Health Update

[Paolo]

Just to bump this one up...

My weight has apparently stabilized between 152-155. Depending on the mood of my old analog scales, though...

In some advice for those interested, my daily menu:

Breakfast - 8AM :

1-8 oz. cup of soy milk

1 slice of sugar free bread, toasted

1 egg

2-3 smokey links or bacon, leaner variety

1 cup mixed fruit - fake whipped cream optional

-OR- 1 tabelspoon sugar free jelly on the toast.

1 cup of reduced caffeine coffee

20 oz. water

1 aspirin, low dose. 1-B-12 complex pill. 1 calcium tablet.

Lunch 1-2PM:

2 slices of low-carb/sugar free bread with 1 teaspoon lite Miracle whip or mustard. 2 slices of meat, 1 slice of cheese. A bowl of small salad with vinegar/oil dressing. 40 oz. water.

1 little cup of Jell-O sugar free pudding.

5 oz. of dry red wine.

1 hour later - dessert - 2 sugar free cookies and a Diet Pepsi.

Dinner - 7-8PM - varies.

1 meat dish of some kind, or fish - vary this. Lean meat isn't really a factor in blood glucose control and you need the protein.

1 vegetable dish - no potatoes. Sweet potatoes are OK.

FRESH VEGETABLES - canned ones are loaded in salt and sugar.

1 large salad

1 cup of Dreamfields pasta in home made sauce and 1/2 the meat.

40 oz. water

10 oz. dry red wine

Eat until you're full. Don't force it. Don't skip meals.

Snacks at the midpoints of meals - varies. You'll have to test this stuff. Carb intake limited to 20-25/meal.

ADA and Bayer seem to recommend 189 grams carbs/day?

That's too much, IMHO.