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Lose Weight Fight Diabetes Lose Fat Defeat Diabetes

Joella LOSES THE SAME FOUR POUNDS AGAIN!

Talked to Joella again.  Thought she was making great progress. 

I'm afraid it isn't so.  She said she had lost 4 pounds this week.  I said that seems like a lot for one week.  Then asked the wrong question:  How much do you weight?
Her answer comfirmed my worst fears.....the 4 pounds she had just lost were 4 pounds she had put back on after losing them last month.  Bought and had sent to her another Diabetes Exchange List   the small one that you can keep in your pocketbook..Very handy for eating out, but if you aren't motivated and dedicated to losing weight and doing something about your diabetes it won't do much good.....just clutter up your purse.

I am beginning to think Joella doesn't yet realize the seriousness of being diagnosed with Diabetes.  It is a somewhat silent disease  doing its maleovent work behind closed doors until you wake up one day with a massive heart attach or a stroke..... If your arm wouldn't move or you couldn't walk because your foot or leg hurt, you would have motivation to do something RIGHT NOW to fix it. 

Unfortunate. 

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Cook Books To Help with Diabetic Meal Plans

Cook Books are Handy to have around,   Makes it easier to plan a meal or use  up extra food in a different serving manner so it looks different, taste new and is extra appealing because it isn't a LEFT Over!

There are some nice cookbooks available here,  look in the sidebars for the "Gadgets" that are floating
around with  choices of Cook Books.   Better yet I have an Amazon Search button on the right, so just enter what kind of cookbook you want and fly away!  


Hope you find something nice!




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Joella Gained Five Pounds in Five Days

I Talked to Joella last week and she was excited because her weight had come down to 179 pounds.  She got her Social Security last Wednesday....when I talked to her today she was up to 186 but had lost a pound since yesterday.
I don't know the solution to her problem.  We talk on the phone (I'm in Tn. and she's in Fl.) and go over what kind of foods and when she should be eating but it doesn't seem to make much difference.
She taking a course at the YMCA  in the gym and said her instructor has her making a list of everything she eats....funny the Doctor can't get her to log her blood glucose readings or what she eats and when she eats, but the girl at the gym is getting a food list. Since she goes to the gym three times a week, I guess it is the personal attention from someone other than family that matters.  It still comes down to this one phrase:  YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.

                Here is a link to Bob's information about his glycemic index diet. Wish Joella would join him! Click Here!

Do You Lose the Same Ten Pounds Again and Again?

Joella called last night (she is my sister in Florida with diabetes if you are new), all excited because she was down to 179 pounds.  I was in shock...asked her how much she weighed before  and she said 193 pounds.  In June she weighed in the 160's getting very close to making it into the 50's.  

I don't know what happened, how it happened....well I guess I do.....don't eat the right food, don't keep to a scheduled meal time and depend on Insulin, diabeta and metformin (all three she takes) to try to keep your sugar readings low.  
Don't exercise every day  the equivalent of walking for 30 minutes.

She is now enrolled in a nutrition  class at the local hospital.  Seems excited about it, said it is taught by a nurse and a nutritionist.
As a no longer active RN  I wonder what her reaction will be when they tell her the same thing she has heard from me for the last three years: Only eat amount of calories  that caregiver prescribes, eat at least three meals and two snack each day, try to eat at the same time each day (called meal scheduling) include as much fresh produce in diet as possible, take prescribed meds when you are supposed to take them, check blood sugar as requested by caregiver and keep a log of sugar readings, medication taken and amount and type of  food consumed and when.
At least she has dropped some of the weight.  Think it made an impression on her when she sat down on the floor and then couldn't get back up.  She had to have someone help her.
Even though it is positive that she has lost weight, I'm still a little down.  It is the same pounds that she has lost and gained back in the last few years.  Should   have know when she called about the great bathing suit she found  a nice 3X but bought some shorts to wear over it because the skirt (from the top) left some of her stomach bare.
Peace.  

Joella is Changing What She Eats

Joella called today and reported she now has her fasting blood sugar down to 238.  I didn't even ask what it was before.  She was so excited to "get it down".

Since she lives in Florida and I live in Tennessee it is hard to get a handle on what she is really eating and doing as far as controlling her diabetes.  The newest thing is that PUP (a Florida program tied to Medicare) is going to pay for her to go to a class about Food.  It will be taught by Nurses and a Nutritionist.

I wonder what she is going to think when she finds out it is mainly the things that I have talked to her about for the last three years.   Scheduled meal and snack times, take your insulin and/or oral medication 30 minutes before eating, stay within your calorie allowance when planning and eating meals, and most important  get at least 30 minutes of exercise every day.

She recently moved, no longer has access to a pool but likes to walk and has an exercycle that she rides so doesn't seem to have a problem with the exercise part.

With the diet part of her program she has a problem.  Since she likes to stay up almost all night, she really doesn't have a good eating schedule.  Including fresh raw vegetables...even celery or lettuce is also a big problem. She tends to buy Plums, Bananas, Cherries and a few Apples.  Occasionally Cabbage or a Cucumber will make it home, but forget Broccoli, Greens, Fresh Green Beans (she buys canned) Green Peppers etc.

This link is to a site that has a lot of good information on Diabetes and Blood Sugar Control.  Just Click and go and enjoy.    It features healthy snacks, just plain healthy eating and exercise routines.  To come back here just click the back arrow.

What You Need to Know: How your body Processes Food

This is a wonderfully illustrated and understandable video which will help you understand how our bodies handle food.  Will give you an idea of what happens when things go wrong.
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