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had my asparagus with some spray butta and a little garlic salt and peppa....now i am gonna go shake my money maker at zumba...(if i make anything i will let yall know)

Okay so I had the wierdest thing happen to me last night. I got off line here and went and changed clothes...about 5 minutes after I changed I started itching. My scalp first...really intense...then all of a sudden my face...and my ears. I said to my husband damn...I am itchign like crazy and I could feel my face burning. I put my shoes on and even though I was feeling wierd, I hopped in the car and started to drive..I was almost to zumba and I felt my lips numbing and that scared me.......so I called the hubby and said something is wrong and I turned around and came home. My whole upper body was turning red and splotchy. We talked about me having an allergic reaction to something I ate, but I had only eaten the asparagus....I also went and got my haircut just before but the girl didnt use any shampoo or product on me.........so I bought a new detergent and I am wondering if when I put on the shirt/pants it made me have a reaction. I decided before going to the hospital to go take a shower...after I did that...it slowly started subsiding.....and after an hour I felt better. It was the wierdest thign. The lips numbing was wild. Maybe I am alergic to zumba.

Weight this morning 182....mustabeen the haircut

I was wondering why you were following your dad's diabetes diet? If you're not diabetic there's no need for you to eat like a diabetic.

i was just to have a "game plan" because it was very very nicely laid out..but really i am ending up not because too many starches for me i think

i went to the rink and skated for lunch...i also locked my friggin keys in my car so i had to wait for roadside assts...so by the time i got done i was 1/2 late from lunch so i stopped to grab wendy's side salad and grilled chicken wrap, then i got this bright idea i would grab a blt salad...i get back and find its not a grilled chicken but fried. i decide not to eat the little crouton packet and dressing that come with it and i look up the cals...340 with out the packets..a whopping 660 with the packets...even so...i am bummed a little...as i thought i would get grilled chicken. proof that you should ask.....i guess.

How strange; I would expect a diet designed for a diabetic to have fewer starches than normal, not more.

You could always ask them to substitute grilled chicken.

Hi Karebare! Good job on the loss. You are too funny! You didn't cut off that much hair, did you?

Sorry to hear about the allergy mystery! Wow! Lips numb? That sounded like it could have gotten out of hand. Good thinking taking a quick shower.

I hope you have a great week! Love your name and avatar, too cute!

well if you read it you have so many starches for each meal...to keep the blood sugar level..i was surprised too....

yes...if i woulda known it was fried chicken i woulda asked..!!! but it didnt say on the menu board..suckahs....

Din Din

Salmon on the george foreman grill
salad (i made a little homemade dressing with some spicy sweet mustard and rice vinegar....it was so so..)
and broccoli with butter buds

i am having a drink of diet tonic and a splash of vodka with a twist of lime....my little wooooo hooooo for the weekend.......since i have sworn off the wine, my brother told me that he when he wanted a drink when he was on south beach this is what he had.

so i did okay for the day. i mean the wendy's thing sucked but really it wasnt that bad since i didnt eat the croutons or dressing....

i think if i get through my first weekend i will be kick ass.

sample 1800 cal diet
SAMPLE 1800 CALORIE MENU FOR DIABETIC (8 Starches a day)

Breakfast

2 breads or starches, such as one 2 ounce bagel (frozen kind) or 1-1/2 cups bran cereal
1 fruit, such as 1-1/4 cups strawberries or 1/2 of a large banana
1 milk, such as 1 cup skim or 1% milk or l cup nonfat sugar-free yogurt
1 fat, such as 1 tsp margarine or 1 Tbsp cream cheese

Lunch
The following foods can be combined to make a taco salad:
2 ounces meat or protein, such as cooked ground turkey breast
1 ounce meat or protein, such as grated lowfat colby cheese
1 vegetable, such as 1/2 cup chopped fresh tomato
1 vegetable, such as 1/2 cup mild salsa
1 free food, such as 2 cups shredded lettuce
2 breads or starches, such as 2 ounces baked taco chips
1 free food, such as 2 Tbsp fat-free ranch salad dressing

