I have found diced cauliflower with our curry is an excellent alternative to rice. I will have to find the zucchini "spaghetti" which is an excellent suggestion. Yogurt is a great suggestion. I have mixed it with some cereal and creates a nice alternative to a bowl of cereal with milk. I have found my wife's breakfast bar (made by Atkins and others) have a decent amount of protein, low in carbs and sugar) But a good steak with broccoli is a nice alternative.
I'm definitely with you on the cauliflower. A really good alternative. My only issue, as with the courgette, is trying to dry it so the curry/chinese/chili doesn't get water-logged. Trying kitchen towel, but I find too often bits of paper end up in my mouth! (along with the puppy's blasted hair!)
This is really good advise. Everybody is different, but keeping track of these things early may save our health in the long run. Thank you, @writerlywitterings
Thank you, Michael. Quite right of course: you can be satisfied with a specific diet in general but those days when you don't feel satiated, are in a funny mood, have little time, or you just don't seem to be able to come up with a suitable meal idea, can be a real drag. It might even be enough to knock some people "off the wagon" and they go off the diet completely (ok, I admit it: I've done this before!). I keep some "emergency food" for when I need a no-brainer meal. Principally, this is something like a Huel Hot and Savoury meal. Two scoops, hot water: it's like a posher Pot Noodle but much more nutritious. Admittedly, they are not cheap, but it works out at about £2.50 a meal and I keep a bag or two in my cupboard. They are filling, decent tasting, and are carefully balanced. Each meal is 400 calories. I recommend them, particularly for those indifferent or dangerous days when I need something quick. Holland and Barrett also do meal pouches that are nutritionally balanced and last a fair while in the cupboard: again, great for those emergencies, even if for many of us they might be a bit expensive to have every day. I actually wish the supermarkets were more useful. If they had more meal kits or something, at a good price, where you could pick up a few at a time, that would be really helpful.
Thanks for that - I haven't tried any Huel stuff, and same goes for Holland and Barrett - personally I make sure I've always got a good tub full of soaked and cooked chickpeas, which I can use to add Worcester Sauce, salt, chilli or some other kind of dressing. They always tend to keep me content - but you're quite right, variety and things which are quick and easy, and which my wife will also eat - that is a pain!
When my blood sugar was found to be 46 I just went on a low carb diet, never looked at calories. BS levels fell well into normal range after 2 months. Breakfast either nothing or plain yoghurt mixed with thawed frozen strawberries and 2 tablespoons of milled flaxseed, surprisingly filling. Lunch, say canned mackerel or sardines, if hungry have them on Ryvita with loads of butter, not margarine, fat is good for you. Often have a large bowl of strawberries or raspberries with double cream. Evening meal something like sea bass cooked in foil with a tin of mushy peas on the side, I know sounds horrible but is good. For snacks similar to you a few nuts, a wedge of cheese or an egg. The wife has a packet of pork scratchings, no carbs. Meals are so varied I could write a book. On low carb you can eat much more than low calories. I must say since changing to this style of eating I very rarely get hungry. Take care.
Thanks for that - and I have to admit, pork scratchings are the invention of an angel, as far as I'm concerned! I'm very much like you. Lots of Ryvita and butter, occasional oatcakes, although I have to be careful with too many berries. My blood sugars were 114 when mine was diagnosed, so the damage has been a lot more extensive, especially to the eyes. But I'm like you with the sea bass, mushy peas etc. Keep healthy, Keith!
First heard of kefir from a Slav. (I've been lead to believe it originates from around the Levant/Turkish area, so probably came to the Moorish from Arabia.) He used it in a "sourdough" starter for black (basically pumpernickel) bread. It's really all about moderation, isn't it? Sadly, most with diabetes didn't learn this until they become diabetic. Know I didn't... One thing with sugar free sweets: they sometimes can still have the same amount of carbs and load as sugared. My brother-in-law loved Russell Stover sugar free chocolate, when he got his diabetes diagnosis. But those are just as bad as eating the same amount of a Mars bar... Pays to read labels. As for the 90+% chocolates, YES! But, as you said, NOT a whole bar. Self control. 😁
Ah, I have heard so much about self-control. I'm going to try it one day! Yes, you're quite right about the carbs in no-sugar sweets. Damn, should have mentioned that! Thanks, I'll include that in a later video.
Thank you for an excellent video. I did the fast 800 diet a while ago for 12 weeks to lose weight to mitigate sleep apnea. In the early days, I found it hard going, and was frequently hungry, but after some research, soon discovered that the key to it was calorie density. I started to eat a lot of vegetable soups and bean dishes (pretty much a minimal oil vegan diet!) and found that the sheer quantity of food (basically vegetables, beans and water - like your tomato and lentil soup) I was eating was enough to fill me up. I know your situation is different as a type 2 diabetic, but some of the 100% plant based recipes to be found on the internet can be tailored to fit the plan and will keep you full. Best of luck and please keep up the series of these videos. Thanks!
Many thanks for that, CB. And on your note, I'm hoping to keep the videos coming, but just now I'm also considering going to podcast with them - trouble is, more expense. Do you think it would be something that people would like? I may ask that in a poll, actually. Just to gauge interest.
@@writerlywitterings I'm no expert, but I think it would be. What people may like about your style of videos is that you are not a doctor or dietician but a real person whom has addressed these issues successfully.
Thanks
That is really kind - thanks so much!
