I'm going back to Induction for at least a week. I haven't added that many carbs, but I am absolutely miserable today. I know I had a extra busy day, but I honestly believe it is the extra carbs that has caused me to feel so sluggish. We leave on our trip a week from this Friday and not sure how I will be able to do this on the trip, but DH said for me to just do the best I can on the trip and not to worry if I can't do it all.

Too tired for individuals, I'll do that tomorrow. Just wanted to make the commitment.

Good morning. I could swear I posted in here yesterday but maybe it was a brain fart!

Weight is now 192.8 and would have been down a bit more if I hadn't indulged in both French bread and pasta for dinner last night. FBGL is up a bit from my usual but no real problem. I need to find a happy balance of carbs because yesterdays FBGL was 2.7 after just meat and green beans for dinner. I'm old enough to know better, right?

My cold is now at the coughing stage but I'm doing fine. I did sleep until 6:30 this morning which seemed to help.

On with the day!

You know, I think that sometimes we all try to be too perfect -- then, if we don't live up to those high expectations, we dump on ourselves. We need to look at what we are doing right; and what we are doing well -- and pat ourselves on the back for those accomplishments, however large or small.

RUTH ~ well, lean meat & green beans is a bit lean for you; so all you need to do is a add in a small serving of some kind of healthy hardy carb with that meal; maybe a little brown rice or barley, or a nice mixed cabbage slaw. Maybe pasta & french bread was a bit much, but maybe just the pasta alone would be OK. We had wg spagettini (measured) with mini-meatballs with lotsa veggies in the sauce (mushroom, zucchini, green peppers, onions) last night. I had a baby cucumber salad on the side as well; boy was I full or what? On pasta day, I have less grain carbs for BF & lunch, so I can have the pasta with my dinner.

TRISH ~ maybe you added back in too many. My body needs some grain carbs, or I start to feel dizzy and light-headed, even nauseated & weak. As long as I keep them balanced and in small portions, I am fine. I know that I am blessed and that others may not have the same experience; but eventually, you will find out how many you can tolerate and still feel well.


Today was my BD, so we went out for lunch, but I will still be under my maintenance cap for the day; and maybe even under. Have to remember that this is only once a year. I just chose KFC; nothing fancy as we don't go there much anymore and I just had a hankering for that chicken.

Afterward, we went for a nice long walk to counter any extra calories; I had planned this ahead of time to wear some of that lunch off. Now, we will have a very small, light dinner tonight to finish the day.

We had lovely all day long; what a nice little extra gift that was for my BD. I have been drinking more green tea lately and have found that it is easier on my tummy than the regular black stuff. I am becoming a big fan; and I picked up a sample of pomegranate green tea just to try it out.

Hope you are all having a lovely fall week ... Rosebud

Trish, good for you making the committment. I will go there with you. Have been good today, on plan, and while I didn't do a lot of "exercise" formally, I stacked our winter firewood with my husband. Lots of lifting and carrying. I used really careful body mechanics and didn't lift much at a time, trying to take care of my back. Had a long day yesterday with lots of driving, which seems to be the worst thing for it, but used my husband's car and my obusforme seat cushion, and so far, so good.
Hubby gone for the weekend. Just me and my dog and occasionally, the teenage daughter.

Sorry another flyby. I intended to do individtuals today, but I am having trouble with my stomach tonight almost nauseous at times. Will try to do it and catch up tomorrow. I made Heroin wings and I think the oregano was too much for me.

Rosebud HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Hope it was a good one. I think I will eventually add low carb friendly fruit. Not sure about the grains. We will see. My FBS was down a little more this morning, but not back down to where it is supposed to be.

Fatmad Glad to have the company on Induction. I've been good, but not feeling well. Besides the oregano making me sick, I think I'm experiencing a little bit of the things we get going off carbs... tired and weak... very sleepy today. Have no energy. Be glad when this passes. But I hate that bloated feeling I had yesterday from too many carbs more. So I have the incentive to continue the Induction regardless of how it makes me feel.

I'm going to get off this cp and catch you guys tomorrow.

I am having a terrible, horrible, no-good very bad day. Some of it is my own fault. Had a big argument with my teenaged (18) daughter. She's a bit old for me to say she ran away from home, but she is staying with friends for the weekend.
My husband is away. Poor guy, he feels like he is in the middle of things when she and I fight, and this happening within an hour of his leaving is bad.
I may have flown off the handle more easily due to low blood sugar, I am adhering absolutely to induction.
Maybe some of you have been through this before. I am feeling like she is an ungrateful brat. she sucks me dry, and spits in my face.
WIth anyone else, she is wonderful. She is supportive and attentive and caring. She is smart and funny.
I am trying to remember when she last asked about my day, and she has never tried to learn about pre-diabetes, my diet, or anything.
THis is probably typical behaviour, but I am taking it very personally, and I'm aching inside.
There, rant over. I will not binge, I will not binge, I will not binge. Going to eat some celery now.

TRISH ~ THANKS, and good idea; start with the low carb berries and see how it goes from there ... since some people have a hard time doing the induction long term, why not just cycle it now and then? Every other day; or would that cause a BS problem?

MADELEINE ~ you will not binge ~~ YOU WILL NOT BINGE ~~ YO U -- W I L L -- N O T -- B I N G E !!!


