2010 ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR ~ 2010


May this new year of a new decade be a year of new beginnings, renewed hopes, new dreams, renewed health, new victories, and a year full of new blessings for you and yours ...


RUTH ~ ya, you need a fuller stomach to go with that wine! Remember that tonight too eh?

ROSEBUD

Good morning in the New Year.

We have lots of folks who pop into the Diabetes Support Forum, ask a question and then leave. Please post in this thread once in a while so we can see how you are doing. You will be very

Thanks to Rosebud's reminder, my BGL has been fine the past two mornings. Some friends were over last night and I did have champagne but remembered to eat properly too. It's all about balance.

I've been regularly doing time on the treadmill which should help with weightloss. Things got a bit out of control but now I want to get down to 185 by mid-March when I go to Disney with my grand daughter. I'll need to keep up with her and she's nine!

How did you survive the holidays? Check in and let us know.

Hi friends. I want to share that I have had some success over the holidays.
I coped by not sitting near the food at gatherings, and giving up alcohol completely.
(can't figure out why giving up drinking wasn't the least bit difficult, but eating properly is so hard!)
In fact, at our own holiday party, I bought a case of large bottles of Perrier, and they were more popular than the wine, the beer and the soda pop, even the diet soda. We went through the whole case. People who were avoiding drinking and driving really appreciated it, as did folks who didn't want the sweetness of pop all night. (even the diet pop is too sweet to drink all evening). So that was a great success.
I also didn't gain any weight. I did not lose weight, but didn't have weight loss as a goal during this time.
I kept my blood sugars within target range the entire time.
So all of these are non-scale successes.
My next goal of course will be to keep this up AND lose weight.
My other goal is to increase activity. I did this to some degree, but didn't quite keep to plan on exercise. So I have to work on this too.
I am off work for the whole month of February and am planning a holiday that includes lots of physical activity, (cross country skiing) so I want to be in better shape to enjoy that more.
I hope to check in here to report on my progress.
I thank you all for your posts, I like to read them and get inspired by you.

Great idea getting a case of Perrier. There was way too much wine consumed around here over the holiday.

I also posted my tempting chocolate dessert that I made over the holidays, (twice). I adapted it to sugar-free myself. It is helpful for choco-holics especially (that would be me) and would be ok for atkins types too. It is very rich, so maybe wait for valentines day to try it. Enjoy friends

WOWIE RUTH ~ that was magic! I saw this thread and thought ... how did that happen? I'm sure I didn't start a new thread while I was sleeping! By the way, that's a great holiday movie, if you haven't seen it; a nice modern holiday romance called "While You Were Sleeping" with Bill Pullman and Sandra Bullock.

Well, I did pretty good; like FATMAD, I was also just looking to maintain and do the best I could. Now, we did have some treats, and I cut my stocking down to three things; but I still have most of it left and put that away for future snacks (ie dark chocolate). We had lots leftover, and found that people preferred the nuts and mini-crackers this year.

So I am taking note of that for next year; and both ladies shared my sugar-free custard and like it too! Only DH had the pumpkin pie; the other guys passed as I think they ate some snacks before dinner. My plan is to get better and better each year; and I think I accomplished that. I tried to stay at a set number of calories a day for maintainence; and I had some days that were even under.

FATMAD ~ I think the Perrier was a great idea too. People are really becoming more and more health conscious in this country, and it is very noticeable these days.

It's time to get all the indoor decos put away; and I will be sorting them out as I go becuz I need to downsize this year. We have way too many boxes and I want to get them down to a more managable number, as we don't have as much storage space here. So that is my big project for this week.

Hope you all have a great week coming up; and take good care ... Rosebud

It's great that Fatmad is here with good ideas and disgusting but yummy food PORN recipes. By the way, there are lots of good recipes for Diabetics in the Recipe Section of the South Beach Forum - and in Sugar Busters too.

Today was my first back to normal day but a drift of snow against my door kept me from going to the gym at 7:30. My exercise was major shovelling with a second treadmill session later this afternoon. I have decided to leave my "bling" tree up for the dark month of January as I do enjoy sitting in the parlour with my late afternoon tea. (I have a small artificial tree decorated with the contents of my jewellery box. My guests are frisked before they leave!) I will stash away the rest of the stuff before my cleaning woman comes on Thursday.

