Emotional Eating

What Are Your Comfort Foods?

Emotional triggers are all round you. With the best will in the world you try your best to follow your eating plan and suddenly you find yourself in line at your favorite fast food joint thinking about those curly fries or tacos. What gives?




Professionals came up with a diagnosis for this problem. It is known as emotional eating. This is eating that may be brought on by stress in your life. Think about it in terms of the ABC's.
A - Antecedent...or anxiety that causes emotional eating
B - Behavior that occurs after the emotional trigger...I will eat french fries or chocolate and feel better.
C - Consequence...Now I feel guilty...and may be sick if I ate the wrong food for my diabetes.

Most of us are guilty of emotional eating. I never realized that I had been doing this for years until I became aware of the condition. Next time, think ABC and with a little self control you will be able to avoid the consequences of guilt and sickness that always follows.




Perhaps you might consider replacing food with a little prayer that gets you in touch with God who is the Great Comforter! BWD

Sweet Treats From Heart Healthy Living

Sweet Treats From Heart Healthy Living
Image Credit: Heart Healthy Living

So many of us are plagued by a taste for sweets. Here are some sweet choice as low as 50 calories. From chocolate to rasberries, sugar free jelly bellies to strawberries there is something for every one. Take a look and enjoy!

Diabetes Today

Get answers to the top 20 questions people are asking about Diabetes. Click on this link.

How many grams of carbs should I eat each day?

Answer: The general starting point for a moderate-size, normal-weight woman is 45-60 grams of carbohydrates at each meal; for a moderate-size, normal-weight man is 60-75 grams of carbs per meal. Most people with diabetes don't need to eat snacks. However, if you enjoy eating a snack, use some of your daily allotted carb grams-15-30 grams.per snack.

I know it gets boring and hard to stay with the program every day. However, if you learn as much about eating the right way, you will soon begin making healthy choices by habit. This will change your life so get started learning today! You will also be happy knowing you are living a life that is pleasing to God! Let go and Let God!

Low-Sodium Rub Recipes

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons snipped fresh chives
• 2 teaspoons snipped fresh thyme
• 1 teaspoon snipped fresh oregano
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/8 teaspoon coarse salt

Directions

In a small bowl combine chives, thyme, oregano, chili powder, cumin, red pepper, and salt. Use the mixture as a rub on 1 pound raw meat. Cook meat as desired.

Makes: about 2 tablespoons mixture

Start to Finish: 5 minutes

This recipe came from Heart Healthy Living. If you are interested in finding more low sodium rubs click here.

May God bless you as you do your best to honor him by managing your diet in a way that will be pleasing to him.

Word of The Day

Temperance: moderation or self-restraint; especially in eating or drinking.

Lime Chiffon Pie

Prep Time:

10 min

Total Time:

4 hr 30 min

Makes:

8 servings

What You Need!

2/3 cup boiling water

1 pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Lime Flavor Sugar Free Gelatin

ice cubes

1/2 cup cold water

2 cups thawed COOL WHIP FREE Whipped Topping

1-1/2 tsp. lime zest

2 Tbsp. lime juice

1 ready-to-use reduced-fat graham cracker crumb crust (6 oz.)

Make It!

ADD boiling water to gelatin mix in large bowl; stir with whisk 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add enough ice to cold water to make 1 cup. Add to gelatin; stir until ice is melted.

STIR in COOL WHIP, zest and juice. Refrigerate 15 to 20 min. or until mixture is very thick and will mound. Spoon into crust.

REFRIGERATE 4 hours.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Makeover - How We Did It

We've taken a classic pie and given it a makeover. We omitted the eggs and condensed milk to give this pie a fluffier texture. The tart lime filling is made with JELL-O Lime Flavor Sugar Free Gelatin, COOL WHIP FREE Whipped Topping and fresh lime juice and zest. These small changes result in a savings of 170 calories and 7.5 grams of fat per serving!

Special Extra

Garnish with thin lime wedges and/or additional lime zest.

Lemon Chiffon Pie

Prepare as directed, using JELL-O Lemon Flavor Sugar Free Gelatin, lemon zest and lemon juice.

Nutrition Information

Calories

140

Total fat

4.5 g

Saturated fat

2 g

Cholesterol

0 mg

Sodium

140 mg

Carbohydrate

22 g

Dietary fiber

0 g

Sugars

9 g

Protein

2 g

Vitamin A

0 %DV

Vitamin C

0 %DV

Calcium

0 %DV

Iron

2 %DV

Healthy Living Information

Generally Nutritious

Diet Exchange

1-1/2 Starch + 1 Fat

Nutrition Bonus

This melt-in-your-mouth chiffon pie can fit into your healthful meal plan! Carb Choices: 1-1/2

This is a Kraft Foods recipe and I thought you might enjoy it!

Making the Best Choice at the Grocery Store

Meal planning is a chore. When you have special dietary requirements it is even more of a chore. Making the best choice can make a difference to your diabetes health and cuts down on your overall carbohydrate and sugar intake. Stop bad choices at the grocery store and you will be ahead of the game in planning your dietary health. Here are some images that will make yourfood choices easier.

Choose the light version rather than the no sugar added. There is about 2/3 less sugar in the light version Ocean Spray Cranberry juice.










Choose the light version of yogurt rather than original. The strawberry banana has half the sugar that is in the original 27/14. Amazing difference!









If you like flavors such as cinnamon with your waffles add it yourself to the syrup or directly on the waffles. You will not have the added sugar.






















Barbecue sauce is a big problem and if you choose original versions you will get too much sugar. Choose the light version.





Take the time to compare products when you shop. A little planning at the grocery store will make the difference in your meal planning. You will avoid the confusion that goes alone with meal planning for the special diet.


If you have any special requests please let me know I will find out as much as I can for you.

Tips and Tidbits for Healthy Diabetes Living

Fruit...The Original Fast Food!



Before the days of MacDonald's and Jack-in-the-Box fruit was the favorite snack food. It was easily accessible and available whenever you needed a snack.

Dieticians recommend fruit as a healthy choice for a diabetic diet. In fact, a healthy target should be about 3-4 servings daily. The question becomes...what is a healthy portion?

Serving sizes:

• Tennis ball sized apple, orange, peach
• 16 grapes
• 1/2 large banana
• 1 cup fruit pieces
• 1 cup berries
• 1 cup melon
• 1/2 mango
• 1/2 cup juice

Tips For Daily Living

Don't smoke
Maintain Healthy weight and Blood Pressure
Monitor Blood Glucose

4 Times Year

• A1C
• Foot Exam

2 Times a Year

• Dental Cleanings

1 Time a Year

• Cholesterol, HDL/LDL, Microalbumin
• Dilated Eye Exam
• Flu shot