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Permalink Reply by Doris D on January 13, 2010 at 8:03am

Yep prisoners really wasn't the word for that time! HA! I just got through it. Loved my mom but really HATED those scales!! May you go far in the dietetics but like you I wouldn't touch clinical diatetics! HA!

Permalink Reply by Maureen Giannone on January 13, 2010 at 8:36am

Aren't we still asked to measure/weigh our food accordingly?

Permalink Reply by Maureen Giannone on January 13, 2010 at 8:34am

Yes! That would make sense.

Weight Watchers originally based their diet on the "Diabetic diet"

Permalink Reply by Doris D on January 13, 2010 at 8:42am

Not like we were back then now it's more carb controll back then it was portion and calaries.

Permalink Reply by Doris D on January 13, 2010 at 8:45am

Yes they did but to alot of us back then at 10 you didn't worry about dieting just eating! HA!

Permalink Reply by mimistime on March 10, 2010 at 5:29pm

Oh yeah. And I had to eat breakfast at 6am, lunch an 11:30, snack at 4pm, dinner at 6pm, snack at 8pm and in bed at 9pm. EVERY day. Even when there was no school. From the time I was 11 till after I graduated high school. Diabetes was the great ruler of my universe. But my mom says all those years of good behavior probably bought me extra health years.

Permalink Reply by Doris D on March 11, 2010 at 7:33am

Ya' know she is probably right but oh how we hated it! HA! That scedule! I used to have "cornflake weak spells" Just so I could get a bowl of Cornflakes when I wanted them! LOVED THEM! Now not so much! But really funny how we did and what we did then! HA!

Permalink Reply by Ruth on January 21, 2011 at 5:09am

HAD is the key word here! I dont weigh my food anymore. I do measure things such as grains into a measuring cup. Remember the awful plastic food the nutritionist used to teach about carbs and calories and exchanges? Well, it wasnt bad for learning to approximate things. Since I count carbs and not calories, I look at the label or my guide and measure if I need a reminder.

Ruth

Permalink Reply by Alice on May 27, 2011 at 6:53am

I remember, only my father created the weirdest scale from a small hanging hook scale, twine, and the lid from of plastic container. My poor mother!

Permalink Reply by Doris D on May 27, 2011 at 9:36am

You know I really feel for those mom's back then. There was no way, no nutritionist to teach us anything, nothing there for us then. Poor mom's.

Permalink Reply by Sam I am on February 18, 2012 at 4:14pm

I remember my mom had a big white scale that sat on the counter. I think we always countd carbs though. I also remember being on a strict schedule. 30 for breakfast, 15 for snacks, 49 for lunch and dinner. I got D in between first and second grade. The teacher used to make me sit outside the classroom when it was my snack time. Interesting how certain memories pop up.....

Permalink Reply by Doris D on February 19, 2012 at 12:15pm

And if ur like me u really don't want to remember some of those times. LOL! My daughter became a Type 1in 99 and it threw me for a HUGE learning curve.

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