Add the following foods for lunch:
1 fruit, such as 1 small orange or 1/2 large pear
1 free food, such as 12 ounces sugar-free soda pop

Afternoon Snack
1 milk, such as 1 cup skim milk or 1 cup nonfat sugar-free yogurt
1 bread, such as three 2-1/2 inch squares graham crackers

Dinner
3 ounces meat or protein, such as baked cod or salmon
2 starches, such as 2/3 cup cooked brown rice
2 vegetables, such as 1 cup steamed asparagus and 1/2 cup cooked carrots
1 fat, such as 1 tsp margarine or 1 tsp olive oil
1 fruit, such as 3/4 cup fresh pineapple
1 milk, such as 1 cup skim milk

Evening Snack
1 bread, such as 3 cups air-popped popcorn
1 meat or protein, such as 1/4 cup lowfat cottage cheese or 1 ounce turkey breast

okay...here is the day in review

raisin bran and 1% milk

lunch: salmon (leftover from last night) and some brocolli

dinnnnndinnn: low carb tortilla with salad and some turkey, a little spicy mustard and barely a touch of italian dressing just for the flavor..oh and a few pepperocini.

i probably will eat again before 8....some cottage cheese and peaches or something to carry me through the night.

actually diet rootbeer sounds good. diet root beer and pretzels....

i may have to run out and get some. if i get some sugar free vanilla i could have a rootbeer float.

coached today (figure skating)..skated a little...when you are coaching you have a tendancy to stand around more than anything....then i went shopping for stuff for my friends baby shower...i got this cute little bear that i am going to put "skates" on...little figure blades....

I went back to the 3 x 5 card that i keep in my bathroom..i record my weight every morning, and have been doing this for over a month. I started out at 184 and then shot up to like 187 at some point...today I was 180. so i did my ticker starting from my very first wieght.............

so i wanted to eat one last meal for the day and i had some lettuce/greens/veggies cut up so i made a nice big salad and added a few sliced pepperocini's for some zip and some lite caesar dressing..just a tad because the pepperocini juice mixed with the dressing was good...

then i took a low carb/high fiber tortilla 6" and put it in a pan with some non stick spray..after it heated a little i put about 2 tbsp of garlic/artichoke salsa and about 1 tbsp of velveeta cheese. just enough for taste...folded it in two like a quesadilla...it was very tasty..

now i think i deserve big high fives for not eating the macaroni and cheese my hubby made for dinna...yes he made the ReAL friggin thing...creamy creamy cheese with noodles..i just put some aluminum foil on it and put that bad boy in the fridge................i was proud of him though...there are only 3 of us at home now (i have a dtr that passed away in 2007) and he made only a 8 x 8 pan instead of 9 x 11 pan.....of mac and cheese. My dtr comes home from college on the weekend and its been hard for he and I to get in the groove of only cooking for two.....so i was proud of him

well the applause didnt last long for my choice to not eat the mac and cheese...i got blindsided by a couple of breadsticks at about 10:30 last night..I was watching tv...and went into the kitchen (my first mistake)...opened the breaddrawer (2nd mistake) and there before my eyes were the most lovely looking breadsticks...long and hard (oh gawd, breadstick porn)...and i took one out and put it in my mouth and bit down and crunchy crunchy goodness...oh my...went and sat back down and i couldnt control myself....i ate like 3 of them...................

i am a little afraid of the scale today.......................

and i am hoping i can be good at the baby shower...i am hoping there are good choices for me. I am going to have a huge cup of beef broth before i go to fill me up...

and NO CAKE (argh, i love cake)...if I were farther along in my journey I would have a small slice....but i gotta stay true right now...

ended up having about 1/2 cup of raisin bran and some 1% milk at about 9 am.

i was hungry so i just had 1/4 cup cottage cheese and took a low carb tortilla and toasted it, then cut it into wedges and had some hommus with it. now hopefully when i go to this shower i will be able to make good choices. i will check in when i get back...