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#218951 - 05/05/13 04:50 PM
Re: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
[Re: Anne Holmes]
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Registered: 11/04/08
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Anne, that's fantastic news! You are a testament to the power of healthy living. Those behaviors are not easy, we all know, surrounded as we are with tons of fun but ultimately unhealthy choices.
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#218952 - 05/05/13 07:34 PM
Re: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
[Re: Ellemm]
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That's wonderful news, Anne! I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but my doctor gave me the chance to get it under control with diet and lifestyle, and so far it's working very well. The adjustments that I made for the sugar also make me feel a lot better overall. Just cutting out all the white flour (breads), white pasta (actually I rarely ever eat any pasta anymore, I use spaghetti squash instead now) and lowering my portions of rice, potatoes and sweets have all made an enormous difference. I even lost close to 30lbs in the past year, without much effort really. I just wish I could drum up the discipline to do more exercise.
Anyway, I don't see why diet and lifestyle won't keep the diabetes under control for the rest of your/our lives...if it's working now, why shouldn't it work later?! I'm hoping that as we are able to give our pancreas a break from having to keep up with our insulin needs (ie, when we weren't living as healthfully), it might actually heal itself.
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#218955 - 05/06/13 03:09 AM
Re: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
[Re: Anne Holmes]
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Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 3675
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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So Anne, did your doctor tell you to go on a low glycemic diet?
This means avoiding certain fruits that may natural cause blood sugar spikes. what changes have you made to your diet to control Diabetes 2?
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#218956 - 05/06/13 03:51 AM
Re: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
[Re: orchid]
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Hi Orchid,
No, she didn't suggest a low glycemic diet. Primarily I have been successful simply by eating a typical healthy diet. You know, one that's a balance of the basic food groups.
For example, I normally eat oatmeal or granola for breakfast, with fruit, a few walnuts and yogurt. Blueberries are a fave or apples. I put cinnamon and nutmeg in the bowl before the oats.
Lunch is really small -- probably a couple of Triscuit or other whole grain crackers, with cheese.
Dinner is nothing unusual. A protein, a couple of veggies, maybe a starch. You know, the usual stuff.
I think the main thing that's helped me is that I was also diagnosed with sleep apnea a few years ago, so I use my sleep mask every night, and now get 7 hours of good quality sleep every night. Which means I am not tired and falling asleep during the day.
Before I started sleeping so well, I was always eating sweets during the day -- mainly hard candies -- to help me stay awake. (Without the sugar, it would be very possible for me to fall asleep during the day, anytime I got a chance to sit quietly for any length of time. This could be a work, at church, or even while driving.)
I always knew, of course, that the "sugar rush" wasn't a good thing. But it was the only thing I knew of that worked. That and copious amounts of coffee...
So now I can even have any sort of dessert I might choose -- as long as the portion sizes are normal.
Over the past 6 months I've had two normal A1C tests, WITHOUT taking the drug I used to take once a day. (Actos)
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#218970 - 05/12/13 12:47 AM
Re: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
[Re: Anne Holmes]
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Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 3675
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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Well, I might mentioned several years ago, I did have near diabetes 2 blood test results. A sister, a decade younger than I, got diabetes 2 blood test which disturbed her (she's a doctor), modified her diet, jogged, etc. and lost 50 lbs.
She went on a low-glycemic diet..I got the same book which resulted me in cutting out white rice and a lot of breads. I will eat either...maybe 1-2 times per month. If I eat a lot of it, I don't feel well.
Sister has had 2 kids since then and has had to struggle with weight gain --approx. regained 15 lbs. back. She did seriously have to ensure she didn't get gestational diabetes during her pregnancy.
I do eat desserts. I am certain that my lifestyle cycling does help me manage all this.... but I don't consciously think about it. I just love to bike. That's all.
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