According to a little booklet that have called, "Garlic and Vinegar";

"Researchers found that taking vinegar was comparable to taking many antiddiabetes drugs like Metformin."

It goes on to say that "Carol Johnston, a professor of nutrition at Missouri State University East Campus.....vinegar can improve insulin sensitivity and control diabetes. In fact, drinking vinegar had the same effect as leading diabetes medicine, she reported, at cost...

I just realized I could blog here.

I am a type 2 diabetic. After years of not having very good control of my diabetes, and ever increasing medications. I decided to take control of this myself instead of depending on today's medical system.

I told my doctor, shortly after I was diagnosed, that I want to be able to eat a normal diet and have my meds control my blood sugar.

I was living in a dream word. A diabetic trying to follow what passes as a normal...

So here I am 2 weeks into it and doing great. I have lost 8 lbs so far and am feeling much better.

So I will try not to be too hard on myself about today. I went to Mcdonalds (God only knows why...lol) With some friends and instead of doing what I should have I got some chicken nuggets and ate them, all 10. No sauce thou...lol.

Anyway I know they were breaded but ate them anyway...bad bad bad, but I will try harder tomorrow and I know that I will mess up and I can admit...

I saw my family members yesterday that I haven't seen for about a month. When I walked in, all of their mouths dropped open. The compliments kept coming about how "thin" I looked. I was on cloud nine all night because about three months ago, I never even imagined that anyone would be describing me as looking "thin".
I was wearing size 16 pants, and they really fitted...when I put them on, my husband said, "you look hot" and I pinched myself to see if I was...

I have been doing well or should I say okay on the new lifestyle I am embarking on. I just need to get my butt in the gym. The eating is not so hard. It's been three days and my blood sugars and still high even with my meds. But my dress feels a little looser... I don't want to step on the scale but I need to get in the gym. Thanks for all your positive comments..pinky