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<blockquote data-quote="seadragon" data-source="post: 1129941" data-attributes="member: 195124"><p>You need to be kind to yourself and remember that for years we've all been told to eat plenty of carbs and avoid fat. trouble is carby food as you have found is highly addictive so we have to find ways to break the addiction and that's not easy.</p><p></p><p>You say you hate veggies but might that be because your experience of veggies as it is for many people, is steamed or boiled veg plonked on a plate? I thought I hated veggies too until I tried smothering them with butter - yumm suddenly delicious. Or my new favourite is to stir fry veg in butter or coconut oil - maybe some mushrooms and spiralised courgette (buy a spiraliser it's great fun and quick) and then throw in a dollop of creme fraiche, a quarter teaspoon of Dijon mustard and a sprinkle of peri-peri spice (available at Tesco!). It tastes fantastic and all that fat makes you feel really full.</p><p></p><p>Also mediteranean veggies roasted in olive or coconut oil is really tasty.</p><p></p><p>If your greasy spoon cafe does a fry up then have the bacon and eggs and sausages, Try and avoid the chips and bread.</p><p></p><p>Could you try scrambled eggs in the morning? These can even be done in a microwave so you could take a couple of eggs to work and scramble them there.</p><p></p><p>The meat and poultry is fine. You can have the fattier cuts now - streaky bacon , chicken with the skin on etc. Fish is good too especially oily fish so salmon is fine.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately where diabetics are concerned brown rice and pasta are basically the same as the white varieties - all turn to glucose in the blood and have similar effects on blood sugar. </p><p>I used to eat a lot of pasts and rice and had days when i lived on toast. I thought I'd never be able to give them up.</p><p></p><p>But in the end I just went cold turkey on them, stopped buying them. Ate cheese and nuts and lots of salad leaves with creamy dressings (looking for lowest sugar ones) . A week on and i realised I didn't really miss them. also realised a lot of carbs are in deed eaten out of habit and because we 'd been told we should make carbs the biggest part of the meal which was wrong. So where i'd have had a slice of bread with just a smear of pate or a small piece of ham I tried a small low carb cracker or oatcake and smothered it in a load of pate or several slices of ham so that became the bigger part of the meal.</p><p></p><p>Can you try swapping the fizzy drinks for a hot drink of tea or coffee? Even if you had a spoon of sugar in these it's better than the 10 spoons of sugar in a can of drink. Swapping two drinks a day in this way would save you 18 teaspoons of sugar a day.</p><p></p><p>After a while the carb cravings do go and then you are free of the tyranny of the carbs!</p><p></p><p>There are still lovely things you can have. My go to dessert is raspberries and blueberries with double cream and i don't have to feel guilty about that delicious dessert.</p><p></p><p>Keep us posted about how you get on and keep asking questions - there is always someone who has been where you are and understands.</p><p></p><p>I spent a lot of time researching and trying to sort the good info from the bad and Dietdoctor.com and ditch the carbs.com are both very good sites with plenty of free info and links to the science to back it up if you are interested. The shopping list for the two week carb challenge gives you a good idea of the sorts of things you can eat freely even if you don't actually want to follow the meal plans and recipes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seadragon, post: 1129941, member: 195124"] You need to be kind to yourself and remember that for years we've all been told to eat plenty of carbs and avoid fat. trouble is carby food as you have found is highly addictive so we have to find ways to break the addiction and that's not easy. You say you hate veggies but might that be because your experience of veggies as it is for many people, is steamed or boiled veg plonked on a plate? I thought I hated veggies too until I tried smothering them with butter - yumm suddenly delicious. Or my new favourite is to stir fry veg in butter or coconut oil - maybe some mushrooms and spiralised courgette (buy a spiraliser it's great fun and quick) and then throw in a dollop of creme fraiche, a quarter teaspoon of Dijon mustard and a sprinkle of peri-peri spice (available at Tesco!). It tastes fantastic and all that fat makes you feel really full. Also mediteranean veggies roasted in olive or coconut oil is really tasty. If your greasy spoon cafe does a fry up then have the bacon and eggs and sausages, Try and avoid the chips and bread. Could you try scrambled eggs in the morning? These can even be done in a microwave so you could take a couple of eggs to work and scramble them there. The meat and poultry is fine. You can have the fattier cuts now - streaky bacon , chicken with the skin on etc. Fish is good too especially oily fish so salmon is fine. Unfortunately where diabetics are concerned brown rice and pasta are basically the same as the white varieties - all turn to glucose in the blood and have similar effects on blood sugar. I used to eat a lot of pasts and rice and had days when i lived on toast. I thought I'd never be able to give them up. But in the end I just went cold turkey on them, stopped buying them. Ate cheese and nuts and lots of salad leaves with creamy dressings (looking for lowest sugar ones) . A week on and i realised I didn't really miss them. also realised a lot of carbs are in deed eaten out of habit and because we 'd been told we should make carbs the biggest part of the meal which was wrong. So where i'd have had a slice of bread with just a smear of pate or a small piece of ham I tried a small low carb cracker or oatcake and smothered it in a load of pate or several slices of ham so that became the bigger part of the meal. Can you try swapping the fizzy drinks for a hot drink of tea or coffee? Even if you had a spoon of sugar in these it's better than the 10 spoons of sugar in a can of drink. Swapping two drinks a day in this way would save you 18 teaspoons of sugar a day. After a while the carb cravings do go and then you are free of the tyranny of the carbs! There are still lovely things you can have. My go to dessert is raspberries and blueberries with double cream and i don't have to feel guilty about that delicious dessert. Keep us posted about how you get on and keep asking questions - there is always someone who has been where you are and understands. I spent a lot of time researching and trying to sort the good info from the bad and Dietdoctor.com and ditch the carbs.com are both very good sites with plenty of free info and links to the science to back it up if you are interested. The shopping list for the two week carb challenge gives you a good idea of the sorts of things you can eat freely even if you don't actually want to follow the meal plans and recipes. [/QUOTE]
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