On 10/9/2010 2:40 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>
>
More good info. It will be interesting as this is totally new to me.

Thank you.