Mark T
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
I've been playing around with my diet due to my levels going up. Because of the fact I got my HbA1c into the 5's I relaxed it a bit, but now I need to recover it a bit.
The main change is that I've removed all crisps from my diet
That was always my failing.
The one thing to note here is because my wife has IBS we tend to keep to a fairly stable diet. I also do much of the cooking and I refuse to cook something special for me, something for her and something for the little boy. So what ever I do is done the same way - so as example, I might use different chicken in the oven on a monday - but it will all be cooked in the oven at the same temperature and ideally, for the same time.
So this is where I am:
Breakfast: Hand-full of Walnuts plus 2-3 dessert spoons of low-fat low-carb (less then 10% by weight) yoghurt
Alternative Breakfast: Eggs, Bacon
Lunch (weekdays): 2 slices burgen bread, spread, mayo, filling (chicken, beef, ham, etc), mixed salad, 9bar
Lunch (weekends): 1 slice burgen bread, scrambled egg (or omelette)
Evening Meal: New Potatoes or Rice or Jacket Potatoes (I try to keep the quantity of these carbs down to 15-20g) plus daily main and Mixed Boiled Vegetables
Monday: Oven Chicken (was Breaded Chicken at about 20g carb, now non-breaded with 4g)
Tuesday: Oven Fish (was Breaded Fish at about 20g carb, now non-breaded with 4g)
Wednesday: Fry Meatballs + Gravy
Thursday: Oven Gammon + Gravy or Sliced Deli Meat
Friday: Oven Chicken Casserole or Sliced Deli Meat or Gammon + Gravy (goes over 2 days)
Saturday: Griller Sausages (high meat content)
Sunday: Oven Beef Burgers (high meat content)
I usually have a coffee (normally a americano, but occasionally a latte) in the morning. Trying to stick to water or herbal teas at other times.
Night snack: Raw Carrot or Walnuts or Cheese
Treats: Occasional square of 70% dark chocolate, normally combined with meal
Lunch normally has some (approx. 20 to 30 mins) of walking afterwards. Evening meal, less often (depending what the little one wants to do).
Where I struggling:
I'm toying with going down to a single slice of burgen (or buying the 400g size). Also have to watch out for what dressing the mixed salad at work has on it! If I do drop the burgen I still need to keep the calories - wondering about cashews?
I'm still dropping some weight, so I expect I need to add some non-carb calories here and there. I don't want to add too much cheese. I get the occasional avocado - but they are a pain as you need to get the ripe first and then make sure they don't go over-ripe. I don't want to go shopping every day.
Might need to replace that 9bar with something else as well.
The main change is that I've removed all crisps from my diet
That was always my failing.The one thing to note here is because my wife has IBS we tend to keep to a fairly stable diet. I also do much of the cooking and I refuse to cook something special for me, something for her and something for the little boy. So what ever I do is done the same way - so as example, I might use different chicken in the oven on a monday - but it will all be cooked in the oven at the same temperature and ideally, for the same time.
So this is where I am:
Breakfast: Hand-full of Walnuts plus 2-3 dessert spoons of low-fat low-carb (less then 10% by weight) yoghurt
Alternative Breakfast: Eggs, Bacon
Lunch (weekdays): 2 slices burgen bread, spread, mayo, filling (chicken, beef, ham, etc), mixed salad, 9bar
Lunch (weekends): 1 slice burgen bread, scrambled egg (or omelette)
Evening Meal: New Potatoes or Rice or Jacket Potatoes (I try to keep the quantity of these carbs down to 15-20g) plus daily main and Mixed Boiled Vegetables
Monday: Oven Chicken (was Breaded Chicken at about 20g carb, now non-breaded with 4g)
Tuesday: Oven Fish (was Breaded Fish at about 20g carb, now non-breaded with 4g)
Wednesday: Fry Meatballs + Gravy
Thursday: Oven Gammon + Gravy or Sliced Deli Meat
Friday: Oven Chicken Casserole or Sliced Deli Meat or Gammon + Gravy (goes over 2 days)
Saturday: Griller Sausages (high meat content)
Sunday: Oven Beef Burgers (high meat content)
I usually have a coffee (normally a americano, but occasionally a latte) in the morning. Trying to stick to water or herbal teas at other times.
Night snack: Raw Carrot or Walnuts or Cheese
Treats: Occasional square of 70% dark chocolate, normally combined with meal
Lunch normally has some (approx. 20 to 30 mins) of walking afterwards. Evening meal, less often (depending what the little one wants to do).
Where I struggling:
I'm toying with going down to a single slice of burgen (or buying the 400g size). Also have to watch out for what dressing the mixed salad at work has on it! If I do drop the burgen I still need to keep the calories - wondering about cashews?
I'm still dropping some weight, so I expect I need to add some non-carb calories here and there. I don't want to add too much cheese. I get the occasional avocado - but they are a pain as you need to get the ripe first and then make sure they don't go over-ripe. I don't want to go shopping every day.
Might need to replace that 9bar with something else as well.
