NEW YEARS: MONITOR BLOODSUGAR & WEIGHT
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freebfrost said:
Ditto. I was classified as "Carbohydrate senstive" at a young teen which eventually ballooned to diabetes when I was in college. For Type IIs exercise helps what insulin you are producing work better/properly/more effeciently. Just walking 30 min. a day helps.
Also, I didn't hear about it until I saw a specialist in India, but once I switched to a low-glycemic index diet (also related to glycemic load), controlling my bloodsugars got a lot easier. Unfortunately, when you are carrying extra weight and are diabetic, it's not just how much you eat, but what you are eating when you do eat.
I keep South Beath diet frozen meals or "carb conscience" Lean Cuisines when I get lazy and don't want to cook, but for the most part, I eat a lot of veggies. Unfortunately corn and potatoes don't count
Don't even get me started on breads and rice. How you gonna tell an Asian she shouldn't eat rice?-Suzi
suzi yee said:
The South Beach diet is a pretty good set of rules for diabetics to look at, because it's based on the glycemic index of foods. Anything that South Beach tells you to avoid is going to be the kind of food that's likely to spike your blood sugar.
suzi yee said:
LOL. Fortunately, potatoes don't seem to make my blood sugar go up too much, since, as a good Irish boy, I love them. Rice and white bread, on the other hand, are sometimes a bit problematic.
megamania said:
Aye, I can understand that (esp. living someplace where much of the winter is dang cold...well, most winters it is, anyway
).One thing I did is go to the sporting goods store and get a couple of small 5-pound dumbbells, and a book called "Weight Training for Dummies." Looking through the book, I found a half-dozen upper-body exercises, and I do those every other night. Takes no more than 10 minutes, and I do it while watching TV.
I get lower-body exercise by walking to and from the train to work (20 minutes each way), and walking in the neighborhood on weekends, if the weather cooperates.
Doesn't sound like much, but I really think it makes a difference. And, my endocrinologist likes where my numbers are.
kenobi65 said:
It's it weird how that works. For me, I look at a potato and my blood sugar spikes 60+ points. I've found pastas in moderation alright, as well as legumes and certain beans.
I think that's part of the reason glycemic index is not used more often in treating dietary considerations with type II- it's a good starting point, but each person's body is just a little different. Measuring glycemic load is not the same as measuring calories or saturated fat. It's a measurement of your body's reaction to food, not necessarily a measure of the food.
Megamania--Exercising infront of the TV is a really good way to get it done, but relatively painlessly. I do pilates to Adult Swim. It's a way to gauge how long you've been active without staring at the clock. It's only bad when someone really funny comes on and my abs hurt too much to laugh.
Good luck and fight the good fight.I tell myself that the good thing about being diabetic is that I have negative re-enforcements that kick in when I'm doing things I shouldn't be doing, like overeating or not exercising. I just wish I could get rid of the negative effects when I'm doing perfectly normal things, like having a glass of wine with dinner or eating a cookie.
-Suzi
