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I just realized that I didnt post today. I highlighted my hair this morning and its a little uneven. I will do it again in the next few days. I havent had highlights in a year or so but want it back for summer.
The scale was up today. The low yesterday was because of the Lasix. I'm up 2.6 lbs, but still lower than I was on Sunday. I don't know if it will continue to go up.
Blood sugar is still running too high. Im trying to ration my G so I dont run out ahead of time.
I got mail from the new doctor, with a card showing my appointment is at the end of April. I will have to look for the paperwork for my bloodwork and if I cant find it I will contact the new doctor and request new. I like to get the blood work done so we can discuss it at the appointment. My A1c is going to be high because I have had very high blood sugar readings.
Today went well. Of course we had Chinese so not sure how it will affect the scale or bs tomorrow.
DH started watching Dr. Berg again and now I want to start listening to him again. I drank green tea and dandelion tea tonight. I stayed OP so that is good. I did get the exercises done that I had planned to do. So I'm thankful that I feel more like I'm on some kind of a plan again.
Time to make some changes. Everything is up and don't know if I can do it but I have to really think about going back on low carb perhaps even Atkins. I've got to start thinking about all this more seriously.
Carol Sue I hope you are okay. I guess this is casino day for y'all.
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Scale was down surprisingly. 174.8. Blood sugar was 111 which is good for me.
I did my hair again this morning and its better. DH likes it. He said it brightens me up. I need make up though, with the darker hair I dont like makeup. ,
Yes,, today is casino day. He asked nicely if we could go. Didnt demand. But woe unto me if I said No. 😄💓
We will eat something before we go,so no dinner. Maybe the scale will go down again.
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Carol Sue Hope y'all have a good day at the casino.
I am going back on low carb. This is the only way to get rid of the inflammation that is going on in my body. It is a good thing that I am ready to go back to eating a lot of salads. I think salads and protein is the main way I need to eat. I need to go to the store and get the veggies that I want.
Weight and FBG stayed the same as yesterday. 171 lbs and 119 FBG.
Back on low carb as of today. Net carbs will be 129. Todays dinner will be shrimp scampi with salad. I watched some YouTube videos of Dr. Berg and I am giving up whole wheat and whole grains. I want to heal my immune system. Heal the immune system and a lot of health problems will go away.
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Sleep was good. Blood sugar up. Scale is good 173.6. Down 1.2.
Trish,you said net carbs will be 129. I dont think thats what you meant. I have to
I am gradually trying to improve my diet but I have been eating too much starch because
thats what DH prefers. I need to get back to eating more meat.
DH already said we are going to the casino to eat fish today, and I know he will gamble some, and I will read. I dont think he will go to the other casino until Lent is over because he likes this fish so much. The fish at the other casino is so-so. The other casino used to have fabulous fish called The Codfather. That was when they had a dining room restaurant. Now they only have the Food Court. They closed the dining room during the pandemic and never reopened it.
For some reason I'm not as hungry lately. Im out of mushrooms which I love to eat with my eggs. We have a list started for Walmart but I could get mushrooms at the local store 1 mile away.
Carol Sue You are right it was net 29 carbs. Today we are getting KFC on the way home beauty shop and seeing baby sister. The nice thing is that my net carbs will be 29. Weight was down .8 lbs from yesterday to 170.4, but the great thing is FBG was 103 this morning. BP 111/64 so I will continue doing low carb.
I go get my haircut this afternoon and then we are going to see baby sister. She has moved into a house with no steps so I can go see her now. We won't stay long, just go to say hi, give her and hug her and see where she lives. I haven't seen her in a good 2 yrs except when I was in the hospital. So I'm really looking forward to seeing her.
Please pray for DS as she is having so many bad side effects to the cancer treatment medicine. I really pray oncologist will be able to change her to a good medicine that her body will tolerate.
Listening to Dr. Berg, I think I need to change my way of exercising. Exercising stresses the body and raises cortisol and cortisol causes inflammation. So I'm still going to exercise everyday, I'm not going to do a whole hour each day. On days I do less I feel better, but when I do more, I end up feeling sleepy which I've heard means you are doing too much. So I'm wondering if that is an example of too much cortisol in my body.
Enjoy your reading at the casino and I hope your DH enjoys it too.
