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Wow. Yesterday I went out and bought $200 worth of groceries. Today I got a call from my doctor telling me I have Type 2 diabetes. Now I have to throw out pretty much everything I bought yesterday and I have no clue what I can eat and what I can't and what's worse, I'm afraid to eat anything I have in the house because I don't know much about the disease and don't know what eating the wrong thing will do to me. My diabetes education classes won't start until April 30th so until then all I have to rely on is the internet and who knows what's true and what's not. On one site I read 'you can't eat cheese anymore', another site says you can. I have NO clue. When I heard the news, I started throwing out everything I bought that might have any sugar or flour in it. The only thing I see in my pantry that might be okay is Jello Sugar free/fat free pudding - and even that I don't know if I can have. I'm on my fifth bowl of salad right now and I'm STILL starving. I have a piece of plain chicken cooking right now just to fill me up some.
I know I can't learn everything about this in one night but I'm on a super-tight budget and have to go shopping again for new food tomorrow with my last 60 bucks. Can anyone give words of encouragement and maybe tips on what I should buy tomorrow? It's got to last me two more weeks. I cannot believe I can't eat the foods I love anymore. . .
I know I can't learn everything about this in one night but I'm on a super-tight budget and have to go shopping again for new food tomorrow with my last 60 bucks. Can anyone give words of encouragement and maybe tips on what I should buy tomorrow? It's got to last me two more weeks. I cannot believe I can't eat the foods I love anymore. . .