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Had to laugh at the wife not getting the measuring and counting. I went through the same thing with hubby. Nutrition labels are my best friend. After awhile, you get to know the counts without looking.
BTW, no problem with Mrs. Dash on grits. Don't eat them. LOL.View Thread

Understand carbs are fuel for the brain, but there are some of us that cannot handle carbs well. Not everyone is the same and the pat standard does not sit well with me.
If I ate that many carbs, I'd be injecting insulin like there is no tomorrow.
I am physically active due to work 20 hours a week. I still need to take insulin. Agreed that maintaining a proper weight and being physically active is essential when dealing with diabetes.View Thread

That yogurt and berries lasted about an hour before I felt the "hunger" set in. If I had been working at the time, I probably would have gone low. Not enough carbs if I had been active. Pain in the you know what.View Thread

I was aggravated at first at diagnosis when I started measuring and weighing. That 35-45 grams of carbs is nothing when you look at it. Found out quickly that you get the most "bang" for your "buck" if you switch to non-starchy veggies and ignore the rest of all the carbs. For me anyway. I so love fruit and miss it the most. I just eat mostly berries. My fave snack is plain Greek yogurt mixed with fresh blackberries. I tried to do it as a meal but that didn't last. Not enough calories to last me to the next meal.
BTW, spaghetti and meatballs was always at the bottom of my list for any kind of meal. Never did like it. Rarely ate any kind of pasta even before diagnosis. Couldn't stand potatoes either unless you added the most caloric additions possible. The more fat, the better. That way you couldn't taste the potato. LOL.View Thread

I have found out through this course of the disease that even the 35-45 grams of carbs per meal is even too much.
I work a senior luncheon and many of these people are diabetics. I hear talking all the time. One gentleman today mentioned that he had to take more medicine because his doctor wasn't happy with his A1C of 7.2. His doctor told him if you are not going to do anything about it, I'm giving you more medicine. The "anything" was move around more. Such a pity. He's healthy and capable and would rather take more medicine rather than put in any more effort in being active. I just don't know what to say to people with this kind of thinking.
The lunch today was way too many carbs for any diabetic and in my own humble opinion, for anyone. A sandwich (two slices of bread), potato salad, corn and apricots. Everyone ate like there is no tomorrow. I know I can't be policing people's choices no matter how much I would love to. The whole meal was practically a carb fest. "It's cheap and I gotta eat."
I better stop. LOL.View Thread


All said, just MOVE!!! I have eliminated insulin injections at lunchtime because my job requires me to move constantly for three hours at a time, five days a week. At first, I thought, can I really keep this up? Yep, I can. Muscles hurt, but they get stronger. One day at a time. If you think you cannot go one other step, put one foot in front of the other and DO IT. Now it's done.
I've repeated this over and over and some are probably sick of seeing this. My A1C at diagnosis was 13.2. Not unheard of, but truly ugly. Now I am at 5.7. The physical activity has helped tremendously.
For those of you who can move, please do so. You will keep yourself healthy and sane.View Thread

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