"Kate" > wrote in message
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> 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.

I used to alternate fingers. Both sides of the finger on both hands. Never
the thumbs. My thumbs hurt too much to test there, but some people only use
their thumbs. These days I pretty much just use the pointers and sometimes
the pinkies. For some reason these bleed better for me.