Diet Blog: healthy weight and food choices

[fabricdragon]

first of all, don't expect to ever read anything positive about being unhealthily thin here. The goal is HEALTHY at whatever weight that happens to be.

while i won't say vanity has NO role in my ideas of health , fitness, and weight, its really about getting my knees to stop hurting, and my energy levels up to where they should be.

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[fabricdragon]

i think the whole "public opinion" thing is one reason why
1. going up on my blog
and
2 some form of accountability group, weight watchers or otherwise
may help.

i need to find, and clean, my water bottle. doesnt do me much good in a box at home somewhere. also i need to just plain take healthy food with me whenever i leave home so i dont get shaky

(get the snack book, srsly. YUM)

[theosakakoneko]

I have some hypoglycemia problems myself. I've found that keeping sandwich supplies around is ideal. I can make a good sandwich, you know, break with meat and cheese and lettuce and mustard, in like 4 minutes, and I can make a fast sandwich, if I need it NOWNOW, with bread and meat and cheese, in like 30 seconds, which is just as fast as opening a bag of chips or goldfish, and way faster than fast food. And it's easy to keep around and healthy.

But cottage cheese, like 1%, eaten alone, is pretty darned healthy too - it was one of my primary protein sources when I was losing weight. Gets right of shakes, is satisfying. If you eat some of that, like 1/4-1/2 container, it should be enough to even out the shakes, at which point you can go microwave some frozen broccoli so balance it out and get some veggies in, and that's something that never goes bad so it's easy to have around, and is easy easy to make and pretty fast.

I never eat chips with cottage cheese, I always eat it alone, so I guess that makes it easier for me.

[fabricdragon]

i suppose part of the issue is i dont like the texture of small curd, and most large curd is full fat. at least around here.

also i use the chips to scoop out the cottage cheese.

probably switching to low fat woudl HELP, but i suspect its better for me to just try to swap in some veggies

[theosakakoneko]

Ah, I hate the flavor of full fat (grossssss) so I eat the 1%. But I also hate whole milk. And I use a spoon XDXD

Veggies are good :D:D

[libwitch]

I always have to get after my financee - he is hypoglycemic too, and tends not to eat until he needs to (and then eats a lot) instead of eating smaller more practical and thoughtful meals throughout the day. But...I know its a habit. And it take time and practice to break the bad ones and get into good ones.

I have found keeping cut up veggies and baby carrots on hand very helpful for snacking; and if I do crave something sweet a Fiber One bar works wonders (and high in fiber and protein so I don't crash if I was grabbing most other snacks that hit the sweet tooth). I tend to eat fruit pretty heavily during the day, so I try to avoid it at home.

Greek yogurt is also something good to keep at hand - you can buy it in good portion sizes; and yes, it is more expensive then other yogurts, but it also much higher protein too.

[fabricdragon]

maybe? i THINK it has an alarm function... i dont know

the thing is, i have healthy options. i need to pre prep them so when my blood sugar is telling me "EAT NOW" i can grab them, not the bad stuff

of course a lot of it is just habit....

idont think there is anything i can eat there except their bread, which makes it a VERY bad place for me to be

[libwitch]

I stopped trying to eat a panera because their food is actually terribly unhealthy fat wise and calorie wise (trying to eat there on WW is a nightmare!) - even their salads are pretty rough. I would love it if I could just get their soup, but they don't let you.

I like the idea of setting an alarm, at least until you get really used to paying attention what it means to start getting hungry to you - it takes a lot of self-awareness and practice.

[ravan]

I use the calendar function on my crackberry to remind me to eat. Then I can set several a day.

[tigira]

Hummus and veggies have done great things for me when I was dealing with low blood sugar shakes.

Back when I was in college MY blood sugar was under control. Many of my friends were not. I kept: whole grain bread (I know, but it was the best I could do 25 years ago), peanut butter, and OJ in my room. The drill was: drink a glass of OJ then eat this peanut butter sandwich. Now, we're going to get you some real food, I'm driving.

One of the endocrinologists at Doctors Hospital (across the street from campus) accused me of befriending everyone on campus with blood sugar issues, and then commended me on being available with "rescues."

(I also knew which diabetics amongst my friends were on which insulin and could direct one to another if they ran out or couldn't find theirs - I have no idea how I ended up being that person).

[fabricdragon]

i have only had hummus on a couple of occasions because usually its made with garlic. the couple of times i had non garlic humus something about the taste/texture just went "NO" for me.

sadly, one of the side effects for ME of a blood sugar crash is an absolute intolerance to food smells, i get nauseous.
so i have to wait to eat things liek peanut butter until my Blood Sugar levels are already back up