Good afternoon. I just picked up a copy of SB at my library and have read the technical aspects of the plan. I have a couple of questions:
** Monet, you mentioned that the jogging helps your glucose level, but I must have missed this portion in the book. How does exercise affect glucose and are you measuring for diabetes?
**This one is for anyone: How long has it taken you to shed what you have lost? I'm in no big hurry because I'd rather dh and I lose it slowly. Have you been keeping measurements of your inches or just the poundage?
Thanks for your information,
Caryn
Welcome to our little corner of cyberspace! We are glad to have you! We have some big losers on here, so I will let them tell you about their losses. I am not a great example. I have metabolic syndrome and have recently been diagnosed as diabetic. Yes, I do monitor my glucose levels using a glucose meter. I can test before and after exercise and see EXACTLY what I burn off in glucose, but it doesn't necessarily mean I see a correlating weight loss. In fact, my metabolic syndrome makes it extremely difficult for me to lose anything. I have too much insulin, and while it is not doing the job of regulating blood sugar levels, it is doing an overly fine job of storing extra energy as fat. In fact, it stores first, and supplies energy for the cells only when it feels like it. 
My GYN is a very COOL Doc...she herself has lost almost 100lbs on BODY FOR LIFE since I saw her last year! She offers this program at her office and she does the counseling. She wants me to think about it, but it's very expensive $150 the first visit...$65 every two weeks PLUS supplements, Phentermine and a B12 shot (once a week)...I told my Medical Doc about this and he said a big OH NO YOU'RE NOT...THAT'S TOO EXPENSIVE...you've got a good start going here and you can't take the Phentermine because of your blook pressure...I'll be the one to MONITOR YOU!!! So, I saluted him and said AYE AYE SIR!!! He's a cool one too!
I love how convenient it is to fix dry beans in the pressure cooker. I had them from start to finish in less than an hour. 
LOVE bread, so it's hard for me to cut down. I use my breadmaker to make a dough with the ww flour and agave, then take it out and split into 10 sandwich rolls. Bake in the oven and freeze. The kids take them out and thaw in the microwave and make their sandwiches or hoagies for lunch, dh loves one with his dinner and I found that even when I ate one almost daily for lunch, I would still lose. The problem right now seems to be that I can't stop eating and I'm not getting out to walk, I think it's called 
I will let him milk for at least a couple of days! Dad even got in on the act, we went out to eat for a friends birthday tonight and the boys went into Game Stop and picked a star wars game that they can play together.
and then it will be the big day! I will try to post at least a short message as soon as we get home! Thanks guys! 
