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Permalink Reply by Brian on August 20, 2010 at 8:19am

im surprised no one has mentioned this but.. "cottage cheese!!" its healthy i buy 4% fat.. its low carb.. its high in protein and its $1.49... otherwise tuna fish with lowfat mayo.. salad which everyone said i like to get bacon bits there not to high in fat or carbs and they are a added treat to your plain old salad.. turkey meatloaf, shrimp, pork loin, chicken breast (boiled or baked non breaded) low carb yogurt for a snack.. and thats all i can think of off the top of my head..

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Permalink Reply by FJ on August 20, 2010 at 8:53am

Top of the day to you. John.

I too am reasonably new to this disease. I tried to fight the diagnose at first but in the process I read a book called Sugar Busters. Some of it made sense. I took what I liked and left the rest. Here is what an Average Day looks like for me. (that is if there ever is an averge day in education.

Breakfast 5;30 AM two Eggs and two Jimmy Dean Turkey sausage. (I am lazy so I put them both in a bowel and microwave for 1 minute 11 seconds) then I add so tabasco sauce to taste and enjoy.

Snack 9:30 to 10:00 Two cheese sticks and one 100 calory package of almonds. Kind of bland but works

Lunch ( in theory 12:20) is salad (packaged mix with one roma tomato with salsa for a dressing) and a meat wrap of my choice. I use Romain lettuce for the wrap.

Snack 2:30 to 3:00 same as morning. sometimes I add a Diet Coke not always

Dinners is much like lunch but prepared fresh. Meat of my choice (I am a big guy so I don't whimp out on the amount I eat until I am full) Salad same recipe but I add a few corn chips for crunch and a bit of Ranch or Thousand Island lite dressing with the salsa. If I am real hungry I will use a hot salsa. I try to get a good helping of Vegis in anything is legal except Corn, Peas, Carrots.

Later I sometimes have a bowel of mixed berries (Rasberrys strawberrys Blueberries ect) For my sweettooth. After fifty some years of Icecream every night it helps.

I never try to go hungry.

I have gone from 368 in January (diagnosed in April) to 303 now. I have more energy so I do more. I have not hit the gym of standard excecise. For all the years of lousy eating has left far too many project around the house that provide good excercise.

Hope this helps. It cost no more than the junk I was eating before.

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Permalink Reply by Jan on August 20, 2010 at 8:53am

I would do eggs for breakfast, with milk and a little fruit; would omit the bread since you will be getting a lot of bread at work. At work, use the healthiest wheat bread to build your sandwich but take a lot of the insides out of the bread, leaving just the shell for the fillings (an old diet trick I used to use with bagels). You will have to weigh one of these "shells" to see how many grams of carb are in the bread since you need to know how many carbs are in it to dose accurately. Though processed meat is not good for you, it should not effect your blood sugars adversely; still, try to pick the healthiest meat option. Cheese is free. And plenty of salad options at Subway. Not a bad place to eat lunch and snacks IMO.

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Permalink Reply by Faithstwin on August 20, 2010 at 12:00pm

Dear John,

I see you asked about your schedule: it's good to have an idea of when you are eating and how it fits in your day and it is sooo important to not let it vary much, but keep in mind life throws you curve balls alll the time, so if something gets pushed back or pushed up, try to let it slide off your back. The one thing you need to pay closer attention to is when you are taking any short acting insulin and how long you wait before you get your meal.

I've had diabetes for 30 years now and not much has changed: during school hours (my girls are 11 and 14) I wake up at 6:30, take my a.m. insulin and the day begins! I have a snack around 10 or 11, lunch at around 12:30 or 1, sometimes I get another snack in before dinner but not always and dinner is pretty much like clockwork for me at 6:00 p.m. My bad time is night when I tend to hit some crackers or something while watching tv. (during summer I wake up at 9 or so, which negates the need for a snack before lunch). I take a.m. insulin, sometimes afternoon if needed, pre-dinner and before bed. Up to 4 times a day. *shrug* I've gotten use to it as I have been a 'frail' diabetic the entire time.

Do you have snacks in between any meals?

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Permalink Reply by Johnny Crouton on August 20, 2010 at 4:00pm

Hey there Faithstwin,

So far in the 3 weeks since I've been outta the hospital I've been sticking
to like oatmeal, cereal, and some fruits for breakfasts. Lunch I've been
just making small side salads with some deli meats and cheeses with
a lil bit-o-pepper for flavorin'. and Dinner has mostly been at my parent's.

Dinner usually is some sort of chicken, pork or beef. usually a
pasta/potato side dish, and a veggie..
As for snacks I usually dont eat anything between breakfast and lunch,
or lunch and dinner. Sometimes I'll eat a bedtime snack, but usually
I try not eat anything but my 3 squares.

As for my lifestyle, I'm really active.
I'm the assistant manager of a Togo's.
Then, ts a good 45 minute 3 mile walk to work every morning.
Then ...

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Permalink Reply by Faithstwin on August 24, 2010 at 12:47am

Ahhh, Togos. I've been meaning to mention this: it is the fav for both my girls whenever I mention a sandwich. =)

If we go there I always get one of the tiny ones (like a 'kid sized') and it is enough for me.

I admit: I tend to stay away from sandwich places if I can due to the extra carbs I don't need from the bread.

What a lot of diabetics don't know (from what I have seen) is if you don't eat enough your body will compensate for. If I go to bed with a regular dose but skip my bedtime snack? I may wake up higher because my body ddin't know what to do. If I went even slightly lower than what my body is used to? It will compensate. It will pump sugar from my liver and other organs to make up for what it figures it has lost.

Keep that in mind.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on August 20, 2010 at 12:44pm

It's funny, once upon a time it was grains, baked goods, etc that were costly and meat which was cheap and widely available. Now it's quite the opposite, corn/grains are ubiquitous and cheap and meat is expensive. I did a little experiment a while ago to see if I could stay on the paleo diet on a food stamp budget (about 20 bucks / week), turns out it's not that hard. The farmer's market is your friend, if you've got one going on near you I'd recommend shopping for your week's vegetables there, not only will they have better quality produce but usually better deals too. For meat I would go to my grocery's freezer section and buy the Country Pride chicken, 10 lbs of frozen leg quarters for 7 bucks. I have no idea if you'll be able to find the exact same stuff but I'm sure you can find something similar everywhere. That covered most meals, and left some cash for eggs/breakfast meat. And that was about it.. not the most variety but you can really eat on the cheap this way.

Of course, without commenting on the value or lack-thereof of low-carbing, I'm assuming that you'd only be eating meat & vegetables here, if you want to try to work some sort of carbs in, considering that they don't cost much it should be easy enough, I'd still shop for grains/etc at the farmer's market.

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Permalink Reply by Terry Keelan on August 20, 2010 at 4:22pm

Low carb isn't expensive. A deli has everything you need. Just avoid the bread, pasta, potatoes and rice.

If you need some bread - half a tortilla or flour wrap.

Terry

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