The Glade 4.0

Teach your daughter to cook from scratch. Watch her quickly outdo you and start turning out incredible stuff. I've seen that happen several times, some folks don't know how good they can be until they are introduced to the opportunity.

Not my daughter though, she resisted every effort until my friends got her interested in cooking. She likes to bake though, killer cupcakes. Just what I need, sigh.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

We don't let Stampy near any sort of cooking appliances other than supervised visits to the microwave :p

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Holy shitsnacks!

she is pretty good in a kitchen. But she has my tendency to get upset if it does not come out perfectly.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

You might enjoy this, just for the fun of it. One family's trials and tribulations with trying to at healthy.

http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/co ... id=1364353

The newspaper is our local liberal weekly, good for finding entertainment and new places to eat mostly.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Bloody hippies. :p

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Inulin!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inulin

It disolves completely in water and is almost flavourless (a slight sweet/grassy taste). It's pure fiber and will cushion blood sugar swings somewhat, and it's great for maintaining a healthy gut flora.

It has been a while... but to give an update:

I am keeping things decently under control. My Glucose levels tend to run a bit higher than "normal" but I have felt great, and have been figuring my limits.

I go to the doctor next month (5/20) for a follow up, I need to go get bloodwork done again just before that (2 weeks or so).

I am feeling good going into this.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

DS, how have things been going? Hope still good!

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they are going pretty well. I have my 90 day follow up in 2 days.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

awesome.... my diabeetus is looking like we may have it under control, but my lipid panel is going haywire. So they are putting me on a different cholesterol med that causes severe muscle cramps in the legs.

That is a problem which I already suffer from, I am NOT happy with this. I would almost rather deal with the full body painful goosebumps I was dealing with when they had me on Niaspan.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

Man, I don't envy you, or anyone, going through the whole "meds calibration" saga. Be well.

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They put me on Niaspan. I took it once.

Once.

Woke up in the middle of the night with the pins and needles flushing thing...

I said yep. That's enough of that.

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Holy shitsnacks!

Do you have Cheerios?

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DS,

Take a serious look at this website.

http://nutritiondata.com

This place is amazing. I've been on a pretty strict diet lately, and the reference data on this site is extremely helpful in planning my meals, especially dinner. If you register, it will let you save lists of recipe ingredients, meals, etc... it also allows side-by-side comparisons of individual food items. Keep an eye on the 'Serving' size option on the display. I was looking at Chunky Peanut Butter,and it showed 1900 calories... which kinda freaked me out until I realized that was for a full cup.

Here is their database entry for the Cheerios Khross suggested
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/brea ... als/1522/2



As a diabetic, pay close attention to the glycemic load and glycemic index values associated with the foods you eat. Read up on how this affects you.

Avoid anything with even a moderate glycemic load (see details under the 'more info' link) value and you should see remarkable changes in your Glucose and Hemoglobin A1c values. Keeping glycemic load down keeps insulin production down. Insulin doesn't just help your cells use sugar, it also keeps them from burning fat. As long as you have sugar in your blood, you will have high insulin production, and thus a very low potential to burn fat. The best solution to this problem is to avoid putting the sugar in your system in the first place (i.e. make good food choices). There is a lot more to this of course. I highly recommend discussing these things with your doctor.

In about 5 weeks, I've lost 23lbs, I'm off all of my blood sugar meds, and am still getting 2 hour 'fasting' readings in the high 70's and low 80's. I'm actually working with my Doctor on adjusting my food intake to get my blood sugar back up to a more comfortable level (90-100 'feels' best to me) without compromising the weight loss goals too much ( my goal weight is 220lbs.. only 60lbs to go ).

I am going to start doing the cheerios thing as has been suggested. My breastfast as of late has consisted of a poached egg, and whole grain wheat toast, with High Calcium Country Crock with a cup of coffee (Stevia in the Raw and sugar free french vanilla creamer).

I have been forcing myself to go something for lunch, even if just a slice of toast with some peanut butter on it (maybe a tablespoon worth which is 1/3 of a serving, and still a lot.)

I will admit I have been severely lacking in some of the diet areas, my first and foremost priority has been to get the diabetes under control. Luckily I took to the Metformin like it was second nature, there is no current plan to do anything other than this medication. But now I am going to focus my efforts onto getting the cholesterol under control.

More grilled foods, less pan fried or deep fried foods, I can deal with baked buffalo fingers instead of fried....

I did save that particular site as a favorite I will be digging into it further tonight.

Thank you Khross, Midgen and everyone for the advice and the resources.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

Potassium is the answer for leg cramps. I know this from personal experience. I get mine from a variety of sources, vegetable juices, supplements, yogurt and bananas - though I hardly ever eat bananas anymore.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Low K can cause leg cramps, eat those bananas!

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