WHEW! I am sure you are all very relieved. Now it's time to take care of YOU, Bonnie. Want me to come down there and cook for you? (I'd also give you a hug of encouragement.)

Not much happening here. I need to have a session with my new pharmacist and get my meds back on track. I promised my PT that I'd do that before my next gym session which is Wednesday so I guess that'll be first on the list for tomorrow. It was a carb binging weekend with the bake sale, syrup festival and BBQ but back on track as of supper tonight.

Thanks Ruth! Well I am a little upset right now . My daughter jest got home from Orlando they went on a little honey moon. Well by the time they got home she was sick she called me and asked if I would come get her laundry and wash them for her cause she was feeling good well I did . Our aunt went out to dinner to celebrate and when she got back home she asked whos laundry I told her and she said my daughter had to give her 20 bucks to do 2 loads of clothes and what ever she gave me was different from her that she will not do laundry here for free.
I pay her half of the water bill and half of the light bill and she has to pay her 20 bucks. I was like wow so when she brings her daughters clothes over here and washes them I am paying for the water and electric too. If you ask me she is the one making out here.........

BOnnie: I don't think Auntie is all there and don't let her take advantage of you. Maybe just keep it all on the quiet. Hope DD feels better soon, and glad that your younger daughter and husband are on board with helping you eat better.

I have been carb bingeing too, eating steel cut oats and sprouted grain bread, but had a low bs the other day, so must get back to normal eating. The weekend with its crazy hours did me in.
I went out for a one hour trail walk with the dog yesterday, got sun and fresh air. TOnight is ww with my friend. Am I ready? DOn't know. But gotta do something. There is no rule you can't do low carb with ww. Just gotta track.
I feel for those dealing with flooding and bad weather. Although we had snow on Saturday, its warming and sunny here and I am thinking about gardening this weekend.
Hello to all, and have a good week.

went to a different ww meeting last night with a friend. Turns out the meeting leader is someone I know from years ago. I never thought of her as fat, but who knows what goes on when you don't see people for years. Her husband was a big fella though.....
Any how, it was ok, and maybe will be ok going with a buddy. I started tracking again today, and realized my breakfast has been too high in carbs and the points value (11) is ridiculous, so will have to rethink that. I got on the treadmill this morning, just for 5 minutes, and got my blood going, will take a walk in the rain when I get home. Have a good Wednesday friends.

Hi Everyone wanted to pop in and say that My daughters MRI came back ok so now she has to do a headache journal and lets see why she is having headaches and see if their is a pattern if no vail then they gonna send her to a specialist.

Well doing pretty good me and my daughter wants to start walking tomorrow I told her I may not get very far but we will try. I will have to wear my knee brace and see what happens if I cant do it I will have to let them give me shots in the knee

I hope all is doing good ! The hubby birthday is Friday so we are going out to dinner me and daughter have already discussed that we are gonna have probley a salad and we are gonna order water instead of tes or soda. we also gonna sit down this weekend and make a grocrery list out and see what we can do. I hope all is doing good will catch you all later.

Mad, I did low carb when I did weight watchers and it worked out fine. I didn't like our leader. I probably should have gone to a different group but instead I quit. I tried to continue on my own at home but that fell by the wayside. Our leader only lost 20 lbs and to me, she looked way too thin. My DIL is already a lifetime member. I think she only had 15 lbs to lose. You have to be at least 5 lbs over your goal when you start. It would have taken me forever to get to goal and become lifetime.

Sorry, I've been MIA. Womens meeting at church this month was a wake up call for me. One of the cardio nurses who attends out church and her friend, who had a heart attack about a year ago, work together doing Heart to Heart meetings to teach people especially women the signs of an up coming heart attack/disease and how to prevent it. They say more women than men die from heart disease because we aren't educated about what to look for. They explained some things in a way that I actually understood and realized that I need to take all this seriously. They will be doing a free screening for us next month.

So, I've been re-thinking my strategy and working out my own plan. I'm putting together different plans that I like to make a "Personal" plan that I will be able to turn into a Lifestyle plan that I can live with. I've decided to go back on CALP (Carbohydrate Addicts LifeSpan for those who don't know). I tried eating strictly Atkins and I do well for a few days and sometimes I have done almost 2 weeks on Induction and actually did 6 mos once. Although I love eating like this most of the time, I know I'm not going to make it a lifestyle because something happens and I want a little more. So after lurking different lowcarb sites and reading how a lot of people make lowcarb eating work for them by combining other ways of eating, I decided to do CALP with a leaning towards the Atkins/Primal woe. I read where this seems to work for others and I really believe it will work for me. I don't really want to think of this woe as a diet any more because that seems to imply that someday I can stop eating this way. That way of thinking has set me up for failure in the past. In fact, that is what I did the first time I did CAD and then later when I did CALP. Everytime I went on CALP or Atkins or any other diet, it was with the "diet mentality" that someday I could go back to my old way of eating. Intuitive Eating helps me keep from thinking in terms of "diet". I also like the idea of eating only whe hungry and not by the clock. So I'm not going to use the word diet any more... the main reason I'm using CALP is because it doesn't use the word diet.

