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wellcome you can get lots of information on this site well watch your carbs and calories stay away from fas foods untell you get use to the carb counting for me it is 20 carbs in the mornig 30 at lunch and 40 for supper. 15 for snacks one in the mornig one in the afterrnoon and one befor bed. hope this helps.

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Welcome Rem!

It's nice to have you with us. Hopefully you won't find the new diet too much of a challenge. The only advice I can give you is try to be conscious of how much you are eating. My husband does agree with you about portion size and he's not diabetic.. Try to stick with foods that are more filling maybe.

So glad you are here with us!

*hugs*

Judi

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Hello, From a big guy Type 2 myself. I also am 6'3' and topped off at 412 lbs, so, been there, done that. Am down to about 300 lbs at the moment. First off, welcome. you are not alone. You have alot to learn, and hopefully, you will learn. Congrats on your 2 year birthday. as you learned in group, life is to be lived, and nothing is free, and change does not happen overnight. So dont sweat it. You have the time to learn. do what seems best for you within limits.

Now to the nuts and bolts of things.
Untill you learn portion control, please dont go to a buffet. I as a young man was taught to eat everything on my plate, and at a buffet, that can be dangerous for us.
I tend to eat more now than I ate earlier in my life. But I am eating healthier.
Please cut down on carbs, Slowly, Start off by cutting down on white bread. Substitude double fiber bread if needed, Atleast 4% fiber. Toast it and it will taste fine. Or do an open face sandwich so you are only eating one slice of bread.
Cut out that payday bar for now.
Fine a candy that you do like, if its payday, then get a bag of payday snack size. Eat one, and only one a day. that should take care of your candy craving. There is nothing we cant eat as long as we take portions into account. Me, I eat a mini reeses peanut butter cup a day. I Buy it in the 4 lb bags. It lasts a while.
for late night cravings, try baby carrots with a low fat dressing. Watch the carbs on the dressing.
Remember, carbs=Sugar=carbs.
Saltines with peanut butter or sugar free jam.
Myself, I tend to eat more vegtables, and more meat. Less carbs and less processed foods.
When Thankgiving comes along, I load up on turkey, and less on the side dishes unless its a vegtable.
Please make sure you are eating breakfast every morning.
I used to skip it and eat a big lunch and pig out at dinner.
Now I eat breakfast, a normal lunch and a healthier dinner.
You might want to keep a log of what you are eating and what your blood sugars are daily.
That should give you a guide to what foods will do what to your blood sugars.
Back to low carbs, I am a big beleiver in salad wraps.
Did you know you can have a BLT without any bread? Yes, just put tomatotes and a few (Read, more than one) slices of bacon in a leaf of lettuce.
Fold over the lettuce and enjoy.
Even put some mayo on the lettuce if you like. This is lower carbs and is better for you than eating that bread.
A lesson, There is no such thing as sugar free (Almost true).
If it says sugar acohol or somthing like that, it still has sugar, but less (about half of normal sugar)
When you look at labels, dont look at the sugar content, look at the carb content.
Milk has a sugar so keep milk down to half cut (8 oz glass) at a time.
Fruit juice is better than soda, but keep it to small glasses.
Weean yourself off soda.
Start drinking diet soda.
At first, you are going to hate the taste.
But after a while, it will start to taste better when your body starts to not crave the sugar so much.
After a while, if you do try to drink a full sugar soda, it tastes like syrup.
I make sure the house is always supplied with fake sugar drinks. Crystal light, Kool Aide (sugar free style) others that are like these type of drinks. I tend to drink more at night and I find that it cuts down on the cravings to munch and snack.
Please do walk eveyday.
If you have a dog, take it for a walk.
You might both enjoy the outing.

Please pay attention to the dietician.
She will have alot of good ideas and if you follow 50% of them, then you are better off then before she came along.

Please feel free to ask questions.
We have all been there and we as a group have alot of experience that we are willing to share with you.

Glad you found us.

You are not alone.

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Make Diet Pepsi your friend. Instead of Wheat thins ( l love them too), snack on baby carrots when working at your desk. Celery with a little peanut butter. Put the items on a plate. Throw in a few wheat thins or Shredded wheat on your plate, keep this plate at your desk. Watch that you dont eat it all at one sitthing. Work, take a bite, do some more work. Dont refill your plate. Make it last. I too am desk bound at work. But I get to get up and walk from time to time.

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to know if its a free drink, look at the label and if its zero on both carb and sugar, its a free drink. Ice tea with meals is safe as long as you only put in artificial sugar.

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Welcome, Remi.

Sarg has given you some great advice. I would add that you will want to learn all about using your blood sugar meter. Here's a great article on that topic.

http://www.diabeticconnect.com/news-articles/317-glucose-...

Also, I know you're giving a wistful farewell to your regular soda, sub sandwich, and candy bar. But you're not doing your body any favors. Your eyes, your kidneys, your heart, your toes--they all suffer damage when your blood sugars skyrocket. I know it's a learning process, but you've got to start making the changes--even if they're small changes--right away.

Here are a few healthy eating tips:

http://www.diabeticconnect.com/discussions/886-basic-diab....

Best of luck.

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Remiglo,

Welcome to the site! I am sure you learn so much here and meet lots of lovely people, not just here for Diabetes...as a friend too. We all care and work together. You have been given some excellent information today so I am sure you are trying to adjust and take that in itself. It takes lots of time, and to be honest I have been diagnoised for years and I am still learning, I have the same issue...portions. I am also a big woman..about 400 pds myself. But as long as my legs are being nice to me I walk pretty much every day now. Well good luck and welcome! *HugS* Sheila

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Welcome! It's always a shock and a bit of anger/denial/sadness at first. You'll learn a lot here! Good luck!

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I'm newly dx in March with T2 and at the time my A1c was 10.9 but my cholesterol and BP was also way out of whack.

In 3 months of listening to the folks on the forums my A1c is down to 6.1 and BP and cholesterol are pretty good as well.

If you can work a recovery program you can do this hands down.

Sarg gave some pretty sage advice.

I dropped all of the sugary drinks immediately, no pop at all, after about 8 weeks I had a diet soda and it actually tasted good, which was surprising because I had diet pop before and thought it was awful.

I stopped the candy, chips, all of the junk food, fast food, ate more nuts cheese fruits veggies for snacks, Fish chicken hamburger and steak for meats, much less hot dogs lunch meats or bologna, cut way back on breads, buns,had no potatoes,

tried some of the sugar free stuff and came to the conclusion that for most things I'd rather have less of the real thing then more of the other, between the taste and the additional cost it just didn't seem worthwhile.

I loosely count carbs, I want to be below 135 for a day, once my BGL settled down into normal numbers I found that I can have A whopper Jr, or A hot dog on a bun, A single BLT, I eat to my meter, if my BGL is 120 or below I'll have a few more carbs if its over 120 less carbs, my 2 weeks average fluctuates between 118 and 124 right now.

Eat smaller amounts more often, Breakfast is important and after awhile add that mini candy bar SARG talks about, (I did)

you'll do great

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I never thought I would get used to diet soda, but when I was first diagnosed, I didn't drink anything but water for three days straight. Then I went to a nearby pop machine and got three or four diet pops all different flavors and got them really cold, and ya know, they tasted damn good. I found my favorite and still drink it. Try the Coke zero, it is a little easier to adjust to then diet pepsi, or try pepsi one. You will adjust, it sucks at first, but I think starving yourself of pop for a day or two, helps. You are so ready for anything other than water, and like I said, the colder the better. Good luck, pop was really hard for me. I have been on diet soda for almost a year now. I have also lost 40 pounds thru diet changes. You can do it.

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