Diabetic anyone?

[MsTinkerbelly]

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

I have been folowing the meal plan and have lost a couple more pounds,I thought I would have lost more but I will take what I can get.I found brown rice that is instant from uncle Bens rice product..not to bad.Not so with whole wheat spagettie..yech, nasty tasting stuff,I will contenue with the regular kind but with way smaller portions.

I'm not sure about the brand (I just head for the yellow box) but I think it is Barilla...not the usual pasta, but the HIGH protein pasta made with Lentil flour...for whatever reason it doesn't mess with my blood sugar, cooks just like regular pasta, and is tasty.

[Rockinonahigh]

Originally Posted by MsTinkerbelly

I'm not sure about the brand (I just head for the yellow box) but I think it is Barilla...not the usual pasta, but the HIGH protein pasta made with Lentil flour...for whatever reason it doesn't mess with my blood sugar, cooks just like regular pasta, and is tasty.

Good and thank you,I got to have my spagettie now and then,

[Rockinonahigh]

Originally Posted by MsTinkerbelly

I'm not sure about the brand (I just head for the yellow box) but I think it is Barilla...not the usual pasta, but the HIGH protein pasta made with Lentil flour...for whatever reason it doesn't mess with my blood sugar, cooks just like regular pasta, and is tasty.

Good and thank you,I got to have my spagettie now and then.

[Andrew, Jr.]

Rockin,

Have you tried the whole wheat pasta? Even the tri-something wheat pasta is good too. I know how you feel about Italian food. I just love it too.

[Rockinonahigh]

Originally Posted by Andrew, Jr.

Rockin,

Have you tried the whole wheat pasta? Even the tri-something wheat pasta is good too. I know how you feel about Italian food. I just love it too.

Hi Andrew,Yes I tryed the whole wheat pasta in a word ..nasty..wich is something this italian boi cant deal with.Oh,about your problem about pricking your fingers totest..try soaking your hand is very warm but not hot water.That will dialate the blood vessels a bit and more blood will be in them to test with.There is a diabetic I work with that told me she had this same problem..works for her.

[Andrew, Jr.]

Rockin,

I think it's because I am usually hot & sweaty. I actually was told to stop pricking my finger since I was within normal limits of my bloodwork. I feel so uncomfi about it. Having OCD it just another ritual I have had to take on, if that makes sense.

I am glad we can talk about this here.

[Rockinonahigh]

Originally Posted by Andrew, Jr.

Rockin,

I think it's because I am usually hot & sweaty. I actually was told to stop pricking my finger since I was within normal limits of my bloodwork. I feel so uncomfi about it. Having OCD it just another ritual I have had to take on, if that makes sense.

I am glad we can talk about this here.

Andrew my friend,we all are ocd about somthing,beleave me I have a fue things that drive my group at work nuts about.I have this thing about pick up and clean up after yourself no matter what u r doing in "my'kitchen at work...I have been dubed Mr.Clean buy the folks there..u can bet I can clean up a mess so fast its like a tornado going threw.Its not only a chef thing but the right thing to do.
Today my biggie has been the work outs im doing three times a week,they go more or less this way..15-20 minits of basket ball to get some heart rate going is good for the reapiratinon too as it brings on a good sweat,then walk a bit to chill then when ready ..hit the stair stepper for 50 then go to the b-flex and do four upper body routines..if u r not totaly winded by now..drink some water and take 5...then 50 more steps on the steper..then I do three 15 each of diffrent things with 15 pound weights..and then lay back on the bench and give me @ 5 at the time leg raised to the chest with knees.YES,by then I am..I am totaly done..when I am able take a walk around the yard with the fur kids a couple of times to come dome to a reasonable heart rate.Now, someone tell me what I dont feel this is enough,or am I being un reasonable?Getting older is a bi8*%h.

[WhiteTigress]

As for good ways to get the blood for testing, I use the One Touch Ultra lancet device that came with my meter, and I use the One Touch lancets. The way that I get my draws is from the rounded part of my palm, opposite from the thumb side. When you use this area, you have to use the clear cap for the lancing device, rather than the blue one. This way you can actually press the device into the palm, and it causes the blood to pool up in that "dimpled up" part of your skin, prior to releasing the lancet..

If that doesn't always get a large enough droplet, I can go ahead and re-press the device back into the area around the prick mark, and it usually will "milk-up" enough blood that way. If you are trying this, remember NOT to retract the lancet, because it's not going to poke you again. You don't want to re-stick yourself. If that still doesn't work the first time, you could always give yourself a mini palm massage prior to lancing, and that will help stimulate good blood flow into the palm. And Andrew, NEVER injure your feet or toes. You can end up losing them.

As for pasta, try the Dreamfields, because it's a little higher in fiber, so you get fewer net carbs.

WT

[Arwen]

Just got diagnosed. Haven't gotten my meter yet. Have already done work exercising and dieting. Have pretty much eliminated sugar but still working on the carbs.