Weight down .6 lbs and FBG 109. BP is always good these days.
I found some ham from Christmas and we will have that cooked in green beans. Net carbs today will be 29.
Loved seeing baby sister and one of my nephews and his wife. Baby sister has shrunk to 4'11" but she looks great. She has done keto/low carb for years.
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I dont know what wrong with me that I cant remembervto check in.
Sleep was very good. Not a lot but very deep and restful I think weight was up a smidge,, even though I woke up with potty issues.
DH has not been doing well at the casino and last night was no exception. He gambled more $$ than I like, but its his money. A larger % of our income is his, not mine. We used to win most times, even a few hundred. We will soon go to the other casino once we are sure of theweather.
I'm glad you got to spend some time with family and see BS. And I'm glad she is doing so well! Im jealous! But if she is doing the right thing and I am not she deserves the results.
Carol Sue Glad to hear from you. I always wonder if you are okay when you don't check in.
Today went well. I got hungry later tonight but I didn't eat. I'm trying to get used to just 2 meals a day. I saw a recipe on a FB Keto diet. I didn't have any whipping cream so I took a box of SF Jello pudding and added a 11 oz Premier protein shake (had cheesecake) and some plain Greek yogurt and mixed it for 2 minutes like I would for regular made pudding. I topped it with SF cool whip and it was absolutely great tasting. The pudding is firmer and the flavor was awesome.
We will go to the store Monday and I will get more variety of raw veggies for my salads. DH buys huge bags of cheddar cheese so I took it and make it into 7 cheese crackers by making 7 piles on greased parchment paper and cook until it spreads and becomes crunchy. I'm good with this way of eating.
I sleep so deep I only get up 2 x's a night. Hard to get up in the morning because I want to sleep longer.
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Good sleep again. Scale is up again. I dont know how because I dont think Im eating as much. I havent remembered to track. I am stressing over some personal things and just need to calm down.
Blood sugar was better today but nogt where It should be or where I want it. The Allulose really helps.
Yesterday at Walmart I bought some of the Benedryl sleep aids that they use when I have my heart procedures. They are equal to 2 Benedryl. I only take 1 Benedryl for sleep but wanted tot have these just in case. They were only 88¢ For 8 capsules. If this is what I have to do to sleep without grogginess so be it.
DH usually runs into our dog groomer at the gas station but hasnt seen them lately. So we stopped at the shop yesterday to tell them Rusty died. We hugged and I cried and cried. They work with an animal rescue group and said she would watch for a dog for me. I told her I want one around Rustys size, either male or female, because we get them fixed. S!he said she will be calling me. Im ready, especially since winter is coming to an end. Its easier to house break them in nice weather.
Weight 172 lbs and I think FBG 115 but that is because I finished off the carby foods I had left to eat. So today I am strictly low carb. Sleep was good. Dr. Berg says having to get up to go to the bathroom during the night is from Insulin Resistance. Plus he suggests not drinking anything after dinner. I drank very little last night and still had a low carb and I slept from 1 until 7:30 before I had to get up and go potty. I will try to keep this schedule. I am only taking one Lasix each day and hope to be able to eventually stop them for good. I'm thinking that might be another reason weight was up a bit because I only took 1 Lasix yesterday. I'm really leary of taking it at all with a keto/low carb woe.
Carol Sue BS has little dogs. Hers is so cute and loving. They were so excited to see us and us them. She would have given me one out of the last liter she raised, but DH said no. I think he would have one now, but she doesn't raise them any more. I can't remember the mixture but they make awesome pets. We couldn't have handled having them when I was going through treatment, but we could do it now. Our problem is we never want one at the same time.
I'm glad you are finally able to get sleep. I think being able to sleep so deeply is helping me a lot.
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In the past we always had 2 dogs but then we cut back to1. I,would go back to 2 again. I really like dogs and we have been luckyvthat we never had a bad one. Rusty used to try to bite the groomer but other than that he just barked a lot. My friend had a dog that was debarked. The dog thought she was barking but nothing came out. She did alterations from her home and didnt want the dog barking when customers came.
I had a good breakfast but have only eaten junk since then.
Im so used to getting up up for the bathroom it doesn't bother me. I love drinking ice water in the evening and will probably continue.
