Wheat Mills

Melanie wrote: I grind my own wheat flour. I have a fabulous grinder. It processes quite a bit in such a short time. There are a lot of different brands of wheat mills on the market, maybe you should invest in one. We are also using almond flour and the oat flour. Can you eat graham crackers?

Julie has a great pancake mix recipe that I love. I use oat flour and whole wheat flour, as well as the chopped oatmeal. I love it! I don't remember how much sugar is in it, but it is minimal. Maybe you should have her give you the recipe.

Good luck and happy eating.

Myrna wrote: Julie and AnnMarie bought mills just like yours. Julie was telling me that I should get one. I think that she said Kirsten also had one like yours. My old wheat mill died. Have you tried coconut flour? I bought one of those small packages at the grocery. I used a little with the whole wheat flour to make some pancakes (with unsweetened applesauce for the sweetener). It was a bit dry, I think because of the coconut flour, so I had to add more. Dad and I really like the rye Wasa flatbread. We have been having it with our almond butter for our afternoon snack. I have one cracker and Dad has a couple. It reminds him of a bread/cracker they ate in Denmark. I didn't have that while I was there. We did have the rye bread in Denmark quite a lot. It was made at the bakery daily. It doesn't rise much and is very dense. It was good.

Julie said that you can also use applesauce for her pancake recipe to replace the sugar. Bless his heart, Jim wants to cut out sugar also. Julie and I have been trying all sorts of deserts. Jim's Aunt just loaned Julie a cookbook that uses fruit and juices for sugar. They have tried the banana bread and Jim said it was really good. We are going to buy one if we can find it.

Dr. Maturlo's office gave me a new glucose meter. It seems to be better than the one I bought. I saw Christine Hansen this last visit. She is  the P.A. My blood levels were continuing to improve. That made her happy and she said she thinks that I am doing fine and, for now, can stay off meds. I just need to continue to be strict. No sugar and nothing white. She went over the carb counting with me again and I think that I have that down pat now. That helped. It also helped that Dad went with me. He had been bucking me a bit, thinking I was too strict with myself. My feet still have a lot of feeling which is one thing that they will continue to monitor. Every other day I do a fasting blood sugar measures blood glucose after you have not eaten for at least 8 hours. On the other days, I do a 2-hour postprandial blood sugar measures blood glucose exactly 2 hours after you start eating a meal. I do lunch one day and dinner the next. The fasting one has bounced around a bit. It should be around 110 and mine will be anywhere from 80 to 112. The 2 hours after a meal one is supposed to be less than 160 and mine has been around 104 to 112.

Losing weight has helped. I am stuck at 135 though.

I exercise a lot. I walk for one hour now. I go up Turkey hill and all over, after that. I can do a block in 1.5 minutes. I don't know what that means. Good or bad? Some days Dad goes and some days he doesn't. Oops. I am supposed to be in bed. Good night!