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On November 17th, I went to my doctor for a routine checkup. When checking my blood sugar, it was 7.6. He explained it should be under 7.
I should have known this was coming, as my grandfather, grandmother, & mother all have diabetes (my mother has been saying that I'd have it by the time I was 25, so I'm happy that I made it almost to 30 without getting it)
My doctor didn't seem too worried though, he was more concerned with me losing weight. He told me if I cut down on rice, pasta, bread, & potatoes that it should help. I've been going for more walks as well, but the food limitation is killing me. Since about 1998, I've weighed 200 pounds. My max weight was at 220, when I was working at a call center, & eating hamburger helper or McDonalds every night, & had just moved out on my own. Since then, I've managed to get back around 200 - 205, but never under.
I've been learning about counting carbs, but I don't know if I can eat brown rice, or if I should just cut out all rice
(I used to eat rice at LEAST 5 times a week. I really love my carbs...)
Since then, I've been experimenting with other foods. I've tried Kasha in place of rice & I really enjoyed it. I also tried Quinoa & found it to be tasty. I've stopped eating potato chips, & I've started rationing out the snacks I do get (whole wheat pretzels with eggplant garlic dip, veggies & dip [I ration the dip, not the veggies], cereal mix, nuts, meat & cheese)
Food is a big part of my life. 'Starving Artist' doesn't exactly describe me *LOL*. But I always supplemented my expensive ingredients with cheap things (like potatoes, bread, pasta, or rice), & I'm still having a hard time finding cheap staples.
I'm eating a lot of oatmeal - I bought the large flake oats because I saw them recommended in a cookbook (& because I'm too lazy & hungry in the morning to cook Steel Cut oats... once I get a smaller crockpot though, I'll just do it overnight)
It's frustrating, as I'm not in charge of most of the groceries in the house. I buy my own stuff, but I've only got a mini fridge in my room, so I can't keep a lot in it. I've spent the last 7-ish years learning to cook, & learning to do it on a budget, so 90% of my recipes center around my forbidden foods. It's hard to make the transition.
In the new year, I plan on keeping track of what I eat every day. I've bought a day planner, & I have a recipe program called Living Cookbook that tells me the nutritional information for all the recipes I put into it (only because I took the time to put the nutritional information for all the ingredients into it ;D), so that should help
I blog on Livejournal, but there's not really a diabetes community there, which is a shame, so I did a google search & found this place. I'm hoping to learn more about how to control diabetes, so hopefully I can keep it at bay for a while longer (although my relatives all have diabetes, only my grandfather takes pills for it. My grandmother died a few years ago, but she didn't take pills or shots for it, as far as I know)
Sorry this got so long & rambly... This is all new to me, & I'm a bit overwhelmed by it all.
I should have known this was coming, as my grandfather, grandmother, & mother all have diabetes (my mother has been saying that I'd have it by the time I was 25, so I'm happy that I made it almost to 30 without getting it)
My doctor didn't seem too worried though, he was more concerned with me losing weight. He told me if I cut down on rice, pasta, bread, & potatoes that it should help. I've been going for more walks as well, but the food limitation is killing me. Since about 1998, I've weighed 200 pounds. My max weight was at 220, when I was working at a call center, & eating hamburger helper or McDonalds every night, & had just moved out on my own. Since then, I've managed to get back around 200 - 205, but never under.
I've been learning about counting carbs, but I don't know if I can eat brown rice, or if I should just cut out all rice
(I used to eat rice at LEAST 5 times a week. I really love my carbs...)
Since then, I've been experimenting with other foods. I've tried Kasha in place of rice & I really enjoyed it. I also tried Quinoa & found it to be tasty. I've stopped eating potato chips, & I've started rationing out the snacks I do get (whole wheat pretzels with eggplant garlic dip, veggies & dip [I ration the dip, not the veggies], cereal mix, nuts, meat & cheese)
Food is a big part of my life. 'Starving Artist' doesn't exactly describe me *LOL*. But I always supplemented my expensive ingredients with cheap things (like potatoes, bread, pasta, or rice), & I'm still having a hard time finding cheap staples.
I'm eating a lot of oatmeal - I bought the large flake oats because I saw them recommended in a cookbook (& because I'm too lazy & hungry in the morning to cook Steel Cut oats... once I get a smaller crockpot though, I'll just do it overnight)
It's frustrating, as I'm not in charge of most of the groceries in the house. I buy my own stuff, but I've only got a mini fridge in my room, so I can't keep a lot in it. I've spent the last 7-ish years learning to cook, & learning to do it on a budget, so 90% of my recipes center around my forbidden foods. It's hard to make the transition.
In the new year, I plan on keeping track of what I eat every day. I've bought a day planner, & I have a recipe program called Living Cookbook that tells me the nutritional information for all the recipes I put into it (only because I took the time to put the nutritional information for all the ingredients into it ;D), so that should help
I blog on Livejournal, but there's not really a diabetes community there, which is a shame, so I did a google search & found this place. I'm hoping to learn more about how to control diabetes, so hopefully I can keep it at bay for a while longer (although my relatives all have diabetes, only my grandfather takes pills for it. My grandmother died a few years ago, but she didn't take pills or shots for it, as far as I know)
Sorry this got so long & rambly... This is all new to me, & I'm a bit overwhelmed by it all.