A great and low fat lunch today!

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I really had a great lunch today, and a very low fat one at that! On top of that, 2 hours after eating lunch, my blood glucose had dropped by 27 points, compared to before lunch. So, it was quite healthy for me, and satisfying too. Do you know what Pomelo is? It is similar to a grapefruit, but much better. It is sweeter, and more flavorful than a grapefruit if you get a good one. Here where I live, in Davao City on the island of Mindanao, which is in the Philippines, Pomelo is one of our favorite local fruits. The city is famous for two different fruits, the Pomelo and the Durian. Well, today the lunch I had is based mostly on … [Read more...]

Visit from a friend

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About two weeks ago I saw a friend that I had not seen for about 2 years. He lives in San Diego, California, but he comes to the Philippines on a somewhat regular basis. Since I live in the Philippines, not far from the place where he usually goes, we usually try to see each other at least once if he is visiting. Like I said, it had been about 2 years since we had seen each other, and when I saw him the first thing that I thought was that he has lost significant weight since we last saw each other. We talked about it, and he told me that he had undergone gastric bypass surgery. Now, I had strongly considered last November. I had done … [Read more...]

Tuesday Morning Readings

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I am just getting ready to go out for a quick walk, but wanted to post my blood glucose readings for this morning. Blood glucose after waking up: 122 Blood glucose 2 hours after breakfast: 123 … [Read more...]

Finished out another healthy day!

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Well, it is coming up on 10pm, and we are winding down here, getting ready to relax a bit. Blood glucose reading 2 hours after dinner: 108 … [Read more...]

Hmm… Now it's Raining!

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Strange weather today. As I wrote earlier it was sunny and beautiful, but we just had a thunderstorm. However, the rain has already stopped, so maybe it just cooled things down for us, and passed on. I did already get a walk this morning, so I've done some exercise today, although if the weather holds I hope to get another walk in an hour or so. Blood glucose 2 hours after lunch: 132 … [Read more...]

Mangosteen Monday

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Woke up to a beautiful Monday Morning. Clear skies, sunshine, everything going well! I can't complain at all about this Monday! I started off the day with breakfast eaten in front of my computer while working. I had two banana muffins this morning, made with Splenda instead of sugar. They were delicious. One thing about living in the Philippines... there is really excellent fruit here. I particularly enjoy Papaya, which is great. It is amazing at the difference in the taste of fruits here compared to the US. When I lived in the States I ate Papaya from time to time. What I remember was putting either sugar or some form of sweetener … [Read more...]

Weekend Update 7/30-7/31

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I didn't blog over the weekend, sorry if anybody was watching that RSS feed for a new post! I work hard during weekdays, and I tend to vegetate over the weekend... well for the most part I do! I still take care of a few orders for my e-commerce sites, if they are for stuff that is digitally delivered (they can be delivered instantly). Other than that, I tend to spend time with my family. I just wanted to post some of my glucose readings from the weekend, as I like to keep a log of that here on the blog. Saturday (7/30) blood glucose readings: Before Breakfast: 100 2 Hours after Breakfast: 116 2 Hours after Dinner: 96 Sunday (7/31) … [Read more...]

Glucose is looking good!

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I am really happy with my blood glucose readings this past week or so. It was just like 2 months ago where a low reading for me was 300! Now, I am usually near 100! It makes me feel good to see progress like this. Blood glucose 2 hours after dinner: 96 … [Read more...]

Busy Afternoon

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I had a really busy afternoon! I have been doing some refining on the layouts on a couple of my blogs, and that kept me tied up much of the afternoon. On top of that, a friend and his wife dropped by for a visit, which was actually quite nice. But, I still managed to get my afternoon walk in, though. I sort of thought of skipping the walk this afternoon, but on this morning's walk, both of my dogs were acting up and had to be punished. I wanted to let them walk with me again this afternoon, to reinforce to them that they were not in trouble, yet they just had to be well behaved. Their punishment worked... they both were very good this … [Read more...]

The Power of Positive Thinking

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Over the past years, I had gotten to the point where I had a very bad attitude. People in my life, I am sure, did not want to spend much time with me, because I was always negative. I was not feeling happy myself either. I feel a lot of this was connected with the trauma of my sister's death, and all of that also contributed to my extreme weight. I was not happy, so I thought that maybe I would be happy if I just ate that last donut, or that candy bar that looked so good. The candy bar brought only temporary happiness, so maybe some chips would hit the right buttons for me. It was a never ending circle. Unhappiness lead to a negative … [Read more...]