Re: Teri - for the website?

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Will check with her. Thanks, Barb.

Teri - for the website?

This of Susie's below is particularly well said - anonymous public website

encouragement quote with her permission, of course?

Barb

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><< ... maybe someone can relate and offer some advise as to how to get

>this HUGE ball a rollin. >>

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>Are you finger-sticking regularly? It's no fun, but the result you get is

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>*real* ... such concrete evidence of how your body/disease are doing. If

you

>get a high number, that will motivate you to try harder; numbers around 100

>will make you grin from ear to ear, because you have managed through good

>control to make your body respond like that of a normal person.

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>Changing your diet seems so simple ... yet it's essentially changing your

>life habits. It's difficult to low-carb and be a vegetarian at the same

>time, so that would be an extra challenge for you if you decide to adopt

>that approach once again, since a vegetarian diet contains a lot of carbs.

>It gets easier fairly quickly, . Oh, there will be that *one food*

>that the thought of giving up just about makes you nuts. For me, it was

>pasta - especially fettucine Alfredo. But even that goes. Once you get the

>weight loss going and feel more energetic and optimistic, it won't seem so

>overwhelming.

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>We suggest a pair of " reference jeans " ... thick denim and non-stretchy ...

>a pair that's just too small. You can gauge your progress by weighing

>yourself and taking your measurements regularly - even daily, and by trying

>on the reference jeans. Get some good books (mostly paperbacks ... cost

>$6-$7 each). You can find our recommendations on our nifty new web site

that

>member Teri designed so skillfully. Also, the internet is a great

>place to do research. It's just loaded with yummy low-carb recipes, for

>instance. And this group is a great place to learn and share your

>experiences.

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>Welcome, !

>Susie

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