Carol Sue I am so sorry about your wrist. I have that with my neck. I have a pillow I sleep on and sometimes it helps and then all of a suddenly it will not work at all. In fact, sometimes it seems like it makes it worse. For me I think it must have something to do with how I lay. I notice that now that I sleep without getting up so often during the night that I must stay in one position too long.

My most recent thing is the place where I got my flu shot sometimes feels like I it did when I was a kid and got a booster shot. It feels like I've use a muscle around it too much. It has been too long since I got the shot so I'm thinking that I must be turning on my side and laying on it during the night. As long as it doesn't get any worse, I can live with it. Thank God for Tylenol and Ibuprofin for my neck. I know I'm not supposed to use the Ibuprofin, but sometimes I just have to because it is all that works.

Rain finally let up sometime last night, but is due to hit us again later today. I was hoping the health center would make a run to Walmart for Daddy and others that go each week, but I guess they don't trust the weather. Monday thru Wednesday this next week is supposed to be nice so hopefully he will get to go then.

DBIL is pain free. DS said they put some kind of shot into the wound that takes care of the pain. Weird, but I guess it is good that he is pain free. They did the same thing with my niece when she had her surgery.

I ditched the old sauerkraut that I made because it wasn't making any bubbles and I decided that being packaged I didn't know what was in it. Yesterday when I went to the store I got an organic head of cabbage. I was going to get a red head too but it was so expensive for a non-organic head of cabbage. The head I got was small so I only got 2 jars out of it but I now have 2 jars of quality sauerkraut making. It started working right away. I only added just enough filtered water to cover the cabbage. I've decided to wait a week before trying it. I think I will start making it and keeping a newer batch going all the time. DH is so picky but I sure hope he will like this because it will be so good for his gut.

My FBS was 156 and weight was back down to 220.6. I sure hope I can keep it going. Not eating at night does work so well. I pretty much decided to eat like I was doing CAD before they told me I couldn't eat some of the things I was eating on the CM. It was my understanding that a CM is a low carb meal. When I put things in MFP, my breakfast of eggs, bacon and toast was low carb. Not CAD low carb, but low carb none the less. I always called my plan a modified CAD plan so that is what it will be from now own. Doing it this way also made it much easier for me to do just 2MAD. I do so need to stay at the 2MAD. If I can do this then this is exactly what I should be doing.

I went to the store and looked at the brand of butter that my cousin uses in her coffee and at almost $4 for 8 oz, I decided that I decided to just use what I have. I'm sure it is probably a better quality but too expensive for me. However, I got to thinking about it and I guess if I am going to use it only 3x a week maybe it wouldn't be bad. I will have to see. It is pure Irish butter and I don't know anything about their stuff if it is really Irish. I had my butter coffee this morning. I will wait and drink it again on Saturday as I will get into a habit of drinking it only on 3 days that I don't go anywhere just in case it affects me like the coconut oil coffee did.

Not much going on today. I've got a pot of spaghetti in the crockpot. I don't like the way DH likes making chili and spaghetti because he and his 1st wife made stuff just using canned products. When I cooked for Hubby #2 and our kids, I always made everything from scratch. Now it is just the 2 of us and it is easier to go the easy way. We get 2 meals from the chili when we make it and we will probably get 3 meals out of the spaghetti. I will add a salad along side it and also add some shredded Parmesan cheese to the spaghetti. I don't know why, but I read years ago in a Prevention book on diabetes that they didn't know why but Parmesan cheese makes certain foods diabetic friendly.

I'm trying to get used to eating my fruit and yogurt with what CAD calls a RM. I also read the other day that when you replace 1 serving of grains with what comes to about 2 oz tree nuts that it lowers bs. So I have also added a serving of grains with 2 oz nuts along with RM as a dessert. I think the fat in the nuts at lunch may be why I didn't get hungry last night. I do aim at not having more than 5 servings of grains. Seldom have 5. Hopefully this will help me to stay within a 5 hr eating window most days.

Fatmad, Pipscile and Lurkers I hope y'all are doing well.

Have a great day.

Wt 196 FBG 190. That was from Mac and Cheese at casino I think. I took meds. I don't know. Yesterday I had a McDonald's breakfast sandwich. By the time we got to the casino at 4 I was shaking. Didn't have my meter to see if BS was low so I ate Mac right away. Probably overdid it. So nothing today until bs comes down.

Feet and legs feel GREAT! Wrists achy. Both of them now. Staying off computer as much as I can. Do need it for some things. I don't know if that's a cause.

