Guest guest Posted July 8, 1999 Report Share Posted July 8, 1999 Dear " Meenie " Really had thoughts of snitching some sweets today when I went shopping, but remembered the challenge. It was really rough!! I've had some severe stress and candy is usually my " reward " for stresses. A bad choice! Congratulations to all of the " challengers " staying on task. Keep up the good work! A question, does anyone know, do strawberries raise Bg a lot or is it just me??? -moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 The challenge is all about changing habits. It ends in 3 weeks. Just list your name and what things you'd like to try to help yourself to do to help fight the diabetes in the next 3 weeks. -moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Day three, and all is well! I have managed to drink all of my water every day since Tuesday, and have stayed below my allotted 150 carbs. My readings have been great, too. My highest reading was 124. in Cincinnati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 They don't raise mine if I weigh them and only eat a " portion " . (and don't put sugar on them LOL) in Cincinnati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Mike - Meenie started this (three cheers!) The premise is that it takes 21 days to start a new habit or break an old one. We decided to start together on July 6, and choose two things we wanted to change. I have pledged to drink 64 oz of water daily and to stay within my carb allowance. We then let each other know how we are doing. Want to join us? Just email the list with your challenges! in Cincinnati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WHAT IS THIS CHALLENGE ? MIKE Re: Habit Challenge > From: petra@... > > Dear " Meenie " > > Really had thoughts of snitching some sweets today when I went > shopping, but remembered the challenge. It was really rough!! I've had > some severe stress and candy is usually my " reward " for stresses. A bad > choice! > Congratulations to all of the " challengers " staying on task. Keep up > the good work! > A question, does anyone know, do strawberries raise Bg a lot or is it > just me??? > > -moderator > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 >>I've had some severe stress and candy is usually my " reward " for stresses. >> , This is also the way I use to handle it. Hear the word use to, have been choc free for 4 days now. Actually sugar free. You know I had a terrible headache all day yesterday it may have been sugar and choc withdrawals. <smile> On the subject of heat, it really bothers me. Always has just worst now. I never wear a cold in winter expect if there is 5-6 inches of snow on the ground which doesn't happen a lot in TN. But I can't take the heat it makes me sick if I get too hot. My challenge: 1) no sweets or choc 2) walk more --- this will be hard, it's too hot outside and I live in the country and only go to town 2-3 times a month. Deb deborahbowman@... ICQ# 5412152 " Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. " 11:28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Yes, I am on meds. Glucophage 850mg with breakfast and dinner, and glipizide 5mg with dinner. My mom called yesterday, she just had her A1C done, it was 6.7!!! She has been diabetic and in denial for 6 or 7 years, only went into treatment in December. She has lost 30 pounds. She is on Glucophage 500mg with breakfast and dinner. I am so proud of her!!! in Cincinnati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 I usually dip them in Equal Spoonful. It doesn't affect my levels. I just ordered some Splenda, and I should get it today. I can't wait to try it. in Cincinnati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Hi BRAVO to you for perservering and not getting into that candy!!! It takes a lot of will power , trust me I know ! As to the strawberries, fruit does have natural sugar and carbohydrates. On Atkins we aren't allowed any fruit on the two week induction period because of the carb content (sugar is a carb also). After that we may raise our carb intake by 5 grams at a time to see how it affects our loss rate. When we stop losing we drop back by 5 grams and keep at that level. I would suggest that you use strawberries and other fruits sparingly due to their high sugar and carbo content. Once you have your bg's in line you may be able to be more liberal with them - that will be one of those things you will have to test and see. Great going on the challenge!! Keep up the great work Meenie Re: Habit Challenge >From: petra@... > >Dear " Meenie " > > Really had thoughts of snitching some sweets today when I went >shopping, but remembered the challenge. It was really rough!! I've had >some severe stress and candy is usually my " reward " for stresses. A bad >choice! > Congratulations to all of the " challengers " staying on task. Keep up >the good work! > A question, does anyone know, do strawberries raise Bg a lot or is it >just me??? > >-moderator > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Hi Mike The challenge is to bust your bad habits or create new good habits We just started Tuesday and will go for three weeks since conventional wisdom says it takes 21 days to make or break a habit! Come join us! Here is the list of people on the Habit Challenge and some of the things they want to do : Challenge List > > > >Shelia > >1. Drink more water > >2. Walk every day > > > > > >1. Work on bg levels > >2. no snitching candy! > > > > > >1. Drink 64 oz of water/day > >2. Stay within allotted carbs/day > > > >R > >1. walking daily > >2. reduce smoking > > > >Ellen > >1. Stay off Sugar! > >2. Increase raw food intake > > > >Cheryl > >1. Walk every day > >2. Drink more water > > > > > >1. 