Dear Bev,
Just a bit of loving advice. <smile>
Here is what I have found, that works for me, and I don't have all
the answers. <smile>
I eat the fruits I like.
Fresh veggies are great. I do Drink lots of water.
I use to crave sweets. I use to crave carbs, but now I'm doing better
with that, and I'm trying to eat better.
I've lost quite a little weight since I was first diagnosed as a
diabetic in 2000.
I went from almost 230 pounds and now I'm down to 176. I'm still
dropping the pounds, slowly.
I'm going to go clean some strawberries.
I have heard that we should never eat fruit with our meals. I've
heard that we should always eat the fruit about two hours after we
eat. The fruit will turn to rot in your gut if you eat it with your meals.
I still eat carbs, but I try to eat less of them.
I do take GTF Chromium twice a day, and that does help
I take lots of herbs and vitamins, and my doctors know everything I take.
I can not take Cholesterol meds, either.
I take everything natural for my Cholesterol and it's lower than it
has been in 3 years.
My A1C is also lower than it has been in a while, but I want it to be
down to 5.9 or lower.
I do take Glipicide for Diabetes twice a day. I've added Cinnamon
(Cinnulin) to my batch of herbs and vitamins and I can not take it
with my diabetes medicine. I take the Cinnulin at noon.
I've been told that we should never take herbs and vitamins with
perscriptions at the same time. Any Pharmacist will tell you that. <smile>
Thanks much.
Many Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
"I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me." Phillippians 4:13.
At 09:35 PM 3/3/2014, you wrote:
>I have to ask, what kinds of foods make a person feel more full? I
>know I eat way too much carbs, but I don't seem to know what else to
>eat. I like vegetables, but raw vegetables seem to give me more
>tummy issues than they're worth. I'm having a horrible time knowing
>what to eat. I don't like much in the way of fresh fruit. I do like
>apples, grapes and strawberries, but there aren't many other fresh
>fruits I like.
>
>Bev
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris and Chris" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 10:23 PM
>Subject: Re: Prayer - Attention Doris
>
>
>>Hi, Phil,
>>
>>Oh, the many things I learned to enjoy and eat while in the
>>hospital have me full and not craving any sweets and I have been
>>losing weight. Some of my clothes now seem almost like a before and
>>after commercial from some fad diet but they are not.
>>
>>some of you have been personal friends and prayer partners for many
>>years. if things do get personal, I likewise will use pm but with
>>my diabetes, i am encouraged to learn different people;s experiences.
>>
>>since i never liked most sweets I should be fine. oh, and in
>>germany, traditionally with most people the main meal is eaten around midday.
>>
>>praying for just the right job or volunteer opportunity for ms
>>sandy and a contued gute besserung according to gods will for the both of you.
>>
>>hugs,
>>
>>Doris and chris
>>
>>At 08:58 PM 2014/03/02 -0700, you wrote:
>>>Doris,
>>>
>>>We can easily work something out. Does Germany have more than one time zone
>>>like the states having 4 time zones? According to my iPhone, Berlin is 8
>>>hours ahead of the Mountain Time Zone which I am in. I don't know
>>>where you live from
>>>Berlin's. I'm guessing therefore, we are 7 or 8 hours apart and I
>>>am behind you in time, of course. I'd enjoy talking to Chris as well and
>>>praying together, for that matter, too. I'm posting openly on the list so
>>>others can participate but otherwise, when things become more personal, I'll
>>>write privately offlist. I haven't been on my diabetes oral medication for
>>>3 weeks due to my weight loss and my low carb style of eating. I have done
>>>no exercising other than walking which I just started a couple of days ago.
>>>So, I lost 50 pounds in 5 months without being hungry and without
>>>exercising. Now I'm on the second half of my diet and off the medication
>>>for the high blood sugar so we can talk more about that later. I have been
>>>checking my sugar levels with my talking glucomitor a couple of times each
>>>day to make sure nothing gets out of control but I know now what I can eat,
>>>and not eat, to control the numbers. My sugar levels are normal and have
>>>been these last few weeks. I go to my doctor in a week for an A1C blood
>>>test but the levels have been normal for the past two years so he moved me
>>>from 3 months to 6 months apart for the A1C test to gives them the accurate
>>>reading over any period of time. My blood sugar levels were in the high
>>>rage during the 3 days I was in the hospital because they were giving me
>>>steroids to assist in the healing of my spine so they gave me shots to help
>>>keep it down during those 3 days but otherwise, I've had nothing. I can eat
>>>a lot of food because some foods have no carbohydrates at all and some foods
>>>even help cancel out other foods you are eating with high carbs
>>>content. I'm sure others
>>>on the list who are diabetics can testify to similar experiences. About 5
>>>years ago, when Vicki's husband John had open heart surgery, my blood sugar
>>>was in the 300 range. Now it runs about 107 to 110 unless I eat a meal that
>>>is elevated with high carbs and then it may jump 2 hours later to 155. It
>>>quickly drops back down, however, to 102 to 110 after those two hours of
>>>digestion of what I ate. To my amazement, I don't crave food
>>>except upon occasion and even then, only for brief periods of
>>>time. Sometimes I forget to eat our evening meal all
>>>together. We eat our main meal at noon because Sandy used to go
>>>to work in the middle of the afternoon so we have gotten used to
>>>having a big meal for our lunch at the noon hour. I've heard
>>>people say they forget to eat but I never believed it was possible
>>>until it began happening to me since June first of this year.
>>>
>>>Phil.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris and Chris" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 7:05 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Prayer - Attention Doris
>>>
>>>
>>>>that would be wonderful and any time we are not sleeping would work. we
>>>>would like for Chris to be included in prayer sessions as it is him who is
>>>>facing a lot of responsibility with my diabetes and often does not feel or
>>>>is not up to it.
>>>>
>>>>Love in Christ,
>>>>
>>>>Doris
>>>>
>>>>At 02:08 PM 2014/03/02 -0700, you wrote:
>>>>>Sandy is getting better each day but it is a slow process. I come out to
>>>>>my office often during most of the day and evening because she can get
>>>>>around using her walker and she has learned to walk without the walker for
>>>>>short distances. Whenever she needs me, since my office is on the
>>>>>opposite side of our home, she just calls me on our cell phones and I come
>>>>>running. I'm suggesting, therefore, we can work something out on skype to
>>>>>pray and talk sooner than I thought.
>>>>>
>>>>>Phil.
>>>>>
>>>>>I Was Perfect Until I Met Jesus
>>>>><http://www.SafePlaceFellowship.com>www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
>>
>>
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>Thanks much.
>
>Many Blessings,
>
>Pat Ferguson
>"I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me." Phillippians 4:13.
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