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<blockquote data-quote="nirouleur" data-source="post: 1129921" data-attributes="member: 142735"><p>Thanks [USER=195124]@seadragon[/USER] and [USER=253545]@paula.nolan42[/USER]. Appreciate the welcome. I have read [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER]'s intro post for us newbies - there is loads of good advice in it. I have a meter, [USER=253545]@paula.nolan42[/USER] - kindly issued and stocked by my GP practice, although I'm not using it as regularly as I should (which is a bit ungrateful of me when so many would jump at the chance to have a meter!) I also cut out sugar in coffee, but I resort to sweet treats and baked goods far, far, far too often for someone in my position. It's not the hidden stuff that's catching me out - it's the blatant stuff that I see in front of me, clearly identify as bad and think "Sod it!" and plough on anyway.</p><p></p><p>I'll confess I hadn't heard of dietdoctor.com before, but I'm looking now and it's very, very interesting - thanks for that.</p><p></p><p>I also signed up for the low carb programme a month or two back but have not put in anywhere near the amount of time required to get the best of the knowledge contained in it. I think that might generally be my problem - I'm expecting things to suddenly take shape for me without properly investing of my own time and energies. Which is kind of why I wanted to start posting after lurking for so long - I want to see this as a time I can set aside to consider my condition and how best to deal with it, taking advantage of all your experiences and opportunities that are available to me if I'd only take long enough to process them.</p><p></p><p>To answer [USER=195124]@seadragon[/USER]'s question about the foods I like, there'd be lots of meat in there, particularly poultry. I'm not great with fish, although I can take maybe a piece of salmon now and again. I could also cope with cod deep-fried in batter, but I suspect turning to that has been part of getting me to where I am! ;-) </p><p></p><p>Staples would be rice and pasta. I use brown rice and wholewheat pasta almost exclusively when we cook for ourselves at home. I'm not huge on potatoes, unless in their chipped form.</p><p></p><p>The rest of my diet seems to consist of variations of bread... generally anything based on white flour. I am completely aware of how misguided this is, but it just seems that regardless of how good my intentions are and how determined I am to make the right choices, for those few moments or minutes before eating, I am incapable of overriding the part that craves those types of foods.</p><p></p><p>Nuts and fruit I can cope with. Vegetables are just a struggle. However, I can do lettuce, carrot, raw spinach, onions (white, red, spring) and maybe mushrooms. Peppers if they're cut up fine enough. However, don't ask me to gorge on a plateful of them. I can do small-ish portions, but the very thought of sitting down to a plate of vegetables and maybe meat absolutely turns me.</p><p></p><p>Fizzy drinks are also a major weakness. I try to go for "Diet" and "Zero" variations, but I know there's enough chemical gunk in these to make them questionable as a choice. I know that water is the way to go and I should be drinking much more of it than I currently do, especially as I'm taking Forxiga.</p><p></p><p>The challenge for me is being prepared enough and planning enough. I leave home before 7am to get to work and usually resort to porridge for breakfast because it's simple and the office cooking facilities are limited to a microwave and coffee machine. There are too many shops and greasy spoon options nearby and I find myself - especially towards the end of the week as I get tired and less determined - resorting to these for breakfast and lunch. Then beating myself up about it for the rest of the day. A mid-morning trip to the coffee shop for maybe a latte and a scone becomes all too regular.</p><p></p><p>I don't want this to sound like a woe-is-me diatribe. I really appreciate the listening ears and I'm sure you have a grasp of what I'm talking about. I just feel so feeble and helpless at times. Someone of reasonable intelligence with enough understanding of food and its effects yet still incapable of making enough of a change to what I put in my own mouth to address a very serious and chronic medical condition. Which is why I think I need to lean more on the support that may be there but I've tried to ignore up to now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nirouleur, post: 1129921, member: 142735"] Thanks [USER=195124]@seadragon[/USER] and [USER=253545]@paula.nolan42[/USER]. Appreciate the welcome. I have read [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER]'s intro post for us newbies - there is loads of good advice in it. I have a meter, [USER=253545]@paula.nolan42[/USER] - kindly issued and stocked by my GP practice, although I'm not using it as regularly as I should (which is a bit ungrateful of me when so many would jump at the chance to have a meter!) I also cut out sugar in coffee, but I resort to sweet treats and baked goods far, far, far too often for someone in my position. It's not the hidden stuff that's catching me out - it's the blatant stuff that I see in front of me, clearly identify as bad and think "Sod it!" and plough on anyway. I'll confess I hadn't heard of dietdoctor.com before, but I'm looking now and it's very, very interesting - thanks for that. I also signed up for the low carb programme a month or two back but have not put in anywhere near the amount of time required to get the best of the knowledge contained in it. I think that might generally be my problem - I'm expecting things to suddenly take shape for me without properly investing of my own time and energies. Which is kind of why I wanted to start posting after lurking for so long - I want to see this as a time I can set aside to consider my condition and how best to deal with it, taking advantage of all your experiences and opportunities that are available to me if I'd only take long enough to process them. To answer [USER=195124]@seadragon[/USER]'s question about the foods I like, there'd be lots of meat in there, particularly poultry. I'm not great with fish, although I can take maybe a piece of salmon now and again. I could also cope with cod deep-fried in batter, but I suspect turning to that has been part of getting me to where I am! ;-) Staples would be rice and pasta. I use brown rice and wholewheat pasta almost exclusively when we cook for ourselves at home. I'm not huge on potatoes, unless in their chipped form. The rest of my diet seems to consist of variations of bread... generally anything based on white flour. I am completely aware of how misguided this is, but it just seems that regardless of how good my intentions are and how determined I am to make the right choices, for those few moments or minutes before eating, I am incapable of overriding the part that craves those types of foods. Nuts and fruit I can cope with. Vegetables are just a struggle. However, I can do lettuce, carrot, raw spinach, onions (white, red, spring) and maybe mushrooms. Peppers if they're cut up fine enough. However, don't ask me to gorge on a plateful of them. I can do small-ish portions, but the very thought of sitting down to a plate of vegetables and maybe meat absolutely turns me. Fizzy drinks are also a major weakness. I try to go for "Diet" and "Zero" variations, but I know there's enough chemical gunk in these to make them questionable as a choice. I know that water is the way to go and I should be drinking much more of it than I currently do, especially as I'm taking Forxiga. The challenge for me is being prepared enough and planning enough. I leave home before 7am to get to work and usually resort to porridge for breakfast because it's simple and the office cooking facilities are limited to a microwave and coffee machine. There are too many shops and greasy spoon options nearby and I find myself - especially towards the end of the week as I get tired and less determined - resorting to these for breakfast and lunch. Then beating myself up about it for the rest of the day. A mid-morning trip to the coffee shop for maybe a latte and a scone becomes all too regular. I don't want this to sound like a woe-is-me diatribe. I really appreciate the listening ears and I'm sure you have a grasp of what I'm talking about. I just feel so feeble and helpless at times. Someone of reasonable intelligence with enough understanding of food and its effects yet still incapable of making enough of a change to what I put in my own mouth to address a very serious and chronic medical condition. Which is why I think I need to lean more on the support that may be there but I've tried to ignore up to now. [/QUOTE]
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