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<blockquote data-quote="faircot" data-source="post: 300135" data-attributes="member: 32495"><p>I agree totally with the diet suggestions other have made here but I'd like to add another factor into the "what food" mix - namely portion control.</p><p></p><p>I was shocked after diagnosis last year when I started looking at what I was <em>actually</em> eating. As a small example, I would normally pour some muesli or granola into a bowl 'until it looked right'. It was only when I started weighing my food I realised I was probably eating 2 or 3 times a normal sized portion. I found Diabetes UK's book <em>Carbs & Cals</em> very helpful here with a good pictorial breakdown of the nutritional content of lots of natural and prepared foods by portion size on a plate. It should be obligatory for some people to take a copy into McDonald's!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, after six months on this regime combined with longer and more frequent dog walking, I've lost 35lbs, HbA1c from 8.9% to 5.5% (74 - 37), my total cholesterol had dropped from 5.5 to 2.9 and my BG 2 hours after any meal rarely goes above 8 and, as a side benefit, I feel so much better and fitter.</p><p></p><p>Stick at it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="faircot, post: 300135, member: 32495"] I agree totally with the diet suggestions other have made here but I'd like to add another factor into the "what food" mix - namely portion control. I was shocked after diagnosis last year when I started looking at what I was [i]actually[/i] eating. As a small example, I would normally pour some muesli or granola into a bowl 'until it looked right'. It was only when I started weighing my food I realised I was probably eating 2 or 3 times a normal sized portion. I found Diabetes UK's book [i]Carbs & Cals[/i] very helpful here with a good pictorial breakdown of the nutritional content of lots of natural and prepared foods by portion size on a plate. It should be obligatory for some people to take a copy into McDonald's! Anyway, after six months on this regime combined with longer and more frequent dog walking, I've lost 35lbs, HbA1c from 8.9% to 5.5% (74 - 37), my total cholesterol had dropped from 5.5 to 2.9 and my BG 2 hours after any meal rarely goes above 8 and, as a side benefit, I feel so much better and fitter. Stick at it. [/QUOTE]
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