[imagood1]

hi Audrey -- I just finished putting my food for today in Fitday - today my ratio's were 67/25/8 ... yesterday 66/27/7 day before 57/32/11 ..... I am still slowly loosing weight and am keeping my carbs between 25 and 35 daily. As far as veggies making your blood sugars go up you need to try some other veggies other than just salad. I googled vegetables low on the glycemic index, those are what you need to stick with -- they are easiest on your blood sugars. Asparagus, Bell Peppers, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Green beans, mushrooms....try some of these as your additional 5 net carbs on Rung 1 .... try 1 every other day to see how your body reacts to them. Luckily my body doesn't have any trouble handling any of these but you need to find out how you do.

Because you are diabetic you need to eat enough daily so please don't reduce your carbs any lower than they are now. Drink plenty of water (which I know you are doing) and walk or do some light calistenics daily. My mom uses tomato soup cans for resistance and does arm curls with them...she is slowly getting her strength back after a long illness. We are also walking every night to get her legs strengthened back up.

I hope you will try eating different veggies and increasing your carbs - you can't let your body go into a starvation mode. Actually, once I started eating more carbs (finding which foods I could eat comfortably took a little work) I have been consistantly loosing about a pound a week. Not spectacular results but good enough for the mediciation I'm on - and also I'm in this for the long run so 1 pound a week is fine with me.

Good luck sweetie!!