So mom and I are counting carbs. Reason? She’s been recently diagnosed with diabetes and we’re trying to regulate it with diet and exercise. Why am I doing it? Because I’m a good daughter. The schedule we are using is for a 1800 calorie day, which is on the lose weight end of the scale. I swear its going to kill me. I’m starving. We just had dinner and half a bag was about 50 carbs so I could technically have something with 10 carbs and not be over the limit – but that would be a chocolate chip cookie and we’re out of them. Mom at the last one a couple of days ago. I’m switching from fruit juice to flavored waters (with Splenda, which means they have no carbs). I’d go water but I can’t stand the stuff. I hate the taste and I hate the way its easily changed to a metallic or chemical taste. I may be investing in a Sam’s Club membership so I can buy it in bulk – its cheaper that way. Unless I can get around to see my father more often and use his membership. But I don’t see that happening. So, no more fruit juice. Well, unless I want to use my carb choices on those and then I get less to eat. So, no more fruit juice. I’m going to have to learn to like diet coke – again, no carbs in the diet but carbs in the regular. *sigh* I’m not a fan of the taste of diet anything. Although I can handle Sierra Mist Free. I wonder if I could drink that. Not that they have it in any restaurants, but I could at least have it at home. Who knows. Maybe I’ll become aclimated to the diet stuff and not miss the real stuff. Yeah, right. I guess anything is possible, though. I just figured out that my milk that I use for my fiber shakes doesn’t count as carbs because you subtract dietary fiber from carbs when you’re counting them – which means they are actually negative carbs, if that’s possible. But that at least is something good. Hmm…I’m hungry. Since protein and fats don’t count when you’re carb counting, I could have something like eggs. Or maybe a hot dog. I think a hot dog roll is only one carb choice so I could have that. I’ll have to take that into consideration. Or I can just suffer. Or have some of that juice. Or since its getting later anyways, have my milk and pills and start prepping for bed. Maybe in a little bit – I’m chatting with howetoknit now. But yes, I know carb count. Fun, isn’t it?