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Detox 2012 is over, but good eating habits are not
Over the last couple of days I have been trying to adjust the detox/food lifestyle to fit better with my current health conditions. Part of the issue that I have had over the last 7 days is my sugars have been swinging in nearly 150pts up and down throughout the day. This is really rough on the body and so I need to figure out how to normalize this.
One thing that I started doing is eating solid foods again for some of the meals, and avoiding most carbs. I am trying to keep my sugars more normalized by reducing the total carb intake. I am trying to keep this under 100carbs for the day which seems to be a good number for keeping the sugars under control. If I stay under that then my average sugars for the day stay under 200 and do not waiver alot.
So, I am reading the Primal Blueprint book as it seems that I will be eating a much more Primal/Paleo diet with real foods, and low carbs. I will be trying to cut fast foods out nearly 100% and all boxed/pre-made foods also. So, goodbye frozen pizzas and burgers and hello real meat that I have to cook. I am actually happy about that.
As an example here is what I have eaten and the sugars related.
Start Sugar: 246
Breakfast @ 8am: 4eggs, Cheese and sausage patties (10 total carbs)
Sugars Pre Lunch: 209
Lunch @ 11:30pm: 1/2 Kielbasa with ketchup/mustard and a Grapefruit (25 total carbs)
Sugars Pre Snack: 179
Snack @ 2:30pm: Chocolate diabetic shake (20 total carbs)
Sugars Pre Dinner: 154 (I will eat dinner about 6pm today)
Dinner @ 6pm: Taco Salad sans shells (25 total carbs)
As you can see with my normal insulin and a very low carb count I can keep the sugars down. As the sugars stay down my system can adjust.
Now, we are going to start re-introducing the green smoothies as a breakfast or lunch alternative. The issue is that each smoothie is about 40-50 carbs and so it really restricts my choices for the day. I know this is the best choice though as it keeps portions down, and my sugars.
