How do you guys mix it up when it comes to figuring out what to eat?
I personally eat the same thing everyday, i haven’t done much in food planning yet because i want to make sure i stay full with what i got, and i want to make sure my medicine is working. Also i hate cooking! >< I’m looking into some recipes at www.onetouchgold.com.
Also what’s some of your favorite foods to eat while trying to eat healthy (and keep blood sugar in range)?
What’s your weakness??!!
I mix it up by going out to eat >< Which is hard to measure sometimes. My eating schedule is like this: big breakfest of a veggie scrambled eggs and a bowl of oatmeal, fruit as snack, turkey sandwich with chips, and a healthy choice frozen meal. I don’t get much more creative then that. I’m still working on “making myself eat and take my medicine.” But i do look forward to changing it up in the future. Is it hard to change things up and manage your sugar for you guys?
healthy eating? Banana, yogurt, salad, or pb and j made with sugar free jelly
My weakness: fudge rounds, strawberry cheesecake, cookies, brownies, and gorging myself on a bag of tortilla chips and salsa.
DOMO!
I guess I eat a lot of chicken. I am going to roast a big old chicken tomorrow. Then i hope i have a bunch of leftovers to make other things. I love salads with all kinds of things in there. I eat lots of different vegies, Once in a while I eat a small steak I love pizza toppings in a caserole, without the crust. I eat turkey for lunchs,or on salad,or alone or in a sandwich with one slice of bread. I eat brats or hot dogs sometimes. I make meatloaf with acceptable things. I eat chicken in a lot of ways, some ground turkey. Sometimes I eat hamburgers with no bun. Sometimes I eat ribs or baby backs nicely seasoned but with no sauce. Pork steak or pork chops are good, again no sauce, but seasoned I love the sugar free chocolate pudding with only 100 calories. I don’t really want the desserts and definitely don’t eat chips. I used to love potato chips and think I stilll do but haven’t had any for probably the past 12 years. (kidney problems)
I eat some fruits, mostly blueberries, some blackberries and cherries when they are in season. Occasionally i eat a banana There are just so many foods to eat I don’t think i am missing anything. I forgot bread. I usually eat a slice of 12 grain bread either for breakfast or maybe for lunch, but i do eat ground flax seed each day too.
My weakness is a hot flaky croissant with a thin spread of strawberry jam and a hot cup of coffee. Needless to say i try to totally steer clear of these. It is really almost more than i can do to walk past a hot one just out of the oven. These get my attention like a good hard whack on the head would get it.
I hate cooking also! My husband has always been the cook in our house. Problem is he is a Bread and Potato kind of guy!
Plus, my 3 year old will onlyl eat pasta, pasta and more pasta. I swear she is a natural vegetarian that doesn’t like vegetables. Then, throw in my 17 year old and with all the teenage angst and it’s ice cream, cookies and chocolate milk!
We have all (except for the little one) come to an agreement this week. No more potatoes, only small amounts of pasta and the cookies can stay (I’ve never been a cookie person) and we will start cooking all of our meat for the week so it will always be in the fridge for when we have a chance to eat (imagine all the different schedules, high school, husband works days, I work nights and poor Pea bounces between the three of us!) My husband even agreed to try eating his vegetables, which is a major feat.
We almost always have crustless quiche in the fridge, you can do so much with eggs, a little water on top and in the microwave breakfast in seconds. I do allow myself a sandwich daily Arnold has great flatbread that has only 11 grams of carbs.
My biggest weakness is cake. Not in the house - no problem. I wont go out of my way to get it.
Domo-
Hello! I eat a lot of chicken, green beans, broccoli, salad’s etc. When I was first DX back in 2004. I pretty much ate a lot of frozen foods because it was a lot easier to count carbs. I still watch what I eat but the difference is knowing my limits, knowing what will cause my blood sugar to rise or fall. You’ll you get there! In time you’ll get to know your body and diabetes. Diabetes is an ever changing. Watch the white breads, starchy veggies, and junk food and you’ll be ok.
Cherise
I have been eating a lot of salads. (well for the past 2 weeks anyway, I just started trying to go lower carb). The first week I got a 1lb container of spring mix salad for Costco. Realized that I didn’t really care for spring mix. The 2nd week I got the spring mix again and a 1lb container of baby spinach. I mix the 2 and it is much much better. So for dinner I have a salad and some sort of meat. And a small dose of carb like a piece of toast or flatbread or I might cut up 1/4 cup of dried fruit for my salad. I add other veggies to the salad like red peppers, cucumbers, carrots. The best is avocado though, yummmm. I also add some almonds. Sometimes a bit of hard boiled egg. I thought I’d get tired of eating salads so much but so far it’s been OK. I feel so much better eating the salad than what I used to eat (starchy carbs like rice, pasta, potato) so I guess it’s worth it.
