22 September 2013

Breakfast: at the Overland Park Hilton

• bacon and ham and shredded cheese omlette
• SOS on hash browns
• chocolate cupcake
• coffee
• iced water

Lunch: at a McDonalds for

• ¼ pound hamberger
• fries
• chocolate milk shake

Dinner: (at home! ): roast chicken, brocolli and a bottle of LandShark!

21 September 2013

Breakfast: at the same place as the past two days for omlettge, SOS on potatoes, coffee

Lunch: at the convention center for potatoe chips, mystgery meqt qnd topping on it and coffee

Dinner: at the convention Center:

Dinner: salad with roll, mystery meat on a bun with a tomatoe topping and coffee

20 September 2013

Breakfast: at the same place as the past two days for omlettge, SOS on potatoes, coffee

Lunch: at the convention Center: for a half wrap, weird salad, desert and coffee

Panaramic view of the lunch room.

The thrilling lunch:

19 September 2013

Breakfast: at the Overland Park Hilton Garden Inn:

• omlette with ham and bacon
• SOS on potatoes
• oatmeal and
• coffee

Lunch:  we at at the Convention Center and I had:

• big hot dog
• chips
• can of Diet Pepsi

Dinner: at Convention Centrer and the main course was meat pie, baked tomatoe with cheese, and a potatoe dish; must not forget the iced water and the lack of decaf coffee...

 at the Overland Park Cheescake factory for:

• most of the meatloaf
• about half the mashed potatoes
• about a third of the corn
• half of the chocolate cake and all the ice creamme
• a large Sam Adams Summer Lager

18 September 2013

_____Breakfast: at the Overland Park Hilton Garden Inn for

• 2 eggs over easy
• SOS on potatoe
• oatmeal
• coffee

________Lunch: at a Subway Subs for a 6" meatball sub, chips, "Diet Coke"
 
_______Dinner: We went out to a nice place in Overland Park and I had:

• fish and chips
• 2 Corornas (beers)
• cup of chicken rice soup

Pre-Bed Snack: a gin-n-tonic at the hotel bar

17 September 2013

_____Breakfast:  scrambled eggs with sauteed onion flakes, sauteed summer sausage, a small baked potatoe (left overs) and coffee

________Lunch: at Olive Garden in Wichita

• salad
• spetheii with meat sauce and meatballs and
• two glasses of "Diet Coke"

_______Dinner: in Overland Park Kansas at the Old Spaghetti Factory for:

• spaghetti and meatballs
• two lemonades (I was the designated driver)
• split a chocolate chip cookie with vanilla ice creamme

Pre-Bed Snack: back at the Hilton Garden Inn for

• a Bolevard Pale Ale and
• a bottle of Bud

I did a blood test anyway, two hours after starting dinner, and got 131! There were times when I had much higher after having an evening Healthy Choice. Of course, this was at work and the stress level was much higher!

I also blew chunks after going to bed...

Fwd: [New post] Diabetes Etiquette for PARENTS of teens

You're probably tired of getting these notes from me but I thought this will be germane in a short while (at our ages, a decade just doesn't seem that long anymore...)  I wish y'all well and Rylyn would probably become Miss America and an MD if she really wanted them.

 

Mike

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Bell <mikebell@netins.net>
Date: Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 6:06 PM
Subject: Fwd: [New post] Diabetes Etiquette for PARENTS of teens
To: mike.bell@noaa.gov

-------- Original Message --------

Subject:	[New post] Diabetes Etiquette for PARENTS of teens
Date:	Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:53:20 +0000
From:	BPAN <donotreply@wordpress.com>
To:	mikebell@netins.net