Step son makes sauerkraut. Big batches. I never tried making it. I want some pork and sauerkraut now that it's cold out. Tomorrow, because DH will want fish today.

BBL

Carol Sue Do you think maybe the weather change has something to do with the aches?

My FBS was 171 and weight back up to 222.6 this morning and it may be the pasta I had yesterday plus eating last night. I have good days and bad right now. I'm not sure why. I decided today not to follow any one plan. I am doing more of IE today. For example, I didn't want eggs and bacon or anything else but 1 slice of cheese toast and coffee with the 1/2 banana. I normally will add the other stuff when I don't want it just because I should eat it.

IE says eat only when you are hungry and eat what you are really hungry for NOT what you think you should eat. I was going to read The Beck Solution again but didn't. I think If I remember correctly it kind of reminded me of some of the IE guidelines. I'm tired of following rules I can't seem to stick with.

I'm trying to spend less time on pc too.

Have a good day.

I'm finding it difficult here at the conference. Very few gluten free food choices, not a lot of salads etc. We are complaining about it because more than half the conference fee is for the food. So frustrating to not have food as requested.
A little tired at the end of this, and look forward to seeing my family tonight. I think my cousin will serve chicken and rice, so nice and simple. I may even eat a little rice.
Hope your wrists feel better soon Carol
Trish, I know intuitive eating lets you eat what you want etc. but I think you don't do well with pasta, or at least with large servings of it.. I think we eat pasta differently than italians, who basically use it for a side dish, like we do with potatoes.

Fatmad I am so sorry you are having food difficulties at the conference. That sucks. It isn't just that you are trying to eat right for you diet, but you can pay some uncomfortable reactions from the gluten. It is a shame they didn't do a better job especially since you had to pay for it. I'm glad you will be going back home and more into a friendly food atmosphere.

I know you are right about the pasta and I don't eat it very often. In fact, eating it twice the same week just wasn't a smart move on my behalf. Thanks for the reminder. I stopped eating that kind of stuff and I can't even remember when I have eaten it last it had been so long ago. I think the last time I had pasta was when we went out to eat at Olive Garden when Daddy was still driving. I guess it has been way over a year. I probably won't use it any more because DH and I were both starving all evening. Obviously a food that triggers us to eat.

You have a safe trip home.

Carol - I hope the pain goes a way soon. Glad to hear your legs and feet are feeling better.

Patty- For fasting, I drink coffee with butter, cream and coconut oil as allowed by the book I have. It is The Complete Guide to fasting and Dr. Fung is one of the authors. Based on the book, I can have it so I include that time in my total fasting time. I think this falls under different things for different people.

Mad- I hope you have a nice visit with your relatives. Sorry to hear about the food at the conference. It is frustrating to have a plan but lack the access to keep it going a key time.

My FBS have been mostly in the normal range. This AM it popped back up into the pre-diabetic range. I had a tough night last night. My DD (13 yo) has dyslexia and is struggling greatly with schoolwork. She gets really emotional and is very frustrated. So far, she won't accept that she needs to do things differently from her peers to succeed but then she thinks she is "dumb". In reality she is quite clever. It is heartbreaking as a parent to watch her struggle so much. In the I end, I overate a lot and didn't take my meds or supplements. I am not surprised about the FBS bounce.

Still struggling to limit my calories and as a result my weight is about the same.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Popsicle I'm sorry to hear of your DDs struggles. I hope she learns to handle this. I kniow it makes it hard for you.

Trish we have always said we don't have to follow a set plan. Just do whatever works. I'm eating poorly today ....chicken noodle soup because I feel a cold coming. I woke up with a headache and I never get headaches. DH got fish and fries for his dinner and I ate some fries.

I think the wrist pain is from using the mouse. I used a wrist cushion when I worked and dug it out to use again. I am using my phone as much as possible. It should improve. I think my body does poorly with repetitive movement.

Did you ever visit the Beck thread here? Another mod runs it. You might find it interesting.

Wt 195 FBS 136 At 5AM I woke up to go to the bathroom and my blood sugar was 96. But I went back to bed until 9 and it went up. So I guess that was when the DP took effect. This is why I don't give a lot of credence to FBG. I am having black coffee right now. I will test again before I eat to see how high it gets. I never know if it's best to do that, or to take meds now to start it back down.

Cold symptoms are gone this morning, but it's so cold and damp outside they will probably come back.

Carol Sue So glad your cold symptoms are gone. It has warmed up here which is nice. High today will be 71 and it is 68 right now.

