On 10/8/2010 12:37 PM, Janet wrote:
> W. Baker wrote:
>> > wrote:
>>>> Now go get a machine ,I am resistant but with changes recovery time
>>>> is much improved and don't miss most things at all ,I replace
>>>> ketchup with caramelised oinions
>>>>
>>> I am going to get a machine. Thanks. Then, I will need to read up
>>> on how to do it. From what I am reading, it sounds like I will need
>>> to test myself after every meal.
>>
>> At first it is a good idea. Ultimaely you find, say what breakfasts
>> are good FOR YOU and need't test everytime you eat ne of them, but
>> sould you want to try something new, you might well want to test to
>> see if it works. Same for other meals. after a while you will have a
>> fine stable of food you can eat at luch or dinner and may well not
>> need to test much.
>>
>> God luck nd keep on trying and asking. don't b frad of it all. a few
>> mistakes will do you no long term harm.
>>
>> Wendy
>
> People have all different schedules, but to get started you might consider
> something like this:
>
> When you get up in the morning before you eat or drink anything
> One hour afer breakfast
> Two hours after breakfast
> Immediately before lunch
> One hour after lunch
> Two hours after lunch
> Immediately before dinner
> One hour after dinner
> Two hours after dinner
>
> If you do that for a few days it will give you a pretty good idea of what is
> going with what you currently eat, your current BMI, etc. If it is difficult
> for you to schedule all those tests in one day, do the lunch ones one day
> and the dinner ones the next. I always have a problem because I tend to eat
> dinner late and can't fit in two tests afterwards.<G>
>
> If you then want to get scientific about it, you can start by establishing
> readings for a lunch you often have, then add different foods. For example,
> if you often eat 4 oz of grilled chicken and an apple and have tested that,
> have canteloupe instead of the apple and see how you do. Next day try
> carrots and low carb salad dressing as a dip with the chicken. And so forth.
> If you do fine with the 15 gms of carb in the apple, add some carrots and
> see how you do with 20 or 25 gms of carb with the chicken. Add some fat in
> the form of mayo and make a chicken salad with apple, celery, and toasted
> walnuts. And so forth.
>
> It's enlessly amusing! (Yeah, right<eyeroll>) As they say, your body, your
> science experiment.<G>
>
>
>
Yikes, that is a lot of testing. Do you draw blood from different
fingers each time? This, I think, will take some getting used to.

Thanks.