Dr. S. Harris posted: " Stop trying to scare me with diabetes statistics.You've told me a million times that many years of high blood sugars can hurt me. I understand you are scared and want the best for me, but bugging me about complications just makes me want to tune you out" New post on BPAN Diabetes Etiquette for PARENTS of teens by Dr. S. Harris Stop trying to scare me with diabetes statistics.You've told me a million times that many years of high blood sugars can hurt me. I understand you are scared and want the best for me, but bugging me about complications just makes me want to tune you out. If I need motivation, it has to be something important to me right now, not way down the road. When my blood sugars are high, don't assume l've done something stupid (although I may have). It may be hard to believe, but sometimes it really isn't my fault. Blood sugars can get wacky even when you do everything right. Instead of grilling me about why they are high (which may have no answer), or what I might've done wrong, let's figure out what to do now. Please acknowledge when l'm doing something right not just when l've messed up. You may not notice it, but taking care of diabetes is a lot of hard work And it is not fun! I may not be perfect, but there are a lot of things I am doing right every day just to stay alive. A pat on the back for a job well done would be. Don't always be in my face about diabetes, but don't leave me completely alone with it either. I know this is a tough balance. I don't want to be constantly hassled about what I should be doing I need to handle diabetes more on my own. Still, though ! hate to admit it, I am glad to know you've "got my back". Let's figure out where you can trust me to do things on my own and where I could still use your involvement. Make the effort to understand diabetes from my point of view. If you don't have diabetes, you can't possibly know what I am going through. The reality is that diabetes is unfair, inconvenient, a lot of work, and it sucks. No need to cheer me up, or to tell me that it could all be worse. You don't have to fix it; instead, just listen when I need to vent or complain. Don't tell everyone about my diabetes, especially not during the first minute you meet them. Do you have any idea how embarrassing this is?  I know you mean well, but my goal is to fit in, not stick out. Everybody does not have to know. Give me a chance to let me tell people about diabetes when I am ready to do so. Recognize that I am never going to be perfect with my diabetes cam, no matter how much you want this. I know it can make you nervous when you see a high blood sugar reading or notice that I haven't made the best food choice, but let`s get real. No one can manage diabetes perfectly. I`II do my best (and yes, maybe I need to do even better), but I also need to have a life. Don't limit my activities based on diabetes. If you do, people may see me as fragile, sick, or think something is wrong with me. I can do anything those without diabetes can do, though it may require some creative problem solving. Sports, sleepovers, traveling, and parties are all things that can be done safely. Support me in figuring out a way to make it all possible Don't be the food police. Yes, I make choices that you don't like (and sometimes aren`t so smart). But trying to control what I eat isn't going to help; instead I`II just do my best to avoid you when I eat. Remember that good diabetes control is doable even if you don't eat healthy stuff all the time. Being a parent to a teen with diabetes can be a tough, frustrating job. You must walk a difficult path between taking good care of your teen while also encouraging independence. You need to care, but not care too much. We hope this card will give you and your teen some new ideas about how to survive diabetes together. No need to follow all of these etiquette points, and give yourself a pat on the back if you are doing any of them! Let this be the start of a conversation, a new beginning for you and your teen.   Dr. S. Harris | September 14, 2013 at 8:53 pm | URL: http://wp.me/p3N4dq-83 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://bloodpressureanswered.com/diabetes-etiquette-for-parents-of-teens/

16 September 2013

Breakfast: spoon sized shredded wheat and coffee

 

Snack: piece of dark chocolate

 

Lunch: piece of left over baked boneless, skinned chicken and small baked potatoe and Pepsi Zero.

15 September 2013

Breakfast: cherios and coffee

 

Lunch: chips and cheese dip at the movie theater

 

Dinner: piece of baked boneless, skinned chicken and baked potato and a bottle of LandShark

14 September 2013

Breakfast: omelet with bacon and coffee

 

Lunch: a real mess...

1) a small chunk of summer sausage

2) in mid afternoon, Chicken flavoured Ramon with some summer sausage added

 

Dinner: scrambled eggs, toast with grape jelly and cold water

 

Post dinner: a gin-n-tonic

Friday 13th September 2013

Breakfast: omelet with bacon and coffee

 

Lunch: small piece of summer sausage and a bit later, a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich

 

Dinner: salmon, baked potatoe, asparagus and cold water. Desert was a chunk of dark chocolate and a gin-n-tonic

12 September 2013

Breakfast: Burger King SOS and coffee

 

Lunch: We went to the Kansas State Faire in Hutchinson and I had:

• 8 oz "steak on a stick" (I was really hungry)
• later, a homemade ice creamme on a stick (hunger is the best appetizer and I didn't miss the part that fell off the stick!)
• bottle of Diet Pepsi

Dinner: Hungry Man chicken dinner and cold water

 

After seeing my evening blood sugar score, I got scared of morning hypoglycemia and had a slice of home made bread with grape jelly....

