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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 144044" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>Hi Marg and everyone! </p><p></p><p>OK lets see, um, my doctor office when they told me my new health problem said eat "x" exchanges from this group and x from this group and x from this group- and I really had no idea what they were exactly talking about......I mean I pretty much know the food groups- but, I did not know what an e xchange was.....not exactly, and darn docs office was not willing to explain, said they would mail me something, and they said keep it at or under 1200 calories. (remember they gave me the news I had these health problems by assuming I already knew and chastising me nastily for my neglect and abuse? GRRR)</p><p></p><p>SO I had to refamiliarize myself with food groups, becuz I had NEVER had these types of health/nutrition issues before, altho I have NEVER been thin- and I had never dieted. Now I am begginning to realize, it IS hard to eat the amounts from the food groups they told me to eat AND stay under 1200 calories. I can get my vegs in there fine, usually, but the grains/cereals group is harder for me. </p><p></p><p>Well, then I was waiting and waiting and waiting for the darn stuff to come in the mail from doctor, thank goodness I went and bought some nutrition books on my own right away, becuz I do not know what docs office did, but it took a little over a week for me to get what they mailed. and when I got it? ALL they sent me was one page of a sample one week diet of all meals for the week, at a total of 1500 calories a day and they had all kinds of things on there that I thought were dumb. They told me restrict sodium and sugar and fats..they had 12 saltine crackers as a snack more than twice on that one week sample menu. I do not see anything all so beneficial in saltine crackers. There was NOTHING else there, just the dumb 1500 calorie sample menu. NO info on food groups or the exchanges they spoke of and this was more than how many calories they had told me. </p><p></p><p>I have been too nervous to even TRY to eat ready made foods etc.....so I have been makeing everything fresh from scratch by my own hand. I have a few guidelines I am sticking to for now...3 ounces of fish or skinless boneless white meat chicken per day. (usually dinner) I am supposed to do I think docs office said 5 grain/cereal (I do have what they said written down in kitchen) BUT I am haveing difficulty with my illness and wheat-----so have been experimenting with oats, barley, brown rice. SO far I have NOT been able to get that much in me in one day. I am allowed one fruit exchange a day- which I think might mean a serving? SO I MEASURE everything. I often split my one fruit between breakfast and dinner. I eat salad for lunch.....spinach, chard, kale, romaine, lettuces, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbages....uusally raw, sometimes parts cooked (steamed) added in....and usually with vinegar and garlic to jazz it up. (the vinegar is for ?blood pressure and so is the garlic, IIRC) </p><p>I use cinaminn on breakfast as weell, no sugar, just cinamin. If I have oats, they are not instant and not quick type, made with water and cinn. The cinnamin is for blood sugar. </p><p>I have my 3 ounces of fish or chicken for dinner (alternate) and have been experimenting with various herbs and use a lot of celery (for blood pressure) and some bell peppers and small amounts of carrots...and always 2 vegs for dinner, too. Again, eexperimenting. Somewhere thru the day I add maybe 5-10 almonds of walnuts (I did not like walnuts as much) Before I go to bed, I have maybe 4 ounces of nonfat plain yogurt or 4 ounces of skim milk. I also check to see what I may still need out of the food groups- and check my calories total for day to see what is what and sometimes I have a small snack. </p><p>The hardest part for me is that I always ate based on what I craved, and I always usually ate once a day, dinner. And I LOVE cheese. </p><p>My weight is NOT coming off very well, but, hey Marg! Yesterday when I weighed myself the scale DID register some loss!!!!! YAY! Maybe 5 pounds! (I will confirm today to see if the loss still registers) And my blood pressure has come down nicely, I check that daily as well as weight. </p><p>Marg, I did not yet try the ginger, my kids requested "Mexican" for dinner yesterday, so I made chicken with peppers and onions and stirred salsa ingrediants into brown rice, I had a small (not the supersized rounds) tortilla with chicken and raw shredded cabbage on mine with a dab of my nonfat plain yogurt, (so I wound up haveing broccoli and water before bed, LOL) and I had a tablespoon of mashed pintos. Later I had foodnetwork on and was LOL becuz Bobby Flay made tacos and he also used the chicken and cabbage, LOL. My kids were teaseing me for useing cabbage and husband did not like the cabbage on them, but I did. LOL. BUT maybe next time I might skip the tortilla, I am not sure. </p><p>tonite is fish, so my kids who do not like fish so far all told me they are finding somewhere else to eat tonite. Boogers, I told them we have a whole fridge full of yummy food.