Just had a huge salad with all sorts of good things. I seem to avoid salads in winter but this one tasted great - romaine, shredded carrot, a bit of turkey bacon and a wee piece of blue cheese. I had some excellent crackers with it - www.marysgonecrackers.com. A friend brought them to me from the States and I need to figure out how to get them again.

Happy first Monday of the new year.

Hi and Happy New Year to you all. I ran out of test strips and was unable to test by bgl over the holiday. Just as well, since I probably would not like what I saw. Had a pre-New Year's gastritis attack, but that didn't slow me down much as far as wine and other good stuff. Now I feel bloated and sluggish. Time to implement my resolutions and get on track. Came into work today and found four boxes of candy on the kitchen table! I'll just stick to my banana and yogurt, thank you.

Hi Rosetta. I was wondering where you are. Those people who put candy on your desk are agents of the devil. Stick to your guns. I had the first big salad in a long time and already feel perkier.

RUTH ~I figure the real reason people bring those boxes of chocolates to work is becuz they don't want to eat them either -- they want us to eat them! We have to be strong and say "No way, Hosay!" BTW, I luv your new avatar ...

Oh, and I am leaving my tree up for a while too; it's too lovely to take down. Mine is a small artificial one that looks like a real fur tree and it's so pretty! I'm just gonna sort boxes out for now. DH & decided today to leave the tree up for January too; great minds think alike, they say ...

HI ROSETTA ~ I didn't check my sugars either; maybe this week ... haha! Somebody should throw all that junk out! Where's the food cops when you need them?

Hope you all have a great OP week; did good today ... yeah!

Funny you should mention my avatar as I was considering changing it. It's a bit negative and also too pastel - I'm not a pastel person.

Down a pound today and excellent BGL so I'm feeling pumped! Now to keep that feeling through treadmill and snow shovelling. Food is all planned for the day. I have another foodie event tonight but am taking hummus and red pepper strips plus Perrier.

Hey friends: Don't know if any of you are fans of biggest loser. I have never watched it before, have never really liked "reality" shows of any kind. Decided to watch the season opener tonight, since there was nothing else of interest, and I wanted some inspiration. Others here are fans, so I wanted to see what the fuss is about.

One thing, as I was watching these people work their butts off, I couldn't just sit and watch, I realized thats how they got there. SO I started using my wii fit balance board as a stepper and stepped through about 20 minutes of the show.
this was great since I hadn't done much exercise today.
Then I thought that might be a good thing to do regularly.

I am not sure if I will continue to watch, I don't like the whole concept of eliminating people, punishment instead of reward. But I may try stepping while watching tv otherwise. hmmm, guess I was inspired!

Fatmad, I am inspired by the exercise as long as it's not extreme but seldom watch the show because of the punishment concept. I think the show convinces people here in 3FC that they can lose massive amounts of weight in a short time although we all know a week of BL is much longer than a real week. That being said, I think stepping or weights while watching TV is a great idea. I am going to move my five pounders downstairs today!

Did OK yesterday except I forgot to take my Perrier when I walked to Book Club. Hmmmm. I did have a single glass of wine as I didn't want to be picked up for impaired walking! Today will have to be another OP day if I want to keep my ticker honest.

Happy first Hump Day of 2010!

Ruth, good for you for walking to book club. I have been doing well all week, but no sign of change on the scale yet. Hosting a potluck tonight, have made sure the dessert is low carb and sugar free, (the person bringing it is married to a diabetic.) I am doing a big salad, and will have a back up main that is low carb if no one else brings something appropriate. So then I have to be sure not to overdo it by eating too much.

Hi, all. Still fighting the new year's blahs. My BGL has been great though. 82 yesterday and 110 today. Must be doing something right. I'm trying to scale down my food intake but it's hard. That candy is still sitting in our office. Most of it doesn't appeal to me, but I'm a goner for See's. Fortunately that's almost gone.
Fatmad - I have watched the Biggest Loser in the past, but like Ruth, I don't like the punishment aspect of it. Also, I believe a lot of those people put most or all of the weight back on because there is no follow-up maintenance program. That said, I wouldn't mind being secluded for six months with nothing to worry about except losing weight. My exercise is minimal right now because of some wierd hip problem. Guess I'll have to find an orthopod.
Have a good week.