developing healthy eating habits

melvamaxine

Hello my name is maxine. I am not diabetic but I am a pre-diabetic. My husband is a type 2 diabetic. I had a bit of a scare about my health and I have done nothing about weight loss or developing a healthier diet for the past 3-4 years. My goal is to find and develop good eating so that I do not become diabetic and help my husband with his diabeties. I am looking for people who can offer me receipes and foods that I can include in my meal planning that fulfills our daily needs without feeling like we are suffering..............???? If I cut back on food that I can't eat what can I eat that would lower sugar levels. I have begun a new goal with exercising as well. I need to lose probably 100 pounds but realistically I would be happy to lose 60 pounds.

dwilliamca

Welcome. I'm a type II diabetic and eat quite healthy (whole foods mostly-minimal processed foods). I do not follow a low carb diet per se, but aim for about 40% carbs and always stay within my 45 g sugar goal. I do like some sweets so use Stevia and eat other sugar-free Sucrolose desserts and drinks. My diary is open to friends if you want to add me. I'm on a 1200 calorie/day diet plus a few extra for exercise. I'm 15 pounds down with a 50 lb. goal to start, and I don't suffer. I like to eat too much! For me it has been watching quantities and snacking. Logging has really helped me with that.

jaci66

Sent you message and friend request.

I was diagnosed in August this year. I have follow up in the morning. You can lose 100 lbs. Realistically, lose slow and steady. Exercising is great. Walking is all the exercise I have done and have lost 44.8 lbs since June/July time frame.

My diary is open and I would be happy to help you. There is absolutely no need to suffer. You are NOT going on a diet. You are going to properly change your eating habits to healthier ones. I do simple foods.

If you don't have one already, get a kitchen scale so you can properly portion out foods. Even as a diabetic, there is no such thing as foods you can't eat unless they react badly with your body. But, there are substitutes for a lot of things that you think you can't or at least shouldn't have. I don't deny myself anything. But, instead of my Milky Way bar or Snickers bar, I found Atkins bars are great and don't have the carbs or sugars. Instead of spaghetti noodles, I found Shiritaki noodles and their great. So, you can still have your favorites and lower the intakes of carbs or sugars.

Losing the weight will be easy at first as long as you are eating at a deficit. Eat less calories than you are burning off. Walking 30+ minutes a day has done wonders for me. It can for you as well.

kommodevaran

It doesn't have to be so hard. Focus on weightloss and moderate exercise. Eat a varied diet made up from real whole foods, you know, foods that are just one thing, like fruit, vegetables, grains, meat, fish, eggs, nuts, milk. If you set your goal to weightloss (2 pounds per week for now; reduce as you lose weight), set your diary to display carbs, protein and fat (don't adjust your macros at first), use your food diary and log everything (you can prelog for faster learning), using a food scale and genuine (ignore "green dots") database entries, you can see what to eat more of and what to eat less of, to get more balance.