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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 295539" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>On the addressing glucose issues:</p><p> </p><p>I told my doctor that I crave sweets, then crash, then crave sweets, then crash. I gained most of my weight around my around my abdomen. If she had not suggested that I have a 4 hour glucose tolerance test I was prepared to ask for one. They're not bad - you fast, midnight to morning then get blood drawn. You get a yummy orange sugar drink <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /> then sit for 1 hour, then get your blood drawn again. Then you wait an hour repeat, wait and hour repeat. It regulates how well your body (mainly your liver) processes the glucose/insulin. From what I understand my body doesn't do it fast enough and thus what I eat isn't being used as fuel - it gets absorbed as fat. </p><p> </p><p>As far as drinking water - I had to get creative with the ice cubes. I found cups that I enjoy drinking out of, and different water to me tastes different. My palate prefers our home well water or Dasani. My pocket book enjoys sterilizing the bottles and caps in our diswasher and filling them from our tap - but when Dasani is on sale? Yum AND Kroger makes a brand of Peach tea that is sugar free, calorie free - and yummy. There are other flavors that have no sugars and calories - some are good some are yuk - pink lemonade is good - I can carry the little packs in my purse and use whenver - but mostly? Ice texture and size helps. </p><p> </p><p>The medication for glucose resistance I take is Metformin or Glucophage. So far? No side effects. Some people do get diarrahea -BUT you HAVE TO remember that it's a medicine taken with a low -NO sugar diet. Like that Alli is NO fat or you poop yourself thin? This is NO sugar. If you eat loads of sugar and take metformin you can have diarrahea. Or so I'm told. I take one in the morning. The medicine I take for Migraine Maintenance is Topomax 2 a day (so far) it's a seizure medicine for Epilepsy that works for a number of things other than seizures, and when it does NOT work - I have Relpax on hand that is a MIRALCE (insert angels singing) DRUG. When both of those don't work -rare case it's off to the ER for a morphine/delaudid/phenegran cocktail and 2 days of bedrest. Both metformin and Topomax have appetite supressant qualities. </p><p> </p><p>As far as men vs. women on the weight loss? My girlfriends here and my NP told me MEN WILL ALWAYS LOOSE QUICKER. WHY? Their fat is on the outside of their muscles....DF has already lost 20 lbs to my 12. </p><p>THAT has been motivation like no other for him to not take the TEMPTING brownie that I made for Dude. We were both amazed....usually would have hit the brownie pan like a buzzard on a gut wagon -but nope. Nada. </p><p> </p><p>Hope this helps - and I also know re the water - the MORE I drink the more fat it flushes out and the more it helps my body. So I tell myself - silently <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />ee yourself thin....<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":laugh:" title="laugh :laugh:" data-shortname=":laugh:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 295539, member: 4964"] On the addressing glucose issues: I told my doctor that I crave sweets, then crash, then crave sweets, then crash. I gained most of my weight around my around my abdomen. If she had not suggested that I have a 4 hour glucose tolerance test I was prepared to ask for one. They're not bad - you fast, midnight to morning then get blood drawn. You get a yummy orange sugar drink :raspberry-tounge: then sit for 1 hour, then get your blood drawn again. Then you wait an hour repeat, wait and hour repeat. It regulates how well your body (mainly your liver) processes the glucose/insulin. From what I understand my body doesn't do it fast enough and thus what I eat isn't being used as fuel - it gets absorbed as fat. As far as drinking water - I had to get creative with the ice cubes. I found cups that I enjoy drinking out of, and different water to me tastes different. My palate prefers our home well water or Dasani. My pocket book enjoys sterilizing the bottles and caps in our diswasher and filling them from our tap - but when Dasani is on sale? Yum AND Kroger makes a brand of Peach tea that is sugar free, calorie free - and yummy. There are other flavors that have no sugars and calories - some are good some are yuk - pink lemonade is good - I can carry the little packs in my purse and use whenver - but mostly? Ice texture and size helps. The medication for glucose resistance I take is Metformin or Glucophage. So far? No side effects. Some people do get diarrahea -BUT you HAVE TO remember that it's a medicine taken with a low -NO sugar diet. Like that Alli is NO fat or you poop yourself thin? This is NO sugar. If you eat loads of sugar and take metformin you can have diarrahea. Or so I'm told. I take one in the morning. The medicine I take for Migraine Maintenance is Topomax 2 a day (so far) it's a seizure medicine for Epilepsy that works for a number of things other than seizures, and when it does NOT work - I have Relpax on hand that is a MIRALCE (insert angels singing) DRUG. When both of those don't work -rare case it's off to the ER for a morphine/delaudid/phenegran cocktail and 2 days of bedrest. Both metformin and Topomax have appetite supressant qualities. As far as men vs. women on the weight loss? My girlfriends here and my NP told me MEN WILL ALWAYS LOOSE QUICKER. WHY? Their fat is on the outside of their muscles....DF has already lost 20 lbs to my 12. THAT has been motivation like no other for him to not take the TEMPTING brownie that I made for Dude. We were both amazed....usually would have hit the brownie pan like a buzzard on a gut wagon -but nope. Nada. Hope this helps - and I also know re the water - the MORE I drink the more fat it flushes out and the more it helps my body. So I tell myself - silently :pee yourself thin....:funny: [/QUOTE]
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