Re: I must confess...

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:32:48 -0500, W.M.McKee <wmmckee@xxxxxxx> wrote:


Our beagle who was overweight is now at her ideal weight. Why? Because
the veterinarian told us to look at the bag, see how much a dog should
eat per day at the preferred weight and then feed her that amount.
That's what we did. Maybe I should switch my diet to IAMS dog food. It
looks as good as most low carb diets I have seen. - That's a joke
folks.


Chuck, Chuck, I'm sorry, but I have to interject here..... Low carb
does not mean "dog food." It can be wonderfully tasty treaty food....
The kind of elevated fare that you've only dreamed of... Once you go
low carb, if you do it right, the other stuff will be like poison to
you!

And, it feels so good to be so well, again! :-)

Will, T2

LOL

It was a joke Will. A joke.
Besides, in order for me to want to eat their dog food I would have to
pour milk on it and then top it with a couple of spoons full of sugar.
That would kind of defeat the whole point, wouldn't it?

I like the way we eat. I consume fewer carbs than most Americans by
far. What carbs I do eat are usually the slow acting ones. I practice
good portion control at least 95% of the time.

When I was diagnosed with this disease and again when I found ASD I
vowed that I will not be a slave to it. That is why I refuse to call
my eating program a diet or to go on any so-called diet. My sister,
who is four years my senior, has been overweight all of her adult
life. She has gone through just about every diet to ever come down the
line and always - always - gained back what she lost; usually more.
She was diagnosed with diabetes a year or so before I was. I was
underweight until I passed my forty first birthday.

That was during the time I was going through some life changing things
in my life. Not a mid-life crisis to me since every one of them was a
positive. Had I stayed at my long time weight of under 130 pounds
would I have developed diabetes? I have no way of knowing for sure. I
believe I would have, but possibly not as early as I did. OTOH, I was
diagnosed very early on simply due to the fact that I went to the
podiatrist to have my ingrown toenails on my big toes operated on and
they automatically test everyone's BG before performing the surgery.

I say early on because only eight months before that I had a different
kind of surgery in the hospital and there were not high BG readings at
that time.

I have a very satisfying and happy life. Yes, I want to lose some more
weight and walk more than I have. I know it will not only improve my
diabetes but it will also help with my osteoarthritis, but probably
not my psoriatic arthritis. Losing weight would also make it easier to
control my blood pressure. Besides, I haven't been able to get very
many signatures on my petition to have Congress pass a bill requiring
all urinals to have a mirror on the back of them so people like me can
see what we are doing when standing in front of them. ;-)

--
Grandpa Chuck
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for the armed forces and civilians who have died in the
current war in Iraq. According to http://icasualties.org/oif/
The number of Americans killed in Iraq as of Mar. 23, 2006 is 2,320.
Americans wounded = more than 17,000
United Kingdom = 103
Other = 104
Iraqi deaths are probably in excess of 100,000.

Today, March 24, 2006
It has been 1058 days since Bush declared,
"Mission Accomplished in Iraq."



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