My FBS was 157 and weight was 222.4. It is a good thing I keep a daily count of everything or I would have been really upset. Weight is the same as last Saturday but the FBS is 10 pts down from a week ago. So I guess all isn't lost.

I found something yesterday called Low Carb Mediterranean Diet. I printed out the info from their PDF on there. What actually caught my eye was that the title Keto Mediterranean Diet which lead me to a sight that had info on Low Carb Mediterranean Diet.

One thing I did learn from the Keto info is that it can lead to brittle bones which my Bone Density revealed I have. I think that is from the time when I strictly followed low carb. So I am going to lean toward the LCMD. It means giving up the crackers I like with my salad. I will have to look for some of the crackers it recommends which I'm not 100% fond of. However, I am tracking on MFP again and I may just lean toward the LCMD along with the Leptin carb ratio recommended since I did do very well on that.

I have been Lurking on Beck Diet Solution and one of the things they stress on that is writing down what you eat , weight etc. So I agree that it is good to do so I am back to doing that. I will also work on getting back to exercising. I think I will get the book out and follow some of the things it suggests writing and reading daily. I think it helps to read those little confession things as it reminds me of why I'm doing what I'm doing to keep me on track.

I'm thankful I haven't damaged anything and I can get right back OP. One thing I did see from the LCMD is why the LC for Dummies book said eat no less than 3 serving of starchy carbs and no more than 5. He says in the LCMD that most diabetics cannot handle up to 6 servings of carbs a day. He says if you are coming off of a Keto diet, you need to gradually work up to 6 starting with 1 a day. It wasn't to clear to me as to how you proceed with that. He talked like trying 1 starchy carb a day but different one a day which I would think would mean it would take up to 6 weeks, but then it wasn't clear. You use your meter to see how that starch spikes you and also losing weight is your guide. If your not losing weight, you are eating too many carbs. He also says most diabetics can't eat more than 70 grams and lose weight. Interesting read.

Here is the link for anyone who wants to check it out
https://diabeticmediterraneandiet.co...erranean-diet/

Trish I think I agree with the 70 gm of carb for a diabetic to lose weight but I would not differentiate between starchy and non starchy. I count all carbs but consider complex to be less harmful. One number does not work the same for all. Bread products are the worst for me but I can have 1/2 cup of potato, pasta or rice without a problem. I think it would take a lot of veggies to reach 70gm of carb and the fiber in them lessens the effect. So if you really fill up with veggies the rest will fall into place. JMO

I bought the low-fat Cabot yogurt to try and I don't like it so I will go back to the whole milk version. Some lower fat things are tolerable but this isn't one of them for me. You never know until you try.

Now my pain is in my heel. Just can't win. I'm doing the heel stretches. I guess I should be very thankful for any days that are pain free.

Hi everyone: I'm home and have been fasting since Friday night, about 11 pm. Had a great visit with 2 cousins, an uncle and their families. I felt blessed that they could make time for me. My poor cousin hosting me was so embarrassed, she marinated the chicken in soy sauce, which has wheat. so I could not eat it. I had the veggies and rice and a bit of soup, and lots of wine. I was there for the people, not the food, but that's hard for a hostess when she makes a minor error like that.
The carb cravings have returned while fasting, no surprise with being off plan for 2 whole weeks. This morning weight is 161 and waist measurement is still 35.25 inches, so nothing major. I am making a plan for alternate fasting and feasting this week, and hope to get back down to the 150s again, and then further down soon.
Pipsicle, I am glad you got the book. Yes, I have heavy (whipping) cream in my tea even while fasting. Some call these "training wheels" but I don't really like tea without milk or cream in it, and what I have been doing is working well in terms of blood sugars and weight loss, so I feel no need to give it up. If you are fasting more than 24 hours, remember to have some salt and magnesium in there somewhere. I know its hard when you overeat and eat off plan to give yourself a break, but be gentle with yourself. I don't see posts from people saying that they were motivated to lose weight through putting themselves down for going off plan. I have to remember that as well.
My own DD is also very smart, but doesn't feel that way most of the time. Even when she gets good marks, she puts it down to anything except her brains and her hard work. We continually support her about it, but she suffers anxiety and depression and isn't always able to hear kind words. I am not sure if school districts have support programs for people with dyslexia where you live, but ensure she gets extra time for tests and exams etc should be the least they can do, and I hope there is more that you can advocate for.
Carol, I wonder if there are some gentle yoga programs online that you can follow, and do the stretches gently and regularly and see if that helps with pain. I'm a big fan, and I hope to get back to doing more yoga again, I really enjoy it.
Trish: hope that tweaking plans will work for you. If you can't do LCHF, finding what will work with IF and IE is important for you.

