Re: Carbs

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Hi , The only medication that I'm on now is Glucophage or the

gernaric Metformen. 2000 milligrams per day. 1000 in the morning and 1000

in the evening. This dose has been working quite well up until now.

Terri

Carbs

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> The reason that I was interested in finding out about how many carbs you

> should have for a day for each meal is because my blood sugars have been

> running higher than I like. This morning it was 188 and yesterday it was

> 171. The readings seem to be going up this week instead of going down. I

> really want to get these readings back down to 100 or lower the way they

> used to be. That is why I was wondering about the carbs. That is also

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> reason that I was asking about the Glucerna weight loss shakes and the

> South

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> Beach meal bars. I will check on Calorie King and find out. I appreciate

> the information about the Atkins bars and if the South Beach meal bars

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> more carbs than the atkins ones then I'll be switching to them.

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> If you all don't mind I'd like to tell you what I've eaten today so far.

> Please let me know if these foods are okay to eat and if it will help my

> sugar readings to go down.

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> Breakfast: two eggs, two pieces of healthy choice ham, two pieces of low

> fat string cheese, and a box of frozen brussel sprouts.

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> Lunch: one turkey burger patty, and a frozen box of frozen green beans.

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> For dinner: one salmon patty and a frozen vegetable.

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> I thought for a snack I'd have two pieces of celery with some low fat

> peanut

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> butter.

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> If any one has any other suggestions as to how I can get back on track

> please let me know.

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> I've exercised twice on the tread mill for an hour. I'm planning on going

> back on for 15 minutes after dinner. Thank you all for any help that you

> may be able to give me.

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> Terri

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