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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / November 2007Patting myself on the back for Thanksgiving
Hello, all. I thought I'd post this here because this group has provided me with lots of inspiriation and support in my effort to eat low carb for my health. (The principles and practices of OA have helped as well.) I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes several years ago, but I chose to ignore it. This past April, owing to a kidney stone that led to a kidney infection and put me into the hospital for a week, I decided that it was time to do something other than stuff my face with sugars and starches. Thanksgiving Day in the past was an excuse to engage in gluttony. (Not that I ever needed an excuse.) I loooooooooooooove turkey and stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, bread and of course pies and cakes of any stripe. Thanksgiving Day this year, my Goodgirl and I visited with my parents, and we went to their church for The Feast. The fare was a choice between turkey or ham, mashed potatoes or sweet, with trimmings. When asked, I ordered the turkey and said, "no potatoes," not thinking of how the plate might be served. Sure enough, I got no potatoes, but the plate came with several slices of turkey atop a mound of stuffing, smothered in gravy with green beans and a heap of cranberry sauce to the side. Big, fluffy dinner rolls in a basket were placed at my elbow. I pulled the turkey out of the other stuff and scraped the gravy off with my knife as best I could. I had the turkey and green beans and pushed my plate aside. I would have enjoyed cleaning my plate and having seconds and thirds as well, but I didn't. Back at my parents house, my mother served pumpkin pie with whipped cream, a favorite of mine and something I have always looked forward to over the holiday season. In the past, it was not unusual for me to polish off an entire pie on my own, but I eschewed it and had a couple of cups of black coffee (which I very much enjoyed). Yesterday, the morning after Thanksgiving, I had a fasting blood glucose reading of 87. Among the other things I'm thankful for this year, I am very grateful to have been able to stick with my low-carb eating in the face of enormous temptation. I didn't do it alone. > Hello, all. I thought I'd post this here because this group has > provided me with lots of inspiriation and support in my effort to eat [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > polish off an entire pie on my own, but I eschewed it and had a couple > of cups of black coffee (which I very much enjoyed). Fantastic! > Yesterday, the morning after Thanksgiving, I had a fasting blood > glucose reading of 87. Great fasting number! You know you need to test postprandials, right? Check this out: http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/NewlyDiagnosed.htm > Among the other things I'm thankful for this year, I am very grateful > to have been able to stick with my low-carb eating in the face of > enormous temptation. > > I didn't do it alone. Very inspiring story; thanks for sharing! You can google this group for "rec" and finds gobs of recipes, and also check out alt.food.diabetic for more ideas.  Signaturehttp://www.ornery-geeks.org/consulting/ >> Yesterday, the morning after Thanksgiving, I had a fasting blood >> glucose reading of 87. > > Great fasting number! Jackie! Do you have a different system of measuring bg to us? You say that 87 is good, but commented that mine of 6.5 was a bit high! I am totally confuddled:)) O > >> Yesterday, the morning after Thanksgiving, I had a fasting blood > >> glucose reading of 87. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > O I'm not Jackie, but I can clarify. There are two basic systems of measuring stuff like this, the one in the US and a few other countries, and the one used in the rest of the world. For blood glucose, the conversion factor is a bit over 18, so your 6.5 would translate to 117, which *is* a bit high, but not overwhelmingly so. The 87 that Jackie was commenting on would translate to something around 4.7 or 4.8 in the units you're accustomed to. Just to make things more confusing, the same two scales are used for cholesterol but the conversion factor is different. Signature"[xxx] has very definite opinions, and does not suffer fools lightly. This, apparently, upsets the fools." ---BB cuts to the pith of a flame-fest >>>> Yesterday, the morning after Thanksgiving, I had a fasting blood >>>> glucose reading of 87. