1st
2 units, green beans, yeast, tomato, stix, 2 stories. 20 min.
2 units, young coconut, bananas, flax seed, raisens, walnuts, oats, 4 units, up the hill, sugar went low. 1/2 hr.
that coconut is just my favorite thing I like to taste it like I like to smell honeysuckle
man, my sugar went low and stayed low, even after I .....
apple, banana, chocolate
3 units, light red cooked kidney beans with soaked millet curry powder and yeast, carrot/ginger juice, stix, salad, up the hill. 25 min.
2nd
3 units, buttered popcorn (left over from the kids last night), stix, juice (acorn squash, ginger, cinnamon), oats, banana, 2 raisens, sprouted millet, flaxseed, sprouted wheat, up the hill. 35 min. (cuz I made my juice during that time)
green beans, sprouted millet, pumpkin seeds, yeast, walnuts, sesame seeds, one story. 10 min.
orange. 5 min.
sprouted millet, sardines, salad. 30 min. 3 units, stix, apple, chocolate, 20 min. Then, instead of running, I fell asleep and my sugar went up to 236. I had to rush to my son's school musical, so I just shotgunned 5 units and took some sugar with me. I went low during the musical and ate an organic grape leather.
After the play, around 11 pm, I was very hungry and unsettled so I had a party. I had turkey dogs, meat sauce, cheese, collards (don't know when they had tasted better), mushrooms, black pepper, 6 units, oats and raisens, 10 units, oats, raisens, chocolate and freakenized milk and I don't remember but maybe another 5 units, watched a movie, sugar was 134, 2 more units and went to bed about 3 am. The musical was good. My son did well. Everyone did.
3rd
3 units, cooked light red kidney beans with sprouted millet, yeast and curry, stix. 20 min.
6 units, milk, chocolate, raisens, Ezekial toast and coconut oil. couple of hours. While rushing off to my son's musical again, 8 units, refried beans, cheese, Pace salsa, lettuce. 5 min. late, after the show, sugar was 63. Hadn't felt it.
4 units, Ate refried beans, cheese, salsa, Ezekial toast, coconut oil, cooked light red kidney beans with sprouted millet, 2 units. couple hours.
6th
4 units
banana, chocolate, pumkin seeds
yellow yeast
30 min.
no exercise
Sugar 63
4 units
pumpkin seeds, sprouted barley, raisens
acorn squash
carrot, squash and ginger juice, stix, peanut butter, flax seeds, pumkin seeds
chocolate, oats, peanut butter, raisens, milk
ogliofructose 50+ and my very first provex cv
2 hours
Sugar: 176
1 story and up the hill and then some
7th
4 units
pumkin seeds, banana, sprouted barley
peanut butter and frozen tropical fruit, including grapes
chocolate and raisens
1 Provex CV
1 oglio
30 min.
1 story and up the hill
Sugar 141
trot to post office
6 units
orange and chocolate
fried whole wheat noodles with soy and sesame seeds and cabbage, with raw sprouted barley
2 Provex CV
1 oglio
carrot/squash/ginger juice
omlette: eggs, onion, cheese, broccoli, mushroom, ginger, black pepper, salt, coconut oil, topped with raw tomato water and slices
milk
1 hour
sugar went low; had to eat three oreo
5 units
stix, peanut butter, sesame seeds, cheese, yeast, frozen fruit, ginger, raisens, milk
2 hours
sugar 236
5 units
8th
I do not remember but it was not a good day; could have been worse
9th
4 units
1 oglio
1 provex cv
pumpkin seeds
coconut oil on whole wheat spaghetti - heated
banana
yeast and romaine
apple
sesame seeds
flax seeds
30 min.
up the hill part way
3 units
apple
1 oglio
1 provex cv
400 IU vitamin E
100 mg lipoic acid
carrot/squash juice
pear
sesame seeds
6 almonds
celery
yeast
collards
peanut butter
stix
milk
1 hr
no exercise
Provex cv
oglio
Sugar: 90
10th
2 units
chicken soup by Sharon
1 oglio, 1 provex cv, 400 IU vitamin E, 100 mg lipoic acid
yeast
stix
almonds
sesame seeds
flax seeds
milk
2 figs
Felt like stopping but at this point, half out of weakness and half out of wanting to test,
lots of steamed millet and coconut oil, and yeast on pressure-cooked baby limas
45 min
up the hill
sugar: 326
6 units
I'm thinking of going raw. Anyway, that steamed millet tasted good and tasted wrong both at the same time. I knew I was eating too much.
