Monthly Archives: January 2006

Cinnamon & spice & everything nice

Posted on Tue, 10 January 2006 by Mel Green

186. 101 mg/dL. Well, the BG ain’t as good as yesterday morning, but it’s not like everything’s gonna change in a couple of days. Weight is actually hovering, wanting to go down to 185, but not quite. And another mouthful … Continue reading →

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Four Alaskans die in crash

Posted on Tue, 10 January 2006 by Mel Green

The Alaska Army National Guard is mourning the deaths of four crew members killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash Saturday in Iraq, officials said Monday. The four are the Alaska Army Guard’s first combat deaths since World War II. … Continue reading →

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Under new management

Posted on Mon, 9 January 2006 by Mel Green

186. 93 mg/dL. That represents, respectively, my weight when I got up this morning, & my fasting blood glucose (overnight fast since my last meal last night). By the weight measure, that means I’ve lost four pounds since beginning the … Continue reading →

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Rocks in clear water

Posted on Mon, 9 January 2006 by Mel Green

This is how I’m feeling today: clear & clean. A cool breeze feeling (though it’s cold water in the picture). Among many things I’m reminded of by these rocks and the water over them, I am reminded of my mom, … Continue reading →

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Low Glycemic Eating Yahoo group

Posted on Sat, 7 January 2006 by Mel Green

Low Glycemic Eating is a discussion list at Yahoo for people attending to the glycemic index (GI) and/or glycemic load (GL) in their food planning. Many of the people there are following diets that are out there in the big … Continue reading →

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Blogging health

Posted on Fri, 6 January 2006 by Mel Green

The timeline goes something like this: On an unspecified date in the late 1950s (I won’t get more specific to evade identity theft), I was born in a hospital in small-town Montana at 11 pounds, 12 and 1/4 ounces. Two … Continue reading →

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On a health road

Posted on Wed, 4 January 2006 by Mel Green

There’ll be a lot more to say about this. Suffice it for now to say that just over a week ago, one of my responses to Mom’s death became to take some pretty active steps to take care of my … Continue reading →

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Cut apple

Posted on Wed, 4 January 2006 by Mel Green

For our Thanksgiving apple pies. Anchorage, Alaska. 24 Nov 2005. A very tasty (& might I say very sexual) Fuji. Now that I’m watching my low vs. high glycemic index carbohydrates, these sweet beings are becoming a regular part of … Continue reading →

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