To Elaine, Debbie and Nancy
OH THANK YOU! I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!!!!!!!
The most amazing carb thing I’ve found on Byetta is that I can eat "a"
cookie. Not a box of cookies, "a" cookie. It’s not that I think it’s a
good way to eat, but I spent 5 days at a funeral and shiva following,
and there was tray after tray of baked goods. Normally, I could have
inhaled it all, but each day, if I was anywhere near hungry, I picked
ONE. In my whole life I’ve never done that. I’ve picked "one of each"
but never just "one" — and that I know is ALL Byetta!
I agree that BG doesn’t rise when you have just a little of fruit or
grain — I have found that eating a little fat, too ( a cube of cheese
with my grapes, for example) is also very helpful.
But really — I’m glad there are others. So many people are low-carb
only, and I’m sure that works for them, but being a vegan from
childhood (and rail thin back then) and later a vegetarian, and now an
almost vegetarian, it never worked for me.
I am thankful that Byetta has so dropped my total intake that it is
much easier to make great choices.
THANKS AGAIN!
Jessica
January 10th, 2005 at 3:03 pm
Jessica,
I’m beginning to think that I am an oddity on this forum. I don’t
seem to have near the weight to lose as some (although I’m no Skinny
Minnie!) and my BG’s have never really been all that bad, although my
fastings were not where I wanted them to be. I have lost 26 pounds
up to this point (mostly from low, low food intake) and I’ve been on
Byetta since the first of April. Actually, before the lizard, my
food choices were much better. Now, I just try to keep from losing
whatever I eat. One night I had 3 or 4 spoonfuls of mashed potatoes -
that’s all (major exception but you get the idea) I, too am
vegetarian (lacto-ovo and some chicken occasionally) and it’s really
hard to completely lose the carbs or even cut way down.
Elaine (TN)
I read back over that and it sounds like I’m in severe denial.
Nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve had many on this forum
encourage me and just to see how well they handle their rough patches
is an inspiration. It just seems like my doc got me in early and I’m
hoping that is a very good thing especially with all the talk of
regenerating beta cells! I’m really encouraged about that!
E