Mona, are you following the leader
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Amanda
Well, I was already checked for it last Fall. They did the test(maybe the one Marty mentioned. Jill told me to have them do it last year...Jill too has always been VERY helpful for me.
: It was one where they can tell what your average levels were over the past couple of months. They also did the test where they take your blood, then make you drink a half bottle of this SWEET orange pop like drink, then wait an hour or two(can't remember which), then take blood again, and then doing it a 3rd time. That was how they found out I do have problems. She told me I WILL have Diabetes eventually, so now(from last Fall forward) is the time to start changing my ways. I can honestly say, I have changed some, but I can also honestly say it is a small amount, and I give in way to easy to myself. Just like today...after reading your horrible fact-filled story, it scared me into
saying I will start changing...a couple hours later, I grab a bag od winterfresh mints and set them at my computer, thinking I might as well eat them as I have to start changing my ways.
: That is what I do...I give in by making excuses for myself. I carefully choose what I SHOULD eat, eat it, and am proud of myself that I did, then I walk by the cupboard where all the cookies and goodies for hubby's lunches are, and I grab and eat 3 lemon cookies the first time, then later on another 2! :new_shocked: I guess my biggest achievment is cutting WAAAAAAY down on my Pepsi. I used to drink it A LOT, and now don;t buy it anymore unless I am travelling and I can;t get Diet Sprite. Or, if I am out in a restaraunt I have Pepsi, but I have been good and rarely buy a bottle to drink in the car anymore. I just have to stop BUYING the bad things. If it is not here, I am OK...if it is here, I have to eat it until it's gone...I'm a HOG!
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The other + side things are that I had started walking(but stopped and need to get back to it again now that things have slowed down for me again) and that I try to eat meat, cheese or nuts after I eat sweets. I guess that is my downfall...I think if I "chase" my bad foods with the good things, I will be OK. I have also gone back to using artificial sweetner in my coffee. I can;t stanf the Equal, Sweet n Low etc. I buy Hermasetas. They are a tiny little pill that is super sweet, and to me, tastes much more like real sugar, without the bitter taste of the other types. You have to ask for at the drug store as they keep it behind the counter.
I do have other diet pop here but I rarely drink it. Sometimes when I am really thirsty, AND craving sweet, I drink one, otherwise, I mostly drink water.
I must be getting OLD...my memory is shot! I just looked back in the archives and found my original post about my doctor visit. I thought it was last Fall, but it was early this year!
: Here is that thread...
http://www.miniaturehorsetalk.com/index.ph...amp;hl=Diabetes