Seeds

[candyrel]

Hi all

have been reading the forum a lot. Have only recently been diagnosed type 2. Am not testing and nurse wants me to do just diet and exercise have lost 14 kilos and due to walking 4 to 6 miles a week at least have gained muscle. Will buy a skipping rope and a hula hoop soon. Also want to take up swimming again.

I love seeds, mixed beans etc are they allowed? Have found out that beetroot is ok which I am grateful for. Was unhappy to find I couldnt eat my beloved white bread anymore but am trying to eat linseed and soya bread. Also keep some black chocolate in the freezer and slip a piece onto my tongue when needs must.

Have cut my portions and upped myself on fruit and veg (only 10 grapes) it is just sometimes so hard as I love indian, chinese etc

Am hit pretty hard with depression so each day is a struggle and I think is it worth it? Just totally fed up. :cry:

 

[chocoholic]

I think seeds and mixed beans sound perfectly okay(and healthy) to me but I'm no expert.
We all get down from time to time over having diabetes and missing the foods we have fallen in love with.
Fergus gave me an excellent piece of advice recently about trying to cut things in stages rather than all in one go. I am getting there,slowly. The first thing I cut out was crisps. I didn't have them every day but haven't eaten any for some weeks now and when I walked "past" the crisp aisle in Tesco's today, I said to hubby "have you actually missed eating crisps"?(He has been so supportive and will eat almost identically to me.) We both agreed we did not miss them in the slightest. I have not had any pasta or rice for a couple of weeks either and have cut down massively on potatoes.I have also cut out all cakes (including the low-sugar ones I would bake)but at the moment, I am not ready to cut out bread or breakfast cereal altogether. I'm not sure I ever will be. When Fergus told me I would not be hungry, I doubted that, as I like my food but I honestly can't say I feel hungry at all.
Ally also gave a good piece of advice about cutting down on portions. I have also done this and even that hasn't left me feeling hungry.
I cannot deny when we went to a place called the Food Factory not far from where I live, that specialises in home baked, locally reared/locally grown fresh produce, that I did have a five-minute longing as I stood at the "desserts" stand.OMG. The most gorgeous looking cheesecakes, chocolate tortes, giant stem ginger roulades etc. etc. had me salivating and close to leaping over the counter to indulge myself like some demented Dawn French character.I did resist temptation though and the benefits of having lower-carbs, smaller portions and using a cross-trainer in my garage most days, has already seen me lose half a stone in weight.
I think all of us need to feel we can have "treats" to enjoy. I am learning that our taste in treats CAN change too.
I have never been a big fruit eater but I actually found myself enjoying apples again. If you can find something you enjoy, that is good for you and you feel it's a "treat" I'm sure it will help lift your mood.
All the best, Choccie.

 

[sugarless sue]

Good for you ( and hubby) Keep up the good work!

 

[l0vaduck]

Seeds contain healthy fat, but they do have a lot of calories. I find that if I don't weigh them it's easy to eat a lot more of them than I really want to!

I also find that some seeds don't digest at all unless they are ground up, linseeds in particular seem to go straight through!