 

AM  111   PM   86

10 September 2013

Breakfast:  milk toast and coffee

 

Lunch: tuna fish sandwich, coffee, cold water and watermelon

 

Snack: a chunk of dark chocolate and part of a donut

 

Dinner: Hungry Man Boneless Fried chicken (2 chicken filets, mashed potatoes, corn); one should never go shopping hungry...

 

 

AM 93  PM  159

Crusty Bread

Crusty Bread (simplysogood)

3 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon Instant or Rapid-rise yeast
1 1/2 cups water

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt and yeast. Add water and mix until a shaggy mixture forms. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside for 12 - 18 hours. Overnight works great. Heat oven to 450 degrees. When the oven has reached 450 degrees place a cast iron pot with a lid in the oven and heat the pot for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, pour dough onto a heavily floured surface and shape into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let set while the pot is heating. Remove hot pot from the oven and drop in the dough. Cover and return to oven for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes remove the lid and bake an additional 15 minutes. Remove bread from oven and place on a cooling rack to cool.

To SAVE this for use later, be sure to click this photo and SHARE so it will store on your personal page.
For healthy alternatives, great recipes, DIY'S, motivation and tips join us!!! >> 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TeamSkinny01/ or please feel free to follow me for more great posts! http://goo.gl/B770Ac wra

s water

I In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt and yeast. Add water and mix until a shaggy mixture forms. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside for 12 - 18 

hours. Overnight works great. Heat oven to 450 degrees. When the oven has reached 450 degrees place a cast iron pot with a lid in the oven and heat the pot for 30 

minutes. Meanwhile, pour dough onto a heavily floured surface and shape into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let set while the pot is heating. Remove hot pot 

from the oven and drop in the dough. Cover and return to oven for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes remove the lid and bake an additional 15 minutes. Remove bread 

from oven and place on a cooling rack to cool. 

To SAVE this for use later, be sure to click this photo and SHARE so it will store on your personal page.

For healthy alternatives, great recipes, DIY'S, motivation and tips join us!!! >> 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TeamSkinny01/ or please feel free to follow me for more great posts! http://goo.gl/B770A

3 cups unbleached all purpose flour

1 3/4 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon Instant or Rapid-rise yeast

1 1/2 cups water

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt and yeast. Add water and mix until a shaggy mixture forms. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside for 12 - 18 

hours. Overnight works great. Heat oven to 450 degrees. When the oven has reached 450 degrees place a cast iron pot with a lid in the oven and heat the pot for 30 

minutes. Meanwhile, pour dough onto a heavily floured surface and shape into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let set while the pot is heating. Remove hot pot 

from the oven and drop in the dough. Cover and return to oven for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes remove the lid and bake an additional 15 minutes. Remove bread 

from oven and place on a cooling rack to cool. 

To SAVE this for use later, be sure to click this photo and SHARE so it will store on your personal page.

For healthy alternatives, great recipes, DIY'S, motivation and tips join us!!! >> 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TeamSkinny01/ or please feel free to follow me for more great posts! http://goo.gl/B770A

hours. Overnight works great. Heat oven to 450 degrees. When the oven has reached 450 degrees place a cast iron pot with a lid in the oven and heat the pot for 30 

minutes. Meanwhile, pour dough onto a heavily floured surface and shape into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let set while the pot is heating. Remove hot pot 

from the oven and drop in the dough. Cover and return to oven for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes remove the lid and bake an additional 15 minutes. Remove bread 

from oven and place on a cooling rack to cool. 

