sick of this b****y condition now!

[deb60]

I was diagnosed with type 2 on 23rd may and after the initial shock wore off I took control of my diet, bought a meter and started walking 3 miles 4 or 5 times a week. I decided to start low carbing and my blood sugars have come down considerably fasting was 12.9 now about 7 mmols. I have lost about half a stone (need to lose another 4stone) but the weight loss is painfully slow. I haven't had bread, cake or any other goodies since diagnosis and am disappointed that my efforts aren't noticeable although I'm pleased with the improved blood sugar readings. When Ihave dieted in the past with slimming world I have been able to have a treat at the weekend if I had enough sins! I've just been to Tesco looking for a low sugar, low carb treat and am gutted that I couldn't find anything. I then decided that I'd have some nuts, but 600 calories for 100grams of pistachios soon changed my mind. Do any of you have a little weekend treat? can anyone give me any suggestions? I've ended up with a small punnet of cherries, but I really wanted chocolate!!!!

 

[Kat100]

I have just had chocolate made xylitol from holland and Barrett.....it's good...and the sugar (xylitol) to make blueberry muffins great after that walk....all personal choice of course.....

 

[dawnmc]

Strawberries and double cream, low sugar jelly (those ready made in pots) with cream. Nuts to eat are almonds, you can coat them in 70% chocolate, for a treat I make bounty bars with cream and butter a bit of stevia or splenda I melt the butter in the cream then add it to the coconut, roll into balls, leave to set then coat in chocolate. I only have 1 or 2 mind cos the stevia/splenda can cause a bit of upset stomach.
Full fat Greek yogurt with berries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, I add a bit of sugar free maple syrup (low carb megastore).

 

[Kat100]

Wow love the idea of bounty bars....what a great tip they sound lovely......I to have found the jelly s......

 

[ElyDave]

very dark chocolate, personally I could eat a bar of the 100% cocoa stuff at a sitting, but it's bloody expensive.

I've always been a bit of a fruitaholic, and have been pleasantly surprised that most fruit is 10g carb/100g or lower, so this evening my pudding was 100g of strawberries from this morning's farmers market and a few prunes. Dinner was mushroom stuffed with dry roasted spiced sunflower and pumpkin seeds (loads of good vits and omega 3s), a bit of cheese on top, but if you use something like parmesan you don't need much to give the flavour, plus stir fried cabbage on the side. Overall pretty low calorie but good nutrition.

You say you've already lost half a stone which is a great achievement and statement of intent. Overall you need to make sure that you are not dropping your calorie intake too quickly otherwise your body effectively takes this as a signal to go into starvation mode and you will not carry on losing weight. A good mark is 10-15% of your current intake, but remember if you are overweight your basal metabolic rate will be slightly higher than if you were lean anyway to carry the extra weight around.

I know it's tempting to want immediate results, but you need to think long term. You will get there and you 've made a good start already

 

[Daibell]

Hi. I eat Green & Blacks 85% Dark Chocolate which is very low carb without the maltitols or similar. If I were you I would take more not of the carb content of food than the calorie content. Although calories count is supposed to be the reference for weight reduction, you may find keeping the carbs low (which also reduces calories) is a better priority as it also controls your blood sugar and helps with weight loss rather than worrying too much about fat content.

 

[Yorksman]

I haven't had bread, cake or any other goodies since diagnosis and am disappointed that my efforts aren't noticeable although I'm pleased with the improved blood sugar readings.

Losing weight and reducing blood sugar levels is a double whammy that most of us have to go through. It seems like you can't eat anything to begin with. Improvements are slow but you are achieving them. Diabetes is a lifelong condition, not a race to see how quickly you can get over it and return to normal. But you are going in the right direction and with verifiable results already. You can see the difference. Not everyone can say that.

You can fill in those gaps in your life that you now notice by learning about new things to eat. Like buying an entirely new wardrobe, you can adopt an entirely new diet. It's better than simply doing without some things and attempting to find substitues for other things that you can't have. It can be good fun learning a whole new approach. But, you need time, so relax, don't rush, be happy with the improvements so far and think about what you can do next.

