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07-01-2008, 10:19 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 3
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hi everyone, I just wanted to say hi. Please be patient with me while I navigate this site..I have been diabetic for over 10 years and have been looking for a good site to get diabetic recipies. I am a chef by trade and need some good recipies for myself. I am currently following the weight watchers diet but find a lot of their foods have sugar, at least more than I am alowed. I'm hopping I will find what I need here. anyway I won't babble on just wanted to introduce myself.
Sunrise from canada...any other canadians  |
07-01-2008, 10:52 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 6,837
| | | Welcome Sunrise! Glad you found the forums. We have lots of Canadians here, so you're in good company.
Are you currently taking meds for your diabetes? How was your last A1C?
Many here find that eating low carb (avoiding rice, bread, pasta, potatoes--you know, the "white" foods) help with good control.
We have a good recipe section here on the forum. Also, if there's something you enjoy, somebody here probably knows how to prepare it in a diabetic-friendly way.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
07-01-2008, 11:52 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 3
| |  new to this site
Hi princess Linda, sorry I should off told you more about me.
I am Type 2 diabetic, have been for over 10 years now . I am currently on 2 needles a day: morning humanlin 30/70:32 units Evening humalin N. 14 units. I also take 2 meteformin a day..I have started weight watchers to loose weight but not all their foods are diabetic friendly . I started WW 6 weeks ago and have lost 10 lbs to date but my BS are not always great .I am beginning to have more lows than usual but still having the highs. I would like to see them more stable. so far this is the only diet that works for me. I have 40 more lbs to loose. If anyone out there has experienced this please let me know and any help along the way will help. Having fun trying to navigate the site .
Thanks,
Sunrise |
07-01-2008, 12:21 PM
| | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 6,837
| | | I did WW several years ago, before diabetes, with decent results as long as I stayed with the program. Now, I think it might be a little more difficult for me carb-wise though i've not seen their new offerings.
I think we sometimes get in the "diet" mentality, which gives the idea that its a "temporary" thing, and after we reach our weight goal we can stop it...unfortunately for us, we're in it for the long haul, so instead of dieting, we have to come up with a way of eating that we can do long-term.
I've lost more weight by watching the carbs I consume and getting regular exercise than I ever did on WW, S. Beach or First Place.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis) |
07-01-2008, 12:47 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK
Posts: 551
| | | Welcome to DF! I would totally agree on eating low carb will make you lose weight as well as help you maintain a stable bg. Good luck with your quest for recipes. |
07-01-2008, 12:49 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 6,945
| | Welcome to Diabetes Forums, sunrise! Glad you found our site.  |
07-01-2008, 12:52 PM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon, USA
Posts: 218
| | | Welcome!!!
Glad to have a chef on board. Have you found lowcarbiseasy yet?
Look forward to swapping tips and tricks for making low carb - varied and flavorful! |
07-01-2008, 07:12 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,826
| | | Welcome Sunrise. |
07-02-2008, 06:08 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,687
| | | HI & Welcome to our friendly forum! Glad you found us!
Karen |
07-02-2008, 06:23 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Landenberg, PA
Posts: 1,236
| | | Welcome to the club!
Low carb and a bit of regular exercise will work wonders!
Mike
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Type 1 since '88
Pumping since 2002 |
07-04-2008, 10:53 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mind -Langhorne PA Heart - The Shenandoah Valley
Posts: 635
| | | Welcome to the forums
__________________
Byetta 5mcg twice a day
Sugar busters life style
Exercise = cardio and running after twins Ben & Josh
"Oh for Pete's sake" -Ben "Let me think" - Josh
Ok Wildcards watch your six.
You too will be assimilated! You will become one with the Borg. You will all become one with the borg."
To lose this war means more than defeat. To surrender is to never go home. All of us must rise to the call above and beyond". Lt Col TC McQueen  |
07-05-2008, 12:26 PM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Essex
Posts: 267
| | | Hey- Sunrise, good evening and welcome to the DF, great place to be.
B/7 ESSEX UK. |
07-06-2008, 08:06 AM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southwest Missouri, USA
Posts: 370
| | | Welcome, Sunrise. I think you'll find that a Chef is more popular than a doctor for sites like these. We all have doctors, so that's nothing spectacular... however, we all want to get ideas from a Chef on how to make bland foods taste good. Hehehe.
Welcome aboard. I am from the States, however I have a lot of friends in the Toronto area.
Regards,
__________________  Darian A. Caplinger, EMT
Misdiagnosed as Type 2 on 12-20-2007
Diagnosed Type 1.5 (LADA) on 01-28-2008
Smoke Free since 12-26-2007
--- A1C RESULTS: 12-21-07 - 13.4  03-17-08 - 8.7 06-27-08 - 8.1 10-03-08 - 7.3 
--- MEDICATIONS: MDI using Lantus and NovoLog Too many to list. 
--- TEST KIT: Accu-Chek Aviva |
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