4 units
stix, yeast, peanut butter, soy/sesame sauce
Ezekial toast and coconut oil
raisens and chocolate
oatmeal, cream, honey
oglio, provex cv
2 hours
6 units
popcorn with butter
sugar 165
up the hill
11th
2 units
carrot/squash/ginger/chard juice
Ezekial toast and coconut
1 oglio, 1 lipoic, 1 E, 2 provex cv
chocolate, sesame seeds, walnuts
turkey dogs and collards
did a little dance:
In the morning
I do a little dance
Because I love my girl -
Because I love my girl
(repeat)
3 units
1 oglio, 1 provex cv
Ezekial bread
same juice
peanut butter
sesame seeds
steamed millet
yeast
chocolate
(this on a road trip)
6 units (still on road trip)
1 oglio, 1 provex cv
Ezekial bread
peanut butter
dates
blonde raisens
apricot seeds
goji berries
chocolate
6 units
apple (still on road trip - I went low)
pumpkin seeds
easter egg
turkey dogs and collards
12th
8 units
Ezekial toast & coconut oil & dates
peanut butter
milk
oats
1 oglio, 1 lipoic, 1 E, 2 provex cv
3 units? 6?
oglio, provex
ground turkey, soy sauce, cabbage, beet stix, peanut butter
frozen fruit (melon, grape, mango), milk
tons of Ezekial toast & coconut oil
apple & chocolate
7 units
oglio, provex
deviled potato with picante sauce and fresh tomato
deviled egg
milk
Ezekial toast and coconut oil
tons of dates and raisens, goji berries, peanut butter, chocolate
hot oatmeal, cinnamon, honey, cream
long time
no exercise, no extra shot, but swept and mopped some floors to gradually come off the saturated sugar feeling and the over-stuffed feeling. After an hour or more....
Sugar: 99
13th
2 units
wheat grass, pumpkin seeds, apricot seeds, banana
ground turkey and fried cabbage and soy sauce
2 provex, oglio, E, lipoic
20 min
apple (sugar low)
no units
sprouted baby limas, steamed brocolli, sesame seeds, cinnamon
milk
pumpkin seeds and chocolate
oglio and 2 provex
sugar: 152
I have decided not to time my meals after all; keep it simple and just stop when I should, however long it takes
3 hrs later
a few walnuts
sugar: 189
3 units
14th
3 units
1 E, 1 lipoic, 2 provex cv
apple
Ezekial toast and coconut oil, yellow and brown yeasts, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, dates
up the hill
2 units
1 provex cv
carrot/beet/beet green/ginger juice, Ezekial toast and coconut oil
brown yeast, almonds (tons), chocolate, milk
yellow yeast
sugar 206
3 units
low sugar -
figs
young coconut
lots of dates, peanut butter
6 units
1 oglio, 1 provex cv
steamed broccoli, deviled eggs, milk
more dates and stuff
4 units
up the hill
hours later, sugar 162
2.5 units
16th
I forget breakfast but it involved lotta brown yeast and 2 shots and -
1 oglio, 1 E, 1 lipoic, 2 provex
no units
orange
nap
sprouted and sunned spelt barley and millet
lots of collards a turkey dog and lots of flax seeds
apricot pits
goji berries
brown yeast
1 provex
sugar: 136
out to dig weeds
1 hr later sugar: 129
no units
sharon's bean salad
milk
orange
boiled egg
1 provex
take kids to park, carry them up hill
when came back sugar: 178
17th
no units
2 provex, lipoic, E
sprouted barley spelt and millet
rutebaga
pumpkin seeds
3 weight stairs
definition: weight stairs are walking down and up the outside stairs, which are two stories high, carrying two large dumb bells on a short bar out in front of my stomach with my elbows up.
no units
collards and yellow yeast
sprouted baby limas
celery
walnuts
2 weight stairs
cinnamon
no units
apple
strawberry
beef
milk
sprouted spelt barley millet, brown yeast
turkey dogs, cheese, lots of ginger
boiled egg, which I knew I should not eat but did anyway and sure enough I shouldn't have.