 

[Janiept]

very dark chocolate, personally I could eat a bar of the 100% cocoa stuff at a sitting, but it's bloody expensive.

I've always been a bit of a fruitaholic, and have been pleasantly surprised that most fruit is 10g carb/100g or lower, so this evening my pudding was 100g of strawberries from this morning's farmers market and a few prunes. Dinner was mushroom stuffed with dry roasted spiced sunflower and pumpkin seeds (loads of good vits and omega 3s), a bit of cheese on top, but if you use something like parmesan you don't need much to give the flavour, plus stir fried cabbage on the side. Overall pretty low calorie but good nutrition.

You say you've already lost half a stone which is a great achievement and statement of intent. Overall you need to make sure that you are not dropping your calorie intake too quickly otherwise your body effectively takes this as a signal to go into starvation mode and you will not carry on losing weight. A good mark is 10-15% of your current intake, but remember if you are overweight your basal metabolic rate will be slightly higher than if you were lean anyway to carry the extra weight around.

I know it's tempting to want immediate results, but you need to think long term. You will get there and you 've made a good start already

I am loving the sound of the mushroom dish Dave would you mind giving menu - quantities and cooking instructions please.

 

[deb60]

Thanks for all your positive replies and excellent suggestions. I have been eating berries and greek yogurt for desert as well as sugar free jellies. I do feel much better than before my diagnosis, I'm not constantly falling asleep for one thing and I'm able to wear jeans that were too tight a few weeks ago. It's just hard not being able to eat whatever I want when I want. But having to read the carb and calorie content on everything has made me realise why I'm now 4 stone overweight.... 600 calories for half a bag of pistachios and I would have eaten the whole bag, 1200 calories on top of what I'd already eaten during the day!!!!!

 

[ElyDave]

Janie,

very easy.

For two people, take a couple of big flat field mushrooms (portobello as they call them these days), take out the stalk, chop finely and put back in the cavity.

Dry toast a handful of sunflower seeds and a handful of pumpkin seeds (or your choice), when starting to brown add a bit of salt and about a quarter to half teaspoon of turmeric, you can also add garam massala chilli etc if you like, toss the seeds in the spices. I then filled the mushroom with the spiced seeds, drizzle a bit of EVOO to cook the mushroom, topped with a bit of goats cheese and a small amount of pecorino and a drizzle of soy sauce. Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes.

I'm verry much one for simple stuff day to day, but simple can still be healthy.

 

[Andy12345]

Teriffic thread....hi, I totally get what your saying, reading this is like looking at myself in the mirror give or take, great replies also I particularly liked yorks an, all are right about the recipes and having fun with them I've learned to cook and spend hours collecting ingredients then hours finding a good looking recipe then hours trying to cook them hehe, but I'm feeling sick of it all this past week as my weight loss has stopped, I'm sick of testing, sick of eating all the right stuff, sick of not being able to stuff myself with chocolate till I'm full and then eat 6 bags of crisps washed down with bottles of coke and im sick of the thought that this isn't going away.....

But we have no choice

Ok, shaking off the grumps..... You and I are doing fantastic, we are amazing, we just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other and grit our teeth grrrrr

Good luck I hope I didn't sound too suicidal (I'm not)


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[Yorksman]

Ok, shaking off the grumps..... You and I are doing fantastic, we are amazing, we just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other and grit our teeth grrrrr

This echos taoist philosophy:

"Strength in the face of danger does not plunge ahead but bides its time, whereas weakness in the face of danger grows agitated and has not the patience to wait.

Waiting is not mere empty hoping. It has the inner certainty of reaching the goal. Such certainty alone gives that light which leads to success. This leads to the perseverance that brings good fortune and bestows power to cross the great water. One is faced with a danger that has to be overcome. Weakness and impatience can do nothing."


By eck, they don't teach you that in the NHS.