Time to get back to basics....

[lindijanice]

Hi All, Trust you are enjoying the lovely fall weather......always makes me feel like I need to start a new project or something. Decided it's got to be me!! Just printed off a bunch of food diaries from diabetes.co.uk - thank you for having paper ones for oldies like me who still like buying colored pens and holding paper

Anyway, I used this summer as a time to try out Paleo - love my cheese and coffee cream too much!, tried upping my carbs to around 100 - ouch! Carb creep was pretty subtle but became fairly apparent as I was enjoying a half bagel as a BLT, tried just eating twice a day whatever I wanted - not such a good idea.....and so forth

So, back to the basics for low carb - no more than 40gm/day....many days are a lot less, but that is my ceiling. Back to using my Carb counter book - forgot a cup of cooked cauliflower has 5gm of carb, so wouldn't take too long to get to 40+ if not aware....Super good fats and protein have always been staples, so no problem there except to watch the amount of all that glorious cheese

My A1C in August was 6.8 (Canada) and in May had been 6.6, so I guess I didn't fall off the wagon too horribly, but I know I was kidding myself that I could eat "a bit" of bagel, "a bit" of apple, "a few" bites of the hubby's lovely tarts that he is known for.....you get the picture!!

Also lost one of my closest friends who lost her battle with cancer this summer - we first met in 1975! - and that sent me into a bit of a spin and had to go back on my antidepressant which let the "I want to eat" demons out......what a mental battle....but I am getting better with taming that demon and tea has become my new BFF Am going to need something for a while longer and will have to see about a different antidepressant that doesn't awaken the demon.....

So have also decided that I need some more accountability and will be taking a gander at joining the weigh-in thread and what have you eaten today thread....If I do, I hope you all will help me stay honest and focused! I put on 8 or 9 pounds this summer and it is such difficult work to get it off with my messed up metabolism, but I know it will eventually and hopefully another 10-15 pounds so that I can join the 100 pounds lost club That would be the ultimate success for me....

Just need to add that in November I will be 17 years on this journey and I honestly can say that if I hadn't come across this Forum.....so thank you each and everyone who has read my posts, encouraged me along the way and still do....thank you doesn't sound like much, but it is from the bottom of my heart. Blessings/L

 

[Goonergal]

Do join the what have you eaten today thread @lindijanice - one of the friendliest on here and you’ll get some great ideas.

 

[Phoenix55]

You didn't fall off the wagon badly at all considering the stresses that you were under. Decide on your priority and take one step at a time. I find that if I try to tackle too much at once then I find it too hard, but if I nibble away at one or two until they are secure then tackle the next one I achieve far more. It also helps to have a record of how far I have come for those days when nothing seems to go right. Best wishes for further success.