Good morning!!!!

[deerseeker001]

26 this morning with a little bit of a warm up going up 33 today with some sun.

 

[jinman]

Honey is not the answer, i don't think, another type of sweet.
What can I use? or does one just have to go cold turkey?
I just can't drink coffee black. I also use non fat 1/2 and 1/2.
Probably ought to cut that out too.
Not looking too good here...

I don't use anything in my coffee, but I drink Splenda in my iced tea. . . or any of the other artificial sweetners. I don't have a problem with any of them, but you can bake with Splenda. I've been drinking artificially sweetened drinks since I was 20 years old and never crave sweets. I say the people who tell you that are just finding another excuse for people who can't just say no to donuts and such. I cannot remember the last donut I ate. What you don't eat, you don't crave.

My brother is diabetic and uses Stevia. Stevia is a natural herb and has a very sweet taste. A little goes a long way.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good morning all. 51F in cloudy TX going to 59F with moderate wind from the SW. Yesterdays was mostly picking out colors and stuff for new house. Today is painting day .

 

[sodamo]

70F, .13 inches yesterday, none since midnight
Too early to guess what the day will bring

Have a great day.

David Sent from my iPad using TractorByNet

 

[dave1949]

I don't use anything in my coffee, but I drink Splenda in my iced tea. . . or any of the other artificial sweetners. I don't have a problem with any of them, but you can bake with Splenda. I've been drinking artificially sweetened drinks since I was 20 years old and never crave sweets. I say the people who tell you that are just finding another excuse for people who can't just say no to donuts and such. I cannot remember the last donut I ate. What you don't eat, you don't crave.

Are you implying that I cannot say no to a donut? Was that chocolate dipped or plain? :laughing: No, Jim, I cannot say no to a donut, that's why I don't bring them home. But I do notice that reducing the use of sugar or sweeteners makes me lose that craving for something sweet.

Circling back to the chili paste and following up on that, chili peppers have a much shorter growing season, as SixDogs indicated, than I thought. A new Johnny's Selected Seeds catalog came yesterday so I checked out the pepper varieties and maturities.

Good to see you online and even a bit feisty, if I may say so. :laughing:

 

[toppop52]

Sugar in small doses is not your enemy Carbs are and if you count carbs per meal your diabetes will thank you for it or help keep it away. Personally three shots a day keep my A1C at 6.9 and goal is 7 or under

My diabetic specialist told me years ago, better to eat half a lemon meringue pie than a serving of white rice. He was right, the sugar spike is not healthy but doesn't last long, the starch in the rice keeps your index up for hours. Funny though, most pastas don't they actually are slow release and if not overdone will keep the level reasonable until metabolized.

 

[bakerg]

Pasta doesn't both my numbers but too much bread will send them above 8. Only taking pills right now but if only I could lose some belly fat, I think I could go right off the pills.

 

[toppop52]

Another cold morning but up near 50 now. We are having our Thanksgiving dinner today as everyone insisted I be home first. Gotta go see if I can muster enough strength to help in the kitchen.

 

[Larro Darro]

Good Evening. 1720, clear, 56* with 75% humidity. Forecast low of 45*.

I'm back at work after having time off for the holiday. We have another wedding.

Drew, we use the Stevia to cook with. But it is very sweet. You have to use caution. And if you are really counting sugar carbs, take a look at your half and half. Milk has more sugar in it than OJ. I put a little milk in my coffee, and that is all the sugar I need. Since I have been trying to lose weight, I am using much less milk. {which means I am drinking much less coffee}

Randy, glad you are home to enjoy the holiday. We had ours last night.

Larro

 

[WayneB]

Well it is one of those wake up early nights, couldn’t sleep sure I will fall back to sleep in an hour or so
28 degrees right now and we are looking at a 60% chance of rain/snow for Sunday. Temps are warm
so most likely it will be rain around here during the day.