Hello, I finally got it to take my email , but not on my regular browser so hope I can get back in . Went to the doctor the other day and my sugar was up a little , but still ok. This site will take some getting use to. LOL What was your last A1C? Mine was 6.

I think Sue, will join after she gets fully moved into her place. No she is not a diabetic , but her husband is. The spark group she was on was a diabetic team , but I am ok with name change. I had problems opening it today . Disregard the email I sent you because I somehow opened it now.

I never logged my calories on spark people , but this seems easier so I have started. It sure makes one aware of what they are eating. I am trying to lose one pound a week and I went over my calories a little yesterday. Really I was surprised I did as good as I did.

My new plans for exercise is to walk 4 days a week and 2 days a week do other forms of exercise like yoga or weights.

Kathleen, it sounds like you might be retaining fluid for your weight to jump up that much in a few days. If we don't drink enough water then our bodies will hold water. I need to fill that water bottle I bought and keep it in the fridge so it will remind me. I got tired of lugging it around and stopped using it. LOL I will fill it up tonight for tomorrow as I know it will help me. I bought a multi vitamin today for diabetics. It is suppose to come Wednesday. I will see if it makes any difference .

Ooops I forgot to include the pic. Here it is.

No I have never done zoom. The sound on my computer has stop working. I checked cords and everything looked ok. I thought maybe my cat pulled one out. Have no idea why it will not work.

Our bylaws state the doors have to match the siding . A number of years ago I replaced the back door. The new door was white and I never painted it. All of us got a letter from association that we must bring our places up to code which includes cleaning patio. If we don't by the lst of July - they will and charge a hefty price for labor which I can not afford. My patio is clean already because I scrub it down this spring . Not sure if there our other doors around here that need painting or just mine.

I am getting used to this website now. How about you? I think many other spark people will end up here unless they are young and have jobs and enlist their company on the new sparks.
The only two people from Sparks whose email address I have is yours and Sue's.

They gave me a goal of 1300 cal. a day and so far I went over it everyday. LOL I think I would be too hungry at that range. I am going to try to focus on eating healthier - portion control and eat the rainbow of fruits and veg. whole kind of food thing. You don't change years of bad habits or lack of good ones over night that's for sure.

Why when you click on the link does it say you are now leaving myfitnesspal.com and directing you some where else? After that popped up I did not continue to the link.

I think Sue, will really like it wants she gets used to it.

I am all for trying new things . I would suggest start with less hours of fasting and work your way up . My diabetic vitamins came yesterday so I took one with breakfast this morning.

Since I don't eat enough vegetables I try to work one serving in at breakfast. Today I fried frozen green beans and when they were almost done I put in my scrabbled eggs . One pan to cook two things . I like one pot meals because it is less to clean up.

Yesterday , I did not feel up to par so I took a rest day. We been having beautiful weather , but they are predicting a super bad storm tomorrow with damaging winds and hail so I put off painting my back door till next week.

Have a great day!

You could tweak it . Change hours of your fast . If you get more hungry at night then eat at night and fast in the morning or shorten your fast to start with and when that is easier then increase the fast.

I lost 3 lbs since the beginning of the month. I eat 4 times a day . My last few bites is a hour before I go to bed. I was shocked I lost 3 pounds because I was doing no formal exercise , but I was doing extra activity like painting and gardening.

I have to stick to a schedule since I take 70/30 insulin so fasting is out for me. After my first shot of the day I eat again in 4 hours then 4 hours later I take another shot and eat and 4 hours later eat again so I eat 4 times a day - 2 big meals and 2 smaller ones.

You will do great Kathleen! Your pasture must have confidence in you to put you in Charge.Too many churches have lots of activities for children and teens , but neglect the Elderly and Singles too.

The complex I live in is Taring the roads so I had to park out of the complex till 36 hours after they are done. What a pain!

Monday I get my yearly diabetic eye exam .

We are having lots of rain so I have not started painting the doors yet.

Are you still posting on Spark People?

Have a great day!

I read the Quote and your fathers day blog about your grandfather. I clicked like, then it took me to another page where the same thing was on it so I don't know if my likes are getting registered or not. My Dad was a quite man of few words. He was in War War 11 . He was a good man who worked hard his whole life . He is buried in WV as he and Mom moved back down there when he retired.

How did you come to live in KY? Was you born there? I am thinking seriously about moving to WV in 5 years. I would love to wake up and have coffee on my porch and see mountains.

I try to simplify my diet because I think eating the same basic diet each day helps with weight , but my problem is I like variety too much. Plus I want to keep things simple to save time so I don't have to spend so much time thinking about what I am going to eat.

Wow! Kathleen , you have done some travailing around. I hope those other students found Christ before they graduated. Very sad.

I am sure living in KY is a lot cheaper than California.

I went for my eye exam today. I was gone about 4 hours. They really check me out good! Even after being a diabetic for more than 10 years my eyes are still good. I have always had 20 20 vision and I still only need reading glasses. She showed me pictures on a screen of my eyes and I was very happy with what she showed me.

Hope everything goes as good with the Heart Doctor when that appointment comes up. I need to drop some weight , but hard when you can't exercise like a normal person. I have had problems with my left ventricle my whole life going in and out of left sided heart failure and really at 71 and 5 months I am doing amazingly well all considering. I had to learn to pace myself from childhood . Sometimes I joke and say I am a part time person. LOL That is how I have always and continue to feel. A heart problem is something that others can not see , but you can feel the lack of energy and fatigue. The hardest thing is staying motivated when you must take so many breaks. It is easy to lose momentum in the middle of a project.