before next Monday so we will probably go Thursday or Friday.

Weight and FBG up today. Weight is up because I thought I took my Lasix yesterday but it was on the table when I got ready to go to bed and I wasn't about to take it and I sure wasn't taking it at 1 am. I took it this morning. I know I don't weigh 169 lbs. FBG was 117. I think that was from eating 3 meals yesterday. I will still try to spread my food within 8 hrs or less.

This morning, I drank a protein shake and will eat dinner and a snack. I like to quit eating by 5:30. I notice DH gets hungry around 2ish lately. I may talk him into eating around 2 so I can stop eating by 5ish.

Carol Sue I hope you can get a plumber to come fix your sink. DH always fixes ours. DGS worked as a plumber and always tells me not to call a plumber if I need one because he is a plumber. The problem with getting him to do anything I need is he can't get here when I need him. So I'm thankful DH can do what we need.

Have a good day.

DH has fixed this sink in the past, and was working on it when a part broke. Son in law was helping him and offered to call his friend who does plumbing. But now his wife was hospitalized and we dont know what will happen now. The part that broke is the part that holds the garbage disposal. I dont know if we need a new disposal or not. I just want to use my sink. This man also works a full time job.

I should go back to taking my Lasix but I dont know if I still need it. I have so many issues when I take it.

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Wednesday

Good sleep. I seem to sleep better now that I go to bed earlier. Blood sugar was very high at bedtime. I ate too many carbs yesterday. I took my meds and had a cup of tea with Allulose and FBG was 86 this AM.. But the Allulose did not help with the scale. I'm up 1.2 to 177.8. We ate only sandwiches and I had ice cream. I havent been able to eat deli turkey since Rusty died. He loved it but would not eat it on his last day. But I bought some packaged sliced turkey and am eating that so I will probably start buying the deli turkey breast again.

Today, Son in law and the plumber friend are coming around 3:30. His wife is home from the hospital recouperating but now they need another car. I guess they will decide what they need to repair the sink but I dont know when it will be fixed. DH mentioned that he might do it but would rather have it fixed by the professional. Right now there are no pipes under the sink and if we turn on the water it will go all over the kitchen. DH says he knows how to fix it but its too hard to crouch down in that little space for that long at 82 years old.

We got some money out of our Heloc so we can pay him cash for this. We have another week til SS Day. I wish I was born rich instead of so darn good looking.😁

Carol Sue I don't know what happened this month unless the inflation/economy just caught up to me. It feels like it has been a long month until SS payday. I need to look and see if we had an extra Wednesday in December or January. Of course, paying all the taxes at the end of the year and having to pay high prices for DH Eliquis and Farxiga doesn't help. We used to get samples from doctor but not able to get them anymore. Really having to watch budget closer than I used to. The fact that a lot of things have gone up including food doesn't help.

I got up an hour early so I could get everything done before DH got up but it didn't work because he got up 2 hrs early. I shouldn't complain with all he does, but he wants to talk and I want to read and have my quiet time. He will probably sleep after dinner which is strange since he went to came to bed at 5:15 this morning.

Weight was back down to 167.4. FBG was 106 and bp very good. I had my eggs, bacon and toast for breakfast and have chili in the crockpot for later. I do better on 2 meals and a snack. I slep good and got up only 2 times during the night. It was 18 degrees when I got up and went down to 17 before starting to go back up to 22 degrees today and supposed to go up to 30 high today. Will be back in the teens again tonight.

Still have one more set of exercises to get done today and I'll be finished. I hope you get your sink fixed. Stay warm.

Trish, I hate when we have an extra Wednesday.

There is a house down the street from us that is going to cave in. The ground around it is caving in. DH used to be friends with the owner but he died and now his wife has moved out. Our neighborhood is built over abandoned mines. An apartment complx caved in but was repaired. we can buy mine subsidence insurance, so I gues I better look into it. Regular insurance doesnt cover it.

The plumber is here. He looked, and now went to get the parts. No garbage disposal! 😩 I will just be happy to be able to use the sink.😀

The sinknis fixed. The sprayer is leakng but I rarely use it.

Glad you got the sink fixed. My sprayer leaks too so I don't use it. We say we are going to replace it but never have.

Another cold night tonight. I got a new neck pillow I bought to use when I have my infusion. I used it sitting in my recliner because my neck has really been hurting and my neck felt so good I slept most of the evening.

Glad you got some sleep after your infusion.

I slept very good again. No wake ups for the bathroom until I got up. FBG was,108, thanks to the Allulose. Scale is up .2 or .4 I dont remember. I feel pretty good these days, not as tired, energy coming back. My only problem is my bad right knee. It buckle every once in a while and I have a risk of falling. Its,scary. I wear a brace but it doesnt help much any more. Shots would raise blood sugar. I take a supplement but they might be too old to work well. My knee doesnt hurt a lot, but just doesnt work as it should. I dont really want surgery.

DH might replace the sprayer on the sink. Otherwise I'm glad I can wash dishes, mainly pots and pans. The charge to have this done was very reasonble so we gave him extra since he came out after work. He works with son in law. Step son works at the same place. It is one of the best employers in this area.

Carol Sue I didn't have an infusion yesterday. I bought a new neck pillow to replace the one they gave me when I first started having infusions. The one they gave me had broken down and didn't help when I got my infusion last Friday. I can use it at home as well as when I have infusions. In fact, I may end up getting a new one to replace the one I use in bed.

Weight is bouncing up and down and I need to start back on low carbing. I don't know if it would be keto but I sure need to think about it. I like the way we are eating for the cold weather, but I need to get back to weight loss eating. FBG was 109 and pb up a little, but still normal. So nothing to complain about there. Sleep was good and I got up early this morning.