I have found diced cauliflower with our curry is an excellent alternative to rice. I will have to find the zucchini "spaghetti" which is an excellent suggestion. Yogurt is a great suggestion. I have mixed it with some cereal and creates a nice alternative to a bowl of cereal with milk. I have found my wife's breakfast bar (made by Atkins and others) have a decent amount of protein, low in carbs and sugar)
But a good steak with broccoli is a nice alternative.
I'm definitely with you on the cauliflower. A really good alternative. My only issue, as with the courgette, is trying to dry it so the curry/chinese/chili doesn't get water-logged. Trying kitchen towel, but I find too often bits of paper end up in my mouth! (along with the puppy's blasted hair!)
This is really good advise. Everybody is different, but keeping track of these things early may save our health in the long run. Thank you, @writerlywitterings
MAny thanks! Really glad you find it useful!
Thank you, Michael. Quite right of course: you can be satisfied with a specific diet in general but those days when you don't feel satiated, are in a funny mood, have little time, or you just don't seem to be able to come up with a suitable meal idea, can be a real drag. It might even be enough to knock some people "off the wagon" and they go off the diet completely (ok, I admit it: I've done this before!). I keep some "emergency food" for when I need a no-brainer meal. Principally, this is something like a Huel Hot and Savoury meal. Two scoops, hot water: it's like a posher Pot Noodle but much more nutritious. Admittedly, they are not cheap, but it works out at about £2.50 a meal and I keep a bag or two in my cupboard. They are filling, decent tasting, and are carefully balanced. Each meal is 400 calories. I recommend them, particularly for those indifferent or dangerous days when I need something quick. Holland and Barrett also do meal pouches that are nutritionally balanced and last a fair while in the cupboard: again, great for those emergencies, even if for many of us they might be a bit expensive to have every day. I actually wish the supermarkets were more useful. If they had more meal kits or something, at a good price, where you could pick up a few at a time, that would be really helpful.
Thanks for that - I haven't tried any Huel stuff, and same goes for Holland and Barrett - personally I make sure I've always got a good tub full of soaked and cooked chickpeas, which I can use to add Worcester Sauce, salt, chilli or some other kind of dressing. They always tend to keep me content - but you're quite right, variety and things which are quick and easy, and which my wife will also eat - that is a pain!
When my blood sugar was found to be 46 I just went on a low carb diet, never looked at calories. BS levels fell well into normal range after 2 months.
Breakfast either nothing or plain yoghurt mixed with thawed frozen strawberries and 2 tablespoons of milled flaxseed, surprisingly filling. Lunch, say canned mackerel or sardines, if hungry have them on Ryvita with loads of butter, not margarine, fat is good for you. Often have a large bowl of strawberries or raspberries with double cream.
Evening meal something like sea bass cooked in foil with a tin of mushy peas on the side, I know sounds horrible but is good. For snacks similar to you a few nuts, a wedge of cheese or an egg. The wife has a packet of pork scratchings, no carbs.
Meals are so varied I could write a book. On low carb you can eat much more than low calories.
I must say since changing to this style of eating I very rarely get hungry.
Take care.
Thanks for that - and I have to admit, pork scratchings are the invention of an angel, as far as I'm concerned! I'm very much like you. Lots of Ryvita and butter, occasional oatcakes, although I have to be careful with too many berries. My blood sugars were 114 when mine was diagnosed, so the damage has been a lot more extensive, especially to the eyes. But I'm like you with the sea bass, mushy peas etc. Keep healthy, Keith!
Cashews a hand full and Dried apricots x 2 is a nice sweet snack that doesn't raise blood sugar,.
Thanks, I'll have to try that.
First heard of kefir from a Slav. (I've been lead to believe it originates from around the Levant/Turkish area, so probably came to the Moorish from Arabia.) He used it in a "sourdough" starter for black (basically pumpernickel) bread.
It's really all about moderation, isn't it? Sadly, most with diabetes didn't learn this until they become diabetic. Know I didn't...
One thing with sugar free sweets: they sometimes can still have the same amount of carbs and load as sugared. My brother-in-law loved Russell Stover sugar free chocolate, when he got his diabetes diagnosis. But those are just as bad as eating the same amount of a Mars bar... Pays to read labels.
As for the 90+% chocolates, YES! But, as you said, NOT a whole bar. Self control. 😁
Ah, I have heard so much about self-control. I'm going to try it one day! Yes, you're quite right about the carbs in no-sugar sweets. Damn, should have mentioned that! Thanks, I'll include that in a later video.
Thank you for an excellent video. I did the fast 800 diet a while ago for 12 weeks to lose weight to mitigate sleep apnea. In the early days, I found it hard going, and was frequently hungry, but after some research, soon discovered that the key to it was calorie density. I started to eat a lot of vegetable soups and bean dishes (pretty much a minimal oil vegan diet!) and found that the sheer quantity of food (basically vegetables, beans and water - like your tomato and lentil soup) I was eating was enough to fill me up. I know your situation is different as a type 2 diabetic, but some of the 100% plant based recipes to be found on the internet can be tailored to fit the plan and will keep you full. Best of luck and please keep up the series of these videos. Thanks!
Many thanks for that, CB. And on your note, I'm hoping to keep the videos coming, but just now I'm also considering going to podcast with them - trouble is, more expense. Do you think it would be something that people would like? I may ask that in a poll, actually. Just to gauge interest.
@@writerlywitterings I'm no expert, but I think it would be. What people may like about your style of videos is that you are not a doctor or dietician but a real person whom has addressed these issues successfully.