barelynangel
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`Chuckles, nahh, you don't need a handbasket yet.
The low sodium is goinng to be hard because yeah everything has sodium in it it appears. Make sure you check the trail mix and the snack bars they usually are very high in sodium. Maybe ask your doc if those would be better than say ONE serving (about 10-12) lol not a whole bag of unsalted almonds. I have to package my almonds out into small baggies or else i will eat allThis may not seem like a lot but it is and will give you what you need to hold you over until your meal. I thought your doc said your blood sugar levels are good? Why is he cutting out all sugar? The thing is you have a lot of issues. Its hard which means you will need to be extra diligent.
Its good to educate yourself but be careful you don't try and get it all at once. Give yourself some time to absorb what you are reading. Because on many levels it all does come together wherein it starts connecting and you get little ah ha moments. Those connections are very important. Also remember that many times things effect people differently. You can test things yourself -- for example, stop drinking asparatame for say a week, after about 3 days your body will have gotten rid of same and adjusted to not having what you usually have. If you are fine without it then maintain that but if you are like me, you may find yourself slipping back into it when you do acknowledge it to yourself so you can really keep an eye out for how your body is feeling when you start using it again. That in and of itself will help you more than a study, if that makes sense. Because while studies are good for giving you an idea of what it will do -- your own knowledge of your body will be even better.
Unless you start eating completely clean -- meaning unprocessed you are going to have a hard time finding items that are low fat with no sugar added.
What exactly is about South Beach that has you wanting to integrate the low fat, low sodium with it? Did the doc say how low of fat he wants you to go? Are you taking the fish oil for what?
That's why maybe instead of trying to use bits and pieces here and there and trying to absorb all type of information, start back at the beginning and go back to the basics.
You know two things -- low fat and low sodium. You know no flavor water, no soda. That's enough no's lol.
What can you have -- write it down give yourself a list of stuff you can have. You can have veggies, you can have some fruit, you can have lean meats, you can have no sugar. That's a lot of stuff you can have. If you can, shop the perimeter of the store which will be the focus of what you are buying. processed food is usually very high in sodium. If you have things you like but may not think you can have it, there may be a substitute for it. For example, turnips when fried or fake fried taste like french fries. Mixing ground beef with shredded chicken will cut back on the fat in the hamburger because you are using less and you really can't taste the difference (i can't with chicken, turkey i can). SPICES are you friends! When you are eating low fat make the most of your fat be GOOD fat. If you are making cubed meat, split whatever meat it is with chicken.
Its going to take work and education and learning your body. Its not a race, just start back at the beginning. Figure out what you know, figure out what you know works for you, and move on from there. Always be painfully honest with yourself when you fuck up, and instead of coming down on you, simply figure out what you will do differently next time.
You have something to focus on -- low fat and low sodium, now its up to you to figure out what it means with regard to what you can have. That will be 80% of fight so to speak.
You will be okay, it will happen. Just takes tweaking and yes, many times it takes experimentation until you find what works and then you will need to change your lifestyle.
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< Message edited by barelynangel -- 5/4/2010 8:00:23 PM >
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