Hi, all. Welcome to the Newbies. This is a good place to post. Jeanne - my doctor mentioned Byetta to me because it shows down digestion and you feel full sooner and thus don't eat as much. I can't take it because I have gastroparesis. Hope it works for you. Pink roses - many of us here struggle with multiple health problems, so you've found the right spot for support.
Meowee - glad you finally got some sun. Rosey - are you taking Lipitor or Zocor? They can cause muscle weakness and pain. Better check with your doctor. I'm surprised they're still letting you in to those bingo games, girl -- you almost always win!
I went to the gym for the first time Saturday and met with my trainer who showed me what machines to use and how to use them. I find I get tired easily because I'm always sleep deprived. But I plan to go regularly and build up my stamina. Now all I need to do is stop eating so much. I've had a hard time sticking to my program lately.

Hello there all you sugar-buddies . . .

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PINK . . . HOLLY . . . JEANNE . . . Welcome aboard! Glad you've found us. We'll be looking forward to getting to know each of you better.

We are a pretty mixed group of girls including Josian, Rosey, and Rosetta who've already introduced themselves, and lots more who you'll meet in due course, and Glen (our only guy). The main things we have in common, of course, are this nasty little disease, and the desire to lose some weight in hopes of controlling it better.

I'm Linda, I am 63 years old, retired (well, sort-of) and I was diagnosed with type II better than 15 years ago. I take Glyburide, Metformin, and Actos as well as Insulin Lente at bedtime. Unfortunately, most diabetes medications tend to help us gain weight not lose it. The new Dyabetta is one of the few that seems to work the other way. Insulin is really great at packing it on, especially around the abdomen. I don't know quite how to describe my eating regimen. More or less based on the Canadian Diabetes Association exchange system but then I enter things into an Excel program I devised myself and it converts everything into calories. Over the course of a week, I try to average 1600 to 1700 calories a day. I'm afraid I'm not too great about the exercise. Although I definitely move more than I used too and hopefully every little bit helps.

Anyway, gang, see you all soon . . . I must get back to the "sort-of" part of my retirement. It's been busy today. At least they can't fire me for slacking off for a little while.

Have a great evening of moving and shaking and heading in the great downward direction, gang.

Good afternoon, I have been a good girl. Tee hee I did my execerises and so far today have eaten right. I try to do my excerises 4 times a week. Sometimes it is so hard to do them ; especially when one doesn't feel very good.
But, if I don't do them I feel guilty. That is a good thing. Yes?
I hope everyone is doing well this afternoon.
By the way I am glad I found the right group and the right spot to post. Lol.
I too have quite a bit of weight to loose. Oh my . It gets harder and harder. Don't we all know? PINKROSES

hi pinkrose. i need to lose 140 and i've had diebetese 1 year. glen

Hi all!

Just thought I would drop in and say hi!
Tired and grumpy today, just haven't felt very good.
I'm just trying to take it easy and hopefully I can snap out of it.

Hugs,

Morning everyone..another sunny but cold day here..sl was 103 this am..but i cant remember ever being as hungry as i was yesterday so today im adding more protein and more frequent lo-cal snacks and trying not to stress about it by staying busy..rosetta.. i do take zocor so will talk to dr about this..it just seems in the last 6 months i ache more and the consequence is that i move less becuz of that.. now maybe its the meds or my body is old and rebelling against all the weight and abuse over the yrs....hope you feel better josian.. i guess its the nature of this disease as some days for no reason i feel like poo to..pinkroses you are not alone.. i need to loose alot too..wtg on the exercise thats important..rosetta how did the personal trainer go? are you sore from the exercise..well ladies and mr ken im off to town today need to run errands.. will check in later.. have agreat day and do something nice for someone else even if its just a smile..it s amazing when i people watch how hurried and grumpy some folks are and maybe your smile is the only thing nice that happened to them today..((((((((hugs)))))))) rosey

Thank you all for the warm welcome I am currently takeing avandemet 400/100 two a day, glucotrol XR 10mg one two times a day, tehn micardis for my high blood pressure. I hate taking meds and tehre are times I just stop, I know not good, but somehow I can not get myself to take them. I have been doing pretty well for close to a month now going to try to keep it up. I will be going home day after tomorrow and not have access to the internet, so if you do not see me for a couple weeks, that is why. Well, better get going, got to pack up to move to Newark, DE for Thursday then HOME, I miss home a lot.

Hello,,,just wanted to stop in and say hi to you all,,,and am hoping each and everyone of you are having a good day.... The weather started out sunny and now has turned to over cast but still not to bad,,,

Thank you for the welcome and it is nice to find a place that we all share some of the same medical problems,,,besides having Diabetes,,,,I also have high pp and high colesteral,,,so am on lots of drugs,,to many for sure,,,so lossing the weight is a must now,,,I was the most heavy I had ever been when I started back to ww in Feb,,,,we don't have ww here,,,to small a town so I come to the forums and it helps to give and get support,,,I am on the Flex plan,,,,I try to watch the carb end tho,,,

I work and am a bartender,,,in the only bar in town,,, I have been there six years now,,,have a great boss and lots of support,,,I love my job and that keeps me smiling,,,, I used to be in the medical field,,MOA,,front and back,,,just wasn't for me,,,don't know what ever made me go to collage for that,,,thought I would like it,,,notta,,,don't even like to go to the doctor,,,let alone work for them,,,so tried it for a while and said nope not for me,,,,bartending is a lot less stressful,,,

I see I am not the only newbie,,,this must be a busy place ?

