Mrs. d this was exactly the way it was explainded to me,hugs to all Sue: Mrsd:
your a joy.

--there is a balance involved, but everyone's is individual.

And it is true that once you've becme diabetic--even pre-diabetic (disturbed glucose tolerance), the blood sugar swings tend to be, calorie for caloire, wider and more erratic than they are for "normals". (This is part of the reason that true reactive hypoglycemia a few hours after meals, indicative of insulin resistance, is considred a forerunnner of diabetes--the body is becoming less able to absorb the shocks and keep glucose within a narrow range.)

I do agree with Mrs. D that the hemoglobin A1C is a much better indicator of your situation overall than a series of blood glucose readings are. Blood glucose readings are notoriously dependent on outside factors even among "normals"--just how glycemic your last meal was, how good your liver function is, whether you've been exercising, and so on.

I'm sure, for example, that I could convince any doctor I had glucose dysregulation if I had them do a glucose reading about an hour to an hour and a half after I've eaten one of my son's classmates' birthday cake slices. But if you took it two hours later, you'd say I was hypoglycemic. The link is the insulin resistance, and the overproduction of insulin driving down my glucose level before it gets very high (and in glucose tolerance testing, it never gets than high--but that's only a 75mg dose). It's gotten to the point that I watch the insulin levels more closely than the glucose readings.

Though I'll occassionally cheat at special events, I've really tried to follow the Zone-diet type principles--balanced diet of carbs/protein/fat, eating small meals at regular intervals (not three meals a day--more like five smaller meals), and protein-oriented snacks when I have them. I also try to do as much weight-bearing exercise as my cervical spine will tolerate (admittedly not as much as it used to--can't wait for the pool here to open), as muscle tissue tends to handle insulin best and reduce resistance. (Staying away from the "white foods"--except for caulifower--helps too.)

Thanks Glenn:

As for honey withdrawal, I never touch the stuff, so I couldn't care less. Today, I just sprinkled some splenda on Alan's sweet potato. He has taste perversion ever since he went off the fentanyl pain patch, so his tastebuds are WAY off. But no more honey. He knows and he doesn't care.

He also did not have his coffee roll. This morning I made him some egg beater stuff on some light toast. And his decaf tea. Oh, I juiced a nice juice drink for him as soon as he got up.

Cantellope, apple, pear, a little piece of fresh ginger, some fresh pineapple, and a carrot. He said it was the most delicious thing he ever drank.

I have carrot, celery, zucchini, and some other green stuff. Just a slice of apple to make it tolerable.

And I only drink a small glass. BUT I DO LOVE THIS JUICER. It's really powerful.

But I think I'm better off doing what Glenn does. Little meals,

I bought bean sprouts today. For dinner, I just sauteed them in a bit of garlic and added some fresh asparagus. Bean Sprouts can't hurt right?? lol

I also found out something about my body. While I may like the taste of a brownie on the weekend, my body really doesn't like when I put anything with sugar in it. I've been using the Duncan Hines.

Alan knows that this weekend was the last time I will make brownies.

I'll have to find some other sugar free treat to give us next weekend. Maybe I'll make a splenda cake or buy some sugar free apple stuff.

It's something to look forward to , and it makes the body rev up the metabolism. Someone from Cornell told me "if you want to lose weight, never eat the same thing and the same way every day. Your body gets used to it". So I've been following that principal.

Hey, I just might get into that Bikini some day.!! lol