Hi everyone!
Wifey, congrats on the weight loss!
Hillbilly, that's so cute that you are like that with your dogs. I sure hope your DH comes around but I'm sure the results will speak for themselves. My doctor initally put me on 3 glucose meds. Well, happy to report that I take the Byetta as prescribed (twice a day) and the metformin only once. The other med I'm not taking at all. I know when I start exercising I'm going to have to get rid of something, either the Byetta or Metformin. I'm thinking Byetta but I won't do that until I check with my doctor. When you're diabetic, you have to learn to adjust the medicine to your glucose readings, like insulin.
Bekka, so glad things went well with you and your beau.
Nikki, don't fret. The both of you will be missing each other again and before you know it, you'll be hanging out everyday.
Micmac, welcome to the thread! Atkins Rocks!!!!
Let me share how I'm feeling today with you all. I must say I'm smitten with Atkins. I just wish Dr. Atkins was alive so I could tell him. Yesterday my headaches diminshed tremendously. Last night I had a chick-fil-a salad, the chargrilled one. I picked the carrots off of it because it wasn't on the list to eat. On their website it says that the salad has 10g carbs and 4g fiber. Not sure why it's so high, maybe with the carrots. Everything else I ate on the salad was Atkins friendly. And the great thing is that the Ranch dressing is only 1g carb. I was in heaven. So, I had it for lunch again today. I have never enjoyed eating a salad as I did last night and today. The fact that I could have regular ranch dressing and it was so good. When I bite into the lettuce, it just seems to burst in my mouth. lol The lettuce was crisp and juicy. lol It was though. I'm use to the flat lettuce but now they have this kind that look like a 2 regular pieces of lettuce connected with a wedge in the middle. When you bite on that part, it's like it's filled with water and it bursts in your mouth. lol maybe I'm being too dramatic about it. I am not having any trouble getting my water in. I'm literally like this
I feel my energy level up too. OOoooo, let me tell y'all. Today in our board meeting, I was mentally sharp. My focus and concentration was crystal clear. I was able to keep up with what was said without a struggle. It was the greatest feeling.
I have been feeling fine today. The bad symptoms seem to be leaving. I have headache spurts here and there, but other than that I'm ok. I was wondering, does anyone else have head pains that come and go? I'm wondering if I need to go get a CT scan or something.