EATINGAlong with moving more, eating has to be right up there in importance for my on-going weight loss. How about some hard numbers huh? I have a hospital-documented high weight of 350# at 5'7" tall. Yikes, right? I weighed myself a couple of days ago and I'm currently at 280#. Better, but still...I've got a weighs to go...heh. I've just been counting since starting a program in earnest, so I'm calling my starting weight 320#. 40 pounds down in a couple of months! Now I don't expect to lose 20# a month forever, but when you start out as high as I was, it's easier in the beginning.
Anyway, I'm also a winner in the diabetes lottery. How did this happen??? lol (just kidding)
I've been reading up on "reversing" Type 2 diabetes and what "they" say is to avoid all the shit that makes your blood sugar go up. For me, that means all the things I really, really love. Like the potato chip, cheez-its, corn chips all that stuff. No white bread (actually, no bread at all for me--they sneak in sugar A LOT) macaroni, pastas, and on. I don't have a sweet tooth, but cookies and such don't live long at my house.
I've been basically doing "Atkins Induction" for these past weeks. That means limiting my carbs to about 20 grams a day. I'll leave the decision on what YOU want to eat to YOU. I'm just telling what I'm doing. If you up the fat content, it's satiating. I can fix a couple of eggs in 1T of butter, have some bacon or sausage and I'm good for hours. I'll eat salads and vegetables too. It's not ALL bacon and steaks LOL.
I use my blood sugar meter as my guide when trying to add in things. So, for me, rice makes my blood sugar SOAR, while re-fried beans do not. There's reasons for this concerning fiber and whatnot but if you're going to do this, you need to read up and don't count on internet strangers to give you a map
My fasting blood sugar has been averaging 105. I can say things like that because I'm
DOCUMENTING. It's a pain, but I document what I eat, my blood pressure, blood sugar, what I weigh (sparingly on that--usually once a week) Apps can really help out. I've tried the biggies you'll hear about, MyFitnessPal, LoseIt! and FitDay. I ended up liking LoseIt! the most, but MyFitnessPal & FitDay gets mention.
I want to give Doctor Now a nod here. I've been a fan of his show "My 600-lb Life" and looked into what Dr. Nowzaradan advises for his patients. Frequently he puts them on a low-carb 1200 calorie-a-day diet. I'll leave it up to you if you want to go that extreme, but it is "doable" For me, I've been closer to 1800 to 2000 a day (thanks tracking apps!)
I've joined a couple of Diabetes Facebook groups and there's some online forums too. Again, I don't believe everything I read because the "classic" dietician-recommended diabetes diet has way too many carbs for me. Corn is a grain, not a vegetable ok? They put sugar in almost everything nowadays. You have to be a hawk when buying food, especially "diet" food. Most of that shit has tons of added sugar and they try to take the satiating fat out. It's like the opposite of what I'm doing.
You're better off shopping the perimeter of the grocery store for fresh food and leaving all the boxed and canned "food" alone.
That's all for now.