Text 8479, 69 rader
Skriven 2014-01-03 20:56:33 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 8433 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: Stretch
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Hi Dave,

RH>  DD> I used to worry about things that spiked my blood sugar --
RH>  DD> until I decided that that was too much like an EPA attitude. So
RH>  DD> long as the average is within target parameters and the A1C is
RH>  DD> such that my croaker is happy .... I'm cool with it. Once in a
RH>  DD> while I just get to

RH> Seeing what keeping a sharp eye on my blood sugar has done for me in
RH> the past 18 months, I will keep on watching it. It's a relatively
RH> small matter to do so every day, then watching (but not obsessing
RH> over) what I eat has produced a good bit of change. I went from
RH> A1C of pancreatitis and an 8.2, high of 34 units of insulin to
RH> A1C of healthy, no insulin and an about 5.4. Also dropped about 35
RH> pounds without a major struggle to do so, something I'd been
RH> unsuccessfully trying to do for some years.

 DD> IOW it forced you into something you probably should have been doing
 DD> all along. I went from over 400# to my current 265 and still shrinking

Should have, sort of tried but didn't know the best way to go about it.
Having limits placed on the sweet tooth helped, as did restricting the
carb intake. No more plates piled high with pasta, now it's a small
amount, paired with more veggies and proteins.

 DD> by
 DD> the expedient of eating less and at different times -- like quitting
 DD> earlier in the evening so as not to go to bed on a full stomach. I
 DD> neither know nor care what my A1C number is beyond knowing that the
 DD> doctor is satisfied that my diabetes is "well controlled".

Mine is also but I also want to track the A1C so if it gets too high, I
can take action to bring it down. Doubt it will get too high with the
way I'm eating hese days tho.


RH>  DD> Jonesing for a slab of rhubarb pie -- so, what the hey. It
RH>  DD> hasn't killed me yet.

RH> I know, I get the craving for sweets now and again. But, I'll
RH> indulge in very limited quantity, not a full blown pig out like I
RH> would have even a couple of years ago. I'll sub out stevia for a lot
RH> of the sugar I used to go thru; it's not a perfect solution but I
RH> can live with it.

 DD> I eat enough of whatever it is to quiet the monkey gibbering in my ear
 DD> and refuse to worry about it. I recently finished my holiday treat of
 DD> a half-gallon of Edy's Triple Chocolate I scream. No Sugar Added, and
 DD> I
 DD> noted on the lid "lower fat". Although I didn't pursue the obvious
 DD> question "lower than what?" Got five sessions from a 3 pint (they
 DD> claim 1 1/2 quarts because their marketroids tell them "1 quart sounds
 DD> bigger than 2 pints") carton

I'd have probably made it last for more sessions. I was tempted to go
for a mint milkshake today at a PDQ but held off so as not to drive the
blood sugar reading off the wall. They have a mix your own Coke products
machine so I went with raspberry Diet Coke instead.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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