Hi Melody!! I feel like we are twins...my eye doc said the same thing to me....absolutely no indication of diabetes probs with my eyes!!!!!
Plain yogurt eh??

I was so pleased today. I went for my first appointment with my new doctor.
1st priority....get sugars completely under control. She spent 40 minutes with me!!! Wow. I will update everyone tomorrow...I am pooped and need sleep!!

Hi all! Well my new doc put me back on meds and I am pleased to say that my sugars are leveled off nicely!
I have been using an exercise bike for the last week as well!
I am being a good girl!!!!

Yes, plain GREEK yogurt. It does WONDERS for the digestive tract by the way.

And start exercising with 2 lb dumbbells. Maybe 3 lb ones if you can get them.

Just do a bit every day. Builds strong bones.

And guess what the people at Cornell told me about weights and strength training??

IT LOWERS THE SUGAR READING!!!

And they are right.

you don't have to kill yourself. Just, while you are watching tv, take the dumbells and do some curls, and bring them to your sides and back again.

Do reps of 10. Start with 10.

you won't even realize you are doing it. If you do this every day, or every other day, you will see your sugar numbers get better.

I'll make a bodybuilder out of you yet.

lol

Melody

Hi Melody! I will check out greek yogurt! I will also pick up some light weights soon too and take your advice. Thank you!Big Hugs for you

PS So nice to have you back around! I look forward to your posts!

Hey thanks for the information Mel....I started weight training about a month ago. Hope it lowers my sugar in the next set of tests.

Dorrie your new doc sounds great.

I tried greek yogurt but I did not like the taste.

Shelley:

The first time I bought the FAGE yogurt, I took a bit and said "are they crazy??" Then the next day I ate some more and I still said "are they crazy"?

Well, I can now sit and eat the whole thing with no problem.

It's that you train your brain to re-train your taste buds.

I have re-trained my brain BIG TIME in the past 5 years.

I get excited about salads, fresh veggies, green leafy stuff, etc.

I know, sounds nutty, but it's true.

I don't think I could eat a bag of chips, or a ding dong, or a piece of ice cream cake if someone paid me to do it.

My brain now knows what it would do to my diabetes and to my body, and my brain says 'NO WAY!!!

How odd, the human brain is.

Melody

Ok Mel you got it I will give it another shot.

EXCELLENT!!!

Today I had salmon for lunch and flounder for dinner. A nice salad with each meal.

I wished I lived where some of my friends live. They live in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, (where all the fishing boats come in).

There are people on the docks that sell you fresh fish that was just caught.

Can you imagine me going there each morning, buying a fish, and having the guy gut it, clean it and sell it to me.

You can't get any fresher than that. I would be in FISH HEAVEN!!!

lol

Oh, by the way, my fridge is filled with various yogurts. Alan loves the Weight Watchers yogurt and I eat my FAGE. I imagine all that nice calcium and probiotics going into my body, and my body absorbing all the nutrients.

I am so sorry that I didn't do this when I was in my early 20's.

Could have saved my pancreas and my joints ..... a great deal of stress.

But better late than never.

Got to be optimistic.

It's the only way I know.

Take care,

Melody

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I think you have a wonderful brain Melody!