2 minutes of " hard " exercise w/ daily walk > >2. better monitoring of bg's > > > > > >1. Exercise every day > > > >Pat > >1. Drink at least 8 glasses of water/day > >2. Eat at least 1 green salad/day > >3. Possibly: > > a. Finish Atkins book and try it out > > b. Read Sheinwald's " 6 wks to winning Bridge " > > c. check out a new Line Dance Class > > d. Go to library > > e. Avoid Pollen > > f. Exercise more > > > >Meenie > >1. Drink all that WATER! > >2. Do crunches/walk every day > > > >Piper > >1. Stay AWAY from Sugar. > >2. Do daily crunches and indoor walking > Goldmoon 1. Get back on meds regularly 2. exercise every day 3. Drink more water! P. 1. Add light workout to daily afterwork routine 2. Add at least 1 raw vegetable to diet every day (If I left anyone off please please email me and let me know! Thanks ) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Thats AWESOME !! You're an inspiration to all the challengers Those readings are terrific. Are you on meds along with your woe? Meenie Re: Habit Challenge >From: DeeBent@... > >Day three, and all is well! I have managed to drink all of my water every >day since Tuesday, and have stayed below my allotted 150 carbs. My readings >have been great, too. My highest reading was 124. > > in Cincinnati > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Have you tried splenda? You can sprinkle it right on fruits and things and it tastes just like sugar .. mmmm If you can handle the fruit alone, splenda doesn't affect your bg's Meenie Re: Habit Challenge >From: DeeBent@... > >They don't raise mine if I weigh them and only eat a " portion " . (and don't >put sugar on them LOL) > > in Cincinnati > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Hi Deborah Yep, our bodies become addicted to sugars and carbs (and caffeine) and when we go off these things there is usually a 3-4 day period when we feel pretty badly, but the good news is, you then start feeling great! Thats how it is on Atkins, when you go on induction and cut your carbs down to 20 or less a day, no sugar and no caffeine. You feel bad the first 3-4 days, headache especially, then on the 4th or 5th day you wake up feeling wonderful! You finally have all that stuff out of your system and your body is just rejoicing! I don't like the heat either. I can't go out and sit in the sun like some folks do, I get sick also. I wonder if its a dehydration thing? Now that I've been low carbing, part of the package is of course, drinking all that extra water, and I haven't minded the heat as much. (as in, haven't felt sick from it - still don't LIKE it lol) I added you to the challenge list You GO girl. Part of my challenge was to walk also, but its been so hot here that i've been doing exercise videos instead (did Mall wall one day). Meenie Re: Habit Challenge > > >>>I've had some severe stress and candy is usually my " reward " for stresses. >>> > >, >This is also the way I use to handle it. Hear the word use to, have been choc free for 4 days now. Actually sugar free. You >know I had a terrible headache all day yesterday it may have been sugar and choc withdrawals. <smile> > >On the subject of heat, it really bothers me. Always has just worst now. I never wear a cold in winter expect if there is 5-6 >inches of snow on the ground which doesn't happen a lot in TN. But I can't take the heat it makes me sick if I get too hot. > > >My challenge: >1) no sweets or choc >2) walk more --- this will be hard, it's too hot outside and I live in the country and only go to town 2-3 times a month. > >Deb >deborahbowman@... >ICQ# 5412152 > > " Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. " 11:28 > > > > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Strawberries have a glycemic index of only 32, so while they ARE a carbohydrate, it's strange that so few of them would affect your BG so dramatically. Cherries have a GI of 22, grapes 43. Do you get the same reaction with them? If not, suspect an allergy to the strawberrries perhaps. Also, ripe berries contain a sweet sugar alcohol called sorbitol, also mannitol and xylitol. They contain 4 calories per gram, and are absorbed slowly and metabolized like fructose. If you have enough insulin, the fructose will be stored as glycogen in the liver. If there is not enough insulin, the fructose can cause a rise in plasma glucose. I'm not aware of how the amounts vary from berry to berry, but ripe cherries have a lot of it...so if THEY don't affect you the same way strawberries do, again, perhaps you're allergic and the stress reaction your body has when you consume them results in a BG spike. I'll keep looking for more info. Kramer > A question, does anyone know, do strawberries raise Bg a lot or is it >just me??? > >-moderator > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Dear K. and others, Thanks for all your help on the strawberry question. -moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 1999 Report Share Posted July 10, 1999 Thats wonderful, Her A1C is fantastic I know you must be soo happy Thank goodness she is getting help