As for February.. I don't want to talk about it.

Ditto January.

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Hi; Thanks for thinking about me.

Yes, after some tweaking, the new meds have worked well, doing what they need to do; lowering my blood sugar down within healthy levels. For awhile though, I couldn't go to the gym, because my blood sugar would quickly get TOO low. GAK. But we worked that out.

Another unfortunate side effect was that when I switched over, I was hungry ALL the time. I had lost weight partly because the previous meds (which didn't work) made me nauseated and curbed my appetite; one bite of food and I was full. Nothing smelled good. ew.

So...having switched, and, no longer nauseated, I gained weight. Duh.

One thing about dealing with blood sugar issues is, that.. it's not like normal hunger.
It's like there are all these nooks and crannies that are sometimes never satisfied, never filled.
Before I was actually diagnosed with type2, I'd spent my whole life as a hypoglycemic.. constantly afraid that if
I got too hungry, I would a) throw up b)keel over in a dead faint. Of course as a teen I'd eat the wrong things...but
that's how bad habits are born and become a part of the everlasting wacked out psyche.

I'm telling ya, if it's not one thing, it's another




Otherwise. I'm FINE!!!

I've been busy making crocheted blankies and quilts for Project Linus.
I'm sure that's a big fat-burner.. right?

!

Y'know what? I don't expect anybody to be able to explain this to me, but has MFP made changes to the way the food tallies up??

I had my preferences set so that my daily goal was about 1300 calories, and my carbs less than 100 g per day.
Now I find that some days my carbs "goal" is 150 or more.

Is it because, if you exercise, you "earn" "extra" calories so if I do 350 calories' worth of exercise, they ADD it on to my daily available total?? That irks me.
It creates an unconscious "oh, I have XXX number of calories left" mentality, so the tendancy is to feel like
there's a bit more wiggle room and I CAN have that extra spoon full of peanut butter... or whatever.

I make myself look only at what I ate, not the "available" totals.
I have enough of a struggle with carbs, without MFP padding my "available" numbers.
It's counter-intuitive.

My aim is to try to make my food tracking easy so I don't have to overthink it.
Remember, I'm a type 2 diabetic so I'm not just dealing with "hunger"; it's chemistry, and it's stressful.

I don't remember it being this way before, and while it's not the end of the world, it is irritating.
I don't know if I'm explaining this well; you can ignore me, I'm just venting.

As long as I'm whining, I'll add that my fitbit never did sync correctly with the site.
It didn't even sync with itself..but that's another story. ha

My cynical side says they want us to upgrade to the paid version MFPl...

*end of rant*




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retirehappy wrote: »

Cris, from time to time MFP has changed my personalized settings to the generic ones. I have had to tweak them on several occasions. Probably due to server issues. Just
reset them and carry on with what you need to do.

Ok... *sigh*. Thanks, that's what I needed to know!

I thought I was losing my mind... there's already enough evidence of that anyway.

Janet, not all vegans are slim. Your brother had lots of motivation to do well. Congrats to him for making it work.
Since they rely on grains a lot, going gluten free can be a real challenge. I would suggest doing one or the other, vegan or GF and see how you feel and what your weight does.

As for the protein, I think this is in our stickies but I will post it here since I couldn't locate it This is from sarauk2sf, a moderator on the Eat, Train, Progress group, she is vegetarian, so there are a lot of veggies on this listing:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/926789/protein-sources

Keep journaling and best of luck with your exam.

Hi Everyone, I am so pleased to see that this 60's board is still active! Thank you! I have been lurking for over a month and have completed my diary every day. I am fortunate that keeping a diary is easy, peasy for me! Controlling my binge eating is another matter! I have looked at all my results and I am averaging about 400 daily calories above where I should be if I want to get back to losing weight. I would need to lose almost 15 pounds just to get down to where I was when I "faded away" from mfp last fall and then I would need to lose another 20 pounds!! While it is demoralizing that I couldn't keep going I guess the choice is ours whether to give up or try again! So, I am back to try again! Many of my former friends have also become inactivate, so if anyone is looking for support pls send me a friend request! Look forward to reconnecting over the next while. Cheers Marian

http://greatist.com/health/89-simple-swaps-could-change-your-life

Some good ideas in this list.

Uh, no - I had no idea either. That's a great place to browse, thanks for sharing!