RE: yogurt

February 23, 2005

Yogurt, imnho, should always be bought plain. And free of additives.

Mix in your own condiments. I like to put a dab of yogurt on top of

small pieces of fruit and then put cinnamon on top of, or mixed into the

yogurt. Maybe some nutmeg too.

Helen

February 23, 2005

Hi Helen,

If I might jump in here. Lol I can't handle eating plain yogurt. I prefer

fruity yogurt and I have found a brand here that is FF and SF, has 10-12g of

carbs. I also love the strawberry cheesecake flavor too. I know you can make

these flavors yourself. And I love to cook and be creative, but with all I

have, I just don't feel up to doing much anymore so I try to cut corners

where I can. I do cook almost everyday, some nights the family gets

sandwiches. I had my first sandwich last night using lettuce as a wrap. It

was pretty good actually.

Tommie

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Yogurt, imnho, should always be bought plain. And free of additives.

Mix in your own condiments. I like to put a dab of yogurt on top of

small pieces of fruit and then put cinnamon on top of, or mixed into the

yogurt. Maybe some nutmeg too.

Helen

February 24, 2005

DaVinci lowcarb syrups made with Splenda.

Where do you find these? Certain part of the grocery store? Or are they at a

special store?

I love yogurt with out pieces of fruit in it.

Last night I actually found Dreamfields Pasta at my local grocery and some

low-carb wraps. I even bought some of the Low Carb Milk, I had some this

morning and it has a slight different taste to it, but it's not bad and I can

handle it my cereal. I also bought Dr. Bernstein's book yesterday. I'm really

getting into all this now, I just wished I had started 4 yrs ago, I can't

imagine how much better I would be now.

Helen, I even used your advise again, that you gave Tommie and bought some

Green Tea, I have never tried Tea before, I've always smelled it and hated it,

but I made some last night and put in the fridge. I do plan on trying it

tonight after it's nice and cold. I guess I'm a little scared I won't like it,

but I'm so wanting to get away from the diet Soda. I'm trying to wean myself

off the caffeine, if I don't have it I still get headaches, and if I do have

it, it does have the effect to spike my BG readings. I also hate water, I can

drink it if it's Ice cold, but that's the only time.

I've listed below the last couple weeks of my BG readings, I see my doctor

again March 7th, I would just like some of your thoughts, if they still seem a

little high on average? Do you think I could talk to the doctor to stop

taking Glipzide? Some times I do get in the 60's before lunch.

I'm type 2, 34yrs old, 1000 mg 2 times a day of Metaformin, and 5 mg

Glipzide once a day.

Thank you for allowing me to read all of your posts, I have learned a great

deal from all of you.

Feb 24th: Pre B 110 Post B 116

Feb 23rd: Pre B 117 Pre L 72 Pre D 95

Post D 95

Feb 22nd: Pre B 160 Pre L 71 Pre D 109

Feb 21st: Pre B 152 Pre L 81 Pre D 100

Post D 136

Feb 20th: Pre B 125 Pre D

99

Feb 19th: Pre B 111 Pre D

78 Bed 155

Feb 18th: Pre B 135 Pre L 73 Pre D 169

Feb 17th: Pre B 104 Pre L 75 Pre D 98

Feb 16th: Pre B 104 Pre L 72 Pre D 78

Post D 97

Feb 15th: Pre B 94 Pre L 73 Pre D 149

February 24, 2005

Hi, T ommie...well, think about this. You say you " can't handle eating

plain yogurt " .

If it was a matter of losing your sight or not eating plain

yogurt...would the choice become easier?

I can see you're fighting giving up your favorite foods and that's

totally understandable. We've all been through this. But give it a

try. Buy some plain yogurt and then buy some DaVinci lowcarb syrups

made with Splenda. They come in all kinds of nifty flavors.

My standard dessert (and this would work for breakfast too) is a

mixture, half ricotta (less carbs than cottage cheese) and half plain

yogurt. Then I add a splash of any flavor DaVinci syrup -- right now I'm

liking Kalua or peppermint (but not together) -- and a few sliced

berries: Frozen strawberries from Trader Joe's (no sugar added!) during

the winter, fresh raspberries, strawberries or blueberries during the

summer. The key word here is a FEW. It really satisfies.

You're going to have to change your eating habits if you ever want to

get your BGs down to where they won't cause harm to your body. But I

can assure you -- if you do this now, this time next year it won't hurt

at all, smile. And you'll have all your body parts in good working

condition, which is the payoff.

Vicki

RE: yogurt

>

> Hi Helen,

>

> If I might jump in here. Lol I can't handle eating plain yogurt. I

> prefer

> fruity yogurt and I have found a brand here that is FF and SF, has

> 10-12g of

> carbs. I also love the strawberry cheesecake flavor too. I know you

> can make

> these flavors yourself. And I love to cook and be creative, but with

> all I

> have, I just don't feel up to doing much anymore so I try to cut

> corners

> where I can. I do cook almost everyday, some nights the family gets

> sandwiches. I had my first sandwich last night using lettuce as a

> wrap. It

> was pretty good actually.