for it I hope she didn't suffer any complications while waiting! Meenie >My mom called yesterday, she just had her A1C done, it was 6.7!!! She has >been diabetic and in denial for 6 or 7 years, only went into treatment in >December. She has lost 30 pounds. She is on Glucophage 500mg with breakfast >and dinner. I am so proud of her!!! > > in Cincinnati > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 1999 Report Share Posted July 10, 1999 Equal isn't too bad like that - just a little bit of a bitter undertaste.. wait til you try the splenda, tho! Meenie Re: Habit Challenge >From: DeeBent@... > >I usually dip them in Equal Spoonful. It doesn't affect my levels. I just >ordered some Splenda, and I should get it today. I can't wait to try it. > > in Cincinnati > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 1999 Report Share Posted July 10, 1999 I THINK I LIKE TO TAKE THAT CHALLENGE 1.I like to exercise more 2.I like to control my bg 3.I like to eat the way i should be eatting mike Re: Habit Challenge > > > Hi Mike > The challenge is to bust your bad habits or create new good habits We > just started Tuesday and will go for three weeks since conventional wisdom > says it takes 21 days to make or break a habit! Come join us! > Here is the list of people on the Habit Challenge and some of the things > they want to do : > Challenge List > > > > > >Shelia > > >1. Drink more water > > >2. Walk every day > > > > > > > > >1. Work on bg levels > > >2. no snitching candy! > > > > > > > > >1. Drink 64 oz of water/day > > >2. Stay within allotted carbs/day > > > > > >R > > >1. walking daily > > >2. reduce smoking > > > > > >Ellen > > >1. Stay off Sugar! > > >2. Increase raw food intake > > > > > >Cheryl > > >1. Walk every day > > >2. Drink more water > > > > > > > > >1. 2 minutes of " hard " exercise w/ daily walk > > >2. better monitoring of bg's > > > > > > > > >1. Exercise every day > > > > > >Pat > > >1. Drink at least 8 glasses of water/day > > >2. Eat at least 1 green salad/day > > >3. Possibly: > > > a. Finish Atkins book and try it out > > > b. Read Sheinwald's " 6 wks to winning Bridge " > > > c. check out a new Line Dance Class > > > d. Go to library > > > e. Avoid Pollen > > > f. Exercise more > > > > > >Meenie > > >1. Drink all that WATER! > > >2. Do crunches/walk every day > > > > > >Piper > > >1. Stay AWAY from Sugar. > > >2. Do daily crunches and indoor walking > > > Goldmoon > 1. Get back on meds regularly > 2. exercise every day > 3. Drink more water! > P. > 1. Add light workout to daily afterwork routine > 2. Add at least 1 raw vegetable to diet every day > > (If I left anyone off please please email me and let me know! Thanks ) > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 1999 Report Share Posted July 10, 1999 I don't notice any bitter taste. Maybe I killed those tastebuds! :-) in Cincinnati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 1999 Report Share Posted July 10, 1999 None so far. She does, however have high pressure in her eyes. Not glaucoma yet, and she is getting treatment for the pressure. She was around 30 in both eyes, now she's down under 25 in both. in Cincinnati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 1999 Report Share Posted July 11, 1999 Hi Mike Welcome to the challenge!! I'll put you on the list right now Glad you decided to join us! Meenie Re: Habit Challenge > > >I THINK I LIKE TO TAKE THAT CHALLENGE >1.I like to exercise more >2.I like to control my bg >3.I like to eat the way i should be eatting > > >mike > Re: Habit Challenge > > >> >> >> Hi Mike >> The challenge is to bust your bad habits or create new good habits We >> just started Tuesday and will go for three weeks since conventional wisdom >> says it takes 21 days to make or break a habit! Come join us! >> Here is the list of people on the Habit Challenge and some of the things >> they want to do : >> Challenge List >> > > >> > >Shelia >> > >1. Drink more water >> > >2. Walk every day >> > > >> > > >> > >1. Work on bg levels >> > >2. no snitching candy! >> > > >> > > >> > >1. Drink 64 oz of water/day >> > >2. Stay within allotted carbs/day >> > > >> > >R >> > >1. walking daily >> > >2. reduce smoking >> > > >> > >Ellen >> > >1. Stay off Sugar! >> > >2. Increase raw food intake >> > > >> > >Cheryl >> > >1. Walk every day >> > >2. Drink more water >> > > >> > > >> > >1. 2 minutes of " hard " exercise w/ daily walk >> > >2. better monitoring of bg's >> > > >> > > >> > >1. Exercise every day >> > > >> > >Pat >> > >1. Drink at least 8 glasses of water/day >> > >2. Eat at least 1 green salad/day >> > >3. Possibly: >> > > a. Finish Atkins book and try it out >> > > b. Read Sheinwald's " 6 wks to winning Bridge " >> > > c. check out a new Line Dance Class >> > > d. Go to library >> > > e. Avoid Pollen >> > > f. Exercise more >> > > >> > >Meenie >> > >1. Drink all that WATER! >> > >2. Do crunches/walk every day >> > > >> > >Piper >> > >1. Stay AWAY from Sugar. >> > >2. Do daily crunches and indoor walking >> > >> Goldmoon >> 1. Get back on meds regularly >> 2. exercise every day >> 3. Drink more water! >> P. >> 1. Add light workout to daily afterwork routine >> 2. Add at least 1 raw vegetable to diet every day >> >> (If I left anyone off please please email me and let me know! Thanks ) ) >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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