I came back from India and started my diet from Monday, Mar 28. I knew I needed to get this going.
I started off with a semi vegan diet. I cut off all sugar; I use very little oil in my cooking, and the only non-vegan item I am consuming at present is 2% milk for my coffee. I don’t eat once I am full, and eat at regular intervals. I would like to make clear that at no point have I starved myself and have eaten well all the time. It has been a conscious effort to be aware of what I am eating.
I tweaked a few things once I determined which items spiked up my sugar levels. This is given the current situation I am in where my body is very sensitive to certain kinds of food, some of which is fine at times when the sugar is under control.
I avoided the following -
* Baked soy chips and potato chips
* Rye bread which normally causes no issues (only rye and
pumpernickel bread work well)
* Rice, even though normally I only eat basmati rice (which is
not a very starchy rice)
* Potatoes, carrots, beets
* Grapes, water melon, pineapple
It really helps when you avoid the above initially, when you are getting bad sugar readings.
Instead, I ate – chick peas, kidney beans, moong and all kinds of pulses; fruits such as clementine, apple, pear, plum; old fashioned oatmeal; lots of vegetables; cooked cracked wheat instead of rice; chapatis made of whole wheat flour; and pasta cooked al dente. I added one Glucerna per day to the list, during the time between 4 pm and dinner, which I usually eat at 7.30 – 8 pm. Glucerna keeps, you sugar levels in check and is fantastic.
I have included my sugar readings below, one taken in the AM (fasting) and the other taken prior to dinner (which is 2 hours after a snack at work) around 7 pm. It will show you the resulting impact this change in the food I am eating has had on my sugar readings.
Fasting Sugar Trend - Mar 8 to Apr 6, 2011
Prior to Dinner Sugar Trend - Mar 8 to Apr 6, 2011
So now you can see the effect of just changing what you eat and being aware of what you eat. I know it works, some time it takes a little longer but this time has started working on me pretty early.
Average Sugar Readings
| Time Period | Weight (lbs) | Fasting Sugar | Prior to Dinner Sugar |
| 03/08/11 – 03/27/11 | 324 | 217.2 | 246.8 |
| 03/28/11 – 04/06/11 | 320 | 190.2 | 168.3 |
I will be writing separately about the diet that I am following, which is unlike several diets I have followed in the past, which in terms of results has helped me the most over time.
Until then
Sri