Chili dogs for dinner today. I'm not eating after 4pm but that doesn't seem to cause weight loss but fairly stable.

Glad you have your sink working.

Hope everyone has a good day and stays warm and safe.

Trish, I tried to post this but could not. Someone posted on Twitter "Texas is closed today while we look for our jackets" Are you having a cold spell?

I ate brekfast and lunch so I'm not hungry for dinner. I had eggs, tomato slice and a slice of SL toast. We ran out of mushrooms. DH cooked Ramen noodles and I ate some of them with cooked carrots. I dont usually eat both breakfast and lunch.

DH is saying he want pizza but doesn't want to deal with traffic to pick it up. However, what do you think he would say If I said "Lets go to the casino.". Same direction, same traffic. Today he was looking at the calendar and asked me when we get SS. He is getting the itch.

Carol Sue The past 2 days were our coldest days and I would not be surprised if some places closed down north of us. We live in the Waco area which is called the Heart of TX. I think some people got snow but we didn't. Also the highs were barely above freezing. One place was low -1 and I heard they had finally gotten up to 1 degree. I was cold all day but DH had turned the heat down because he was hot so I stayed covered up most of the day.

I agree your DH would not mind traffic if you suggested going to casino.

DH is going to the local store to get his medicine that has to be picked up today. They used to keep it for 10 days but now will only hold it for 7. I assume it is the rule of new Part D insurance. We need strawberries and blueberries. It is still cold although not as bad as it was because it will be in the 30s or maybe even low 40s for a high today. I slept late and will have to work to get my exercises done today.

I've decided to work toward getting back to a lower carb woe. I want to work at getting weight down to 150s. Weight this morning was up .2 which isn't a weight gain. I'm thankful I am stable, but want better. Also my FBG was 114 so I want to get that back down below 90s.

Have a good day.

I posted but lost it.

I heard there was snow around Dallas but not a lot.

We went to Rodneys and I had a salad and a piece of his fish. He wanted to go to the casino. They have good fish there but I know he would not go to eat and not gamble. I hatecrhat he now knows how easy it is to get money from our Heloc .He better not think we are doing that all the time. I will just have to be firm .

Last night we got pizza from a new local place. It made me sick. I had to take pepcid. He liked it. I dont know what I will do if he wants it again.

You are doing good with exercise. I need to get moving. And also shorten my eating window.

Maybe I will make soup tomorrow.

Good sleep. I'm sleeping so well these nights. I think its the supplements I take. Sleep is very important especially since I spend so much time on my tablet exposed to blue light. Sleep is when your body rests and restores,repairs. Then I get up the next day and do the same thing.

Blood sugar was 100. I n ever got FBG numbers before I started using Allulose. Im so glad you told me about. this. I can take less G and G causes weight gain. I dont think it makes me gain but prevents me from losing. Maybe someday I can stop taking it.

The scale is up to 178, up .8. These ups and down are fluid shifts, not fat gain or loss. I just wish it would go down faster but Im too sedentary and eat too many carbs and sugars. We never used to have ice cream all the time like we do now. We buy cheap ice cream at Dollar General that is very good. Its only $3.75 and Dollar General is only 1 mile away. I used to buy a lot of other things there,too, some food, paper products, Shampoo, tooth paste. paIn relievers, Pepcid. Now I just buy all that at Walmart or get it free thru our insurance. The local grocery store is close too but they are expensive. They have good sales and you can save a lot of money if you shop their sales.

I have to place an order with our insurance to get free OTC products. I get Tylenol, Pepcid, tooth paste, Aspirin, and many other things. We used to get $80 each every quarter. This year they raised it to $180 each. I dont know how Im going to spend that much. Sometimes I get things for step daughter, too. Do you get that with your Insurance? Its probably available.

Im ready for my eggs,,I hope DH cooks soon.

I forgot that I had not checked in today. Sleep was good, but I slept a little later than I like to on Saturday plus DH got up early. I don't mind him getting up early, but it is going to take some getting used to also I have to figure out how I'm going to get to do some of the things he doesn't like. I have certain shows I watch on tv that he doesn't care for.

Weight was up a little and FBG was 115. So I'm back to working at staying OP. I actually made my plan for today and stuck to it and ate it within 2 meals within 5 hrs. I just hope that I can do this everyday. But for now, I will just do it one day at a time. A good day.

Trish,I have a lot of shows I watch on tv that DH doesnt watch and vice versa. We rarely watch tv together because of this. Mostly I just watch what he has on. When I watch my soaps he watches tv in the bedroom. We dont like the same tv, we dont like the same food, we dont like the same entertainment. I dont know why we are married. Ok now I remember. There is something we both like! 😄

im getting upset that my weight keeps going up, but this is under my control.. Its what I do that makes it go up or down.

I forgot to check FBG.

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Carol Sue I'm not happy with my weight either. But what is working to get me back OP so far is my FBG. I think it was 106 or 107 this morning. That is because I behaved myself yesterday and kept my food to 2 meals and ate only healthy foods. I have decided that I have to start with my usual breakfast of eggs, bacon and toast with 1 sm mandarin orange. I am going to go back to eating a salad and my fruit/yogurt dessert made with allulose and then eat protein with it. Today is steak. I'm still having to work at drinking fluids because I can only drink so much coffee. It is supposed to warm up in the 70s this week and I hope to get more water drank.

Weight was down 1 lb today and I hope I can keep that happening. BP is very good too. I'm back to eating low carb again and hope to keep the total carbs between 50 & 70 g. I have to try to keep fiber grams around 15ish. The nuts I eat at lunch will help with that. Now to just do it. Hopefully we both will do better as spring comes along.

Have a good day Everyone.