I don't know any of you yet up will soon I hope,,,hi to everyone and hope you all have a wonderful day,,,,Jeanne

Hi everybody . . . today started cloudy and is ending cloudy, but it was absolutely gorgeous in the middle. Other than that, I've just been busy, busy, busy with the work-project.

Pink . . . Good for you, girl. If it was easy it wouldn't be worthwhile and we wouldn't need all the support we get around here so we'd miss out on making new friends.

Glen . . . How is the accounting course going. Are you a mathematical genius yet? Looks like our "Calling All Canadian" thread is dying out. Wonder why we Canadians are not very talkative among ourselves?

Josian . . . Play with Skye and try to cheer up, girl. things always get better.

Rosey . . . I love your "smile" remark . . . and it's so true. I take Lipitor and I keep forgetting to ask the doctor about the possible connection to my aches and pains. Of course, excess weight and my age sure don't help.

Holly . . . We will miss you while you're gone. Keep taking your meds girl, I know it can be a pain sometimes, but unfortunately, we need them. Have a good trip home and keep up the good habits until we meet again.

Jeanne . . . Bartending sounds like fun; bet you meet some fascinating characters. Yep, I've got arthritis, high BP and high cholesterol, too. . . all of which can also be helped by some major weight loss . . . and, of course, exercise, which I hate.

Well, time to get back to the mundane . . . Keep moving and shaking in the great downward direction, gang. See you soon.

Good afternoon; I take Mom out every Tuesday. I met an old friend from High School at the Flea Market.
She of course is still thin. She knew me first. Ask me if my name was Sheila and I said yep. 30 years ago. It doesn't seem possible. but , I guess when you have a 26 year old son it does.
I hurt so bad when I got home. Took 2 of my Tramadol pills and slept for about 3 hours.
I didn't get to sleep last night till 3:00 am. So, I was making up for lost sleep too. Tee hee.

I hope to make a lot of new friends here Meowee. I don't really have any friends out side of the home.
Thought I might call Betty my friend from high school. and invite to to tea or something. She asked me if I crocheted; yep !! if I quilited ? Yep !! so, we have a lot in common still . It is nice to see old friends from school.

I appreicate computer friends also. Thanks to you all for making me feel welcomed. I hope to encouge all of you too. PINKROSES

Hi, all. Welcome Holly. We'll learn more about you when you get back online. In the meantime, take those meds!
I've had a bad day. My soon-to-be landlord has pulled his first trick. We got a notice that there was going to be an inspection and my present landlord told me it was legitmate. It wasn't. There was indeed an inspector but also three other people connected with the incoming landlord. I was livid at the invasion of my privacy but they just blew me off, as they did my neighbor who also complained. They were snooping around areas that had nothing to do with the nature of the inspection. I not only had to put up with that but I had to take 1-1/2 hours off of work to do it. I see lawyers in my future. Anyway, that upset me for the day and I've been eating poorly. Now I think I'm coming down with a cold. And I was planning to go to the gym tonight to see if I can navigate all those machines on my own.
Have to weigh in tomorrow and the clinic. Sigh. I'm afraid to look at the scale.
Hope everyone else is having a better day.

meowee i'm genious yet. i'm still working on the computer applications
(word,exel and power poiny) glen

This is not shaping up to be one of my better days . . . I gained .8 at the wwi this morning and I really don't know why. I was good over the past week. Oh well, stuff happens. I refuse to change my ticker and hopefully I'll be back in sync next week.

At least the sun is shining , my BS is on track , and I'm getting the rest of the week off from the work-project. Yippee, quilting projects here I come.

Have a great day, gang and remember . . . if you keep on doing the right stuff, the rewards will surely follow . . . I intend to repeat that little mantra every 15 minutes for the rest of the day (maybe the rest of the week). See you soon.

Mornin all!

Still feelin' lousy, not really sure why. I really hate being a grump-bucket.
I gotta head out to mid-state today, for yet another couple of days of eating out.

Hugs,

Good morning all,,!! Great sunny day here today,,,and of course I work,,,

My fasting bs was down from yesterday,,,maybe the byetta is starting to kick in,,,or maybe my body is getting used to it,,,I posted a " any other Byetta users out there" with no reply,,,so guess I must be the only one here on it,,,darn,,,

Josian,,,sure hope you get to feeling better,,,it sucks to feel so bad,,,

Meowee,,,hope your day gets better,,,but glad to hear your bs is on track !!!

Hefty,,,I love you match collection saying,,,

Rosettastone,,,I was just looking at your ticker tape ,,,,wow ,,you have really lost a lot of weight,,,,good for you,,,did you do it on ww ?

Pinkroses,,,how neat you ran into someone you knew a long time ago,,,and that you both have some same interest,,,,I have two or three friends from childhood that I keep in contact with,,,one I have known since I was 5,,,we are still best friends even tho we live far apart now,,,we email and call,,,I am glad for you,,,,

Holly Belle,,, I am new here also,,,I am looking forward to getting to know everyone also,,,,

Akrosey49,,,what you said about a smile for a person is so right,,,I try to do that each day,,,even when I feel like crap,,,and most of the time it ends up making me feel better,,,,

Well sure hope I didn't miss anyone,,,if I did I am sorry,,,I hope everyone has a wonderful day ,,,,remember one day at a time,,,I figure I can always do one day,,,,,later,,,Jeanne