Re: What is your typical diet ?

On 30 Jan 2006 13:20:24 -0800, "hilbert" <hilbertd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>As I am gathering more information (thank you to all who responded to
>my earlier post),
>I would like to know what kind of diet/exercise routine works for you.
>
>What do you have for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks ?
>
>I am sure everyone is different and what works for one does not work
>for another
>but it might be useful to know what has worked for someone.
>
>What type of exercise do you recommend ?
>
>I have small progress to report. After my diagnosis and your
>admonishments and advice
> I have started to include and make a salad as my main meal. By BG
>level
>2 hours after the meal is still too high (160) but not as high as
>before (higher than 240 in some cases last week).
>I am worried that I might have had undiagnosed type 2 for a long time
>and maybe all the harm
>has already been done.
>
>Hilbert


Hi Hilbert,

I am never about radical anything... I eat one (1) piece of sprouted
whole grain toast for breakfast,

1 veggie max wrap for lunch from Subway, with water, most days,
unless I go to one of my favorite Hindu or Lebanese restaurants, and
consume a vegetarian meal of about 250 calories. Sometimes I eat lunch
at a nice Kosher deli, and while I may then adjust the menu, the
nutritional values remain about the same.

For dinner, as an appetiser, I typically have maybe some soy crisps,
or an antipasto platter with some fine cheese, like a Jarlsberg Swiss,
Gouda, or a good Wisconsin cheddar, or Dubliner (a kind of white
cheese I get from Ireland), etc., and for the main course, 4-5 oz of a
very lean cut of meat, mostly fish, or other seafood, chicken,
turkey, lean beef, or like a few days ago, boneless roast leg of lamb,
with a big imaginative salad, and other good cruciferous veggies and
beans, to round it out. The total calorie consumption for the day is
normally about 1200-1500, and I focus upon consuming food that is
relatively low in saturated fat and which has NO trans fats, and NO
partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.... Another thing, I usually
enjoy 1-2 Bombay martinis, or in the alternative 2 5oz glasses of dry
red wine... like a good cabernet, merlot, or shiraz... Chateu Neuf du
Pape is always good, but it is normally a little pricey.

Peter of our group, and others, are quite good at coming up with
recipes, by the way. I have learned to live a truly epicurean life
with diabetes... The key is to enjoy great food, not in excess, but in
moderation... And, as Alan advises, use liberal doses of laughter.

Not braggin, just fact... :-)

If you get him started, Dave, really likes Alaskan crab, and he is not
bashful about telling us oft its joys and delights. I like it, too,
very much, but for us here on the East Coast, fresh Chesapeake Bay
blue crab is a great way to go in the seafood dept.

Does this help?

Will, T2
.

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