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Sat, 03-15-2008 - 4:01pm

My mom was recently put on a 16oo calorie diet as well as a diabetic diet she is 55 years old  151 lbs and aobut 5' 5". the meal plan they gave her is small and has us all confused I was wondering if there is some place where i can get meal plans that would fit her needs. Im trying to figure out how many calories carbs and fats she should be having at eatch meal. she was told wiht the 1600 calorie diet that she only gets one snack in the evening but then the diabetic meal plan they gave her says she needs to have a snack in the morning? I need some information about what she can and cant have in simple terms something like a list of breakfast foods kinda like a pick 1 food from colum one and 2 from the second colum kinda thing that i can send to her she is getting so frustrated and up set over not understanding what they told her and honestly my dad emailed me a couple of the papers the dr gave her and it makes no since the 1600 calorie diet is telling her one thing and the diabetic diet is telling her something totally different. any help or ideas? thanks a bunch


mommy and lyssa 

 


    



          




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Sat, 03-15-2008 - 7:06pm

Hi and welcome to the board.


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Sat, 03-15-2008 - 7:50pm
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Sat, 03-15-2008 - 8:00pm

As for not feeling well.


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Sat, 03-15-2008 - 8:10pm

thanks for the info Im pulling up some recipies following the carb rule and im going to add up the calories and do a couple days menues to give her and see how her blood sugar does on that. Ill let her know that its normal not to feel well as she readjust to the lower blood sugar levels. Mabie that will put her at ease a little. should she be getting a protein, vegie, at every meal? she also needs to watch starches right that would part of the White dont ite rule right potatos white rice etc. ? is there a place i can get a list of how many carbs are in different things like fat free milk,

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Sat, 03-15-2008 - 8:42pm

Starches are carbs. Sugar is a carb.


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Sat, 03-15-2008 - 8:55pm
thanks for the info if i can ever get my DD to stay asleep mabie ill get some of this figured out
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Sun, 03-16-2008 - 9:09pm

Calorie King and a number of others also put out books. I think the calorie king has one that lists many restaurants and carbs,sodium,calories, etc in a number of the restaurant selections. I think it might also cover the same on regular foods.

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Sun, 03-16-2008 - 9:20pm
No im not caring for my mom she has been verry healthy up intel this hasent been sick or to a dr in alot of years. any way i would love to be able to go with her but I live 19 hours away severial states away so that wont work out too well. they live in a really small town so i dont know if they even have someone who specializes in Diabetes available to help her. I think the nutritionist just generalizes in everything. she isant doing alot of the sugar free stuff the apertime(sp) in alot of it causes her migraines so she has to be verry careful with sugar free products I know she did get some splenda and some other sweetener that a diabetic friend of my sister recomended she try. Ill give her the book suggestions and i may get one for my self to read up on so i have some information to help her understand all of this. and i just thought of a question is there any one place that you like to get your test strips from? she has a free style montor and got the strips this last time at walmart becasue she dident know where to go. I noticed that severial companies online offer alot better prices than what she paid i was wondering if there was a place that alot of people prefer etc. thank a bunch i apriceate the help.
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Sun, 03-16-2008 - 10:49pm

I don't know about the on line places to get strips.


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Sun, 03-16-2008 - 11:05pm
Sheis curently having to pay out of pocket she doesent yet qualify for medicare. the local pharmacie is more expensive than what walmarts were. They are 2 hours from the nearest walmart so online ordering would be the best option for them. i know my grandma ordered everything and had it delievered to her home but im not sure what company she used and she is no longer with us so we dont really have a way to find out. any way thanks for the info ill let her know
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