Text 7578, 73 rader
Skriven 2013-12-06 19:57:54 av Jason Cullins (208.cooking)
   Kommentar till text 7475 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Low Calorie Recipes
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  Re: Low Calorie Recipes
  By: Ruth Haffly to Jason Cullins on Tue Dec 03 2013 08:56 pm

 > Have you talked with a dietician since being diagnosed as diabetic? If
 > so, she (he, sometimes but more often she) probably told you to pay
 > attention more to carbohydrates (carbs) instead of calories. Are you on
 > any oral meds or insulin? They help, but are not the total answer.

I have talked with a dietician. In fact, my Dr. didn't give me a choice, he 
made the appointment for me.  It was an eye opening experience.  It's the first

time I had ever talked to anyone in the medical profession about how I am 
supposed to eat.

I'm only supposed to eat about 60g carbs for each meal, and about 20-30g of 
carbs for a snack.  The lower obviously is the better.  Those numbers are more 
of a "don't go over this amount" kind of number.

Luckily, I don't take insulin. I'm on oral medications.

 > and cut out a lot of sugars. As the blood glucose numbers improved, I
 > also lost about 35 pounds without really working out. Also, in watching
 > your carbs, make sure you balance them with protein.

It's been real hard. I use myfitnesspal.com to track everything that I am 
eating but it's been real difficult because of the type of lifestyle that I 
have to lose any weight.

 > You don't have to give up all the things you like, just enjoy them in
 > moderation. For example, instead of several pieces of a thick crust
 > pizza, go for a big tossed salad first, then a slice or two of a thin
 > crust pizza. Instead of a burger and fries, go for a burger and salad.
 > Caution tho, on salad dressings as a lot of them have high fructose corn
 > syrup in them so they can add a lot of carbs quickly. Use them
 > sparingly. Also read ingredients and nutrition labels, anything ending
 > in --ose is usually a sugar. There are a number of sugar substitutes on
 > the market; I use stevia as it's the only one derived from a plant, not
 > a chemical factory

This is kind of what I was saying above.  I am trying harder now to eat better 
and eat at home more.  My situation has changed because I now work for myself 
at home doing my online business, so now I have a huge opportunity to really 
eat better, which is why I flocked to this echo! :)

I've been watching a lot of the TV show "The Biggest Loser" from the first 
seasons on hulu, and it's been eye opening.  One of the recent episodes that I 
watched showed a guy usually ate three different types of cheeseburgers from a 
fast food place, and then another lady with a big caesar salad with dressing (I

don't remember the kind of dressing) and what was crazy was there was more 
calories in the salad with the dressing than there was in the three 
cheeseburgers this other guy was eating. It totally messed with my head.

As for the sugar, one of the biggest things I have been able to do to cut down 
on my sugar intake was to get rid of the cokes in the house. I'm drinking a lot

more water, and the occasional soda when I have to eat out, and then it's diet,

which isn't that great for you either.

 > I'm sure others will help you out too; this echo is a big kitchen table
 > with lots of friendly folks sitting around it. Enjoy your time here.
 >

So I've definitely noticed that the people here are friendly.  I put FidoNET 
back up on my BBS, and the biggest thing I remember about fidonet was it was 
nicknamed "Fight-o-net" in my neck of the woods, so it's been very refreshing 
to actually post in a echo and not get your head chopped off. :) So I like the 
big kitchen table concept.

Jason
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