@karen00, how great to "hear" from you! Yes. it is HARD to not eat the way everyone else on the planet seems to do. Fast food stores are on every corner. Everything comes coated in flour, drenched in fat, and even coated again. In some perverse way I find myself drawn to these foods because they taste so GOOD!!! We're sad, we celebrate with food. We are happy, we celebrate with food. We come to the weekend after a tough week, and we celebrate with FOOD. This has to change, if one is addicted to carbs as I was. I follow a "lazy keto" diet, full of tasty veggies
, low carb versions of common foods, and good protein. I am not as strict as my bff, but my A1C is normal and I take half the medicine I used to. I have learned to love the food I eat, and I am totally satisfied with it. Do I eat the cake at the wedding? Yes, of course I do. That is part of life. But I don't need it every day! Thank you for your encouraging words. I want you to be encouraged as well. You can defeat this blood clot! Stay close to your doctor's plan for you. Pay attention to your body, and take good care of you. Let me know how you are getting along from time to time, won't you? I would really enjoy that.

Mamacita