We had two busy days shopping and errands; so got lots of extra walking in this week, and some sore feet to go with that. Stayed home today and just did laundry and the daily house stuff here. We had lovely for the last few days ... and hoping for some more next week too.

Have a wonderful weekend, ladies & gents .... Rosebud

This past week has been a struggle for me. I'm just not making it very well. FBG hasn't been great either. I have good days with it and bad. Didn't eat a lot of anything yesterday but tried to stay very low carb and BS was 138 this morning. I'm thinking it is knowing I have to deal with this trip the end of this next week. I'm really dreading it. However, I am even more convinced that I have to get this all under control. I'm wondering if I've been dealing with denial or just fighting the idea of it. Rosebud, I think you might be right about me adding too much carbs too fast.

I've decided that I have got to get serious and think of some healthy foods to take with me on the trip. I'm going to look at some of the tuna products and maybe take some of them.

fatmad I sure hope things work out with you DD. I went through so much with mine, but things did get better over time. Somewhere along the way they learn how important Mama is to them.

Leanne, Ruth, CandEs, Lindyloo and everyone else

Y'all have a great Sunday afternoon and evening.

Hey, everyone!! Will be back later! Just wanted to say hi!

I did not binge, but actually got more strict with induction. I am finally back to ketosis, so I hope that will help.
I will be arranging for family counselling with DD and me and DH, he is very torn up. I am more worried for him than myself or DD. Emotional stress like this really destroys him. Frankly, we have to find a way to manage life in the same house just for another 10 months, then she will be gone to university.
She's 18 acting much younger at times, others like a real person. Still volatile. I am at times too and she really knows how to push my buttons. and chooses to push them and keep pushing until I lose my temper.
I guess I shouldn't take it personally, but she says really hurtful things when she is angry. this is gonna be tough, and ongoing for a while.

trish, just stay low carb and don't sweat perfection for this trip. It will be ok.
I have to stay very low on the carb ladder to get anywhere, maybe this won't always be so, but it is frustrating not to be able to add in healthy carbs and go up the ladder yet.

ttfn everyone.

Mad, I went through the same thing with my daughter and it was pretty horrible. However, we are good friends now. Hang in there.

I still have the dregs of the cold I brought home from Italy so am not going back to the gym this morning although I probably should. Weight is stuck again after a fairly indulgent weekend. Fruits and veggies will be pushed this week.

Wishing everyone a good week.

Hi everyone..........

I have not been around the past few days as I have had my granddaughter with me for the past 3 days. I really enjoyed having her here but was glad when it was time for her to go home.

Why is it that I can't keep it together making healthy food choices and keeping up with the exercise if something new is put into the picture. I made poor choices and did not exercise the whole time she was here. I gained back 3lbs that I had lost. This is something I need to work on as it really throws be back and makes all the hard work I've done seem like it was for nothing.

I did exercise this morning and so far have made healthy food choices.

Sorry that I'm not going to comment on each individual today but know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers.

I am waiting on a call from the Unemployment Security Office between 1pm and 3:30pm today. They had already sent me something in the mail after I filed for unemployment asking me to explain why I quit my job and I sent them back a page and a half explanation and now they are going to be asking more questions. I don't have clue as to what to expect. Will just have to see and just be a honest and truthful as I know how.

Anyways have a great day

Leann

Leann, I hear you. Its so easy to let things slip when there is a change in routine. Maybe that why I am getting so strict now, I am afraid that anything I do differently will just mess me up worse. So the routine is whats helping me weather the storm.
Update, we are speaking civilly today, but aren't chatty or anything.
I didn't call the counsellor this morning, as my co-worker called in very sick and I had to take over for her for a while. So thats on for tomorrow.
also, am not feeling very well today, physically that is, but wouldn't be surprised if that is a result of the emotional stress I have been going through.
thank you everyone for your supportive words and encouragement.

Well, we started out with ***** but that melted and then the came out for the rest of the day ... yeah! Just had a quiet weekend at home and read a great historical romance too. I seemed to be hungry this weekend and really had to watch the munching; but I made a nice roast chicken dinner tonight with lots of roasted veggies. That always makes me feel better ...

RUTH ~ hope you get over your cold really fast ...

Hope you all have a wonderful week coming up; just keep on, keepin' on ladies; and it will all work out in the end ... Rosebud

Ruth Hope you get over the cold and feel better soon.

Leanne I know exactly how you feel. I've gained 2 lbs back that I had lost too. I've been thrown by this stupid trip we are making. However, I am counting calories taking it easy and believe it will work out okay. Good luck with the interview with the Unemployment Sec Office.

As I said, I decided that my eating was so wild and my FBS was going up so I'm just counting calories right now and staying more whole foods style of eating. Interesting thing is that the FBS was 135 mg/dl this morning and 2 hrs after our main meal which was a good "balanced" meal my BG was 110 mg/dl. So maybe this is the way for me to go. I will do this throughout the next week till we get back from our trip and re-evaluate things when I see the results. I will take my materials and continue to check FBG each morning. Keeping my calories under 1500 daily.

Will try to check in once a day. Next 3 days are very busy as we get ready to leave Friday morning.

Have good evening.