Guest guest Posted May 28, 2000 Report Share Posted May 28, 2000 Having just read Susie's post regarding low carb eating using lots of veggies vs. pork rinds and cream, I have to admit that is how I started out on low carb. I read Atkins before finding Dr. Bernstein's book. What a thrill...eat all the foods I had given up on low fat eating! Yes, I went overboard on the fats, pork rinds, etc. and suffered from this. Dr. Bernstein does aallow the use of cream and cream cheese but even Dr. Atkins does not endorse everyday overuse of these items. They are for occasional use only. Found this list and Dr. Bernstein and have altered the low carb I am using. However, now that I am on insulin (70/30) with good results, I still am not losing any weight (have not checked it again since the last NP visit in which weight was still the same). My biggest problem is trying to get in the exercise (I know, no excuses!). I know that the insulin causes weight gain when bg's are under good control. It gets very frustrating when you use low carb, get good control and are unable to lose any weight and the NP/dr wants you to lose at least 10-20 lbs. It is even more frustrating because when I was first diagnosed I lost 40 lbs by eating high carb and exercising. I cut out all fats at that time and rode an exercise bike twice a day, 10 miles at a time. Then my bike broke...trying to get another one. I enjoyed every meal I ate and my family did too as we had very balanced meals (albeit with pasta and potatoes, rice, etc.). Now I can eat about 2 tbsp of any of the above with a minor rise in bg's but most of the time I just don't bother with those foods. So everyone has a different way of doing things that as long as it works for them, good! This list just lets everyone voice their opinions and yes, sometimes the low carbers seem to be on a soapbox but it does work. However, if what you use works, don't change what you are doing. Sorry this is so long...Susie, hope you are feeling better. I was thrown off a horse when I was five and 40 yrs later I don't care to ever do that again! Kandy ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2000 Report Share Posted May 28, 2000 Kandy wrote about frustration over weight loss. Grrrl, I think most of us suffer from the same problem. I seem to have to starve myself to knock off even a little! The diabetes fights us every step of the way! (I believe that the diabetes comes first, and causes the weight gain - rather than the other way around.) I managed to lose a pound during this period of immobility ... but it has meant eating very little for over a week. You wrote: << Sorry this is so long...Susie, hope you are feeling better. I was thrown off a horse when I was five and 40 yrs later I don't care to ever do that again! >> My " adventure " with Dusty may have been my last as well. Sometimes we just accept that it's time to give certain things up. When I was 17, I broke my nose doing a back flip off the high dive at a new swimming pool with a very springy fiberglas board. Determined not to let that critter get the best of me, I went back a month later and attempted it again ... and rebroke my nose! And nope - I haven't dived since! It's not only the expense of this, but my pain and immobility have pretty much brought our lives to a halt. Rob is spending what little free time he has caring for me and doing the housework I ordinarily do. I just want to get better, and for the pain to stop. I'm 53 years old, and a diabetic. I need to quit trying to act like, " Sheena, Queena the Ponies " or something! Susie ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2000 Report Share Posted May 28, 2000 Sheena, Queen of the ponies: Hope you get well soon. Sorry to hear about all of your problems. Hope you are able to enjoy the outdoors on this beautiful weekend. Erwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2000 Report Share Posted May 28, 2000 >I'm 53 years old, and a diabetic. I >need to quit trying to act like, " Sheena, Queena the Ponies " or something! ****Well, Susie, at 53 I did promise my orthopedic surgeon (broken collarbone, cracked rib, cracked scapula) that I'd stop starting colts <grin>, and I actually have, except for the very very sensible appy/TB cross :-) Feel better - *this too shall pass*, and all that other happy horse pucky, Barb -------------- RAINBOW FARM UNLTD. Breeding Premium Oldenburgs, and fancy sport ponies. http://www.rainbowfarm.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2000 Report Share Posted May 28, 2000 >I have really been in pain, and can barely move. But last night I got my >courage up and let Rob help me into the hot tub, and today, I feel that, >instead of one baby step per day, I gained three baby steps. Hi Susie, So sorry to hear about your accident. Glad to hear you are feeling a little better. Just wanted to relay an experience I had with my back. I really pulled it out on a piece of exercise equipment and it just would not heal. I used heating pads and took hot baths for almost a eight months and I was still really sore. Anyway one day somebody recommended ice packs and within a week the pain was gone. Upshot is now I always use ice and it really helps injuries go away faster. Hope this helps.