>

> Tommie

> _____

>

February 24, 2005

In the summer, plain yogurt is also delicious with fresh cucumber slices and

lots of garlic.

Gretchen

February 24, 2005

Well, I get them at my local lowcarb store, which stocks them all. But I

realize not everyone has a lowcarb store handy. You might find them at

a large local chain; some Safeway stores carries them around here. You

could ask your store manager if they'll stock t hem. They're also

available online. Here's the URL for their site. You can also get them

through online lowcarb stores, of which there are many, just do a Google

search.

http://www.davincigourmet.com/729.html?flashdetect=YES

Vicki

Re: yogurt

>

> DaVinci lowcarb syrups made with Splenda.

> Where do you find these? Certain part of the grocery store? Or are

> they at a

> special store?

> I love yogurt with out pieces of fruit in it.

>

> Last night I actually found Dreamfields Pasta at my local grocery and

> some

> low-carb wraps. I even bought some of the Low Carb Milk, I had some

> this

> morning and it has a slight different taste to it, but it's not bad

> and I can

> handle it my cereal. I also bought Dr. Bernstein's book yesterday. I'm

> really

> getting into all this now, I just wished I had started 4 yrs ago, I

> can't

> imagine how much better I would be now.

>

> Helen, I even used your advise again, that you gave Tommie and bought

> some

> Green Tea, I have never tried Tea before, I've always smelled it and

> hated it,

> but I made some last night and put in the fridge. I do plan on trying

> it

> tonight after it's nice and cold. I guess I'm a little scared I won't

> like it,

> but I'm so wanting to get away from the diet Soda. I'm trying to wean

> myself

> off the caffeine, if I don't have it I still get headaches, and if I

> do have

> it, it does have the effect to spike my BG readings. I also hate

> water, I can

> drink it if it's Ice cold, but that's the only time.

>

> I've listed below the last couple weeks of my BG readings, I see my

> doctor

> again March 7th, I would just like some of your thoughts, if they

> still seem a

> little high on average? Do you think I could talk to the doctor to

> stop

> taking Glipzide? Some times I do get in the 60's before lunch.

>

> I'm type 2, 34yrs old, 1000 mg 2 times a day of Metaformin, and 5 mg

February 24, 2005

Has anyone else tried the CarbDown yogurt or smoothies?

I had tried the smoothie a while back & found it so disgusting that I

threw it out.

Today I bought a container of blueberry yogurt. Same thing--the taste

is ok but the texture is both slimey & gummy & chalky to me. I ate

about 2 spoonsful & out it went.

cappie

Greater Boston Area

T-2 10/02 1/05 A1c: 5.4 = 115 mean glu

50-100 carb diet, walking, Metformin

ALA/EPO, Coq10, B12, ALC, Vit C

Cal/mag, low dose Biotin, full spectrum E,

Chromium P, Policosanol, fish oil cap,

fresh flax seed, multi vitamin,

Lovastatin 20 mg, Enalapril 10 mg

2/05:143 lbs (highest weight 309),

5' tall /age 67,

cappie@...

February 24, 2005

Cappie - I have tried both made by Hood - the Smoothie I find quite good. The

yogurt I usually add a few nuts or a couple of pieces of fruit and stir it up. I

find it quite satisfying for the number of carbs you are getting YMMV

Barb in NH

Has anyone else tried the CarbDown yogurt or smoothies?

cappie

February 24, 2005

cappie@... wrote:

> Has anyone else tried the CarbDown yogurt or smoothies?

I've been getting the Dannon Carb Control yogurt - 3g each little

carton. Tastes just like yogurt to me - but I'm not a yogurt person -

just like a little allowable dessert.

CarolR

February 24, 2005

cappie@... wrote:

> Has anyone else tried the CarbDown yogurt or smoothies?

I've been getting the Dannon Carb Control yogurt - 3g each little

carton. Tastes just like yogurt to me - but I'm not a yogurt person -

just like a little allowable dessert.

CarolR

February 24, 2005

Tommie - a rule of thumb, which is just a starting point and certainly

not true for everyone, is that each gram of carbohydrate will raise your

blood sugar by five points. So if you start with a bg of 165 and eat 12

grams of carbohydrate you will raise your bg 60 points, for an ending

number of 165+60 = 225. Then you need to know how many points each unit

of insulin will bring the bg back down. If that number is 20 points,

then to get to a bg of 100 you would need to dose 3 units just for the

12 carbs and another 3.25 units to correct the original 165. If each

unit of insulin brings your bg down by 10 points you'd have to double

the dose. There's a book called " Using Insulin " recommended to me by

someone on this list which is very good for starting points, and

discusses how to figure dosing for basal and for meals. It's based on

your weight and some other factors, and of course those results need to

be tested and tested again in order to arrive at an individual dosing

regimen. I got it at Amazon.com.

CarolR

February 24, 2005