July 20

Good afternoon botts:

I can put weight on my foot this week.  Because I was off of it for 7 weeks, my leg is actually weaker.  It will take time to build up endurance.  I am trying to eat 4 meals rather than 6 meals today so that my blood sugar is lower before meals. I also thought I would feel food if I ate more of it at one time, but it just slides on through.  I am not eating anymore calories though.  Have a great day, Tri

B: jimmy dean delight and 2 clementines 330

L: Salad: lettuce, tomato, cucumber, seeds, olive oil and vinegar: Quesadilla: low carb tortilla, 4 oz chicken breast, 2 slices rf cheese; 80 cal Greek yogurt and a nectarine 600

D: Grass fed beef, rf cheese, tomato and lettuce, 2 slices whole wheat toast, veggie soup 500

S: protein cocoa 130

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Hi!

I know for me if i eat carbs I get hungrier and doesn't fill me up as well as protein and veggies do. So not that I'm always successful, lol, I try to keep carbs to maybe one slice of low carb toast or a low carb tortilla a day and the rest is veggies, beans and yugurt. It's hard! I love my potatoes but I know I won't lose if I eat them. My metabolism is slow though so maybe other people can eat more than me and lose but I try to keep my carbs under 50 a day. I say try... the other day I went to my sister's and the cheesy potatoes called out to me, sigh. The struggle is real!

If you make insulin carbs will make your body produce insulin when you eat them.  That makes you hungry.  15 years ago I asked my doctor to draw an insulin level.  Both the long range and short range levels were extremely low and he put me on insulin.  I am back on insulin now.  I take long acting Lantus at night and it works for 24 hours.  Years ago I had to take it 4 times a day because they didn't make this kind of insulin.  If I don't get enough carbs then my blood sugar declines and I feel confused and shaky.  I have slowly dropped it from 25 units to 20 units trying to find an insulin dose that I don't have to eat extra to elevate my blood sugar.  I have an appointment with a diabetic educator the end of August to help me regulate my dose.  That must be a great field to go into because they are booked out a month ahead.  According to the internet I should be taking 18 units for my weight.  I am going to try that tonight and see how things go tomorrow morning.