Re: [gardeners] Getting ready already
Rosemary Carlson (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:50:48 -0500
Margaret: Sounds like your DH is doing GOOD! I have JUST started having to
count carbs. 2 meds by mouth, exercise, low cal diet have done it for me
'til now. No more. I will limit myself (or try) to 45 g carbs at each meal -
less if I can manage it. George astonishes me - with 30 g carbs each DAY!
WOW! Your DH has the formula right - each 1 gram of carb is equal to 4
calories. Ditto for protein. For fat, it's a 9-1 ratio.
George is right. Diabetes is not fun. A tough disease to live with. Holidays
are particularly bad - as is eating out! I developed Type 2 at 43 years of
age and I weighed 110 lbs!! I'm 50 now - and, thanks to diabetes, weigh 130.
About 15 lbs is coming OFF - and soon! :)
I will send you the chocolate cake (11 grams of carbs!) to your private
email.
Rosemary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Lauterbach" <melauter@earthlink.net>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] Getting ready already
>
> >It's gotta worse in the last few months - or really the last
> >year. My A1C isn't looking so good. My weight has gone up as well - not
> >badly but bad enough to make me unhappy!
>
> Sorry that's happened, Rosemary. DH is not insulin dependent either, and
> he's doing a great job just with diet alone. He doesn't get the
recommended
> exercise. He claims he works too much at home to have time, but that's not
> true, to put it nicely. He's allowed 60 grams, I guess, of carbs per
meal
> (he said 15 grams is counted as one carb, and he's allowed 4 per meal).
>
>
> >30 grams of carbs is LOW!! Wow! Congrats - no wonder you can keep a rein
on
> >your blood sugar. That's barely enough to stay out of ketosis, isn't it?
I
> >shoot for about 45....but probably should lower it. How does Splenda
lower
> >the carb count in recipes? It's not one to one with sugar, is it?
>
> I think the info is on the package. There is a faux brown sugar available
> too, Rosemary.
>
>
> >I, too, will eat things I shouldn't at Thanksgiving -- and then exercise
and
> >probably feel badly for a day or two! BTW, I have a chocolate cake recipe
> >with 11 grams of carbs if anyone is interested - and it's delicious!
> >
> >Rosemary
>
> We're interested in your cake recipe. It's melauter@earthlink.net. I'm
> glad you're having such a positive experience with your guard dog,
> Rosemary. I don't think abused dogs ever forget their abuse. Our beloved
> dog apparently was in a household of quarrels, at least. If I begin
> cursing, he tucks his tail and leaves the room. If an intruder rings the
> doorbell and wears a UPS or mailman's uniform, I'll be well-guarded. If
> not, it's questionable. His worst habit is attacking animals (and some
> people) on the television screen. Margaret L
>
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net>
> >To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> >Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 7:42 PM
> >Subject: Re: [gardeners] Getting ready already
> >
> >
> > > I'm diabetic too Rosemary but not brittle. I eat whatever I want but
try
> > > to stay below 30 grams of carbs a day. At that rate I keep a fairly
> > > normal blood glucose and lose weight to boot. Mostly I eat protein but
> > > occasionally, like tomorrow, I will eat some pie, lots of dressing,
etc
> > > and then go walk around the block a couple of times.
> > >
> > > George
> > >
> > > Rosemary Carlson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > George: Like Margaret said, I have to watch carbs so I look for
cake/pie
> > > > recipes with little flour. Not an easy thing to find!
> > > >
> > > > Rosemary
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net>
> > > > To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 5:13 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [gardeners] Getting ready already
> > > >
> > > > > Blue Bunny sugar free no fat ice cream is also pretty good,
usually
> > > > > found at Walmart Superstores.
> > > > >
> > > > > George
> > > > >
> > > > > Margaret Lauterbach wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Rosemary, there are sugar substitutes available. you need to
watch
> >carbs
> > > > > > very closely. DH is diabetic, and found Healthy Choice's
fat-free,
> > > > > > sugar-free, mint chocolate chip ice cream is very, very good.
He's
> > > > having
> > > > > > trouble finding it, though. I think you can google for
sugar-free
> > > > > > recipes. Someone else may be better informed about that than I.
> > > > Margaret L
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >Hi all: As a diabetic, with lots of diabetic family,
Thanksgiving
> > > > dinner can
> > > > > > >be a challenge! Anyone out there with a sugar-free (or almost!)
> >pumpkin
> > > > pie
> > > > > > >recipe? I'm always looking for sugar-free recipes for
everything!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Garden content: We've finally had a hard, HARD freeze. The
> >perennials
> > > > have
> > > > > > >been shocked into submission. I'm hoping some (supposedly
hardy)
> >mums I
> > > > > > >planted in the fall with make it through the winter. It's iffy
here
> >for
> > > > > > >mums. I seemingly lost 2 pussywillows and 1 witch hazel during
our
> >long
> > > > > > >summer drought. Wonder if they are dormant and will return?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Rosemary - on top of a mountain in Eastern KY where it's cold
and
> > > > blustery
> > > > >
> > >
>