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You're welcome although I'm not sure I deserve any particular praise. In return I'll offer something I've picked up reading these forums. I can't give proper attribution since I don't remember from whom I picked it up and it may have been more than one person. "Diet" is not a verb, it it a noun. The verb is "eat." I don't…

It was a very tough winter for much of the eastern US. One of the effects of the many storms and highway closures was a lot of chickens being held farms past their normal market dates. Chickens grow fast and even a few days can result in larger but tougher & less tasty chicken breasts. It means lower prices for over-sized…

Here is a link to a site which links to multiple studies http://authoritynutrition.com/23-studies-on-low-carb-and-low-fat-diets/ Perhaps something there will help.

I do have a fair amount of control on food availability. I make the shopping lists with my wife's input & we grocery shop together. I make the breakfasts for both of us. Lunches I'm often on my own although I do have one or more grandchildren here fairly regularly. There are happy if I make them soup, thrilled if it's mac…

? Will it be a temporary aberration? I can give one guess but I may be all wet. My background is physical sciences not biochem. If you were well below your calorie goals and also exercising could the energy needed for your exercise have been supplied by glycogenesis of protein? In effect you made your own glucose?

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Whether at work or home, it is always good to have a cover story prepared if one is sitting at a computer and laughing.

I gave up soda years ago, just seemed to lose interest. Never liked any of the artificial sweetener beverages. For 30 years my wife & I have been regular drinkers of flavored seltzers. My go to beverage at restaurants has been unsweetened ice tea. At home it has been tea/herbal tea blends; iced in summer, hot in winter.…

I hope you don't mind if I steal that quote.

At the 6 month point I feel I have bg reasonably under control for now. Fasting bg was a bit low 73. Typical is low 80s to low 90s. After a moderate carb breakfast (15 total, 9 net) the 2 hour post was 106. After my normal lunch (7 total, 4 net) 2 hour post was 94. Initially my doctor had me testing once a day at various…

Dinner last night: I melted cream cheese then incorporated heavy cream a bit at a time. Incorporated Parmesan. a lot of stirring and I had to keep adding water in order to keep it pourable. Spiced with basil, garlic and a bit of nutmeg. Split chicken breast, put sun dried tomato marinated in olive oil inside. Closed it up,…

Compromise and say "Hear here!" Makes more sense anyway. How do you comfort a grammar Nazi? (Not that i think anyone here qualifies.) Pat her on the shoulder and say, "There, their, they're" This is one of the most well reasoned threads I've read recently.

Hey, I have friends who can write that much without taking a breath. Yours wsn't that bad. I can't tell you what to do or what will work for you. I can tell you what I've done and what seems to be working for me. I'm down a bit over 50 lbs and my blood glucose is mostly controlled, so far so good. I began by eating to my…

Hey, my #1 son has an Ivy League PhD in biochem and still has trouble controlling his weight. If it was easy everyone would do it.

A reformed arsonist went to confession. He began, “Bless me Father for I have singed.” I have a go to YouTube video for whenever I disappoint myself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc Tomorrow is a new day. Let us rejoice and be glad.

For what carb number are you striving? Are you looking at total carbs or net (net =total minus fiber)? Several threads have discussed this. What goals are you trying to achieve by limiting carbs: weight loss, blood glucose control, something else? As FIT_GOAT (I think) wrote: it's not a contest with a medal to the lowest…

That is a great link. Yesterday my sister-in-law (who last saw me about 50 pounds ago) asked me, "What's your secret?" My usual answer is something on the order of "There is no secret." Providing this link is a better response.

I'll echo what Robert and Stephen said. It's a tough thing to hear but not necessarily a death sentence. My Mother was insulin dependent for more than 30 years She passed away last month at the age of 87. On the other hand a close friend of mine passed in January at 57 less than 10 years after his diagnosis. It's a…

Some questions for the field. I've always cooked my turkey carcasses to make soup. the same with ham bones to make bean soup. (I learned that from my father and continued my education under my father-in-law. He made his soup on a wood burning stove he had in his basement. that's "old school.") I've even used the water from…

Fifteen years ago I lost a ton of weight and totally made over my meal plans. My "healthy" breakfast three or four days a week became a bowl of Cheerios, skim milk and a banana. Over the years my weight climbed from 160 to 220. Just a pound or two per year but always upward. I also developed high cholesterol, gout,…

One thing to remember about nut oils is that they often have a shorter shelf life than many other oils. That bottle of walnut oil had a shelf life of only a year or so unopened. Once it was opened maybe six months in the fridge or 3 in the pantry.

Terrific results! And 25 pounds is not an "only." You're doing great.

Great

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Insulin resistant. Are you testing blood glucose levels? My first guess would be low but guessing is wrong. You need data.

Wow!

The typical times for testing are first thing in the morning (fasting) and 2 hours post meal. The cheese stick probably had little impact, 93 would normally be considered a good number. A good overview of blood glucose can be found at http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/

I would disagree with a couple things presented above. The first would be on the metabolism of fats. Carbs are converted to glucose before being metabolized. Proteins can be although they can also be used for tissue building rather than energy production. Fats are first broken down by hydrolysis to glycerol and fatty…

What does your doctor say? Does "trouble" mean high or low? there are a lot of different diabetes medications available today depending on what the problem is.

Native Americans used pemmican as trail food. Traditionally smoke dried meat ground to powder and mixed 50/50 with rendered fat. Sometimes sweetened with dried fruit (blue berries in this part of the country) but not always. There are commercial products with "pemmican" in the name but I've never sampled any of them.