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Just to make things more confusing, the same two scales are used for > cholesterol but the conversion factor is different. Thank you Alice.. I think <G> At least I know they are calculated differently:)) > I'm not Jackie, but I can clarify. There are two basic systems of > measuring stuff like this, the one in the US and a few other countries, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Just to make things more confusing, the same two scales are used for > cholesterol but the conversion factor is different. Yes. Moles are the actual numbers of molecules whereas grams measures the weight of the molecules, so conversion factors are different depending on the molecular weight of what you're measuring and every molecule is going to have a different conversion factor. That's why I sort of recommended the UK diabetes newsgroup to Ophie on the assumption that those folks will "think" in the appropriate units for all her lab values, making it a bit easier to discuss. I had to convert to discuss why I thought that was a bit high for a fasting number as 6.5 doesn't *mean* anything to me whereas the 87 does since I use that scale all the time. Signaturehttp://www.ornery-geeks.org/consulting/ >> I'm not Jackie, but I can clarify. There are two basic systems of >> measuring stuff like this, the one in the US and a few other [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > number as 6.5 doesn't *mean* anything to me whereas the 87 does since > I use that scale all the time. I shall pop over there:) Thank you Jackie! Every Monday I get on the scales, and I lost an incredible 4 pounds, even though it was Thanksgiving and I had a house full of people. Three people arrived on Wednesday and two arrived on Thursday. The were all gone by yesterday afternoon. A lot of cooking went on, but I was able to behave myself. For Thanksgiving dinner, I cooked the typical meal, but I only ate turkey, green beans, brussels sprouts, a few bites of sweet potatoes and one or two bites of conrbread dressing (OK, maybe it was three bites) and cheesecake. Still, I managed to lose 4 pounds while feeding a house full of people. I am really patting myself on the back this week. BTW, I had plenty to eat, all week, and I never went hungry. Ya can't beat the LC diet. :) Becca > Every Monday I get on the scales, and I lost an incredible 4 pounds, > even though it was Thanksgiving and I had a house full of people. Three [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > BTW, I had plenty to eat, all week, and I never went hungry. Ya can't > beat the LC diet. :) If you can lose over T'day, NOTHING will ever stop you, congrats!! Susan > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Susan Early last week, I was wondering how I would make it through Thanksgiving without gaining weight, as I reminded myself that Christmas was just around the corner. Since I survived Thanksgiving, I am not so worried about Christmas. I think I will make it (crossing my fingers!). It is easy to behave when I have so many good choices, and I never go hungry. Thanks for your support, and thanks to everyone else who responded. It means a lot. Becca > Every Monday I get on the scales, and I lost an incredible 4 pounds, > even though it was Thanksgiving and I had a house full of people. Three [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > BTW, I had plenty to eat, all week, and I never went hungry. Ya can't > beat the LC diet. :) *applause* Well done Becca!!! > Every Monday I get on the scales, and I lost an incredible 4 pounds, even > though it was Thanksgiving and I had a house full of people. Three people [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Becca YOU GO GIRL! Gotta love it... SignatureSherry lowcarb.owly.net > >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > In the US - I believe a "normal" range BG is between 70-120. When I did a 5 hour test once - it spike at 130 and within an hour had dropped to 44 - so I have the opposite problem. I just watch what I eat and when I feel it dropping - I eat either some fresh fruit or some type of protein. If nothing else is around - one small piece of hard candy usually does the trick - and yes I know that isn't low carb - but that is what will fix the low bg problem. Don't have to resort to that very often. >>> Yesterday, the morning after Thanksgiving, I had a fasting blood >>> glucose reading of 87. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > that 87 is good, but commented that mine of 6.5 was a bit high! I am totally > confuddled:)) Yes. We measure mg/dL, you measure mmol/dL. One of my previous posts you said you had saved had a link to a page with conversions on Alan's blog. Signaturehttp://www.ornery-geeks.org/consulting/ >>>> Yesterday, the morning after Thanksgiving, I had a fasting blood >>>> glucose reading of 87. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > One of my previous posts you said you had saved had a link to a page > with conversions on Alan's blog. Ahhhhhhh yes:)) I had forgotten! Thanks:) |
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