[Diabetes-talk] Cereals and snacks I can eat?

Mon Oct 17 16:16:12 UTC 2016

Hi Terry.

People are going to hate when I say this. However, I'm going to say it anyway. Don't talk about organic. To me, in my opinion, organic it's nothing more than a scam. Just a scam to charge more money for things. As for oatmeal,  I buy the old-fashioned oats. You only have to cook them for five minutes. If you take 1/2 cup of oats, boilers in 1 cup water. Add a little salt. I never measure it. About a tablespoon of butter or margarine, once the water is boiling, you add your half cup of oats. Put it on simmer or low heat for five minutes. Then, Walla you have breakfast. I add 1 tablespoon of reasons. I do not use sugar. Nor do I use sweetener. You could do that, if you like. However, I figure with raisins,  you are get getting a certain amount of natural sugar. But you are also getting iron. Lots of it. Raisins are full of iron. You could also use 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, as opposed to the raisins, if you like for added protein. That will also sweeten it for you. If you are not phone, try one piece of dry toast or toast with a little bit of margarine. That should help you feel full. Just don't go hogwild. It's not good to completely read your self of everything right away. Do it in small doses. And has a horrible affect on your psychy!!  As for cereal, you might want to limit your self to perhaps one or two bowls a week. Cereal will spike your blood sugar. Yes. If you're going to eat cereal yes try regular Cheerios. I would stay away from the honey nut Cheerios. Honey is sugar. Although, I guess if you wanted to do those, you might have one bowl in a week. I do a lot of boiled eggs for breakfast. One or two. Then I have one piece of fruit and maybe one piece of toast.

For snacks, I might take one whole stock of celery and dip it in peanut butter. I enjoy celery with peanut butter. It's carbs with a certain amount of sugar. But, it is a good snack. Peanut butter has the protein. Cream cheese also has protein if you like celery you could either stop the whole socks stock, or dip your salary into some cream cheese and eat it that way. Completely up to you. I do eat apples and oranges. Often times, many meds out there warn you about grapefruit. Unfortunately, that's one of my favorites. I actually stay away from the fruit juices as they have a lot of sugar in them. The only time I might ever use for juice is for a low. Bananas and strawberries actually have the very highest sugar content, along with watermelon. Like I say, don't cut out the fruit completely. You might treat yourself, to perhaps one cookie or a piece of cake in a few days. But, I want to warn you. If you go off the bandwagon, as we all do, don't kick yourself in the teeth just wake up the next morning and say today is a new day. This is one condition that most of us learn we take one day at a time and move from there. We can't kick ourselves in the teeth for being bad all the time. Sometimes, if we do go out for a meal or have high carbs one day, we might simply boost our dose of insulin before each meal. Give ourselves a little more to cover. We all have to do that on location. All of us. So, I'm glad you asked questions. That's what this list is for. Have a great day Teri,.

Bern.

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> On Oct 17, 2016, at 10:25 AM, Terri Stimmel via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello once more everybody,
> 
> This will be the last post for me for a while. But I just had some more questions, and I figured you all would have some ideas. OK, I need to start eating better. I know this. But I'm stubborn, and I don't like it, and it makes me frustrated! Plus, if I don't get enough to eat I feel like I am literally starving! Then I'm not a very nice person. LOL!
> 
> So I am trying to get better at eating lean ground beef, I like a lot of chicken so that is good, and I don't eat it fried. I want to try to eat fish more. I drink 2% milk, because I cannot stand skim milk. I do drink soda, quite a bit. But for several years now I have drink diet soda. Sometimes I will drink power aid zero. But after a while, they almost taste too sweet to me. I will drink only bottled water, and I am trying to drink at least a couple of bottles a day. I know that's not much. But at least it's better than nothing. Are used to never drink water. My weakness is red diamond sweet tea. I love that stuff! I try to only drink a glass a day, if I can be good. But sometimes I do have two glasses.
> No for my big question!
> I enjoy eating cereal sometimes, and oatmeal sometimes. I usually get apple and cinnamon oatmeal, because that is my favorite. I was eating two packages at a time. But I have started to try to only eat one package at a time.
> If I eat one package of the apple and cinnamon oatmeal, are there other things I can eat with it to help me feel full? Also, I enjoy cereal.
> However, I like mostly the bad stuff, such as fruit loops! I even smell yummy!
> Anyway, what are some cereals I can enjoy, that would taste really good, but be better for me?
> If I eat the good cereals, again, are there things I can eat with it that will help me feel full? I do like the regular Cheerios also, and I know that is all right to eat. And I was told once a long time ago that I could eat honey nut Cheerios, but in small doses.
> 
> Also I was wondering, what are some good healthy snacks I can eat and enjoy, but that will also taste good?
> I like some of the bad stuff, such as potato chips, cookies, popcorn, and just whatever else sounds good.
> 
> Now, I do enjoy white yogurt. Although I haven't had any for a while. I love oranges! But I hear they really aren't good for me to eat.
> So are their fruit that I can have, in moderation? That was supposed to be, light yogurt. I can't eat apples, because I have dentures. So some fruits are just impossible to eat! Heck, some foods are difficult to eat.
> 
> Anyway, if someone can give me some ideas as to what kind of snacks and cereals, and fruits, and maybe even some more drinks that I don't know about that I could get, I would really, greatly appreciate the help. I'm making a grocery list tonight, and I would like to start off doing better. With that said, I don't want to buy things that are really expensive, because it's just not in my budget. I don't want to buy anything organic, even though I know it might be better for me. I would appreciate any help possible.
> 
> Thank you so much!
> 
> Terri
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