KellyMarie
05-10-2012, 05:20 PM
I promised KT I would compile a list of the foods I eat regularly. I do sometimes eat outside this list, but not very often.
On February 1st, 2012 I weighed 276 pounds and my blood sugar was over 300. Today, May 10th, 2012 I weighed in at 218.6 and my blood sugar was 79.
Editing to add~7/6 weighed in at 199.4!!!! :woohoo1:
Editing to add~8/21 weighed in at 188.6 :woohoo1:
Breakfast~
I always eat the same thing at the same time, variety in the early morning doesn't matter to me. I eat a cereal sized bowl of steel cut oats. Some mornings I put cinnamon and walnuts, some mornings I eat it with just 2% milk. The steel cut oats digest slowly and keep me filling full much longer. I drink a full cup of coffee before eating and half a glass of 2% milk. The coffee and milk make me feel even more full.
Editing to add~have added Stonyfield plain yogurt and fruit to the oats and am also eating quinoa a few mornings a week.
Lunch~
I alternate between a couple things. I am sure that after I achieve my weight loss goal I will add more to the menu but right now it's just a couple. I eat a huge salad, dinner plate sized, of any raw veggies I want. I have noticed that the darker and more stronger tasting vegetables tend to make me feel better and seem to satisfy my hunger more. I put lot's of red onions, radishes, horse radish, bell pepper, etc in my salad. I am sure to add many crunchy veggies like carrots and celery. I use no salad dressings but do eat half an avocado with each salad. I also will pour salsa on my salad and use spicy mustard for a dip. I try to have atleast 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar with each lunch. Oh and jalapenos! I don't know why, but ever since I ridded my body of sugar I tend to crave spicy foods.
Another lunch that I eat, usually if I am in a hurry is Smucker's All Natural Peanut Butter and Smucker's Sugar Free preserves on 100 calorie whole grain pita rounds. Sometimes I toast the rounds first.
Suppers~I am having a horrible time with suppers, I cook for the whole family and I want to eat what I am cooking for them. I cannot realistically expect them to give up rolls, biscuits, cornbreads, red meat etc. So what I have been doing some nights is making a side dish for them that I am willing to eat. I will saute yellow squash and zucchini using coconut oil and eat that, sometimes I will dump it over a cold salad or brown rice. I mostly only eat grilled or sauteed veggies for supper or beans, I eat so many beans now! or I just have my steel cut oats or a huge salad and will only occassionally add a sliced boiled egg or Feta cheese.
Snacks~Greek yogurt or cottage cheese with lettuce, 1/3 banana and walnuts or 1/2 an avocado with a few tomato and basil wheat thins. I cannot eat a lot of fruit because of diabetes, especially bananas, but I love bananas! Fruits I can eat a good portion of are cantaloupe, honeydew, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries. They are all low on the glycemic index. I intend to also compile a list of foods that are low on the glycemic index and post.
Editing to add~Nature Valley Protein Bars~10 grams protein, 14 grams carbs, 4 grams fiber, only 14 grams sugar!
Editing to add 7/6~Quinoa! A miracle grain (actually a seed)! I am loving this new addition to my diet! It fills me up and keep me going, it is such a complex carbohydrate that is full of nutrition! It keeps me feeling full for hours!
Obviously diabetics can eat meats, but I am on a mission to be completely healthy and I just don't feel I need meats in my diet. Once you are diabetic you are equivalent to having one heart attack and 4 times more likely to have another compared to non diabetics. I want my cholesterol levels low and there is medical proof that your heart valves can clean themselves out with a vegan diet and that is what I am working on. I am still drinking milk, eating cottage cheese and yogurt and an occasional egg, but will soon be cutting all that out of my diet and adding soy and quinoa.
I drink a lot of water, 2 glasses of 2% milk and 4 or 5 cups of coffee a day and I drink 2 or 3 small glasses of the Walmart branded Crystal Light.
I avoid artificial sweeteners (except for the Crystal Light and I mix it up very weak) for a few reasons. One is because I don't crave anything sweet much anymore, the Crystal Light drinks seem to satisfy me. Another is because they seem to take my energy away. Lastly, I am not comfortable with eating sweetened foods right now because I was a real sugar addict and am afraid that I will get carried away and begin craving all those "bad for me" foods again.
This diet is working for me, I take in a very low amount of calories and I move my body a lot! I will post before pictures here soon and will post now pictures as they are taken.
My whole life, not just my body is better. I go outside everyday and do things with my grandchildren. Today we went blackberry picking for 2 hours. I watered the garden for over an hour today, which involves carrying buckets and bending, no garden hose here! I sleep better, I feel better, my mood is better!
