Re: Knowing When We Feel Good, or Not

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In a message dated 4/24/01 11:12:59 PM Central Daylight Time,

jharper@... writes:

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In other words, I've learned that my body doesn't always know what's best

for it. Sometimes it takes what the head can supply in terms of

information and knowledge, working together *with the body, to gain health.

Just my $.02.

jo

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You are so right Jo....I hate it when my body is screaming for food or carbs

and I just know.....it is too high to be putting food in the mouth....just

hate that. It helps me to stay motivated to be low carb as I hate that

feeling so much. The starlix has helped tremendously in limiting those

feelings. I really like it

ressy

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In a message dated 4/25/01 11:11:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

mrspan@... writes:

<< someone from this list or another list (i think i

joined about 4) said to mix half whipping cream and

half water for coffee. i love chocolate milk, and

milk in my coffee, and skim just doesn't work for me.

i'm guessing the 2% is not what i need, correct? >>

Right... you want the heavy cream cuz its the lowest in carbs.

i cook with that, or with half and half.

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Jo- my body got used to the high bg's too. At 275bg I felt just fine. When I

first got them down I felt shakey. I too drank about a gallon of milk a day.

I loved it. I thought I was being " good " to myself. That milk was healthy. I

would get night sweats (I took milk to bed with me) and I thought I was

going thru menopause. Now I know I can not even tolerate even a 1/2 cup of

whole milk- sends my bgs skyrocketing. I think after drinking all that milk

for so many years I " sensitized " my body to it and it now says " no more

milk! " I know others can drink milk but not me.

Thank God for all the info that is available to us now. I often say to my

friends that without the internet I would be totally uneducated about this

disease. The Drs are not very helpful or knowledgable.

E

<<I remember my mom insisting for years and years of type 2 dm when they had

little else but insulin injections or sulfs to give her to treat things,

that she knew when she felt good, and that she didn't feel good on those

pills, and that by gum, she was *too going to drink her milk (one or two

gallons per day), eat her sandwich(es), not take her pills, etc., cause she

knew when she felt good, and she didn't feel good the way they wanted her

to be.

Now I cry to think all that I have available in terms of knowledge and

modalities that she didn't. She died a horrible death due to her cardiac

complications. I don't want to go that way.

Now sometimes I find myself " feeling good " , only to discover that my

readings are 180 or more. My body got used to living in that higher

glucose bath all those years that I didn't know to take care of myself, so

now my body, bless its heart, thinks that's the way to feel. That's what

it considers normal. I'm still, these years after diagnosis, in the

process of convincing my body that 100 **really feels good ... come on, try

it!

In other words, I've learned that my body doesn't always know what's best

for it. Sometimes it takes what the head can supply in terms of

information and knowledge, working together *with the body, to gain health.

Just my $.02.

jo>>

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" my body to it and

> it now says " no more

> milk! " I know others can drink milk but not me.

>

i adore milk. i'm hoping that my body will still

accept it (not sure how long before i know all this,

but i'm betting you're gonna be getting tons of

questions from me soon).

someone from this list or another list (i think i

joined about 4) said to mix half whipping cream and

half water for coffee. i love chocolate milk, and

milk in my coffee, and skim just doesn't work for me.

i'm guessing the 2% is not what i need, correct?

pat (questions, questions)

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the 2% is not what i need, correct?

> >>

> Right... you want the heavy cream cuz its the lowest

> in carbs.

> i cook with that, or with half and half.

>

>

ok. wow. so much to learn. i know my espresso

machine loves the skim better, so maybe i'll consider

it a treat again to get that sucker out, steam and

foam my skim milk, and make like a happy camper. i

tried reading labels, and the rice cakes seem to have

no carbs, but i know the rice has something because

it's white. LOL and i'm told white is dangerous.

gonna go check on my mom, weave a little, and then get

back to my puter for research. so much to do; so

little time. pat

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Jo Harper, you make a good point. Feeling good may be a useful guide but it

is not infallible. Feeling good is often what keeps people addicted to

substances or activities that may be very harmful.

Tom the Actuary

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Hi Pat -

If you can still have milk in your diet and love chocolate milk, I'd

recommend a product called Stevia Delight to make your chocolate milk with.

I love chocolate milk, too, and use this stuff as a treat. Stevia is an

artificial sweetener derived from a plant of some sort native to south

america. The mix has 13 calories per serving, which I think works out to

1-2 grams of carbs in addition to the milk. You can get it and other

products like drink mixes online at www.stevitastevia.com.

Anne

<snip> i love chocolate milk, <snip>

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I agree with both of you! I was amazed when I started testing more,

how the times I thought I was feeling great my bgs were actually

higher! Every 10-20 pts they have gone down has been a struggle till

my body adjusts!.......Especially now that I am off meds and they are

going down on a regular basis. At present I feel weak when they are

still in the 90's but that is a big improvement over getting that

feeling at 140!!! I think eating smaller snacks more often might

help....I'm just not good at it when I'm on the run! I feel great now

when they are in the 100 to 120 range and that is unbelieveable when

before anything under 200 was a bad experience.

Mewing

> In a message dated 4/24/01 11:12:59 PM Central Daylight Time,

> jharper@n... writes:

>

> <<

> In other words, I've learned that my body doesn't always know

what's best

> for it. Sometimes it takes what the head can supply in terms of

> information and knowledge, working together *with the body, to gain

health.

>

> Just my $.02.

>

> jo

>

> >>

>

> You are so right Jo....I hate it when my body is screaming for food

or carbs

> and I just know.....it is too high to be putting food in the

mouth....just

> hate that. It helps me to stay motivated to be low carb as I hate

that

> feeling so much. The starlix has helped tremendously in limiting

those

> feelings. I really like it

> ressy