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I've been checking my sugars a lot more and I'm usually in the 90-120 range all day. I've been more conscious of it because I take so much and I know too much insulin can be really dangerous. I hadn't eaten in about 9 hours when it happened though, so I think this probably had more to do with me not eating than anything…

I am, but I'm still in the process of reprogramming my brain after years and years of salt is evil. Most of my life has been spent barely or not even salting food.

I dropped a whopping 11 pounds this week so I must have done something right.

I've never understood why more people don't do this - my family always had quick, non-perishable food items with us on hand whenever we traveled growing up. Not even from a nutritional standpoint (there were things like those tuna lunch things, nuts, and fruit, but kid me loved frosted cherry poptarts so those were always…

I'm one of those people who can't eat much early in the morning. I'll usually have a small breakfast around 7:30. I don't take my lunch until around 12:30, so I almost always do need a little something mid-morning to get me there. Once I eat lunch, I'm usually good until dinner, though.

How I make Thanksgiving dinner for 2: Turkey Mashed Potatoes Stuffing 2 vegetable sides (last year it was spinach gratin and honey glazed carrots) Cranberry sauce (I grew up on the can but made homemade last year and I will never go back) Turkey gravy (no giblets though) A small relish tray of deviled eggs and black olives…

Oh my goodness, no. Last year, I got a frozen turkey on sale for 70 cents a pound. I got the smallest one I could find (12 pounds, iirc) and it cost me less than $8.00. I only feed 2, but it was cheaper for me to get the whole bird instead of a breast! Even still, whole turkey isn't extremely expensive here. I rarely see…

Buffalo chicken and cream cheese sandwich and a mix of cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots.

Thai chicken soup!

Cheese. I've tried giving up cheese because I keep going over my fat and sodium because of it, and it never lasts more than 2 days. Eggs and greek yogurt are almost daily foods, but it's more of a hazard of my job than anything else. I am not allowed to eat on the clock and work long shifts without breaks so I'm often…

I cook pretty much for just myself. If I'm making something from a recipe, I'll save a recipe as written, except without rice/pasta/potato/bread if the recipe includes it because I typically omit the starch all together. If I decide to eat it, I just log it separately. If I'm just free-wheeling it, like making an…

Also, what types of cuisine do you and your family like? Just typical American? Mexican? Italian? Chinese? Indian?

I am a big advocate of soups, stews, and chili. There's so many kinds you can find something for everybody, even the low calorie ones are filling, and a lot of them are really easy to make. Serve with a starch if desired (a lot of times I don't even bother with a grain/starch in or with the soup though) and done. Soup is…

I can eat raw tomatoes all day long. One of my favorite childhood snacks was either tomatoes in a sandwich with cheese or just cut up and dipped in mayo (I do olive oil, salt and pepper now). One every few months I will eat pizza with marinara or use spaghetti sauce on pasta, but in general, I'm not much of a fan once…

I've only tried 3 of them. Chocolate brownie, s'mores, and cookie dough. S'mores and cookie dough taste pretty similar, except one of them is more chocolate-y (I forget which one now, it's been a few weeks), but I like the cookie dough more because s'mores tastes so sweet it literally hurt my teeth. Chocolate brownie…

I can't see your diary, but if you're already maxed out by lunch, you're either eating mostly processed foods or putting a ton of salt on your breakfast and lunch. If you want to cut down your sodium, cut down on the turkey bacon, cheese, and anything that comes remotely prepared for you (even the low sodium versions can…

If it's red chili: in a bowl, topped with sour cream and a bit of cheddar. I make a couple of varieties (white chicken and turkey pumpkin black bean) and I normally eat those plain. If I'm making it for a large group, I provide sour cream, cheese, onions, tortilla chips, and sliced jalapeños for toppings. Chili is an easy…

You look great! Congrats!

I tried them. They tasted a little too banana-y for me as a pancake substitute. If you go just egg and banana, make sure everything is blended really well and do not try to make pancakes the size of your head. It will not go well.

This was pre-dieting, but I accidentally turned myself off of eating cottage cheese because I thought I could eat a little and put it back (so I didn't waste a bowl for a small amount). I stopped ever wanting cottage cheese after I pounded 3 of the 16 oz tubs in a week. Actually, dieting in general has shown me I had a…

I am interested!

Something I forgot to mention: if you're not super adventurous in the cuisines you eat, start branching out. You may find the typical American preparations of foods not so great, but you put something you didn't like in a thai curry and it's delicious. With the internet and food blogs, it's so easy to expand your palate…

There is no one food you have to eat just because it's healthy. Just because fish is the best way to get certain nutrients doesn't mean it's the only way. You can find it in other foods, just not in as high of quantities. Also, just like vegetables, there are tons of species of fish. I mostly tolerate tuna and salmon, but…

Mel's Kitchen Cafe has been a favorite of mine for years. Lots of quick & easy and slow cooker meals, but doesn't cook with processed foods. She doesn't skimp on fat and carbs, but I find it easy to make substitutions to fit my diet (and unless it's a new recipe, suggestions are probably already in the comments).…

I bought 4 of them today at GNC. Pricey, but mine had a buy 3 get 1 free promotion going on, so it wasn't so bad. Bought the smores, chocolate brownie, cookies and cream, and cookie dough. Tried the chocolate brownie and it tasted okay (as much like a brownie as a protein bar can get). Will probably microwave the rest…

My problem is I don't like BBQ sauce, so saucy ribs are right out for me. I like mine dry rubbed and a little bit smoky ... and I'm not sure how to go about that with only your normal oven. I'm trying to woman myself up enough for the Alton Brown method, since he's never lead me astray, but I keep putting it off.

It's not really so much what you're eating as what can happen when you're in the process of changing your habits. When I was first diagnosed as a diabetic and had to go low carb, I was an emotional wreck for about 2 weeks. Constantly crying or irritable. Stick it out another week or two and do some non-food things for self…

Stuff I literally can't live without: dairy that isn't milk. I can't go a day without cheese, yogurt, and/or sour cream. I have over eating tendencies as it is, but my worst offenders are rice and pasta. I can have them in the house, but however much I cook is however much I eat. The "I need to remove myself from this…

No pictures because my fridge/freezer need to be cleaned out and no one needs to see that. Fridge pitcher of unsweet tea milk juice eggs & egg substitutes guacamole cheese of many varieties and forms crescent rolls from the can butter & margarine bread some prepped caesar salad from a salad kit portioned out various fruits…

My policy on this is unless you 100% know the person is going the way they intend (ie, I've seen/heard them talk about losing/gaining first hand as a positive thing), I tend to keep my mouth shut, and if I do say something it's "you look great" and I leave it at that. You never know what people are going though and I try…