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2000 Report Share Posted May 28, 2000 Erwin wrote: << Hope you get well soon. Sorry to hear about all of your problems. Hope you are able to enjoy the outdoors on this beautiful weekend. >> Rob has just endured a major problem at work (the power plant shut down to refurbish major equipment, and everything went wrong), so this was a good test of our relationship. Lots of stress ... but I think we made it ... I have really been in pain, and can barely move. But last night I got my courage up and let Rob help me into the hot tub, and today, I feel that, instead of one baby step per day, I gained three baby steps. So in a few minutes Rob is going to wire up the sound system and TV in the spa room and we're going to give it another " go " tonight. We're still able to laugh ... and accept that we cannot maintain our normal standards while I am immobilized. I'll spy something on the floor and think, " I'm going to pick that up ... AAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH ... Okay, I'm not gonna pick it up! " I finally gave myself a bath, shave and shampoo last night. (My long hair had begun resembling dreadlocks.) We think certain events would be just devastating - but somehow we endure. I kept a porta-potty next to the couch where I have been sleeping the past week or so, and Rob has been very good-natured about emptying and cleaning it. Poor dear ... Erwin, please tell us how you are coming along. I keep puzzling over your readings, which are moderately hypoglycemic despite eating pretty much normal carbohydrate intake. I am interested to see if there are any changes, and I'd really like to know your next test results. We are all individuals - but your response is unique in my experience. Hugs, Susie ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2000 Report Share Posted May 28, 2000 SUSIE -- It's good to hear you are making progress even though it must seem minuscule at times. Never loose sight of the fact that progress IS progress. Sometimes standing still is progress, I suppose. At least you're not going backwards. GROUP -- Re the low carb eating thread --- I call my WOE " low carb " . To some I suppose my 150-160 grams a day is not strictly " low " carb. My pattern is more a no simple carbs. No bread, rice, potatoes, spaghetti, pasta, and the like. Except a sandwich[es] on the week-ends, and a high fiber cereal at breakfast. I have lost weight on this diet, and my last HbA1c is 5.26. Fasting sugars are in the low 90's. I should check post prandials more frequently, but I get busy and the hour or 2-hour slot goes by without my being aware of them. A timer often dings, and I'll vow to do it when I " finish this sentence " only to remember a half an hour later that the thing dinged. I think we all need to remember YMMV. (Your Mileage May Vary.) We are all different. As someone suggested about the carrots -- eat some. Then check you sugar levels. Than you will know what carrots do FOR YOU. At 05:54 PM 5/28/00 -0700, you wrote: >Erwin wrote: > ><< Hope you get well soon. Sorry to hear about all of your problems. Hope >you are able to enjoy the outdoors on this beautiful weekend. >> > >Rob has just endured a major problem at work (the power plant shut down to >refurbish major equipment, and everything went wrong), so this was a good >test of our relationship. Lots of stress ... but I think we made it ... > >I have really been in pain, and can barely move. But last night I got my >courage up and let Rob help me into the hot tub, and today, I feel that, >instead of one baby step per day, I gained three baby steps. So in a few >minutes Rob is going to wire up the sound system and TV in the spa room and >we're going to give it another " go " tonight. > >We're still able to laugh ... and accept that we cannot maintain our normal >standards while I am immobilized. I'll spy something on the floor and think, > " I'm going to pick that up ... AAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH ... Okay, I'm not gonna >pick it up! " I finally gave myself a bath, shave and shampoo last night. (My >long hair had begun resembling dreadlocks.) We think certain events would be >just devastating - but somehow we endure. I kept a porta-potty next to the >couch where I have been sleeping the past week or so, and Rob has been very >good-natured about emptying and cleaning it. Poor dear ... > >Erwin, please tell us how you are coming along. I keep puzzling over your >readings, which are moderately hypoglycemic despite eating pretty much >normal carbohydrate intake. I am interested to see if there are any changes, >and I'd really like to know your next test results. We are all individuals - >but your response is unique in my experience. > >Hugs, >Susie ) > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Was the salesman clueless? Productopia has the answers. >http://click./1/4633/1/_/529507/_/959561179/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Public website for Diabetes International: >http://www.msteri.com/diabetes-info/diabetes_int > > > > in Constable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2000 Report Share Posted May 30, 2000 wrote: << ... one day somebody recommended ice packs and within a week the pain was gone. Upshot is now I always use ice and it really helps injuries go away faster. >> Rob has been suggesting the same thing. But in the hospital they told me ice the first day or two, then heat after that. You really wonder how much of our medical care is sicence and how much is weird voodoo or something ... hahahaha. The part that really hurts is my sacrum or my hip (not sure which). There is some fresh bleeding there. I don't have a heating pad, and haven't tried the ice yet. But one of the really powerful spa jets is just in the right spot to blast on the injury. And if feels like all the muscles in that area are bunched up from " guarding " the injured spot, if you will ... and the jets just seem to smooth things out. By the way, we do not run the spa at the " recommended " setting of 102 degrees! We keep it in the 92-97 range. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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