Polenta & the honeymoon
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From: John C. on 31 Jul 2008 08:45 On Jul 30, 10:23 pm, Donna <do...(a)exitstageleftcroakerwoods.com> wrote: > The first couple weeks, I ate properly because I have diabetes. I am > now eating properly because I have to remind myself I have diabetes. I know > I'm not explaining this very well, but I'm ready for the testing and eating > appropriately to become old hat and commonplace. Or will I have to remind > myself every day that I have diabetes? It's almost habit now to reach for > the meter first thing in the morning, last thing at night, and before and > after meals. So much focus on food. > > Consider me having a frustrating moment. > > -- > ~Donna Oh, believe me, you're explaining yourself perfectly. I bet most of us can identify with the thought processes you're going through right now. I know I can. After a time, it'll become easier. You'll settle into healthier habits and a way of eating that will become habit. John C.
From: W. Baker on 31 Jul 2008 12:18 Donna <donna(a)exitstageleftcroakerwoods.com> wrote: : I had some plain polenta this evening and found that it didn't cause a : major spike at an hour or two hours. So for now, it's a safe food. : 96 pre, 129 1 hour post. 120 2 hours post. : I'll fiddle around with 1 and 2 hour readings and get some more detailed : levels to provide myself with some assurance that I'm doing the right : things. : The initial honeymoon is easing up. For the last couple days, I've had to : remind myself that I'm eating properly because I have diabetes, not because : I'm on a diet. After a life of "trying to lose weight," and having that as : a constant goal, I'm having a few moments of "aw F* it" that I have to : fight. The first couple weeks, I ate properly because I have diabetes. I am : now eating properly because I have to remind myself I have diabetes. I know : I'm not explaining this very well, but I'm ready for the testing and eating : appropriately to become old hat and commonplace. Or will I have to remind : myself every day that I have diabetes? It's almost habit now to reach for : the meter first thing in the morning, last thing at night, and before and : after meals. So much focus on food. : Consider me having a frustrating moment. : -- : ~Donna A~ Donna, Keep at it and it will become easier. It is a change of "lifestyle" not a diet! You are trying to find what foods and cominations of foods work for you adn then you can do as I do, think of it as a competition with the diabetes. I find ways to cook things I ove in a non-carby way and just laugh at the diabetes, which though it "got me." For example, my diabetic spaghetti dishes, like using spaghetti squash or whole string beans with pasta sauce and browned, sliced hot Italian sausage. Really makes a great dinner. My husband is very accomodating, so we often have meals with no carb course except a smlall fruit or dish of berries for dessert. He had cookie snack that he keeps out of the kitchen and out of sight. I actually know his hiding place, but I don't keep seeing his chocolate chip cookies. By now this is all second nature to me and I don't find myself fighting all the time, but early days it was hard. That's where reading this froup daily helps, as we are all in this together and we know we are not weird or along and after al, would you really want to feel you are not up to our standards:-) End of pep talk! Wendy
From: bgl on 31 Jul 2008 12:26 "Alan S" <loralgtweightandcarbs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:ggp294turjtbdlv2k4up96ljnvpad2dqek(a)4ax.com... > > Try to adjust things a little so that the menu is one you > like, as well as being one that works for BGs. This isn't a > diet. It's for the rest of your life. > One of the vendors at a recent race had some shirts that said things like "life is a marathon". I suggested "Diabetes is a marathon" -- she seemed to like the idea, maybe it'll turn up next year. bj
From: Michelle C on 31 Jul 2008 15:07 "Donna" <donna(a)exitstageleftcroakerwoods.com> wrote in message news:Xns9AEBE3BB3F9DCdonnacroakerwoodscom(a)69.16.185.250... >I had some plain polenta this evening and found that it didn't cause a > major spike at an hour or two hours. So for now, it's a safe food. > > 96 pre, 129 1 hour post. 120 2 hours post. > > I'll fiddle around with 1 and 2 hour readings and get some more detailed > levels to provide myself with some assurance that I'm doing the right > things. > > > The initial honeymoon is easing up. For the last couple days, I've had to > remind myself that I'm eating properly because I have diabetes, not > because > I'm on a diet. After a life of "trying to lose weight," and having that as > a constant goal, I'm having a few moments of "aw F* it" that I have to > fight. The first couple weeks, I ate properly because I have diabetes. I > am > now eating properly because I have to remind myself I have diabetes. I > know > I'm not explaining this very well, but I'm ready for the testing and > eating > appropriately to become old hat and commonplace. Or will I have to remind > myself every day that I have diabetes? It's almost habit now to reach for > the meter first thing in the morning, last thing at night, and before and > after meals. So much focus on food. > > Consider me having a frustrating moment. > > -- > ~Donna A~ > http://diabetesandme.wordpress.com/ > http://www.thesewingdictionary.com Hi Donna, You're explaining yourself quite well. I guess in some ways I was "lucky" because I felt so crappy before I changed my diet that I could feel a definite benefit to changing my lifestyle. You couldn't pay me to eat high carb and feel the way I felt before. That said, if nothing else, at least make yourself test and I bet you'll find you have an aversion to seeing those higher numbers. -- Best regards, Michelle C., T2 diet & exercise BMI 21.5
From: Nicky on 31 Jul 2008 17:21
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:23:21 GMT, Donna <donna(a)exitstageleftcroakerwoods.com> wrote: >The initial honeymoon is easing up. For the last couple days, I've had to >remind myself that I'm eating properly because I have diabetes, not because >I'm on a diet. After a life of "trying to lose weight," and having that as >a constant goal, I'm having a few moments of "aw F* it" that I have to >fight. The first couple weeks, I ate properly because I have diabetes. I am >now eating properly because I have to remind myself I have diabetes. I know >I'm not explaining this very well, but I'm ready for the testing and eating >appropriately to become old hat and commonplace. Or will I have to remind >myself every day that I have diabetes? It's almost habit now to reach for >the meter first thing in the morning, last thing at night, and before and >after meals. So much focus on food. > >Consider me having a frustrating moment. You're doing very well, Donna - don't beat yourself up : ) I think it's a question of re-educating habits and approaches - and some of them are very ingrained. It took me months and months before I was able to buy muffins for my carb-eaters' breakfasts - and months more before I was able to make them for them again. Now they get home-made ones as an occasional treat - and I don't even want to lick the spoon; it's now firmly in my head that flour is a poison for me. Put a chocolate mousse on the table, though, and I want some - but I'm happy now with maybe a tenth of the portion size I would have had once. Like Krom, I'm actually enjoying the gastronomic challenge. I think of myself as diabetic - but it's no longer a major characteristic, as it was around dx. Now it's just something I work around. As for the "Ah, F^% it" moments - sometimes I do. But they're really, really rare - maybe one or two a year. I have this image of the eye filling up with glucose and not being able to escape, maybe this time doing permanent damage... I don't cope with that degree of risk very well! That's the advantage of testing, of course - if you do decide to dive in to whatever temptation is there, at least you know what you're doing to yourself - you stay honest. And you know it's time to get your walking shoes on, or whatever... Nicky. T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid D&E, 100ug thyroxine Last A1c 5.4% BMI 25 |