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 144044, member: 1697"] Hi Marg and everyone! OK lets see, um, my doctor office when they told me my new health problem said eat "x" exchanges from this group and x from this group and x from this group- and I really had no idea what they were exactly talking about......I mean I pretty much know the food groups- but, I did not know what an e xchange was.....not exactly, and darn docs office was not willing to explain, said they would mail me something, and they said keep it at or under 1200 calories. (remember they gave me the news I had these health problems by assuming I already knew and chastising me nastily for my neglect and abuse? GRRR) SO I had to refamiliarize myself with food groups, becuz I had NEVER had these types of health/nutrition issues before, altho I have NEVER been thin- and I had never dieted. Now I am begginning to realize, it IS hard to eat the amounts from the food groups they told me to eat AND stay under 1200 calories. I can get my vegs in there fine, usually, but the grains/cereals group is harder for me. Well, then I was waiting and waiting and waiting for the darn stuff to come in the mail from doctor, thank goodness I went and bought some nutrition books on my own right away, becuz I do not know what docs office did, but it took a little over a week for me to get what they mailed. and when I got it? ALL they sent me was one page of a sample one week diet of all meals for the week, at a total of 1500 calories a day and they had all kinds of things on there that I thought were dumb. They told me restrict sodium and sugar and fats..they had 12 saltine crackers as a snack more than twice on that one week sample menu. I do not see anything all so beneficial in saltine crackers. There was NOTHING else there, just the dumb 1500 calorie sample menu. NO info on food groups or the exchanges they spoke of and this was more than how many calories they had told me. I have been too nervous to even TRY to eat ready made foods etc.....so I have been makeing everything fresh from scratch by my own hand. I have a few guidelines I am sticking to for now...3 ounces of fish or skinless boneless white meat chicken per day. (usually dinner) I am supposed to do I think docs office said 5 grain/cereal (I do have what they said written down in kitchen) BUT I am haveing difficulty with my illness and wheat-----so have been experimenting with oats, barley, brown rice. SO far I have NOT been able to get that much in me in one day. I am allowed one fruit exchange a day- which I think might mean a serving? SO I MEASURE everything. I often split my one fruit between breakfast and dinner. I eat salad for lunch.....spinach, chard, kale, romaine, lettuces, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbages....uusally raw, sometimes parts cooked (steamed) added in....and usually with vinegar and garlic to jazz it up. (the vinegar is for ?blood pressure and so is the garlic, IIRC) I use cinaminn on breakfast as weell, no sugar, just cinamin. If I have oats, they are not instant and not quick type, made with water and cinn. The cinnamin is for blood sugar. I have my 3 ounces of fish or chicken for dinner (alternate) and have been experimenting with various herbs and use a lot of celery (for blood pressure) and some bell peppers and small amounts of carrots...and always 2 vegs for dinner, too. Again, eexperimenting. Somewhere thru the day I add maybe 5-10 almonds of walnuts (I did not like walnuts as much) Before I go to bed, I have maybe 4 ounces of nonfat plain yogurt or 4 ounces of skim milk. I also check to see what I may still need out of the food groups- and check my calories total for day to see what is what and sometimes I have a small snack. The hardest part for me is that I always ate based on what I craved, and I always usually ate once a day, dinner. And I LOVE cheese. My weight is NOT coming off very well, but, hey Marg! Yesterday when I weighed myself the scale DID register some loss!!!!! YAY! Maybe 5 pounds! (I will confirm today to see if the loss still registers) And my blood pressure has come down nicely, I check that daily as well as weight. Marg, I did not yet try the ginger, my kids requested "Mexican" for dinner yesterday, so I made chicken with peppers and onions and stirred salsa ingrediants into brown rice, I had a small (not the supersized rounds) tortilla with chicken and raw shredded cabbage on mine with a dab of my nonfat plain yogurt, (so I wound up haveing broccoli and water before bed, LOL) and I had a tablespoon of mashed pintos. Later I had foodnetwork on and was LOL becuz Bobby Flay made tacos and he also used the chicken and cabbage, LOL. My kids were teaseing me for useing cabbage and husband did not like the cabbage on them, but I did. LOL. BUT maybe next time I might skip the tortilla, I am not sure. tonite is fish, so my kids who do not like fish so far all told me they are finding somewhere else to eat tonite. Boogers, I told them we have a whole fridge full of yummy food. [/QUOTE]
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