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09-17-2019, 12:09 PM | #1 |
Rose Garden
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Prediabeties
Help me with a new way to live. I am not totally unhealthy but I need help. My bad habit of drinking soda is over. I have stopped drinking coke and to stop craving drinking Coke Zero. I bought Stevia sweetener been not eating rice or pasta as much. I just need encouragement and some meal ideas especially for work. I am scared to get diabetes. I have plexus to try too. The doctor put me on metformin but it’s a nightmare to take and I have terrible diarrhea I want to try something natural and try a different diet.
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09-17-2019, 12:55 PM | #2 |
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Re: Prediabeties
Are you tapering up on the metformin? It might take a month but you will mostlikly get where it doesn't bother you.
I have been on metformin for 11 years. The easiest way that I have found when making major diet changes ( when we took dairy, soy and gluten out) has been to not try to use replacements for a year but simply find food that doesn't include what ever we are ovoiding. So I love cauliflower rice, and chickpea pasta but I wouldn't suggest you try either of thoes right away. Are there meals that you already like that fit in to your new diet? Can you start by having thoes frequently? Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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09-17-2019, 01:18 PM | #3 |
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Re: Prediabeties
I agree with Knit love about avoiding subs it makes it so much harder to resist cheating.
I had blood work that showed I was prediabetic. I went on the whole 30 full out, for 45 days. My blood work came back perfect. It also helped with a lot of diet changes and cutting a lot of cravings. Sent from my Moto Z (2) using Tapatalk
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"Reflections like these lead one to spare the rod ... purely because it is not easy to find a punishment that does not defeat it's own ends." -Charlotte Mason Parents and Children pg. 171 "If punishment were necessarily reformative, and able to cure us all of those 'sins we have a mind to,' why, the world would be a very good world;" -Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children pg. 172 W&C 8/4/06; G 15yo , M 11yo , S 8/29/13 , V 8yo , Baby 2yo |
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09-17-2019, 06:41 PM | #4 |
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Re: Prediabeties
My functional medicine doctor put me on berberine, chromium, alpha-lipoic acid, and coQ10 for the same issues. I struggle with sticking to the dietary stuff some, but it does help. Dairy is another thing that can spike an insulin response in some people. It's not good for me, and I try to avoid it, but it's hard
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09-17-2019, 08:50 PM | #5 |
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Re: Prediabeties
Trim Healthy Mama has a FB group just for pre diabetes and diabetes. It works!!
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09-17-2019, 08:53 PM | #6 |
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Re: Prediabeties
Trim Healthy Mama is an offshoot of Above Rubies, so many here may not wish to support them.
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09-18-2019, 01:02 AM | #7 |
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Re: Prediabeties
I would start with figuring out what you can add in for what you will be taking out.
Usually, if someone decides just to cut out soda and rice, it's really hard. But if you decide you'll have sparkling water or iced tea instead of soda and green beans instead of rice, you'll be better prepared. Make sure you keep your kitchen stocked with the alternatives. Treat yourself to strawberries or something healthy that you enjoy. Some people find that stevia increases cravings for sweets. Personally, it makes me feel really weird. Just keep an eye out with stevia. Are you able to exercise? Regular exercise is a great way to keep blood sugar more stable. A good 8 hours of sleep is really important, too. |
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09-18-2019, 12:51 PM | #8 | ||
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Re: Prediabeties
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As for meals I make a lot of food from scratch but I like comfort foods so we live in Idaho. I eat a lot of potato’s so honestly that would be the hardest to cut out completely. I love Brussels sprouts and so I been eating a bag full at a time. I also been making more vegggies. I like them but I just forget to make them or get lazy. I like salads and soups. I typically make homemade bread with my soups. I can make my wheat bread it has no sugar in it. Just honey and it’s higher in fiber. ---------- Post added at 07:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:49 PM ---------- Quote:
Exercise yes I am able too but do I want too lol . I have a hip issue so walking too long makes it hurt. I am thinking of starting to walk more now that its cooled off or go to the gym or something. I am trying to see how to fit this into my life more for sure.
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09-18-2019, 01:06 PM | #9 |
Rose Garden
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Re: Prediabeties
Making vegtables is hard. I do better to try to prep a lot of salid things at one time and have them ready to go in my fridge.
These bags really do work. They let me have cut up lettus and broccoli in my fridge for over a week. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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09-18-2019, 01:14 PM | #10 |
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Re: Prediabeties
Oh wow those are so cool. Where did you get them at?
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09-18-2019, 01:27 PM | #11 |
Rose Trellis
Deuteronomy 11:19
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Re: Prediabeties
I just found them on Amazon and ordered some.
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"Reflections like these lead one to spare the rod ... purely because it is not easy to find a punishment that does not defeat it's own ends." -Charlotte Mason Parents and Children pg. 171 "If punishment were necessarily reformative, and able to cure us all of those 'sins we have a mind to,' why, the world would be a very good world;" -Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children pg. 172 W&C 8/4/06; G 15yo , M 11yo , S 8/29/13 , V 8yo , Baby 2yo |
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09-18-2019, 01:29 PM | #12 |
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Re: Prediabeties
Lately I have found them online and at bead bath and beyond.
I have been useing them and following this product sence I was 14 and tested them as my science fair project, I wrote to the company, at the time a small company based in Houston. They have been sold several times, and I have kept following them. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk ---------- Post added at 03:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:28 PM ---------- Oh and I reuse mine way more than 10 times. I keep useing them untill the texture changes or I have something mold in them. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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Wife to a wonderful DH for 19 years.
Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine. How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this. |
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09-18-2019, 01:29 PM | #13 |
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Re: Prediabeties
I have seen them in the produce dept of grocery stores. I really need to try them!
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09-18-2019, 01:32 PM | #14 | |
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Re: Prediabeties
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Oh and I will use it on on pears and avocados where I weight untill they are ripe and then can actually keep them at an eatable state for a more than the 12 hours that seems to be normal other wise. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine. How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this. |
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09-18-2019, 01:44 PM | #15 |
Rose Garden
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Re: Prediabeties
I have amazon prime so I will look at this. Thank You So much
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