WHITE is not good!

When you are looking to diet...white is NOT good...meaning, anything that looks white, especially

Sugar
Rice
NOT NICE.....

if you are watching your sugar levels...starting today...BOYCOTT the white for a while, maybe for the rest of your life.....

Sounds depressing!

well..diabetes is a dreadful disease, so sacrifice now and you will have a life later :)

diabEAT LESS

Ha! Eating and less, rather oxy-moronic, at least to me...one always eats MORE..well, if you are like me and counting your sugar level like your 401K these days,you need to learn to eat less....IT's ALL about LOAD, sugar load :)

Consuming food is good, consuming little food at regular intervals is better, this way your sugar load is consistent over a period of time and that way the spike in controlling your blood glucose wont be steep!

So let's look at somethings that one should do:

As a rule try and eliminate refined sugar, if that is not possible,substitute with brown sugar
Try and limit the amount of rice that you consume
Eat more fruits and vegetables every day
Soda? Not for you, da!
Portion control is the KEY!

We will look at portion control next!

diab EAT es

So, Step 2 is about food...and what one can eat or not,which at some point becomes stuff that you cannot eat and when diabetes is coupled with high blood pressure,one may as ask oneself, Is life worth living?

Knowing that I am hypertensive I should be honest, now is the time that I want all the Indian pickle,pappadum and everything SALTY. They say one misses something the most when they know they cannot have it! Like these days I would do anything to have my mom back, I know I cannot and that's when one wants it badly....so, I have to look at salt content of everything that I consume...and life has changed a heck of a lot!

My mother was a diabetic and my father is,so food in my house has over a period of time became very "diabetic" and we are good for most part...but me,I have a very sweet tooth...give me Toblerone any day instead of food I will be the best behaved adult one could find!

Truth be told, I am certain at some point I am going to become diabetic but I am trying my best to keep it at bay for as long as possible. So, I am going to blog about how we could eat better to lose inches around the waist, remember, the idea is to lose the love handles, so I am going to try and look at things one can do to keep it easy and healthy!

Till the next blog!

It is the way we eat that would help get us on track towards better glycemic control!

Me, Diabetic?

I am constantly worried about becoming a diabetic....and why so, its because I have most of the risk factors to lead to me to a killer-relationship with that "silent" Disease. I am almost 40, with a BMI that's high, but these days clinicians go by your waist measurement and guess what? my waist has more inches that it should! and I have "love handles". These handles are the reason why most physicians with one look at you could say,"oh!she's gonna be diabetic at some point"! Also, my parents other than giving me values, intellectual curiosity also have generously given me the opportunity to potentially become a diabetic.

What do I do to avoid this potentially harmful relationship?

Step one - Lose the Love Handles

I try, as hard as I can, to get out and make it happen - I hate ending daylight saving, it does not help my active life style....my love for the trail that takes me outta the house for over an hour and a half ...My goal to run 4 days a week for an hour and half each time....If i can get myself to run for an hour and a half i am certain most people can, one has to want t avoid that potentially devastating relationship!All with the hope that I can lose the handles and retain the love! :)

Step two, its all about diabEATes!


This shall be my next blog!