[Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and textures Re: ExcellentArticle

Thu Jun 21 20:25:08 UTC 2012

Say if you text I would love to do this to help you out and be a friend.
I so don't know it all, but I know I can encourage you.
I am probably way to hard on myself, but i do know that by doing this 
for me, I feel really good.

Original message:
> Hi Colleen,
> Thank you for your perspective on being a caretaker. I have known that was
> true, but your message allowed me to empathize a little. I did not have an
> open and emotionally supportive relationship with my parents, so that made
> things more difficult.
> I will try to be better with diabetes control for my husbands' sake. He has
> already experienced enough worry.
> Congratulations on improving your health.
> The encouragement we receive from one another is a great motivator.

> Chanelle

> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "COLLEEN ROTH" <N8TNV at ATT.NET>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:46 PM
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and textures Re:
> ExcellentArticle

>> Hi,
>> You know quick cooking or old fashioned oatmeal are much better for us
>> than the Instant kind. I know there are varieties of Instant oatmeal which
>> are lower in so-gar, etc. but we get more fiber in the old fashioned
>> oatmeal.
>> BTW you can do regular oatmeal in your microwave.
>> Thanks for the praise, I really overdid it today at Lunch. I went to a
>> restaurant I have been wanting to try for years. It is a Menonite
>> Restaurant and everything is homemade. Nothing is Instant.
>> The Ice Cream is made nearby and is delicious.
>> The Macaroni and Chesffe is also very good.
>> I did have some cooked carrots and some applesauce, too.
>> I had a very light Supper.
>> Just hang in there.
>> I think your family really watched your Food Intake because they felt that
>> was something they were supposed to do. My girls had disabilities and
>> Medical Issues. I was very careful about managing their meds and what they
>> ate and drank.
>> Remember, it's not easy being the person who is saying no when you want
>> something.
>> Sometimes it hurts to say no more than you can imagine.
>> Colleen Roth

>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net>
>> To:  diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Date: Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012 09:04:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and textures Re: Excellent
>> Article

>>> I am so proud of you, losing that much weight.
>>> I also eat 12 grain or molty grain breads.
>>> i have a slice of toast with serial.
>>> Oat meal or a grain serial.
>>> And yes once a week I have ice cream.
>>> One of my down falls in the summer.
>>> A small everything, drives folks silly giggle.
>>> Now that is my favorite part, driving folks silly giggle.
>>> Keep up the swell work.

>>> Original message:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Some people have problems with different textures. I can't eat peanut
>>>> butter and jelly sandwiches. I just can't get them down.
>>>> I you can't eat certain fruits I think you just eat the ones you can.
>>>> You can probably consume vegetables like uncooked carrots, broccoli,
>>>> cauliflower, and other vegetables which require chewing. You might try
>>>> fresh pears, they are hard and may work.
>>>> I think it's five servings of fruit and vegetables. I don't recall
>>>> reading anything about a certain number of each.
>>>> You can cause more stress for yourself if you dwell on things. Do your
>>>> best to eat healthy. If you think about everything you put in your
>>>> mouth to the point of panic that won't help.
>>>> Be reasonable. A small dish of ice cream isn't going to make the world
>>>> come to an end.
>>>> Obviously you shouldn't do that every day. Maybe once a week.
>>>> You can become scrupulous to a fault. I you never allow yourself to
>>>> have something you enjoy you will overeat when you have that treat. You
>>>> will feel deprived and may stop trying to be vigilant.
>>>> No food is bad, it's the amount you eat and how often you eat it.
>>>> If I have offended any dietician, I am sorry. I know you all work hard
>>>> to help us. I have seen too many Diabetics in my family and friends who
>>>> gorge on foods because they weren't allowed to have a little of
>>>> something. I also know some people just give up when they get this
>>>> diagnosis.
>>>> I LOVE bread. I have reduced the amount of bread I eat. I am also
>>>> eating pultigrain bread. This meets my need for bread and is a healthy
>>>> option.
>>>> I guess I'm doing all right because I have lost 42 pounds since last
>>>> June.
>>>> I had been the same dress size since 1985 so I am happy for the change.
>>>> It took a lot of willpower to start my new mealplan.
>>>> I think of you think of your new plan as a Mealplan rather than a Diet
>>>> you will feel better about it.
>>>> It is the way you thx^^;..eed to eat for life so you might as well do
>>>> your
>>>> best to keep yourself as healthy as you can.
>>>> Things that work well for some people don't work the same for others.
>>>> Colleen Roth

>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Chanelle Allen <chanellem.allen at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Date: Monday, Jun 18, 2012 12:24:27 PM
>>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] intuitive eating and textures Re: Excellent
>>>> Article