2 provex
lick of peanut butter
up the hill
later sugar: 148
23rd
I got sick of writing it all down. There was nothing new on the menu anyway. Had some off days and some good days without insulin. Yesterday was a good day without insulin. Had juice twice, once with a beet. Learned to limit my intake of brown and yellow yeast because they are fairly high carb. Learned to be careful and not feast too much, although yesterday I had a second course of frozen banana and a lot of peanut butter - right up until I didn't want any more and then held Emma while she slept instead of exercising and it felt like my sugar wasn't going up at all. After a couple of hours though, it felt like it might be a little so I tested and it was only 153. So that was very encouraging. Other than learning to be careful and cognizant, the key here is to eat things of value. I also ate a lot of nice dandelions yesterday. I notice that the real difference between days I think I can do this and days I just wish I could die is whether I am consuming lots of juice and raw veggies. I feel I have definately confirmed that this thing of really nurishing with real food does cure diabetes - I just need to keep it up longer than I did before. I confirmed that the idea I had when I was first diagnosed and thought I would finally eat like dad and cure this was correct and for real. I watched mother completely get over her arthritis yet she would slow or regress in her progress by not sticking with the program; you just really have to stick to the things you learn. I have continued to eat only live (hydrated) whole sprouted grains for my "bread." I stopped taking ogliofructose complex multi's because I get enough of everything in my food and other supplements and don't want to take too much copper or iron.
27th
The 22nd of this month was the last day I shot any insulin.
I have added sunflower seeds (raw of course) to my meals; I heard they have a lot of Vitamin E and other good stuff. Really am enjoying them. Had them sprinkled down the middle of Romaine leafs - that was good.
Last night, I felt I should eat late and I ate quite a bit and I was so tired, I went to sleep without putting the food away, let alone exercising. So my sugar was a little high all night and in the morning. I tested it in the morning after I had been up a little while - it was 138.
I don't know why, but I felt very unenergetic and a little sick this morning. I started working and then I slept from about 9:30 to 2:30 and felt better. Saturday and Sunday were pretty hard working days; it may have been due to being worn out and also the high sugar overnight. Plus, it just finally got hot outside; it has been a cold Spring until yesterday.
I have not been exercising after each meal as much. I have focused more on stopping in time and eating more high-value foods, which even for me, there is room for improvement. Like last night, instead of munching on acids (cheese, nuts or chocolate), I munched on quite a haul of chard and tomatoes.
I'm feeling quite great.
Oh, I also need to mention that the last several weeks I was using insulin shots, the neuropathy in my left big toe came back and was hurting more intensely than ever - even keeping me awake at night. After a few days of that, I had enough and that was around the 17th or so when I quit the insulin. I was only doing a couple of units per meal but after I stopped the shots, all traces of neuropathy left right away. Haven't heard from them since.
Right now, I am not burny or numb or tired. I feel like a million bucks.
I do not seem to be losing any weight as expected, since stopping the shots. So I guess I must be producing my own insulin.
This past week, I am certain my sugars have generally been a little higher than when I was keeping very tight control with my shots, but I have not let myself get too concerned about it. Rather, I have kept my eye on the long-term and let the local oscillations damp out on their own. Just like when you are plowing or driving in your lane on the freeway: if you look just ahead, it is very difficult to go straight or smooth, but if you look way ahead, you naturally do. Therefore, I have not been using my test strips hardly. If they give good news, no surprise. Bad news, it will only dishearten me. Either way, I am not going to take a shot (unless I'm over 180) anymore, so why test if I know I am not too too high, and if I know I am eating very well and going for the long haul? In other words, knowing I am going to stay steering in my lane with my eye way ahead, I will avoid lane changes (such as binges and shots) that would harm my body far worse than the local perterbations I may be having at times.
28th
Gotta tell ya what I did for breakfast this morning: Juice. I only wanted juice. No seeds or grain or anything. I didn't even take my supplements. This turned out to be a pretty good juice that my wife might even have liked:
2 MacIntosh apples
3 handfuls of very long wheat grass
~0.5 in^3 ginger root or less
1 leaf of green chard
4 carrots, not too thin, but not fat - maybe a little thinner than what you would call average.
No exercise.
Sugar: No problem.
