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<blockquote data-quote="JayL" data-source="post: 1018417" data-attributes="member: 245757"><p>Hi Kerry, I also just was diagnosed with type 2, and the first thing you need to do is relax. This isn't the end of the world, but you just need to change your eating habits a little. Fruits are good, but some fruits are much higher in carbs...google carbs in bananas, carbs in grapefruit, and others to see what is better to worse. Type 2 allows you to eat anything, but you need to be smart about it, and do so in extreme moderation. The sweet thing really doesn't bother me, what I do is buy light & fit yogurt by dannon for desert, it's low in carbs, and taste like heaven, try cherry..lol. . There is also a 4g yogurt available. These really do help with the sweet cravings. You are allowed to eat most likely 45-60 grams of carbs per meal, 3 times a day, plus a snack. smart brekky is eggs, and grapefruit...stay away from cereal, and breads, they seem to make my sugar soar. Plenty of fresh veggies, stay away from corn, peas, and some beans, starchy ones..I steam brocoli, and cauliflower often. Best drink is water, but I find mixing up powder lemonade, and water tasty, and it's low carb, and sweet. Cashews / nuts are a great snack as well, and really are good for you. Just a few ideas that I found work for me, and I'm just a month - 6 weeks into this myself. Good luck, and I'll be talking to yas. Jay</p><p></p><p>You need to look at servings, and carbs. The serving size is at the top, it may say 1 1/2 cups, or 1 container, ect....then you look to see how many servings are in that box, can, or whatever it is. It may say for example 4 servings total.......You then look at carbs if it says 23 carbs, then you multiply 4 X 23, that equals 92, so if you ate all of that, you way way over did it, you are allowed 45-60 per meal, so you would be okay eating half the can, or box on it's own, meaning nothing else with it, cos that may hold carbs as well. Hope this helps.....you will get the hang of this quickly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JayL, post: 1018417, member: 245757"] Hi Kerry, I also just was diagnosed with type 2, and the first thing you need to do is relax. This isn't the end of the world, but you just need to change your eating habits a little. Fruits are good, but some fruits are much higher in carbs...google carbs in bananas, carbs in grapefruit, and others to see what is better to worse. Type 2 allows you to eat anything, but you need to be smart about it, and do so in extreme moderation. The sweet thing really doesn't bother me, what I do is buy light & fit yogurt by dannon for desert, it's low in carbs, and taste like heaven, try cherry..lol. . There is also a 4g yogurt available. These really do help with the sweet cravings. You are allowed to eat most likely 45-60 grams of carbs per meal, 3 times a day, plus a snack. smart brekky is eggs, and grapefruit...stay away from cereal, and breads, they seem to make my sugar soar. Plenty of fresh veggies, stay away from corn, peas, and some beans, starchy ones..I steam brocoli, and cauliflower often. Best drink is water, but I find mixing up powder lemonade, and water tasty, and it's low carb, and sweet. Cashews / nuts are a great snack as well, and really are good for you. Just a few ideas that I found work for me, and I'm just a month - 6 weeks into this myself. Good luck, and I'll be talking to yas. Jay You need to look at servings, and carbs. The serving size is at the top, it may say 1 1/2 cups, or 1 container, ect....then you look to see how many servings are in that box, can, or whatever it is. It may say for example 4 servings total.......You then look at carbs if it says 23 carbs, then you multiply 4 X 23, that equals 92, so if you ate all of that, you way way over did it, you are allowed 45-60 per meal, so you would be okay eating half the can, or box on it's own, meaning nothing else with it, cos that may hold carbs as well. Hope this helps.....you will get the hang of this quickly. [/QUOTE]
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