Getting good food in a diabetic diet is hard enough without being vegi as well. Read and watch video
http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
All you need to do is reduce wheat flour from your diet, that single thing will make a big change
Thank you, perhaps it's best if you think this is bold to the point of questionable.Jack - I'm not a veggie, so can't comment on that angle, but to be honest, finding good food for this particular diabetic (i.e., me) hasn't been too tricky at all, and as I move forward it gets easier, not more difficult.
Whilst it may be your clipped antipodean style of communication, I do feel your posts can be bold to the edge of questionable. Thankfully they aren't often directed at me.
< grump off / >
Thank you, perhaps it's best if you think this is bold to the point of questionable.
There is an ignore function on the forum that may be of use.
Most would agree LC vegi is harder without animal proteins and fats. From my link
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/vegetarian/tp/Low-Carb-Vegetarian-Protein-Foods.htm
Perhaps you should investigate a low carb vegi diet without animal protein and fats, before you suggest that it is easy.
One only has to look on today's posts to see people who are having difficulty getting good food into their diabetic diet including animal product
@jack412, I found your post a bit off tbh. It came directly after my post in which I said that I found the low carb vegetarian way of eating doable and effective for good bg control. I was talking from personal experience and was trying to be positive to help the worried OP . Your post directly after made it look like I was talking rubbish. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother.Perhaps you should investigate a low carb vegi diet without animal protein and fats, before you suggest that it is easy.
One only has to look on today's posts to see people who are having difficulty getting good food into their diabetic diet including animal product
There is more than one road to Rome, as long as our BG, weight and BP is/will be in range, we are winners
You can LC vegi
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=low carb vegiterian&rlz=1CDGOYI_enAU594AU594&oq=low carb vegiterian&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&espv=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en-US#hl=en-US&q=low carb vegetarian&spell=1
I know! The "official" word is that eating healthier doesn't have to cost more...but who are these people? Because I can confidently say that my shopping budget went up after diagnosis!Hi seaspray. I can understand your frustration with budget and food as I went on a healthy eating plan in January and changed my diet to be natural and nutritious and my food bill for me and my husband went up from 50 a week to 80 a week. It's a shame trying to live a healthy life cost so much. Hope you work something out
I guess we're spending less money on restaurants and eating out - that would have been a different budget. Trouble now is that I'm buying more cheese and dairy, which I wasn't really into before and that seems to have bumped up the price a bit. And I'm also eating more meat, which is proving to be more costly. Previously I woud have eaten much more carbs, which tend to be pretty cheap and convenient.I only found my shopping budget went up a bit, in the first couple of weeks, whilst we modified our diet.
We only ate one preprepared meal a week - a curry on Saturdays, but as well as that, our alcohol consumption (a glass of red with dinner, and maybe a G&T on a Saturday or Sunday) decreased. I never snacked, but my OH gave up his mid morning Hobnob, and chocolate for a while. In the early weeks, we ate out less whilst we got the diet act together, so overall, our food spend actually reduced.
@Loobles - Have you factored in any ad hoc spending on snacks or the like that you might be doing less of now, or that you may have been stocking up on different store cupboard staples, which will last a while?
I guess we're spending less money on restaurants and eating out - that would have been a different budget. Trouble now is that I'm buying more cheese and dairy, which I wasn't really into before and that seems to have bumped up the price a bit. And I'm also eating more meat, which is proving to be more costly. Previously I woud have eaten much more carbs, which tend to be pretty cheap and convenient.
Having done a quick calc, I'd say we're spending about £10 a week more than we were. Not much I suppose, but it's about £40 a month. I think in time I'll find my groove and maybe move away from the cheese a bit LOLBut what is the impact of your overall food spend , including that which might be under "Entertainment" in the ledger? Unless you take that into account, it's a bit apples and pears.
Having done a quick calc, I'd say we're spending about £10 a week more than we were. Not much I suppose, but it's about £40 a month. I think in time I'll find my groove and maybe move away from the cheese a bit LOL
What no one and nowhere do I see about those who are struggling to actually afford food, let alone healthy food, when yr on a very limited budget.
It's an enormous constant struggle (and find it very stressful) and although I've managed to lose about 3 stone, this is only after a very long time.
And any so called help has been to say the least, thin on the ground and less then useless.
They just dont understand that my weight is a complex issue, and it's got nothing to do with me being stupid and a cuecumber never passes my lips!
It's just all so incredibly frustrating!
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