All right good story. I am going to university of Iowa hospital for my bariatric adventure. So the dietician gives me a bubble sheet to log my food with , a print out with a list of acceptable foods, a colored bubble sheet describing the highlights carb, protein fats and vegetables (fresh 1 cup, frozen or cooked 1/2 cup). 1500 diabetic control. A booklet from American diabetics association for healthy weight management. So I take the cover sheet and the bubble sheet to the local office store(mine is Staples). I ask to have it made into a notebook. Each side of paper has a log sheet on it. So now I have a daily log to keep track of what I am eating. Previously like 5 or 6 years ago when I logged food I just logged everything I ate. Now I have to log as carb, protein, vegetable or fat. That was tricky to acclimate to and I still am not wholly adapted. Soups and casseroles still haven’t made it on the menu. My A1C is 5.5, I am not complaining.
So my meals are very basic. No drink thirty min before or after eating. for my first meal of the day I have toast( Sara Lee delightful wheat bread 2 slices) 2 eggs and with 2 PCs Hormel fully cooked bacon or 1 turkey sausage Patty. Morning Snack is a milk product. Glass of milk, or cheese or Greek yogurt. After a week or two I learned that I am milk intolerant. (it is no fun being doubled over in pain from milk) The idea of lactose free milk was unthinkable. But I put on my big girl panties and tried fair life chocolate but I put it in my ninja blender cup and make it into a protein shake with chocolate whey protein (Carnation breakfast essentials) added ice and now I have a protein shake. In my mind it is a treat. (I did ”Body by Vi” as a diet program previously. Great place for protein shake recipes online btw.) lunch is 2 slices bread peanut butter and jelly with fresh carrots or celery sticks and 1 cup of fruit(lately has been grapes). Afternoon snack another protein shake but different 1 cup almond milk frozen strawberries ( any frozen fruit works)vanilla soy protein, again blended into that ninja cup. For dinner I cook up a pork chop (or other meat) some mixed veggies and fruit. Last snack of the day Greek yogurt that comes whipped like mousse. I find that I am never hungry and have to make myself eat on schedule.
the real part of the story is I have two friends that are diabetic so I had extra log books made. Then I have three friends that want to lose weight. So now I had more log books made up and I am giving them away for Christmas presents. I had to order the booklets for weight management from American diabetic.org and the shipping for those is almost as much as the price of the book. But I have Christmas in the bag for 5 people.
So my meals are very basic. No drink thirty min before or after eating. for my first meal of the day I have toast( Sara Lee delightful wheat bread 2 slices) 2 eggs and with 2 PCs Hormel fully cooked bacon or 1 turkey sausage Patty. Morning Snack is a milk product. Glass of milk, or cheese or Greek yogurt. After a week or two I learned that I am milk intolerant. (it is no fun being doubled over in pain from milk) The idea of lactose free milk was unthinkable. But I put on my big girl panties and tried fair life chocolate but I put it in my ninja blender cup and make it into a protein shake with chocolate whey protein (Carnation breakfast essentials) added ice and now I have a protein shake. In my mind it is a treat. (I did ”Body by Vi” as a diet program previously. Great place for protein shake recipes online btw.) lunch is 2 slices bread peanut butter and jelly with fresh carrots or celery sticks and 1 cup of fruit(lately has been grapes). Afternoon snack another protein shake but different 1 cup almond milk frozen strawberries ( any frozen fruit works)vanilla soy protein, again blended into that ninja cup. For dinner I cook up a pork chop (or other meat) some mixed veggies and fruit. Last snack of the day Greek yogurt that comes whipped like mousse. I find that I am never hungry and have to make myself eat on schedule.
the real part of the story is I have two friends that are diabetic so I had extra log books made. Then I have three friends that want to lose weight. So now I had more log books made up and I am giving them away for Christmas presents. I had to order the booklets for weight management from American diabetic.org and the shipping for those is almost as much as the price of the book. But I have Christmas in the bag for 5 people.