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qwlauren35

(6,148 posts)
Sun May 9, 2021, 10:29 PM May 2021

High BP, Pre-diabetic. WHAT THE F*CK AM I SUPPOSED TO EAT???????????? [View all]

At my last check-up (I put it off for four years. A lot can happen in four years, right!) I found out that I had high blood pressure, and was pre-diabetic. Out of his great love for me, my dearest husband went through our house and threw out every box of cookies, crackers, every high sodium soup, TV dinner, all sweetened yogurt, my Capn Crunch cereal, my Jello. Gone. All gone.

WHAT THE F*CK AM I SUPPOSED TO EAT????

I hate cooking. I have discovered, after buying 15 of them, that I hate the taste of Greek Yogurt. I have some carrots and some corn. If somebody tells me that they have too much sugar, I will cry.

What can I snack on? Help!

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Sorry I don't have an answer, qw, elleng May 2021 #1
String cheese and nuts are good low-carb snacks. Ocelot II May 2021 #2
Hard Boiled Egg whites filled with hummus Lulu Latech May 2021 #3
It takes a week of torture to get rid of sugar addiction. Just bear down applegrove May 2021 #4
You know... qwlauren35 May 2021 #7
Eat only healthy meats and fats and you will lose lots of weight. I went off applegrove May 2021 #18
Pop.... Sogo May 2021 #27
I normally would say "soft drink" (canadian) but for some reason I said pop tonight. n/t applegrove May 2021 #28
My parents were Canadian ailsagirl May 2021 #55
At birthday parties people used to get sift drinks from the Pop Shop. applegrove May 2021 #56
If you eat things you don't like enough Luciferous May 2021 #58
You should have your doctor recommend a dietitian JohnSJ May 2021 #5
Our physical therapy class gab13by13 May 2021 #10
For me I would want a one on one appointment, not a group situation. Every case should be JohnSJ May 2021 #17
Dietitians from the American Diabetes Ass'n recommend too many carbs. Patterson May 2021 #29
Kroger Carbmaster yogurt Lars39 May 2021 #6
I feel for you. It's tough because so much prepared food is full of fat and sodium. bullimiami May 2021 #8
Fat and sodium are good for a high fat Keto diet padfun May 2021 #14
Check out Dr Mark Hyman (books and tons of youtube). Also (Dr) Eric Berg (youtube) fierywoman May 2021 #34
Mix 1 tablespoon of sugar free jello pudding mix mnhtnbb May 2021 #9
WOW! qwlauren35 May 2021 #12
I eat a lot of Greek yogurt, so I'm going to Luciferous May 2021 #57
A KETO diet padfun May 2021 #11
Hmmm qwlauren35 May 2021 #13
You will need salt (and potassium and magnesium) on this diet padfun May 2021 #16
I agree. Sodium is really not an issue for most people TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #19
Yep, and magnesium is the key. padfun May 2021 #20
Eat a cheeseburger without the bun. Use a fork. Patterson May 2021 #30
Get Redmond salt (good price at Costco.) You need the minerals that good salt has. fierywoman May 2021 #35
I have been on somewhat of a Keto diet with intermittent fasting.i CentralMass May 2021 #39
I recommend this as well. cinematicdiversions May 2021 #15
Yes! wryter2000 May 2021 #22
Yep, the keto snack. padfun May 2021 #23
I'm going to check that out wryter2000 May 2021 #44
this. I lost 50 lbs on keto, too XanaDUer2 May 2021 #50
You have to find what works for you Rizen May 2021 #21
Exersize is healthy but its diet that loses weight. padfun May 2021 #24
It's exercise combined with diet wryter2000 May 2021 #45
Re cooking -- a couple of suggestions to make it much simpler: highplainsdem May 2021 #25
It can be done NQAS May 2021 #26
BTW you can make crackers out of lentils, and it's easy. fierywoman May 2021 #36
this is something you want to do MFM008 May 2021 #31
KnR for a great thread! Hekate May 2021 #32
I'd ask your doctor for suggestions. Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #33
One more IMPORTANT thing.. padfun May 2021 #37
lucky you Grasswire2 May 2021 #38
I gave up carbs almost completely during the pandemic lockdown Ocelot II May 2021 #40
Low sodium multigrain crackers. multigraincracker May 2021 #41
Plant based diet janterry May 2021 #42
Hating to cook might be at the root of it. Harker May 2021 #43
I checked with my friends in Cooking & Baking, and they came up with a few suggestions: elleng May 2021 #46
Eat food, not too much, mostly plants...... GumboYaYa May 2021 #47
tons of fruits and vegatables JuJuChen May 2021 #48
I'm so sorry XanaDUer2 May 2021 #49
You're alright. It will a lifestyle change and you can do this. Niagara May 2021 #51
Go after anything with refined sugar first. roamer65 May 2021 #52
My husband was diagnosed pre-diabetic in 2001. He still is pre-diabetic. csziggy May 2021 #53
it is easier and more psychologically satisfying to add things than to deprive yourself Kali May 2021 #54
Breadfruit chips malaise May 2021 #59
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