>>>> ar I too enjoyed listening to the presenter at the DAN seminar last year
>>>> (I
>>>> ar listened to the recording online). It would be wonderful if diabetes
>>>> could
>>>> ar be reduced to a mere nuisance. The problem is that the vigilance,
>>>> care, and
>>>> ar consistency required is overwhelming and takes up too much effort. I
>>>> am not
>>>> ar strong-willed or self-disciplined. The book Diabetes Burnout suggests
>>>> that
>>>> ar we are motivated to continue repeating destructive habits and that we
>>>> don't
>>>> ar change if the costs outweigh the benefits. Just because we know we
>>>> shouldn't
>>>> ar do something to avoid unpleasant consequences, that doesn't hinder
>>>> people
>>>> ar from choosing the same thing again.
>>>> ar I started reading Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About
>>>> Your
>>>> ar Weight by Linda Bacon, which discusses the intuitive eating approach.
>>>> ar Later in the book, Dr. Bacon recommends eating a variety of foods. I
>>>> have a
>>>> ar problem where I gag on foods of certain textures-comespecially fruit.
>>>> Even
>>>> ar mashed potatoes, which I like gives me that feeling if I eat too
>>>> much. Has
>>>> ar anyone experienced a similar problem not liking certain textures and
>>>> what
>>>> ar have you done to overcome it? I also don't have a sense of smell, so
>>>> the
>>>> ar food I don't like does not have much appeal even if it is supposed to
>>>> taste
>>>> ar good. Even eating the fruit that I like (sweet, crisp apples) doesn't
>>>> take
>>>> ar away my sweet craving. I try to eat lots of vegetables, so maybe that
>>>> makes
>>>> ar up for the lack of fruit. Is eating fruit still recommended on a low
>>>> ar carbohydrate diet? I use an insulin pump, so I can't make the excuse
>>>> that
>>>> ar fruit will raise my blood sugar too high (smile).
>>>> ar I hope that I haven't gone off topic.

>>>> ar Chanelle

>>>> ar --------------------------------------------------
>>>> ar From: "Bernadette Jacobs" <bernienfb75 at gmail.com>
>>>> ar Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 9:02 AM
>>>> ar To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> ar Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Excellent Article

>>>>>> On 6/16/12, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
>>>>>> ar Diabetics are often bombarded with advice on what's the "best"
>>>>>> diet for
>>>>>> ar them
>>>>>> ar (as if diabetes is just one disease). The American diabetes
>>>>>> Association
>>>>>> ar tells us not to eliminate carbs from our diet (ignoring the fact
>>>>>> that the
>>>>>> ar Inuit did and are doing quite well, thank you, without much
>>>>>> carbohydrate
>>>>>> ar in
>>>>>> ar the diet). The Atkins people hit us with just the opposite advice
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> ar arouse
>>>>>> ar suspicion in some because of their association with certain types
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> ar alternative medical therapies.
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar It seems as though the advice is driven as much by the current
>>>>>> ar politically-correct, medical and scientific fads as it is by solid
>>>>>> ar research
>>>>>> ar (which is damnably difficult to do when dealing with diets and
>>>>>> ar nutrition).
>>>>>> ar And seldom is the ininreal* science behind all these assertions
>>>>>> carefully
>>>>>> ar and
>>>>>> ar rigorously examined. It's high time this changed. It's why I had a
>>>>>> ar different
>>>>>> ar sourt of dietitian at last year's DAN Seminar and why I often come
>>>>>> across
>>>>>> ar as
>>>>>> ar a terminal skeptic.
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar Check out the blog post at the link shown below and get what seems
>>>>>> to be
>>>>>> ar more the straight scoop on all this. Many of our most cherished
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> ar unquestioned assumptions turn out to have little scientific basis.
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> http://www.drbriffa.com/2012/03/05/whats-wrong-with-the-dietary-advice-diabe
>>>>>> ar tes-uk-dishes-out-to-diabetics/
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar Mike Freeman
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar
>>>>>> ar
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>>>>>> Ya know gang, I was at that DAN Seminar and I really appreciated what
>>>>>> that lady had to say.  I think that the way she mapped things out
>>>>>> makes one's diabetes far more manageable.  Blindness, (at least to
>>>>>> most of us here), is a mere nuisance; a characteristic.  We should be
>>>>>> able to make diabetes the same; a mere characteristic or condition
>>>>>> which we ourselves are all able to manage and control without being
>>>>>> forced by myth, misconception, and society in general to regard our
>>>>>> diabetes as a curse!!  Can't have this; can't have that; gotta eat
>>>>>> this; gotta eat that; can only eat one cup of this; and whatever you
>>>>>> do, don't forget your daily allowance of cardboard packaging; so help
>>>>>> you God!!!  After all, ya gotta eat that because if ya eat something
>>>>>> that actually tastes good, it's gonna be bad for ya.  I thought the
>>>>>> bottom line of what that lady said was very simple: If you eat two
>>>>>> pieces of chocolate fudge cake at the end of your meal and two hours
>>>>>> later, you peak at 360, you know better than to ever do that again.
>>>>>> especially if only you've eaten one piece of that cake and your sugar
>>>>>> peaks at 165ish, then you know to allow yourself just one piece.  The
>>>>>> object here is to set and know your peak so that if you rise above
>>>>>> it,
>>>>>> you know to cut yourself off.  Like Lynn said previously, the key is
>>>>>> "MODERATION!"  It's not that you can't have what pleasures of life
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> wish.  You simply need to use discretion, disciplin and self control.
>>>>>> If you can't control it, don't go there.  Simple as that. My other
>>>>>> advice is test, test, test so you know where you are at all times.
>>>>>> And, if you don't like your numbers, take heed and don't be afraid to
>>>>>> seek counsel if you need.

>>>>>> Bern

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