Posted by Dinah on February 12, 2005, at 9:40:01
And she didn't make me cry.
She was willing to work with alternatives that I'd actually eat.
As I mostly expected, she suggested eating many small meals and snacks, never going more than three-four hours without eating. And making sure I ate plenty of protein and minimal carbs. But she was helpful in that she clarified which sources of protein and low carbs were actually helpful and which weren't. There were some things that I certainly wouldn't have guessed.
She said drinking more would help improve my energy.
She liked my Flintstones vitamins and my Cal-Mag, and suggested adding Omega-3 (?), and since my doctor wanted me to start taking fish oil, which I haven't yet, it makes sense.
So I've got a plan tho I probably won't follow it as closely as she might like when my work isn't on the line.
On the other hand, we went out to eat and I ate enough that I came home and pretty much passed out again last night. I woke up sometime in the middle of the night with a strong realization of what really stupid behavior that was.
I don't think I've really accepted that diabetes means a change in lifestyle yet. :(
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