zzcanasta
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- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Tuesday's intake:
B: Cup of tea; Greek yoghurt with assorted berries, linseed mix, handful of nuts
L: Chilli con carne (no rice or bread); apple
D: Family Canasta were chowing down on bangers and mash, so I opted instead for half a red pepper (cut into strips) and tbsp of hummus, followed by some cubes of cheese, 5 x 10p-sized slices of chorizo, small mixed salad and a pear. Piece of 75% dark chocolate as dessert. And while washing-up, I ate half a sausage that no.2 son had left on his plate.
Random observation on eating habits (#1 in an occasional series): on my way home from work, popped into Tesco to replenish full-fat yoghurt supply. There were none on the shelf (the idea is obviously catching on), so I asked a helpful young man to check if they had any in their stockroom. During the 5 minutes or so he was gone, I hovered self-consciously by the yoghurt cabinet and noticed a curious phenomenon: of the 20 or so shoppers who bought the low/zero-fat yoghurts (which was all there was on the shelves), almost all of them were noticeably overweight or obese. It made me feel sad - these people were obviously concerned about their weight and were trying to reduce it by following the approved guidelines, but it was clearly having little or no discernible effect. I know it's hardly a rigorous scientific trial and doesn't prove anything, but just the same...
B: Cup of tea; Greek yoghurt with assorted berries, linseed mix, handful of nuts
L: Chilli con carne (no rice or bread); apple
D: Family Canasta were chowing down on bangers and mash, so I opted instead for half a red pepper (cut into strips) and tbsp of hummus, followed by some cubes of cheese, 5 x 10p-sized slices of chorizo, small mixed salad and a pear. Piece of 75% dark chocolate as dessert. And while washing-up, I ate half a sausage that no.2 son had left on his plate.
Random observation on eating habits (#1 in an occasional series): on my way home from work, popped into Tesco to replenish full-fat yoghurt supply. There were none on the shelf (the idea is obviously catching on), so I asked a helpful young man to check if they had any in their stockroom. During the 5 minutes or so he was gone, I hovered self-consciously by the yoghurt cabinet and noticed a curious phenomenon: of the 20 or so shoppers who bought the low/zero-fat yoghurts (which was all there was on the shelves), almost all of them were noticeably overweight or obese. It made me feel sad - these people were obviously concerned about their weight and were trying to reduce it by following the approved guidelines, but it was clearly having little or no discernible effect. I know it's hardly a rigorous scientific trial and doesn't prove anything, but just the same...