On February 1st, 2012 I weighed 276 pounds and my blood sugar was over 300. Today, May 10th, 2012 I weighed in at 218.6 and my blood sugar was 79.
Editing to add~7/6 weighed in at 199.4!!!! :woohoo1:
Editing to add~8/21 weighed in at 188.6 :woohoo1:
Breakfast~
I always eat the same thing at the same time, variety in the early morning doesn't matter to me. I eat a cereal sized bowl of steel cut oats. Some mornings I put cinnamon and walnuts, some mornings I eat it with just 2% milk. The steel cut oats digest slowly and keep me filling full much longer. I drink a full cup of coffee before eating and half a glass of 2% milk. The coffee and milk make me feel even more full.
Editing to add~have added Stonyfield plain yogurt and fruit to the oats and am also eating quinoa a few mornings a week.
Lunch~
I alternate between a couple things. I am sure that after I achieve my weight loss goal I will add more to the menu but right now it's just a couple. I eat a huge salad, dinner plate sized, of any raw veggies I want. I have noticed that the darker and more stronger tasting vegetables tend to make me feel better and seem to satisfy my hunger more. I put lot's of red onions, radishes, horse radish, bell pepper, etc in my salad. I am sure to add many crunchy veggies like carrots and celery. I use no salad dressings but do eat half an avocado with each salad. I also will pour salsa on my salad and use spicy mustard for a dip. I try to have atleast 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar with each lunch. Oh and jalapenos! I don't know why, but ever since I ridded my body of sugar I tend to crave spicy foods.
Another lunch that I eat, usually if I am in a hurry is Smucker's All Natural Peanut Butter and Smucker's Sugar Free preserves on 100 calorie whole grain pita rounds. Sometimes I toast the rounds first.
Suppers~I am having a horrible time with suppers, I cook for the whole family and I want to eat what I am cooking for them. I cannot realistically expect them to give up rolls, biscuits, cornbreads, red meat etc. So what I have been doing some nights is making a side dish for them that I am willing to eat. I will saute yellow squash and zucchini using coconut oil and eat that, sometimes I will dump it over a cold salad or brown rice. I mostly only eat grilled or sauteed veggies for supper or beans, I eat so many beans now! or I just have my steel cut oats or a huge salad and will only occassionally add a sliced boiled egg or Feta cheese.
Snacks~Greek yogurt or cottage cheese with lettuce, 1/3 banana and walnuts or 1/2 an avocado with a few tomato and basil wheat thins. I cannot eat a lot of fruit because of diabetes, especially bananas, but I love bananas! Fruits I can eat a good portion of are cantaloupe, honeydew, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries. They are all low on the glycemic index. I intend to also compile a list of foods that are low on the glycemic index and post.
Editing to add~Nature Valley Protein Bars~10 grams protein, 14 grams carbs, 4 grams fiber, only 14 grams sugar!
Editing to add 7/6~Quinoa! A miracle grain (actually a seed)! I am loving this new addition to my diet! It fills me up and keep me going, it is such a complex carbohydrate that is full of nutrition! It keeps me feeling full for hours!
Obviously diabetics can eat meats, but I am on a mission to be completely healthy and I just don't feel I need meats in my diet. Once you are diabetic you are equivalent to having one heart attack and 4 times more likely to have another compared to non diabetics. I want my cholesterol levels low and there is medical proof that your heart valves can clean themselves out with a vegan diet and that is what I am working on. I am still drinking milk, eating cottage cheese and yogurt and an occasional egg, but will soon be cutting all that out of my diet and adding soy and quinoa.
I drink a lot of water, 2 glasses of 2% milk and 4 or 5 cups of coffee a day and I drink 2 or 3 small glasses of the Walmart branded Crystal Light.
I avoid artificial sweeteners (except for the Crystal Light and I mix it up very weak) for a few reasons. One is because I don't crave anything sweet much anymore, the Crystal Light drinks seem to satisfy me. Another is because they seem to take my energy away. Lastly, I am not comfortable with eating sweetened foods right now because I was a real sugar addict and am afraid that I will get carried away and begin craving all those "bad for me" foods again.
This diet is working for me, I take in a very low amount of calories and I move my body a lot! I will post before pictures here soon and will post now pictures as they are taken.
My whole life, not just my body is better. I go outside everyday and do things with my grandchildren. Today we went blackberry picking for 2 hours. I watered the garden for over an hour today, which involves carrying buckets and bending, no garden hose here! I sleep better, I feel better, my mood is better!