To SAVE this for use later, be sure to click this photo and SHARE so it will store on your personal page.

For healthy alternatives, great recipes, DIY'S, motivation and tips join us!!! >> 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TeamSkinny01/ or please feel free to follow me for more great posts! http://goo.gl/B770A

9 September 2013

Breakfast: the left over spaghetti sauce and some of the noodles, with coffee and cold water

 

Lunch: roast beef sandwich and cold water

 

Snack: a few bites of summer sausage

 

Dinner: Halthy Choice Meatloaf Dinner and then some little Oreos and iced water

 

8 September 2013

Breakfast: two poached eggs with grits and butter mixed in the egg and water mixture plus coffee and cold water

 

Lunch: two hot dogs, coffee and cold water

 

Snack: a chunk of dark chocolate

 

Dinner:  Healthy Choice Meatloaf dinner, iced water and some Oreo cookies

7 September 2013

 Breakfast: We went to IHOP and I had the "Breakfast Sampler". This was:

• two fried eggs (over medium),
• two small slices of ham,
• two link sausages,
• two slices of bacon (end of one was burnt)
• two buttermilk pancakes and
• hash browns!

We upset the greeter by turning down the first table and asking for a table with a view. Kathie said "now I pissed her off and we'll get bad service". While this has been true too many times in the past, I timed how long it took from when we sat down to when our waitress showed up:  six seconds!

Our waitress was very professional, brought the coffee and iced water very quickly, came back and refilled the water and asked if we wanted more coffee. I went to use the Maple syrup and our waitress swapped this partially filled container for a full Maple syrup container.

She was the best waitress (or waiter) we've had in years! This truly was the best service we've had in years!

I told her that to her apparent shock and we gave her a very nice tip.

Lunch: We had ham sandwiches and watermelon. I also had Ramon. This was a perfectly adequate lunch..

Dinner:  Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers "Ravioli & Chicken Marinara (Chicken Tenderloins with Whole Grain Ravioli Filled with Cheeses & Spinach in a Marinara Sauce, Topped with Parmesan Cheese), a chunk of dark chocolate and iced water.

7 September 2013

Breakfast: We went to IHOP and I had the "Breakfast Sampler". This was:

• two fried eggs (over medium),
• two small slices of ham,
• two link sausages,
• two slices of bacon (end of one was burnt)
• two buttermilk pancakes and
• hash browns!

 

We upset the greeter by turning down the first table and asking for a table with a view. Kathie said "now I pissed her off and we'll get bad service". While this has been true too many times in the past, I timed how long it took from when we sat down to when our waitress showed up:  six seconds!

 

Our waitress was very professional, brought the coffee and iced water very quickly, came back and refilled the water and asked if we wanted more coffee. I went to use the Maple syrup and our waitress swapped this partially filled container for a full Maple syrup container.

 

She was the best waitress (or waiter) we've had in years! This truly was the best service we've had in years!

 

I told her that to her apparent shock and we gave her a very nice tip.

 

 

Lunch: We had ham sandwiches and watermelon. I also had Ramon. This was a perfectly adequate lunch...

 

Dinner:  Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers "Ravioli & Chicken Marinara (Chicken Tenderloins with Whole Grain Ravioli Filled with Cheeses & Spinach in a Marinara Sauce, Topped with Parmesan Cheese), a chunk of dark chocolate and iced water.

5 September 2013

Breakfast: wheaties and coffee (I got the sneezes from the amount of milk I had to use...)

Lunch: two thick slices of balona on sour dough, chips and a can of "Pepsi One" (definitely, it was an acquired taste! )

Dinner:

AM:  77 PM 136

Maybe my family doctor was right and I should cut the 5 mg glypozide table in two and see if that reduces the morning lows?

4 September 2013

Breakfast: left over steak and left over baked potatoe and coffee

 

Lunch; 2 enchaletas, rice, apple scruddle and "Diet Pepsi"

 

Dinner: (something other than Healthy Choice)

• 1 hot dog in a bun
• 1 hot dog with Chicken flavoured Ramon
• small gin-n-tonic