tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post7318952771993347935..comments2023-09-02T06:44:22.702-07:00Comments on Wildly Fluctuating: Closed MindsGretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17019921800841883073noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-64530107638172269312016-03-20T14:16:44.946-07:002016-03-20T14:16:44.946-07:00I just commented on Your first year diabetes Faceb...I just commented on Your first year diabetes Facebook page how your book saved my life. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing it. I call it my diabetes Bible and recently bought a second copy to give to a friend who was just diagnosed. Your book have me hope and showed me the way to get my A1c down....from 8.1 to 5.8 in 5 months....and I lost 40 pounds cutting my carbs down to 15 grams a meal. Thanks so very much!!! You're an angel!!!!Leave It To Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510401202733633537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-36464361380616742542011-12-26T08:02:14.480-08:002011-12-26T08:02:14.480-08:00Yes, the blame game is sad. That's why communi...Yes, the blame game is sad. That's why communication with other people who understand the situation is important.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019921800841883073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-36311475439903795562011-12-24T15:33:10.099-08:002011-12-24T15:33:10.099-08:00My honeymoon was around 20 years, although I proba...My honeymoon was around 20 years, although I probably should have been on insulin 5-7 years before that, according to my current endo. I was being "treated" as a non-compliant T2 for too many years. But that's another story. Thankfully, after 2 years of fighting for it, I was finally given an antibody test which, according to my then endo, was 'strongly positive". Mine isn't an isolated story, sadly, but all the clues were there from when I was 25 years old. Now that I'm on a pump, technically I can eat anything, but I don't because of the horrid weight gain from insulin. It loves me far too much. <br /><br />For no other reason than the weight gain, I try to limit carbs. It's so clear to me why many people become ravenously hungry and overweight many years before they are diagnosed with T2 (even though many overweight people will never get diabetes). It's such simple science, yet the blame-game continues.<br /><br />The breakfast thing is the one most low-carbers struggle with. If only a bit of lateral thinking ensued. Who says you can't have lunch or dinner for breakfast?Soozhttp://www.ladalife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-36912075624564132962011-12-24T05:57:15.218-08:002011-12-24T05:57:15.218-08:00Ann, Your breakfasts sound delicious. When I was g...Ann, Your breakfasts sound delicious. When I was growing up, we didn't eat breakfast, and I was never particularly hungry for lunch. As an adult, I sometimes had breakfast, and when I did, I was hungry for lunch. I found it very odd, but I was probably going high after breakfast and then going low, triggering hunger.<br /><br />I agree that what someone else eats is not our concern and it's rude to criticize it. But if someone else criticizes what you're eating, it would be a good chance to help educate them. You might suggest that they buy or borrow a meter and test an hour after their "healthy" breakfasts.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019921800841883073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-48217753951205327952011-12-24T02:24:31.655-08:002011-12-24T02:24:31.655-08:00I often eat dinner for breakfast. Leftover meatloa...I often eat dinner for breakfast. Leftover meatloaf, reheated, and a green vegetable are terrific in the morning. I usually have eggs and bacon, though. Low to virtually no carbs for breakfast is absolutely the best thing for me. My BG stays low and I don't get hungry at all, for hours. Carbohydrate first thing in the morning guarantees that I'll be hungry for more at lunchtime, if not before. Carbs make me hungry; protein doesn't and fat is filling.<br /><br />I never understand why anyone should feel irritated by how someone else eats. I wouldn't tell a friend that it might not be good for him or her to eat cake or pizza or a cinnamon bun: that would be rude. I reckon my friends, being adults, can take care of themselves. Even so, having had a few breakfast meetings recently where I heard that my scrambled eggs and bacon were a "heart attack on a plate" compared to another person's oatmeal with a lot of syrup, fruit salad and toast, I observed that we all have to die of something, sometime, and then let the matter drop. Except for the one time when I said that it was a shame that they didn't have kippers (smoked herring) on the menu.Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-7382515520381313402011-12-23T11:22:42.428-08:002011-12-23T11:22:42.428-08:00Sooz, I know another LADA who controlled without i...Sooz, I know another LADA who controlled without insulin for 6 years by following a LC diet, against advice from nutritionist, of course.<br /><br />I think the rest of the world is less worried about eating "breakfast food" than Americans are, although some Asians have congee for breakfast. I don't know if they have it often at other times.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019921800841883073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-15746396548359342692011-12-23T08:16:29.595-08:002011-12-23T08:16:29.595-08:00"When we have diabetes, we need to eat the fo..."When we have diabetes, we need to eat the foods that keep our blood glucose levels down" - hello? Isn't that summing it up nicely, and stating the obvious? Sadly, it's still not mainstream thinking. Some 33 years ago when I was diagnosed, my endo was way ahead of his time - he gave me what amounted to a low carb diet. I had LADA (didn't know it then), but I'm more than convinced I had a very long honeymoon because of how I was taught to eat back then.<br /><br />I'll have just about anything low-carb for breakfast including dinner. When overseas in 1973, I quickly got over the breakfast food thing when I was first served a Middle Eastern salad and cottage cheese.Soozhttp://www.ladalife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-56102679400084707582011-12-22T07:01:23.370-08:002011-12-22T07:01:23.370-08:00Nicky, I also got the giggles the first time I *di...Nicky, I also got the giggles the first time I *did* have lamb chops and broccoli for breakfast. This was back in the 1980s, long before I was Dx'd with type 2. Can't even remember why except I didn't particularly like "breakfast food."Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019921800841883073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-53387361606287574682011-12-22T00:47:01.136-08:002011-12-22T00:47:01.136-08:00I'd be iffy about the tomato on the plate - af...I'd be iffy about the tomato on the plate - after much experimentation, I've decided they're better for me after about 11am when I have a bit more carb tolerance.<br /><br />I always have a giggle at myself when thinking about Alan S's recommendations for breakfast, particularly his leftover stew. It looks delicious - but my head just cannot get round that as breakfast food!Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329379985523058837noreply@blogger.com