Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not
so great) words of knowledge:

Congratulations on giving up smoking !! I wish I could give it up. I
have tried several times and finally decided smoking was less of a
hazard than an upset wife and/or divorce.

> Gal Called J.J. wrote:
>> One time on Usenet, jem > said:
>>
>>
>>>:-( Of course this makes me very unhappy. Fortunately I am being treated
>>>with oral medication for now, so am not getting needle sticks every day.
>>>I'm really going to have to change my lifestyle, which means my eating
>>>habits and more exercise (and losing 30 pounds. I'm 6'2" and the doctor
>>>wants me to get down to 200). Could people how have this email me some
>>>of their favorite recipes? Fortunately/Unfortunately I like about
>>>everything, savory, vegatables, pasta, starch and sweets. Favorite
>>>recipes, meals, snack suggestions would really be appreciated. Feel free
>>>to post here or email to me. Thanks.
>>
>>
>> I was diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic in Feb '04. I've lost 40
>> pounds since then through lower calorie diet and walking 5-10 miles
>> per week, and the disease is currently in remission (my HbA1C is a
>> down from 9.1 to a mere 4.9 now, yay!). Rather than looking for specific
>> recipes, I suggest you attend a nutrition class at your local hospital
>> or clinic, if available. Cutting calories and learning to count carb
>> units let me continue to eat carbs, just not in the quantities that I
>> was consuming them in the past. You can get a lot of great information
>> about this in alt.support.diet and alt.support.diet.low-carb. Best of
>> luck... :-)
>>
> I am scheduled to meet with a dietician at my doctor's office the week
> after next, but am trying to get started already. My brother-in-law does
> the carb counting and it seems to work pretty well for him. Oh, and I
> have to quit smoking, too. I will not buy any more, am down to 8-9
> cigarettes/day right now.