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Hello and welcome, @bulgebattler. This is a good topic to make us think about overeating. I found early on after i was diagnosed as having Diabetes 2 that diet was so important. In a complete lifestyle change from a Southern gal cooking Southern soul food, that rethinking almost everything was not easy. I don't like the idea of measuring 1/2 cup of this and one cup of something else. It was aggravating enough to cook foods a different way. So, I decided that my way was through portion control. To do this and make it easy, I bought some Rubbermaid divided food containers. They have one large section and two smaller sections. I usually have two leafy green vegetables, a different veggie (squash), and maybe beets or butter beans. That's it. I cook meat either chicken or a pork tenderloin and my husband has a meat and three veggies and I have four veggies. I try to stay away from meat except maybe once a week. In place of a leafy cooked veggie, we might have a salad. The sections in the dish are small, so there is no chance of overeating. That's my method to control what I eat. Knowing poirtions and eating only that is what we have for lunch. For supper we have a sandwich of some sort, and for breakfast just a piece of toast and coffee. I find this easy to do and I can cook for more that one day and store in my divided plates and be ready to go when it's lunch time---just heat and eat. I don't think this should be complicated, so I make it as simple as possible, and it works for my husband and me. I don't take any meds but have been able to control my diabetes through eating this way and exercising.
Does this sound like something you could do?
Carol
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@dorisena too. When diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, I was told to hold to 30 carbs per meal and 15 carbs for a snack twice a day. When I returned home the first thing I did was Google carbohydrates to find out what they were. My appointment with the dietician isn't until the end of May, more than two months after my diagnosis. I feel like a fish flopping around on the beach! The divided dish idea is good - I've never been an exact-measurement cook! Sooo, in the meantime for breakfast I have two tbsp cottage cheese, some green pepper, one-half can tuna, small slice of Italian bread wtith applesauce or cheese (brie or Swiss) Lunch is two more slices of bread, one egg, some snap peas, nuts or fruit. Dinner is whatever ending with romaine, tomatoes, cucumbers, and a tbsp of blue cheese crumbles, which seems to help my IBS. Who knew. I also have chronic kidney disease (one kidney). An understatement would be to say I don't know what I'm doing. Husband has gotten strange about food, which I attribute to his dementia. My sympathy to all, especially dorisena. I may give up in a while and go to assisted living place. Tonight I will try again to figure out how to use my blood glucose tester. One question I do have is does everyone have to diet with diabetes? My weight has been the same for many years, but because I've lost two inches in height I've now got a BMI just over 25, a first for me at 80! Seems like every thing a diabetes diet talks about is losing weight, so I don't know if the item in question is bad for my glucose or bad for my weight! Your comments have really helped me. I wish you well.
Thanks for the ideas Carol. Keep it simple is one I look for as I try to adapt my eating habits. Coming from a very sedentary lifestyle means that possible changes I can make are vast numerous so simple, consistent plans seem to be crucial for my long term success
Jim
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Wow, Carol, you are really dedicated. After raising beef and hogs and keeping it in the freezer, I could never give up meat, however I have switched to a lot of fish, baked, and chicken which my husband never ate. I have cut down on beef and only have it once or twice a week, and it is homegrown by a neighbor and the hamburger is processed very lean. That is the best I can do. I can match you on the veggies, however, but it takes a lot of preparation for salads and takes a while to chew it all. I am working on portion control after purchasing the Mayo Clinic Diet book, as I am not active enough to be eating as much as I used to need in years past. I gave up baking except for bran muffins which I share with my nearby family. I mix up my own Balsamic vinegar dressings and skip the purchased stuff.
Yes, I do cook ahead and reheat food for fast meals, so I am not spending so much time in the kitchen. I really like leftovers. You have a husband on your team, and I never had that for fifty years. He was quite defiant and demanding, so after the children were gone it cooked two separate meals, one for me and a compromised one for him. He hated it when I stopped baking desserts and it made his eating disorder much worse. I did not want it on my conscience that I killed him cooking what he liked all the time. He died at 71.
People blamed me for my husband's weight gain, and I replied that he got that eating in restaurants. Life is much better now. Dorisena