I hate to cook also but for different meat recipes I have been going to Allrecipes.com. I love that site; I think the reviews and ratings are very helpful. I just keep an eye out for the carbs and try to avoid those.
My weakness is potato (in most any form). That’s probably the carb I miss most. I occasionally have some but I have to be really careful b/c I could easily go overboard.
Your 3yo sounds like my 7yo! He only eats carbs, which kind of freaks me out.
usually I hate the low carb breads, but I recently tried one that was really good. It’s a flax seed bread from Alvarado Street Bakery. I got it at ShopRite here in NJ, but I noticed they have a website - here .It makes nice toast.
My husband and I rarely go out to eat. Before we were together, I had the habit of eating out for every meal since I was about 12 years old. So it was a big change. But once we met and he exposed me to a lot of great, good-for-you foods (he’d lost 80 pounds in a year by purging his diet of crap), I found I loved cooking. And going out just doesn’t do it for me anymore. My cooking is better!
I shop every weekend for the week ahead and develop a loose dinner plan kind of like this for 7 days:
2 chicken dishes (with one veggie and one whole grain starch)
1 fish dish (again with one veggie and one whole grain starch)
1 turkey dish (turkey sausage pasta w/ whole grain noodles, turkey-onion burgers)
1 frozen meal (like a Stouffer’s skillet thing or Weight Watchers smartones)
1 labor intensive dish (like turkey chickpea chili or something with lots of chopped veggies like my chicken nicoise)
1 crockpot meal (like a minestrone, mushroom soup chicken, stew)
The frozen and crockpot meals I save for the days that week I know will be hectic so I can come home from work knowing I’ve got an alternative to working in the kitchen. The other days, I know I’ve got options depending on my mood and my time.
Most of my favorite chicken dishes come out of Betty Crocker’s Best Chicken. I highly recommend it. In the inside front cover, there’s a list of all these recipes with less than three ingredients that take less than 20min to make. Some of them are high in fat and calories, but it’s pretty easy to figure out substitutions like low-fat dressing for a marinade or olive oil swapped out for the butter.
The fish recipes? Keep it simple. A little olive oil, a little salt (or a flavored mrs. dash), and either an herb, lemon juice, or a little parmesan for flavor. Bake in a 425 oven for 10-15m (or until the fish flakes with a fork). Add steamed veggies and you can’t go wrong. A steamer basket is one of the best investments I’ve ever made for under $10.
My weakness: CARB. I’m not sure I could or would ever go hardcore low-carb. But the equation: 1-2 carbs, 1 veggie, 1 meat seems to serve my control well. I try not to go over 40g of carb at lunch or dinner. So my options are usually one of any of the following: a cup of brown rice, 2 small whole grain rolls, 1/2 cup organic mac&cheese, 2 slices of toast or bread, 3 oz. of sweet potato fries, or 3 oz of pasta.
ooh, I love ground turkey. I actually prefer it to beef in chili and tacos. I’ve found a lot of healthy and easy recipes in Martha Stewart’s little magazine called “Everyday Food”. It also lists the nutritional info on every recipe
Me too! Any time a recipe calls for ground beef or chicken, I’ll sub Jennie-O ground turkey. Unless I can find Laura’s Lean Beef - which I love for tex-mex recipes.
i never realized how involved food can get for each person. It’s nice to know i’m not the only one trying to eat healthy without saying the “diet” word!
veggies veggies more veggies, in the mornings its usally a source of protein like eggs, lunch tuna with a piece of fruit, dinner ranges from sweet potato wedges to asian salads and veggie stirfrys;
There is a fabulous bread out which is completely all natural whole grain organic, has no sugar, low carb and only 70 calories per slice. I think it can be found at any health food store or section… its done wonders for my sugars
Just ate a bowl of regular ice cream with protein powder. I don’t watch my diet very well.
I eat a vegan diet and love lots of veggies (2-4 servings) with each meal, tofu, legumes, nuts, etc. A very small serving of a whole grain such as millet, quinoa, barley, wheat berries cooked in soup, etc. A small peice of fruit with lunch and dinner and all the variety of flavors satisfies me so much I rarely want anything unhealthy. I usually have very good BG control with this routine.
I always can remember that subway subs are at least 50 carbs (unless you get the meatball which is about 70, man i love that), its my back up meal when i’m out and about. My favorite thing at Taco bell is The grilled stuff burrito which is 70 carbs. The healthy choice asian frozen meals are about 50 carbs. (there more filling then lean cusine). My oatmeal is about 42 after you add milk. A banana is about 30 carbs, because there so big and I’ve only seen them that big. I know you can get pretty full on strawberries for a serving size of 15-20 carbs. Whew. I’m done.