My doc told me "any diet will work... the key is finding one you can live with" in other words a Lifestyle. My goal this time is finding a woe so I can continue to get my blood sugar and other numbers back down to normal and keeping it there with a woe that can become my LIFESTYLE. I know from experince of my 6 mos on Atkis that I can get all my numbers to normal. IT WORKS. I did that when first diagnosed with diabetes. However, it isn't something I can make a "lifestyle" woe. For me, Atkins is a plan similar to Paleo/Primal woe which I believe is extremely healthy and I love eating that way the "majority" of the time, but I know me and I have to face the fact that I'm not one who is going to do it 100% of the time. That is when I suddely realized that I can easily do it most of the day and even at times, I am even capable of doing it all day... even for several days, but there are those times when I know I need to be able to eat carby foods and not feel guilty. I have come to understand that I need to do CALP because the RM of CALP (which I choose to call a "free time" for carby foods instead of calling it a Reward) allows me to eat the Atkins/Primal woe at CM and have a RM/Freetime for one meal on days that I want or feel I need those carby foods without it derailig me or cause me to feel guilty because I "blew" a diet. I believe this is the only way that I can become successful at losing weight and make it a permanent lifestyle I can live with and keep it off.

I read once that this is how a lot of people become successful at losig weight and keeping it off permanently. They said that they make their own plan sometimes by combining diet plans. So I'm doing that. CALP with Atkins/Primal twist Intuitively.

Have a nice day everyone.

Well, the Syrup Festival sure screwed me up. I am now 195 pounds, a lot of it is water weight from adding carbs but a lot of it is fat too. I WAS 186 April 18 and managed to pork up 9 whole pounds in 9 days. :shock:

Anyhow, back on South Beach Phase II as of today and am also back to taking my meds properly with no skipping. Dinner tonight is a grilled chicken skewer and a spinach salad which could have been an Atkins meal except for adding a sweet potato. Maybe this will get me away from feeling so draggy and feeling so guilty when I indulge in carbs.

Trish - I am going to look into CALP. I never heard of it before. I feel as though I have tried every eating plan on the planet, so I don't know how I missed this one. LOL I am like you in that I can do fairly well on an Atkins type low carb plan, but there are times that I do want and eat some carby foods. LIke, I won't completely give up ice cream, but I only have it once a month or so. So I am going to google this plan and take a look. Good luck to you with it.


Bonnie - That's good that your daughters MRI came back good. Did she just start having these headaches or have they been going on for a while. I rarely get a headache unless I'm having a sinus problem.

Ruth - Isn't it amazing how fast the weight can come back on? If only we could lose as quickly. I got so excited last week when my scale went down to 195 and the next day it was back up to 199. Grrrrr Once I got below 200 I seemed to relax a little and I know I shouldn't do that. 199 was a big accomplishment for me, but it's not the end-all. I still have far to go. I just can't seem to get rid of the smugness of knowing I am now below 200.

Well, I got a bit excited today to see 193 on the scale instead of 195. I grilled a skewer of chicken and a skewer of veggies and felt it was just a great meal. Now to cut out or cut back wine with dinner. (My DH had a very European attitude towards food. He would have had a glass of wine with breakfast!)

Carol She has had headaches for a while now she is averaging about 5 a week and its not jest mon threw fri she has them on weekends too. She right now we are doing a journal and see if we can find out why she is having them.

I have a question for a child like my 15 year old is the sugar level the same for her too as it would be for us. We checked her sugar the other day when she came home from school when she had a headache and it was 62 her level is ranging from 60 to low 80's threw out the day.


I hope all is doing well. Will check back in soon....

Bonnie: yes your daughters blood sugars should be like an adults, and of course, preferable to not be in diabetic ranges, so she sounds fine. I am wondering about a few things, but would suggest giving up all caffeine, taking a couple of aspirin after breakfast to head them off. and doing massage on her shoulders and back, and ice packs there later. Healthy eating with lots of protein too. Unless your doc has an issue with the aspirin, there is nothing but common sense there, and hope she will do better soon. You are likely doing all that.

Carole Sue: I still have trouble with tracking, I want to feel sated after a normal meal, and haven't felt that way in years. I don't want to be so obsessed with food. I am looking at some research and will post links in the next few days.

Ruth: a small glass of wine should be ok if you are enjoying it. Truly, just enjoy a little. We all have to enjoy life a bit. I am enjoying having DD here again. Lets hope that lasts.
Getting my new car tomorrow. Looking forward to better mileage and some fun driving.

FIrst time in a while unable to sleep. Tired and grumpy. ANd trying not to eat in the middle of the night. urgh

Sunday Pastor quoted the phrase we all know that it is crazy to keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. It made me realize that not matter how much I think lowcarb/Atkins type diets are great and I like the benefits, I am not going to stick with them for very long. So it is really crazy for me to keep trying to do something that I just can't do long term. I had to realize that IT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN FOR ME. So I have to find a woe so I can keep the foods in my plan and still lose the weight and be healthy. Others do it and there is no reason why I can't. I've done it before myself and I am determined that I will do it again.

Hi Everyone! Things here are ok. Well I went today and got me a new scale. My old one is still working but it is almost 10 years old now so i figured I better get a new one so it would be more dependable for the right reading plus I got one that tells your body fat and stuff kinda shocked mine said I had a 61.5 % body fat. But I am going to be getting back on track here real soon Cant wait till I can go get groceries here this weekened . I will let you know how all goes for me..