Shoegirl – I had the same problem when I first did the BSD, and I’ve seen it mentioned by quite a few people on here over the years. For me, it was during the winter in particular. I felt like I couldn’t get warm. In fact, you’ve jogged my memory – I’d forgotten I used to cover myself in a blanket while watching telly. What I do remember is that at one point whenever I was out and about my hands were cold to the point of being really painful. A couple of tips I read on here if anyone’s hands in particular are feeling the cold. One is to wear mittens rather than gloves (keeping the fingers together helps keep them warmer apparently) and the other is to get some hand/glove warmers to put inside your gloves/mitts. I got some from Amazon. I’d put these in just prior to leaving the house. This worked for me although it did make me feel like I was setting out for infant school! Anyway, the whole feeling cold thing stopped after a few weeks and I’ve never had the problem again.
JGwen – I’m the same as you these days, generally much warmer than in days past. That’s a great idea about judging progress by dropping another hole in your belt. I like it. It sounds really exciting what you’re working on and developing your website etc. I’m looking forward to reading some more.
caronl – ahh, I always read your name as Caron L – but anyway I am enjoying the snippets. Sounds like you’re doing great with your corona habits – gin and tonic and salted peanuts, eh! You got me thinking about mine. One I want to break is how much coffee I’m drinking. I’m usually very low carb – 20g – and can usually manage this fine, but I’ve been drinking more coffee since we locked down and since I can only drink it (and tea) white I need to break that habit – too many carbs used just on them. I think it might go along with me not drinking enough water so that’s my challenge for the coming week – time to switch things round! It’ll be good to hear about your next challenge!
Merry – I’m interested in your keto bread. Normally, I don’t eat any bread as it spikes my blood sugars, but my husband has gotten into bread-making during lockdown and decided to make me some keto bread. (Turns out later he made the recipe up – and added ‘just a bit’ of flour to ‘make up the numbers’). Anyway, after having one slice my bgls went from 5.1 to 10.9 (& after re-testing to 11.1) I suspect the ‘just a bit of flour’ might have been ‘just a bit of a fib’ but I don’t want to dampen his enthusiasm so I thought I’d try to find some good keto bread recipes. Would you recommend this book generally, or are there any other sites you (or anyone) would recommend for keto or low carb bread recipes?
Hope the lockdown is going OK for you and you, shoegirl xx
sixturkeys – it’s really lovely to see you posting again – sorry to hear about how things have been for you – it’s tough this pandemic and changed lives. I think that’s why as DCT says, it’s so important that we treat ourselves gently right now. Glad to have you back. xx
One extra turkey is soon shifted – and, it’s probably wrong of me to say, but I was always quite attached to reading tales of your ‘sporran’ So, I’m delighted it’s put in an appearance! Yes, that soup is one of my favourites too. Let us know how you go on.
CC – I’m also pleased to hear your toothache is better. That dress sounds lovely. I do like a nice shift dress and like you say there’s nowhere to hide so well done that woman! – you do right to be thrilled with that. Also, here’s wishing you a very happy retirement – a bit belated, sorry – and a very happy birthday – well, to the whole family really! It sounds like you’ve got a great balance to things right now – well, definitely more than I have – but it was lovely reading your post. It made me remember it’s not a race and not to get too hung up about not doing things perfectly.
DCT – Ooh, you’re so close – within touching distance of that target – can she do it, yes she can!!
(Hmm, not sure if I’m quoting Barrack Obama there or Bob the Builder ?!?). Hope you have a lovely time with your mother and come back on Monday raring to go. Those curries sound good, by the way. As I’ve mentioned in the past I’m no cook but I also started making curries during lockdown – there’s something really pleasurable about following that ‘bung it all in’ approach.
Well, it’s been one step forward, one step back for me this week. On the positive side, my blood sugar readings have all been in the 5s (apart from after the non-keto keto bread incident) so that’s a definite positive, and I’ve managed to lose 2lbs. Hurray!
But – I’ve started weighing food, then stopped. I’ve started tracking my carbs and cals, – then stopped. I’ve gone out for my early daily walks, then stopped. So frustrated with myself. So, my goals for next week are to get back into weighing & tracking food throughout the day, and walking every day. If I can do that and reduce my coffee that will be great.
My goal for the end of the month is still to get my daily bgl readings into the 4s and 5s. Almost there but not quite yet.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. Stay safe.
Jennie xx