completely new diet ideas

frulewis

Ok so I have always been slightly overweight and have quite a bad diet even though I try to change it never seems to happen but I've been feeling very sick and tired lately and my blood tests came back that I am heading towards type 2 diabetes if i don't change diet now it's not that I have it but if i keep heading down the road I'm on I will have it in a couple of years no doubt so what i'm looking for is help basically! What constitutes a healthy daily diet? And if anyone knows where I can get recipes - easy ones! - please let me know! slainte

Khannie

Read the stickies here and in the fitness forum.

The basics:
Less white things (rice, pasta, sugar, crap like that).
Eat lots and lots of vegetables (spuds don't count).
Eat lean meat and / or fish.
Avoid sugary drinks.

Transform

frulewis wrote: »

Ok so I have always been slightly overweight and have quite a bad diet even though I try to change it never seems to happen but I've been feeling very sick and tired lately and my blood tests came back that I am heading towards type 2 diabetes if i don't change diet now it's not that I have it but if i keep heading down the road I'm on I will have it in a couple of years no doubt so what i'm looking for is help basically! What constitutes a healthy daily diet? And if anyone knows where I can get recipes - easy ones! - please let me know! slainte

completely new diet ideas, easy recipes i am sorry but all of this smacks of quick fix and you need to just read the stickies and get the basics right first

EileenG

Don't eat food your grandmother didn't eat. Lots of meat, fish, chicken, eggs, lots and lots and LOTS of green vegetables, some olive oil, dairy, nuts, whole fruit and berries. No sugar, processed fats, white flour (go easy on any type of flour, wholegrain bread and pasta is not nearly as healthy as you'd think) and of course, cut out all the sweets, fast food and junk.

Did I mention green vegetables?

The good news is that this food is quick and easy to cook. Grill a steak and boil some broccoli. Pan fry a piece of salmon and wilt some spinach. A mushroom omlette will be cooked before your coffee is made. Cottage cheese is as fast as a Rolo mousse.

tHE vAGGABOND

I'm basically doing what EileenG is saying combined with more exercise than I used to get and I'm loosing truck loads of weight [in a slow and controlled manner, but one which will work long term, for me].

IMHO fad diets dont work long term for 99% of people - being sensible [as per posts above] does

El_Dangeroso

I echo Eileen's advice along with a serious caveat about carbs if your heading towards diabetes.

Along with the obvious sugar, I would eliminate wheat and cornstarch of any kind (wholegrain or otherwise), the will cause the biggest swings in blood sugar of any starch.

I highly recommend getting a blood glucose monitor (€15 in boots) and spend a few days testing your reactions to various foods. Try and stay between 4.7 and 6.7 for the most part (1 and 2 hours after eating). The results may surprise you, I've had drastically different readings from what the glycemic index says I should have had.