One thing that I found relatively shocking was that I was placed on the American Diabetic Association diet. The menu we ordered from had the carb count for all the selections. I was blown away when I read that ADA diet patients were allowed to chose 65 or 70 carbs *per* meal! That meant I had around 200 carbs a day. And they wondered why my glucose level was so high?

Needless to say I’m rededicated to following the Low Carb My Way plan for eating which I know allows me to lose weight and keep my glucose levels down – which is one of the three things I have to concentrate on to improve my health. The other two are my cholesterol which is nearly at the place they should be and will improve the more I lose weight. The other issue is my blood pressure which will also improve with my losing weight.

In the hospital it was “fun” to see my weight in kilograms. lol I haven’t seen those type of numbers since I was in grade school. But, when it came to pounds, I was still under 300. I’ll get back to weighing myself each Friday next week. My goal for the end of the year is to be at 265# which my doctor thinks is a reasonable goal. And who knows, I might even be able to do better than that.

Time to put in an order for my groceries for the week. Lots of eggs, bacon, meat, and good veggies.

Glad to be home and, as I said above, time to get serious about my Low Carb way of eating.

Sandra

I know what my problem is – I don’t have anything here to eat for most meals so I have to get some groceries in here and stop going out to get food. I have figured out how to eat out that’s pretty good, like ordering salads, making sure that I don’t use high carb dressings (or use no dressings) and even when I do order a cheeseburger I don’t eat the bun. But, time to get back to making stuff at home.

My blood glucose readings have been very good. Though, one day I tested my blood, hadn’t had anything to eat except bacon and eggs, and right before lunch my reading was about 135. Then an hour or so after my lunch (a salad) my reading was 107. That just seems weird. But, at least it’s not some kind of astronomical number.

Also, to my son, Dave, Happy Birthday!

Sandra

Two weeks ago I was 307. Last Friday I was 305 and today when I weighed myself I’m 303. That’s two pounds a week. Not bad at all. I’d really like to keep up that pace, just have to keep working on it. My first goal is to get under 300. If I look at all the weight I want to drop it will become too depressing. lol

I did very well this week except for yesterday. My son picked up some fantastic Italian food from Carrabba’s. I had three different chicken dishes and have plenty for lunch. Where I went a bit astray was I ate the garlic mashed potatoes and one piece of what has to be the most delicious pizza I’ve ever had in my life. I’ll have some of it for lunch, but won’t eat the crust – just the fantastic three cheeses, spinach, and sun-dried tomatoes.

Well, it’s time to put together a menu and shopping list for next week. Will try one or two new recipes to see if I can find something to add to my routine. I think I’ll look for a slow cooker recipe that makes lots of good leftovers.

I’ve been doing pretty good this week. I only messed up at one meal. I rationalized to myself that since I’d had a low glucose count yesterday afternoon I had a small fries with my cheeseburger – though I didn’t eat the bun on the burger.

But, I’m back on track today. Had two fried eggs and some bacon for breakfast and then for lunch had a plain burger with some Brussel Sprouts and butter. Very satisfying. I think I’ll make some egg salad or Deviled eggs this afternoon to use up the eggs I’ve got before I get some new ones in my PeaPod order.

Well, I’ll be back tomorrow with my weigh-in and maybe a new video I find on You Tube.

Sandra

Last night Dave and I made tacos. I had mine with low-carb tortillas and he had the regular hard taco shells. They were so good and this time I had sour cream to put on them – yum. Next time I need a few black olive.

Yesterday was a pretty tough day. I had another hypoglycemia attack. They just knock me on my butt. I took two of my glucose tablets and Dave, fortunately, was out on his lunch hour and brought me a fountain coke (didn’t finish it) and a bit of very dark chocolate. It took about an hour but my glucose levels did finally get back to close to normal. This morning they were a bit higher than normal, but that’s probably because I skipped two of my meds at dinner time. Didn’t seem like a good idea to take them after the low glucose problem.

But, I’m feeling somewhat better today. Atleast I can see the computer screen and don’t have the awful headache.

Well, enough bellyaching. Time to get some work done.

He wanted to do some tests. My A1C was 7.1 which, for me, is incredibly good. I think I was up in the mid-teens a year ago. My cholesterol readings are good – so we don’t have to have the statin arguement again – which makes me happy. He did up one of my blood pressure meds even though I do pretty well at home. Can’t help it – I’ve got White Coat Hypertension and always have slightly high BP – especially right after getting into the room. Anyway, it’s not a big upgrade in my med, so we’ll see what happens. I do have to go get an ultrasound of my thyroid.  I have a slight lump – much like other lumps I have on my upper chest. It’s all part of the fibromyalgia and the arthritis I have in my chest. Anyway, he’s not real concerned about it but it’s better to find out what it might be than just let it go.

Last night my son and I made dinner together. We tend eat carry-out way too much. The problem is, to be honest, is that when I cook I get overheated or something and just can’t eat. So, we came up with a new plan. I get all the ingredients out for the meal and then he cooks it. Now that’s not going to work for a slow cooker meal (which I’m pretty good at since I can do it in the morning) but for Chicken Parm it was great. Also, Dave likes to cook and like just about everything in his life – he likes to Davize it. I told him what the recipe said and he’s already figured out how he’ll do it differently. So, I think this will work and will save us a lot of money – well, will save Dave money – because he won’t be picking up dinner on the way home. Plus, I’ve got a big chicken parm with green beans for lunch. Tonight – Taco Salad for me and Tacos for Dave (he can have the taco shells.) I have some low-carb tortillas so might have one of those with the taco fillings and then eat more as a salad.

Hope to have some good news about the scale next week. I didn’t weigh myself this morning but did the other day and I’d gone up a pound. Going to work hard to finally break that 300lb mark. Also, the doctor’s scale and mine are very close. Just a minor factoid. lol

We’ll see if it stays there – might just have been water weight. But, I did get the answer to one question – my scale isn’t broken. lol

1 – I need to drink my water. I got 7 8oz glasses in on Monday but haven’t gotten near that much the last few days. Gotta make a habit of it and then I’ll do it. And it’s not like I don’t like drinking water, I do, it’s just getting myself to remember to do it. My normal drinking glass is just a bit over two cups, and I can easily get four of those down a day. I can do this.

2 – Gotta start walking. I finally got over my procrastination and put on my new walking shoes when I went to see my chiropractor. Haven’t seen him since November and I wasn’t in too bad a shape. Anyway, I planned to start with five minutes a day and he said that it was a waste, to just do 20 minutes no matter how long it took me. So, today one of my projects is to create a playlist of songs that make me want to move and when I’m walking, just listen to them insted of worrying about the clock.

3 – Made an appointment with my doctor. Can’t get into see him until Aug. 22. I’ve got a small bump on my throat in the area that might indicate I’ve got tyroid trouble. Had my chiropractor look at it. I’ve also got all the great glucose readings to show him and maybe I can lower my medication. The meds could also be a possible reason I’m not losing.

I’m not giving up. I’ve got what I think is good control of my glucose readings and I am feeling better. But I want to feel really good – and lose some weight. But I guess for now concentrating on improving my health is the main focus of what I’m doing.

And one last thing – it’s amazing how helpful it is doing this journal. Next week I’m going to do a complete food diary and post it on a page here – just to see what I’m really eating – and maybe get some input.

Sandra