need diet tips/advice/

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Tue, 11-27-2007 - 8:41pm

Well. Here we are as pretty much expected from recent symptoms, my husband was diagnosed with diabetes today. He will take the medication twice daily and see how it goes. Other than being told to walk more exercise more, lose weight,etc.... the Dr. just told him don't eat white flour, potatoes, or anything with sugar. Well every website I have been on today to try to find some diabetic guidelines for cooking and meal planning have the 5-6 servings of starches and breads!! Am I crazy or am I looking at something wrong??  I need advice on the meal planning and if he can have whole grain breads and use whole grain flours, are there potatoes of any  kind we can try?? I have so many questions and a big part of it is just the plain fact that my husband is a big bread and potatoes eater and he's already feeling like he's starving  and it's only been a few hours without white bread, potatoes or sweet tea. I told him that it will be like any other kind of withdrawals probably he will get irritable with headaches etc.. until his body gets used to not having the sugar and starch everyday at every meal. Am I right?


Thank you.

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Tue, 12-04-2007 - 1:31am

Hi and welcome to the board.


Congratulations on your weight loss and your being able to take the metformin without problems. Do watch your blood sugar readings because your weight loss my mean that you will be able to decrease your meds.


I do hope that you will stay around and visit with us.



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Registered: 06-18-2007
Tue, 12-04-2007 - 8:06am
Yes, I take my BS readings.
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Tue, 12-04-2007 - 11:04am

Wonder-woman,


Is there a mall near you? Do they have walking programs? Some of the malls in the US and Canada (which is where I first saw this) have walking programs before the stores open. It is a challange to get your exercise when the weather is awful as it is right now.


Your blood sugars look really good. When do you get your next A1c done?


Because I really like veggies and because my cholesterol was really elevated before I started on meds, I would like to add more vegitarian meals into my plan but I find that there are too many carbs and I can't keep my blood sugar under control. So I envy you being able to make this work.



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Tue, 12-04-2007 - 11:19am

I get my next A1C done Feb. 11 th and I can't wait.

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Wed, 12-05-2007 - 1:38am

I am sure your next report will be wonderful. I hope you will post the results when you get them. I get mine done tomorrow. I think it will be okay. I was disappointed that I hadn't lost anymore weight. I have been trying so hard. I had a nice discussion with the doctor about how I am doing. I am now supposed to be taking my blood pressure at home because it is becoming a littler higher than she likes. If I can lose some more weight it will help that also.


Wow, you work long hours. That is one of the problems of working from home. You never seem to get off from work! Do the best you can but eventually

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Wed, 12-05-2007 - 2:52pm

Calculating calories as a general rule of thumb is 10 times weight for very sedentary people, roughly 13 times weight for slightly more active but still pretty sedentary (most of the US population probably), and then 15-20 times weight for the really super active, athletic types (like long distance runners and pro athletes and all) and people who need to add weight (and folks who have trouble maintaining a healthy weight and are underweight). If I remember correctly (I didn't look back), that is what I said - 10x weight. Losing weight is a different calculation slightly - 3500 calories = 1 lb. You can divide that up any way you like - 100 calories less per day and you'll end up close to 1 lb less at the end of a month. Few people can cut 3500 calories per day and still eat enough to be healthy. Most standard "diet plans" take it down 500 calories per day which is 1 lb per week. Under about 1200 calories is hazardous territory for most women (unless you happen to be under 5 feeet tall and fairly petite, which is possible).

And, of course, this all applies only to normally healthy type people - various illnesses, pregnancy, etc change the whole ballgame because of different nutritional needs.

--Deb

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