Just checking in...

[Adsos Letter]

Been Type II for about 7 years now.

Managed to drop 51 pounds since diagnosed.

I really, really miss beer...

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Man, I just wish I could kick the weight...

My diet's OK, I just don't move enough.

Keep making plans for exercising, but energy and will just aren't there.

[Adsos Letter]

5. Have you tried the "My Fitness Pal" app?

My wife has lost 30 pounds over the last year by following that app. It has put me on a course to lose 20 more pounds over the next 15 weeks, and that is factoring me as "sedentary." It has a way to adjust for diabetics when factoring the carb intake, but I haven't made that adjustment yet.

Thanks for lobbying for this group, and for hosting.

[TreasonousBastard]

9. Thanks. They've got an Android version that I'm checking out...

and we'll see if it helps.

(Anything's got to be better.)

[Nay]

2. Hi, Adsos. I've been Type II for about 3 years. I've had great success by

cutting lots of carbs out totally (sweets, rice, potatoes, almost all breads), but I still have a beer once in a while. Still, I know what you mean about missing things; there are days I feel like eating all the baked goods I could stuff in....I sure wish they'd find a cure before we all drop dead.

My best friend, a Type I, says they've been saying for 40 years that a cure will be found in 5 years.

[Adsos Letter]

6. Congratulations on your success, Nay.

I'm doing much better about carbs, but still struggling with willpower on some things (I have a real weakness for doughnuts and pie).
I'm helped by the fact that my wife does most of the cooking, and she takes the carbs issue seriously.

[Holly_Hobby]

3. Hi...

Type 2 here, normal blood sugars through Atkins. I really really miss mac&cheese, pizza, potatoes, cookies, cake, etc. etc. etc. I've changed my attitude about those foods - I can't digest them, so they're poison to me. I will have one bite if my husband is eating those foods.

As far as alcohol, I have a shot of whiskey before bed and right after I wake up to keep my liver from dumping glucose. My doctor says that 2 drinks a day for women is ok and probably does some good. It keeps my fasting below 85 and below 110 after meals. A really dry red wine is ok too, but I tend to drink more of it, so I switched to whiskey.

Congrats on the weight loss, I know how hard it is. Atkins helped me lose it and keep it off.

[Adsos Letter]

7. I took a healthy eating/lifestyle class through Kaiser.

Really feel blessed to have access to good healthcare through my wife's work. It was a 10 week program that met for two hours one night per week. Covered a lot of diet/exercise/carb counting/portion control stuff. Plus, it gave a lot of very practical help with achieving goals.

Right now I'm using the "My Fitness Pal" app for i-phone to help me lose another 20 by mid-summer.

[Holly_Hobby]

10. Excellent! n/t

[oneshooter]

4. Lean sausage, xtra sharp chedder, mustard tonight

Washed down by unsweet ice tea.

[Adsos Letter]

8. Artichokes and Boudin's whole wheat bread

With a couple slices extra sharp cheddar. Trying to discipline myself to drink more water, and break the diet soda habit.

[Nay]

11. The diet soda habit! I am trying to stop, too! The stuff is bad for me, I

know it, but it's so valuable to have the taste of something sweet that I keep going back. I don't hate water, I drink it as well. I just have found that the tastes in a low-carb diet are just not terribly enticing; I never liked meat very much, except turkey; I have always liked vegetables, but now am pretty darn sick of them; I very rarely eat pasta, rice, bread, sweets, or potatoes because they raise my BG so much. So the restrictive diet is pretty boring and I end up not even wanting to cook anything or eat anything. It's a vast sea of unappealing meals. Diet soda helped by contributing a couple of different tastes to the vast sea.

[Nay]

12. If you miss beer, have you tried Michelob Ultra? Carb count is about 3.2 and

it tastes fine to me.

[Adsos Letter]

13. Thanks! I picked up a six-pack of bottles this morning.

Have yet to pop one open.