Hi everybody,
I know I haven't been around much. Lot's of stress around here. My dear uncle who lived with my family my entire life(up until 7yrs ago when he moved into assisted living across the street from me) was in the hospital the last few weeks and passed thursday nite. It took me 2 weeks to get him out of the VA hospital in the Bronx(he did not want to be there) and back up to the VA near me( where he worked and retired from) I finally got him up here wed of last week and he was only supposed to be there for 2 wks rehabilitation(he had a foley cath) Well, he died very peacefully at the age of 88 reading a Mary Higgins Clark novel. I visited him the nite he passed and he seemed ok accept for he was a little stressed from all the tests and the thought of all the docs they wanted him to see(he hadn't been to a doc in 59yrs) So I think he just wanted to go. The wake was today and the funeral is tomorrow morning. He only has one brother left. (out of 10 siblings) So I've been handling everything as his brother is flat on his back. So I haven't been following any plan. And tonight the got me and now I feel

I'm glad everyone sounds like they are doing well.

Rosey with the energy of a white tornado.

Deb, the pace you keep makes me tired. What do you think of the diabetic atkins? Sounds like it's working.

Pat, 5lbs!! woo hoo

Rosetta, we both have to get up, brush ourselves off and get going.

Well, I hope everyone had a good weekend.
Happy Halloween!!

Hi, all. I'm staying late at the office to netsurf and my fingers are frozen. The diet soda doesn't help, but... I'm back OP today. Brought my lunches to work for the week so I don't "forget" one and end up with a sandwich. I've been peeing all day so I must have lost a few pounds of water.
Pat - wow. 5 lbs. Way to go! I wish I had some of your energy. That's one of the motivations to lose weight. I'm tired all the time.
Rosey - Aren't you happy you stuck with Curves? You're feeling the payoff now.
Joanne - sorry you're not feeling well. Hope your GTT is negative, but if not, as Deb said, you have support here.
Donna - So sorry about your uncle. Even though he had a long life it's still sad to see someone go. I bet you're exhausted from all the arrangements you've had to make. I know you'll get back OP when things calm down.
Deb - I hope your headache is gone. Sounds like your work schedule is working to your advantage foodwise. Congratulations on staying OP.

Well Donna my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

As for the Atkins I do think its catching up with me. I seem to be having a bout of consti - you know what. And It's a real pain in the you know where.

SO I'm not feeling my best to say the least.
for now we'll just see where this leads. I'm really tired also. I'm just slap out of it today. Hope everyone else is doing well.
Deb

hi
deb be sure you are drinking enough water for the const- if all elxer fails try chocolate with malitol.
donna [hugs] hope all gets better,
rosetta you sound like you are op. good going,
hi to rosey abd joanne. pat

Hi, Deb. Your tiredness might come fromt he screwy schedule. However, it may help if you take a daily vitamin to cover anything missing from your diet. As to your --ahem-- Pat has a good idea about water. I don't know what the malitol is but it's probably like metamucil or other such things on the drugstore shelf. You might also consider getting some wheat or oat bran and putting a couple of spoonfuls in your juice or some other liquid. I've bought some oat bran for that purpose and also eat Kavli crackers or Ry Crisp with my meals. It helps. Anyway, I hope you get over this problem soon and are back to your old self.
I've managed to stay op so far today. My problem is I wake up during the night and am so hungry I can't get back to sleep. I eat as late as possible but that doesn't seem to help. Maybe I'll get some nonfat milk and drink a glass when I wake up.

This is for Donna. I've been meaning to ask - how do you download the ticker and get it in your post? I haven't a clue.

Well here to say things are finally moving along. And boy am I glad.
Rosetta I've never been much for taking vitamins But you may have something. In fact I used to not take many pills at all. But we all know that's now a thing of the past. So what's one more.

I have been adding a few carbs back into the diet. Not many but I think I had cut back way to far. Right now I'm at 30 gr. a day. Trying to eat smarter so I get the bigest bang for the buck so to speak. And have noticed that I feeling a little better than before. I think cutting back to far and keeping the long hours may have put my system into stress mode. So I'm trying the check and adjust thing right now.

Did finally get on the scale and lost 6 pounds. I'm glad I haven't been a slave to the scale. I know in the past it just always messed with my head if I didn't see the scale move everyday. I know that's not realistic, but try telling that to a woman of size.

Donna hope your feeling much better, and I still have you in my thoughts and prayers.

