Considering ordering some Miracle Rice, the bags hold 2.3 servings. In the spirit of being budget conscious. I would want to only use one serving per meal. Now the question is, what is the best way to store the unused portion until the next day?

Renee`

Well here I am, and this time I'm going to stay the course!!!!!

Went to the Doctors on Thursday for my semi-annual check-up, and the first question the nurse asked was...."did anyone call you about the blood work that was done at your last checkup?" That would be no. "Is there a problem?"
Oh.."I'll have Deb the PA discuss it with you."

To cut a long story short 6 months ago by blood sugar reading was 281, and my A1C was 8.3 and nobody called me about it! The first thing Deb said to me was "Renee` you have diabetes."

I was devastated to say the least. I told her I was not taking any medication that if that were the case I would work to control it with diet and exercise. She agreed unless of course that didn't work because my pancreas wasn't working as it should.

So this morning I did 2 circuits of the local park before 6am. I only took my BP pill with a sip of water before I headed out. On my return I tested my blood sugar...<sigh> the reading was 209....so yes I have a problem! 

I have a followup appointment in September, she is giving me 3 months to see if I can get this under control, if not she wants me on medication. 

I now have a notebook living on my island in the kitchen, and am making a note of every carb to pass my lips. People who know me, know I absolutely hate having to measure and count carbs or calories of any kind BUT the line has been drawn in the sand so to speak, and I have to take action! 

So I'm back owning up and joining with people who understand about SUGAR!

I tried to make my daughter understand about cutting white carbs out of my life, but she just doesn't get it.....she just kept saying, "you can't cut complete food groups out of your life...you won't stick to it!" Of course she doesn't understand the 20 carbs a day principle. I didn't explain that to her or she would have started another rant!

Anyway I'm back and in it for the long haul.

Renee`

Looking to find the best place to buy the flours used in your recipes.....Soy, Almond, Golden Flax seed etc.

I know I can get them from Nuts.com, but I obviously want the best carb counts, so hoping for some direction from you guys.

Renee`

Hey Guys,

I'm ashamed to say I started with good intentions, BUT fell by the wayside!

Now you could say the rubber meets the road...have felt so tired for many months and on my 6 monthly check up I asked the Doc if I might need an Iron supplement.  On looking at my last blood work results, which were good....he thought maybe I needed a sleep study...which I shot down in flames....I wanted blood work done, so he ordered a full panel.  Got a phone call from the Doc's office the next day....he want's further blood work done WHAT!!!!  A1C, Some kind of test re: my Iron and a full Hep Panel plus an appointment with the Diabetic Education dept....Whoa...my blood glucose was 200 and my cholesterol was sky high.....SO I dug out my FTS stuff and found the calculation for carbs to sugar...now my pantry is empty, and I have to shop!  I know you can control and often eliminate Diabetes with diet and exercise because I do not want to take pills or god forbid insulin. So my path is set.  This whole mess could have been avoided had I stuck with FTS in the first place.  I guess this is Mother Natures way of giving me a wake up call to get my lifestyle changes in place before it's too late.

So my question is how much sugar is allowed per day?  Is it 5 teaspoons tops?

My FTS Fast and Easy must have been lent out, I have all the other books, but that is MIA. And I am sure the answer to the above question is in that book.

So give me a kick in the butt guys and send me on my way! 

Renee`

I have both the FTS Cookbook and the FTS Bakery Book.  I  would like to work out the carb counts
on the recipes so I can plan my meals at a glance.  Is there an easy way for me to do this?

Also, I changed my lifesyle to FTS on August 9th, but have only lost 6lbs to date. I have noticed
that many members are losing much more......apart from my body NOT wanting to give up it's
precious fat cells, am I possibly doing something wrong???

Does everyone count the carbs of every meal?  I do and have never gone over
20.  As a matter of fact I usually only have about 16 per day.

I started my FTS journey on August 9th.  I weighed in at 243.2 pounds, I was sure that all 3 of my cats had their paws on the scale, but unfortunately they didn't....DARN!

Now I have tried every diet under the sun, the last being the Atkins, which surprisingly did not work very well for me. Of course I didn't know about the hidden sugar in foods at that point. However, after a month I lost less that a pound. Very upsetting.


Since my initial weigh-in on the 9th, I haven't been near the scale.  I have written down every carb that has passed my lips since I started.  I wasn't going to get weighed again for at least a month, but have since decided that I had better change that in case I'm not doing as well as I should be, so I will get weighed again tomorrow morning, and post the results on the forum.  Hopefully I will see a loss, if not will be asking for advice, and have Dough take a look at my food journal. 

Watch this space......