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This is interesting.

Can someone explain the difference between carbs and starches? I always thought starches were carbs, but included in the carbs are sugary things, even fruit with their natural sugar, soda, candy, maybe even things like carrots and potatoes. Am I right?

Not typing my foods here, but noting that I did pretty well while away even eating more? But 1 day home and I got shakey again...I think I just am not eating enough things to hold BS and then the rush to eat whatever to bring it up..was interesting to me to see that.

I've gotten my mind wrapped around the "fact" that calories are the enemy and it keeps me from eating when I should, which results in snacking too much of wrong things...

Harmony, you've got it right - the difference to watch is the one between complex (good) and simple (bad) carbs. Starches are one type of carbs and they are found in all cereal grains, as well as roots and tubers.

This is from About.com

Simple Carbs

Simple carbs such as candy, sodas and juice are quickly digested and can be used immediately for energy. However, they also spike blood glucose levels, which inevitably leads to a crash when your blood sugar drops. Simple carbs (such as honey) can be an ideal choice just before an intense cardio workout like sprints, but they're not a great choice for snacks or meals since they can leave you hungry and tired.

Complex Carbs

Complex carbs take longer to digest and come from things like whole grain products, vegetables, and fruits. They are slowly released into the body, unlike simple carbs, so you don't get that sugar rush followed by the painful sugar crash.

Regardless of the type of carbs you eat, all are treated the same way in your body--they are all broken down into sugars during digestion. But, complex carbs are almost always the best choice because they are naturally low in fat, high in fiber and provide tons of vitamins and minerals.

I can't eat Cheerios. That is interesting to read how they are made. They are my all time favorite food. I could live on them, any flavor, and any kind of milk on top, and sometimes with a banana. But for some reason they don't digest. I get instant heartburn. Bummer!

Ugh! Wish I could pretend yesterday eating didn't happen.

What I ate Friday Aug 6th = 10.6 starches
1.6 starches - Fiber Bar @ 6am
0.0 starches - Coffee, black
0.0 starches - Pecan halves (4) & dried Cranberries @9am
0.0 starches - Tea, unsweetened (mixture of green-n-black tea) which I drink until supper
0.0 starches - Turnip Greens, Artichoke dip, shrimp, spicy fish fillet, clam chowder @ noon (Golden Corral)
8.0 starches - Pizza (3"x3" thin crust - 8 pieces) @5pm
1.0 starches - Bday cake (I just took one bit of LO's cake to see what it tasted like)
0.0 starches - grape juice (1/2 cup)

the sodium in yesterday's food was OFF THE CHART and the scales reflect it this morning. All the weight I lost last week showed back up this morning...plus .2 lbs. ***sigh****

I'm definitely not happy about it, but I'm not giving up. It is a rare day where all the events happen like yesterday (LO well baby doc appt, payroll, DGS15 & DGS13 under my care and 2 back to back gatherings at our home in the same evening). At 5pm we had 3 generations (12 family members) here to celebrate LO birthday (pizza, cake, ice cream served). At 7pm we had the Friday Night Gang (11 friends) here and served them cake/ice cream. It was a frenzy to prepare for these while working payroll too. I had one hour (4pm-5pm) to pick up DGS's then get decorations (balloons, table cloth, bday plates/cups/napkins/hats/etc), the punch & Ice cream, order & pick up the pizzas and drive 33 miles.....oh in that one hour I also had to decorate the table & house. FRENZY and my eating followed that same frenzy. I just kept picking up a piece of pizza and kept moving. The pizza pieces didn't seem to add up until later when i sat and thought about how many I ate Argh.

August Daily Starch Tally -
5.6 starches = 1 August
6.1 starches = 2 August
7.1 starches = 3 August (3 lb weight loss)
3.6 starches = 4 August (weight flux now = 1.4 lb loss for this month)
7.6 starches = 5 August = 3.8 weight loss (cumulative)
10.6 starches = 6 August = .2 weight gain (cumulative)

I like zucchini squash cut up in finger size pieces for snacking on
also yellow squash is great to add in salads for a bit more color!

Having my cocoa - coffee for breakfast w/ fruit today then off for my walk.
Forgot to take my blood sugar before dinner last night.
H. asked me to make the noon meal our main meal
and the salad meal for dinner so today we had stir fry veggies {steamed} 8 carbs.,
I had cheese, 2 eggs 4 carbs. & nuts 3 carbs. plus diet soda. 17 carbs.

Friday was kinda a bust, I think...
10:30
Banana
PB Crackers
Diet Pepsi
Sometime while baking cookies
Two choc. chip/pecan cookies (quality control, you know)
Probably at least one cookie's worth cookie dough
4:30 -- feeling kinda shaky
4 Triscuits
1 slice cheese
6:00 (from local steak house, not chain)
7 fried shrimp
1/2 baked potato (no butter, etc. just salt/pepper)
1/2 hush puppy
4 crackers
salad w/Italian dressing
cookie
10:00
grapes
mini wheats (trying to finish off the box)

What I ate Saturday Aug 7th = 7.6 starches
1.6 starches - Fiber Bar @ 6am
0.0 starches - Coffee, black
0.0 starches - Tea, unsweetened (mixture of green-n-black tea) which I drink until supper
1.0 starches - Pizza (3"x3" thin crust - 1 pieces)
1.0 starches - Bday cake
3.0 starches - Baby Back ribs, mashed potatoes & corn on cob
1.0 starches - meatloaf (made with crackers as ingredient)
0.0 starches - ice cream
0.0 starches - grape juice (1/2 cup)

August Daily Starch Tally -
6.9 starches daily (averaged) = 1st week of August = 1.3 lb lost (averaged)

Having cocoa 5 carbs. - coffee for breakfast, bs 103
had 2 eggs 9 carbs.some cheese 0 carbs.and 2 lean sausage patties 0 carbs.
some fruit later maybe lunch.
Total 14 carbs.
No insulin needed b/c doing walks in the am these days.

Back from my a.m. walk
B.S. 150
Lunch:
grilled steak
veggie pouch & tomato 8 carb.
fruit 15 carb.
Total 23 carbs.

peanuts salted snack 3 carbs.

dinner
salad 12 & fruit 15
Total 28 carbs.

p.m. snack
peanuts 6 carbs.

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Today's total 74

lucylee Friday #s

12 starch
3 fruit
1 protein
1 vegetable
11 fat

Current goal is to reach 10 starch each day.