Rosetta and Pat thanks for the tips. Hope everyone is doing well.
Love ya,
Deb

Deb - for losing those 6 pesky pounds. You're well on your way to the Thanksgiving Challenge goal. Glad you're feeling better. Good idea to add back in some carbs if you're feeling squiffy. I slept a little better last night but am hungry all the time. Although I'm not following Atkins my low calorie diet is pretty low carb and low fat and I'm getting cravings for bread and butter. sigh. But today is day three and I've been op so far. As for vitamins, I take a daily Centrum Silver and just count it out with my weekly pills. Am thinking of adding those calcium chews too, but I'll check out the calorie count first.
Keep on trucking (as we said in the '70s).

Hi everyone.. sry ive not posted..we have had a bizzard and power outages.. i guess winter is here to saty am leaving for curves soon.. i am noticing a diff in how i feel..but the scales arent budging i guess i need to pay more attention to how much i am eating even tho i have been making good choices..what i really want is a whole pie and a pot of coffee im craving sweets again i made a batch of sf russian tea..its nice and hot and sweet but no sugar..its one jar of instant tea..12 tubs of sf crystal lite sunrise or sf tang..i pkg of koolaide lemonade powder..3 tsps cinnamon..mix all together.. add one tsp to cup of boiling water.. you can adjust to taste..some like it sweeter so you can add more if you like.. i drink this all the time.. maybe you all would like it too..congrats to all the loosers and continued success for us all (((((hugs)))))) rosey

HI Everyone,
My name is Alana and I have type 2 diabetes and I have just started the GI diet would like any advice you could give me , I have always had a weight problem and have tried heaps of diets and always lose the battle I need help So I have decided to look for help though finding people with the same problems

Thanks for listen hope you can help me Alana

Ps how do download the tracker

Hi all:Rosey, I'm thinking Cherry pie! Your drink recipe sounds intriguing. Doesn't the caffeine keep you awake? You might want to start keeping a food journal to see how much you're eating. There may be something sneaking in there that's keeping you from losing. I guess your winter has arrived. The only snowy winter I have experienced was the year I lived in Iowa. that was enough for me. Our winter has arrived early too. Cold (like 50 degrees ) and some rain. Yippee! I've been OP for the 4th day in a row. Feel better. The weekend will be the test. Hope you had a good workout at Curves.

Alana - are you taking any medications? That will make a difference in how you lose weight. Glucophage (Metformin) will help you lose, but all the others, like Actos, Glucotrol, etc., make it difficult, but not impossible to lose. As for diet, the guidelines for diabetics are somewhat vague, but basically it means eating frequent small meals and controlling the carbs and fats. There are websites with good information, such as the American Diabetes Association. Both WebMD and Dr.Weil.com have special sections for diabetes information. I have a lot of weight to lose so I'm doing a low calorie diet, keeping the GI in mind. Deb (2round) has recently started Atkins for diabetics. Do you have a nutritionist available in your health plan? That might be a place to start. Exercise is very important, something I need to address. keep coming back to this thread and let us know how you're doing.

As for the tracker, I got the instructions from another thread, I don't recall which one. anyway, go to tracker.com, copy the instructions in "v bulletins" (this is the first one you come to) come back to 3fc, click "quick links" then "edit signature" and paste tracker in there. I think you have to go back and recopy and paste every time you want to change the number.

Deb - how ya doing?

Hi everyone..wanted to let yall know i was weighed and measured today at curves..still cant weigh on their scale but the measuring showed ive lost 3 1/4 inches whohooooooooo i was really happy with that..and i know ive lost just not how much yet.. wanted to share (((((((hugs)))))))) rosey

Hey all I'm here again on the nite shift. I slept for about 10 hrs. must have needed the rest. So now I'm feeling great.

Rosetta just hang in there. The cravings will go away. If this were easy none of us would be here. Glad your sticking to plan.

Rosey sorry you've been without power. I guess that's not that uncommon in your neck of the woods. But your doing great with sticking to Curves. And maybe looking at your intake will do the trick. Never heard of the tea but I'm a real Tea drinker and am looking forward to trying this for the winter months.

Welcome Alana hope you will enjoy our group. We all are here to help eachother in the fight over weight while trying to manage our diabetes. It's alot to handle all at once but you'll find a real nice group of women here who are supportive and have lots of great ideas. We'll be glad your here.

Well I really have to get some work done so ta ta for now.
Deb

Rosey:

just struggling along here holding my own. we are having a beautifol fall day must be in the 60's. but they keep saying winter is coming.

deb 6lbs is fantastic, way to go!!!

rosey good job on inches that is great. the tea sounds really good will give that a try. andWINTER I hear you ours is coming.
rosetta keep it up you are doing great. forget that cherry pte try just the dherries.

alana welcome!!

donna thinking about you. how's it going?
joanne hi. pat