I will break my fast with a nice little lunch, and I have organized a community harvest potluck tonight, I am bringing lots of veggies to enjoy, another neighbour is roasting a (small) turkey. SO I will get Thanksgiving dinner after all! Maybe I will add a pumpkin pudding or cheesecake to the mix. Also planning a nice walk and some outdoor work today for exercise. Start back to work tomorrow, for the next two weeks.

Wt 196.5 FBG 146

Not much to report today. DH made home made potato chips yesterday and I tried making some from a sweet potato. They were good, but wilted quickly after they cooled, while the ones with the regular potato stayed crispy. They are very good, but I'm glad he doesn't make them often. He wanted chips and our store was out of the ones he likes.

And I had a Big Mac for dinner. So is it any wonder my weight is up? I haven't had a Big Mac for so many years. It wasn't as good as I remember them, but DH had a BOGO coupon.

Fatmad Good to see you back and isn't it wonderful that you can always fall back on veggies when something else isn't available. It is nice that you had such a wonderful visit with your uncle and cousins. You are so good at getting right back OP. It won't be long till you will be in the 150s again.

Carol Sue I've never tried making homemade chips or fries of sweet potatoes but I've seen the frozen sweet potato fries in the stores. I don't think I've seen sweet potato chips, but I bet they make them. LOL I always gain a little when I eat out unless I eat at a steakhouse and I think it must the sodium or maybe even MSG although most people say they don't use it any more. I think they hide under "natural" flavors.

I'm wondering if I should even check the FBS. Yesterday morning I tested around 9:45 and it was over 200 and I didn't think it was right. I figured maybe I hadn't cleaned my hands good so washed and got them warm and checked it and it was 157 just a few minutes later at 9:51. Same thing this morning. I checked it about 9:30 and it was 198 and checked it a few minutes later closer at 9:45 and it was 179. I think this is why my A1c is always so much better than my FBS readings.

Last night DH told me that he is noticing that on Saturday mornings his FBS is so much better than during the week. He said the only thing he does different is that he drinks beer instead of red wine. So different from what we have read. I have heard that red wine lowers bs, but it never has worked for me. I explained to him that it might be the grains in the beer. IDK really.

Any way, he is thinking about what to do. He saw an ad on tv for the Golo diet. So I looked it up. Amazon sells it and the reviews were good. Not excellent because it seems that it works for a lot of people, but it does not work for everybody so it was a 3 star rather than a 5. I ordered a months supply which will take care of the 2 of us. Supposedly IR is caused by a dysfunctional metabolism and this is supposed to correct the damaged metabolism. It is designed to help people who cannot lose weight very easily to lose weight. There is a diet plan and other instructions to follow which I read some of the diet plan on line and it isn't much different from the way DH and I eat now. In fact, when I printed out a copy of the recommended foods to eat, DH said "We eat this now". I read one review that said she hadn't changed how she eats too much, but she is losing weight. It doesn't promise more than 2 lbs a week loss. I could handle that.

DH asked me what I thought about us trying it and I told him that it would be so much easier for both of us if we did the same diet plan and did it together. I think the plan must not be much different from the old LF diet although I won't know for sure until the materials come. I will be spend the time while waiting for the pills and kit to learn what to get and how to cook. If it is low fat, it will be so easy to do. In fact, the first time I was told I was diabetic that was the way people were just starting to hear about eating. I asked my doctor how low fat was safe to go and they didn't even know yet. I cooked a whole Thanksgiving dinner that was make low fat and everybody loved the food. I got my bs under control and kept it that way for years. The biggy will be that DH and I will be doing this together. I know from dealing with this over the years that he had to get to this place. Now we can get well together. That is how baby sister and her DH got their health back. Their problem was High BP. I don't think either one of them is on meds any more.

Y'all have a great day.
Edited: Wanted to say that I found more info on GOLO diet plan and it is a Whole Foods woe.

Trish DH slices the potato very thin on a mandolin or hand held slicer and fries them in oil in a fry pan and lightly salts. I want to cut some sweet potatoes like French fries and cook them in the oven. I like sweet potatoes better than white...

Hope the GOLO plan works for both of you. I saw it on TV.

Wt 194 (Yay!) FBG 144

I think the reason my weight is lower is because I first got up around 7. My foot hurt, so I took pain meds and went back to bed to let it take effect. I fell back to sleep and didn't get up until 10. So maybe my weight is higher when I get weighed earlier in the morning.