Not a diet, a way of eating

hi savypat are you by any chance pre diabetic? I have been a diabetic for many years and our diabetes nurse educator taught us about the glycemic index and it does work. I had been using it when I was still cooking for myself. Also it is not hard to follow as most of the foods I like are the ones that are lower in the index. I had all those booklets when we were evicted and forced in homelessness., our stuff still in storage so now i am overweight again and really need some literature again. so perhaps a visit to the library via the access bus.I know that as little as fifteen percent weight loss will help control blood sugar better.its much harder here In gold crest as they made it vehemently clear they do not follow a diabetic diet. well I am trying the best I can to cut the carbs here but getting exercise is hard, I am physically handicapped and walking is a big problem since I an now using a walker.So I need some type of exercising that will get my hear rate up and my metabolism up too.

My father has the same issues to. He controls his diebetes type II by food and what is called Bitter Melon. You get the Bitter melon from the vitamin shop and just take one before your meal and it kinds acts like actos. It opens up your cells and allows you to use the sugar and get rid of it properly. He too has to watch what he eats and he is great with that. I am soo proud of him.

I agree that diets are not as effective as healthy eating plans, and I try to monitor my carbs and use mostly whole foods. Need to be stricter. I know I feel better when I do. I have heard that if we live long enough we will all become diabetic. I do not quite believe that. Several people in my family have been diagnosed as diabetic within recent years. My dad was put on insulin about six weeks ago. I do not have money or medical insurance right now, so I had best be good about food and exercise and proper hydration. I am all for making healthy choices, most of the time.

I have to watch my sugar as well. I seem to put weight on my tummy and the trouble is because I have wide hips it is not as noticeable. I do a lot of walking and weight training. I did find a book on a similar diet but it was also for those with gluten problems. I find it a bit hard looking for products that do not contain sugar or at least the bad kind with the corn syrup stuff in it. And they cost a bit more.

I have almost given up dieting as I've tried many forms of dieting but all are met with failures. The problem is I have no strong will to continue the strict regimes required by these dieting formulas. I needed to see fast result but it just doesn't happen to the years of gluttony eating which had evidently abused the hourglass figure that was once my pride.

hi pat, diabetes is in our family. it is inherited. carbs too is my biggest problem since it seems i have a very hard time losing it in my diet. i use to be 156 kg but now i have lowered it to 142 but still i am big. i need to lose some more. i lack exercise.. its one thing i want to do but i work in the office from 9am til eternity. i get 4 to 5 hours sleep.. so where to i insert it? ann

Well a lot of the time people really do need to remember that weight is more than just excercise, and excercise is more than that a way to loose weight. If you excercise while eating anything you want, you often will defeat the purpose of excercising. Most people fail to learn this, and this is what shows like Biggest Loser help instill. But even with things like Diabetes cutting carbs is good as long as they are the Bad ones, and also what works for one is not always going to work for the other. But if you are still continuing to loose weight by doing this, this is a Good thing for sure.

I think diet and exercise is probably not the final solution. We may have to reduce our food intake as well. And it seems some people are generally heavy built and it is their natural way their body is. But putting it altogether should help us stay healthy.

Hi savypat, I agree with you and have been following a 'way of eating' for the past six months. I have lost 36 pounds and am feeling healthier than I have in years. I also walk for exercise. Blessings.

I agree that in order to lose weight and feel good it is a matter of changing the way we eat for good and not just go on a diet because they rarely work anyway. It sounds like you are doing very well and cutting back on the carbs sounds certainly easier than counting calories that’s for sure. You look after yourself so well with your diet and exercise, good on you, you will more than likely be around for a very long time!

wow. to lose 7 pounds is a great feat. good luck to you and to all your efforts. i still have to work on mine.

That does sound like a much healthier way of eating than using the Atkin's diet and you are also right in the statement of saying that no diet works forever. I personally have found that works the best for me is to eat those things that I want to eat but to eat in moderation. Since I started doing that, I've lost a fair amount of weight and I definitely find that I have a lot more energy than I used to have before thinking about what I eat.

For me mini amount of food you eat you can have it at all by no much heavy in your weight and no heart failure to be with.

it seems that you are on your way to becoming healthier..i do agree that there is no diet that lasts forever..in order for people to stay healthy is to eat all in moderation..as for your health, that's a good way to stay healthy..we should all be conscious in what were eating because too much is dangerous for all of us..we should also tie it up with exercise..

Sounds like you are well on your way into a good weight loss program. My daughter is doing the weight watchers and is have much success with it! Good for both of you!

I will have to research it. Congrats on your weight loss.

Well that's really nice. Go and loose that remaining 12 pounds :) There are certain diets wherein you need to reduce your carbs and increase your protein intake. Proper eating should be a way of life. Because of so many restaurants and burger stands around it so difficult to resist it most of the time. But once your stomach and your mind setting is already trained to eat only the health ones it would not be difficult anymore. Happy loosing weight :) Go girl!