Tuesday

I am finally starting to feel better, I thought I would never get over it. I did my blood sugar this morning and it was 128 so that is a whole lot better then what it has been. So that tells me that I am starting to get over this for sure. I have been making my Disabled parking placard holder for craft fair coming up. I made a web page, I am sure it is not perfect take a look at it and tell me what I can do to improve it. My daughter told me to get a new picture of myself. I would but that is the only one I have. I wish I know of more craft fairs around so I could do more of them. The one I wanted to get into is at the parks and rec. in Santa Rosa, Ca., but they told me they pick in the summer so I will have to wait until next year. Some fairs are so expensive for the rent of the table you don't make any money. I wish that I could get people in other places to show them for me, they could get a percentage, that would be cool. So here is the web page
http://cardprotect.weebly.com . When I had some money a long while ago I sold them at the Abilities Expo in L.A., the table was $500.00 now they are $1,200. So you see why I have to stick to craft fairs. Have a great day and I will write tomorrow.

Monday

How are you all? Well I have been laid up with the flu for 2 weeks. First few day felt sick to my stomach, now chills, headache. Just won't go away. I had some pills left over from an ear infection, so I tried those, didn't do a thing. So this must be a virus and has to run it course. So you will have to forgive me for not writing to much. I will get back with you as soon as I feel better. Have a great week and keep trying to loose weight.

Thursday

Here we are almost to the end of the week. Well I feel really stupid, I have been trying to finger out why my blood sugar is always in the 130, I AM SICK. When you are sick you blood sugar always runs high. I have no energy and feel like I have a head cold. I thought yesterday I was doing better but am feeling bad again today. Guess I just have to ride it out, it's not like when you are younger, better in a few days. It seem as I get older it takes me a couple of weeks. Tomorrow I will have my grand daughter with me for the day, she is off school. I have lots of buttons and we are going to make friendship bracelets. I made a really nice one today with brown button, these are very old buttons. I wish I was able to see my other grand daughter in the fair but I wish her well. So If you get sick from a cold or flu remember that your blood sugar will be higher then usual and you just have to keep checking it and I hope you feel better.
Friday is coming.

Wednesday

Today is my first day of my experiment. I had my yogurt last night but my blood sugar was 134 this morning a little high before eating breakfast. ( It is suppose to be 99-120 before eating) So then I think back to what I ate yesterday, ice cream, I had some ice cream after dinner last night. So we know that I cannot do that and bring my blood sugar down. I was reading online that if you want to bring blood sugar down eat vinegar each day. so yesterday during the day I did my blood and it was 130 so I had some tomatoes and balsamic vinegar, it brought my blood down to 99, so that seemed to work. I am going back to having sweets once a week, that way I am not getting to much sugar. The trouble is that everything turns to sugar on me, bread, rice, potato, so I am going to have to watch very carefully what I eat. I can do this, it just takes a little planning. Well for today recipe, how about a cheese tomato melt for lunch.

Cheese- Tomato Melt
3 oz. fat- free mozzarella cheese
4 tomato slices
2 slices low sodium whole wheat bread
Divide tomatoes slices and cheese evenly on top of bread slices: broil until cheese melts. serve immediately.

Tuesaday

I am starting my experiment today, when I go to bed I am going to have a different snack each night and see which one brings my blood sugar down in the am. I know that eating a half of a yogurt does the trick so I will start with that one tonight. Then each night I will try something else, I will go on line today and see what they say on the diabetic pages and see if they're any suggestion. It is suppose to be close to a 100 today. I am feeling better, another day or two and I will be back to normal, what ever that is. I am really sad that I will not be able to make it to see the grand kids and go to the fair, but that is the way it goes. I will try and make it up there for a weekend soon. So please keep on trying to loose weight, don't give up. Here is your recipe for the day. This one is a snack for 10 or 3:

Min Pita Pizza
1/2 mini pita pocket
1 oz. fat free mozzarella cheese
1/2oz. tomato sauce, low sodium
1/4 tea. dried oregano
put all ing. in pocket put under broiler for 2-3 minutes until cheese is melted.

Well it is Sunday and the week is about to begin. I hope you all are fine and still trying to loose weight. I am sick this week with the flu so I am not doing to much but laying around. I HATE being sick, if I have to watch one more TV program I am going to scream. I will miss going to my daughter's in Red Bluff and I will miss going to there fair and watching my grand daughter in 4-H with her sheep. The weather is going to be over 100 up there so I guess it is for the best. I will have to go up and see them soon. Maybe when they come down we could all go out for dinner, that would be fun. Well keep on trying and I hope that none of you have gotten a cold or flu yet this year.

Saturday

Well it is the weekend, thank goodness. I did my blood this morning and it was 138, I had a half egg sandwich last night before bed and it is still high this morning. So I now know that if it has bread with it, it is a no, no. The only thing that seems to work is having a yogurt right before bed. I am going to try something different each nigh this week. It will be an experiment to see what food besides yogurt will bring my blood sugar down in the am. Next week I am going up to Red Bluff, Ca. to see my daughter and my grand kids. That will be fun, my grand daughter is going to be in the fair with her sheep. I look forward to this each year, it is a fun, and I get to see my family. So you may not hear from me for a few days next week (Thur. - Saturday).

Here is a snack recipe for you.
Tuna- Avocado Salad on rice cake
1 oz. water packed tuna
4 cherry tomatoes
2 tbsp. avocado, chopped
1 low sodium rice cake
Mix all ing. and put on top of rice cake. Great for 10 or 3 o'clock snack.