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<blockquote data-quote="TheTartanPimpernel" data-source="post: 81188" data-attributes="member: 14656"><p>Ally</p><p></p><p>My initial problem was not with what I was eating it was with the quantities. My initial approach was therefore to have fairly strict portion control which had the added benefit of reducing the household budget. We also moved to buying the main meal food on a daily basis, as we would do when in France. This too meant that there was less waste as we ate what was appropriate for the day/weather/seasonal availability etc.</p><p></p><p>Plates would be difficult to do anything with but it would be possible to have a pyramid with seven vertical sides to provide an example of a diet for each day of the week. If you then constructed the same object as a blank it would be possible to use scaling and handwritten text or adhesive symbols to show what would be expected for individuals with particular dietary needs. </p><p></p><p>One of the problems with diet that arose at the group meeting for newly diagnosed diabetics that I attended was that the level of understanding what is a necessary in a) a sensible diet and b) what constituted a reasonable portion for the individuals concerned. Some of the group were clearly more interested in the diagrams. Some might be affronted by such an 'simplistic' approach but if a schematic could be produced it might well have some appeal. </p><p></p><p>Obviously I spent too much time with Rupert books and folding cardboard objects.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheTartanPimpernel, post: 81188, member: 14656"] Ally My initial problem was not with what I was eating it was with the quantities. My initial approach was therefore to have fairly strict portion control which had the added benefit of reducing the household budget. We also moved to buying the main meal food on a daily basis, as we would do when in France. This too meant that there was less waste as we ate what was appropriate for the day/weather/seasonal availability etc. Plates would be difficult to do anything with but it would be possible to have a pyramid with seven vertical sides to provide an example of a diet for each day of the week. If you then constructed the same object as a blank it would be possible to use scaling and handwritten text or adhesive symbols to show what would be expected for individuals with particular dietary needs. One of the problems with diet that arose at the group meeting for newly diagnosed diabetics that I attended was that the level of understanding what is a necessary in a) a sensible diet and b) what constituted a reasonable portion for the individuals concerned. Some of the group were clearly more interested in the diagrams. Some might be affronted by such an 'simplistic' approach but if a schematic could be produced it might well have some appeal. Obviously I spent too much time with Rupert books and folding cardboard objects. [/QUOTE]
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