When small makes a big difference..
This is in relation to my having diabetes and how I am taking steps to prevent it from becoming a full blown complication.
I know what you mean when you know you want to make changes and getting started always seem to be the hardest part. You might actually find that it is easy when you look back later on. Say for example, you might not realize that you are eating more than what you're supposed to have, right now. Remember, the extra in the "more" becomes fat?
Well, first of, you cannot bring your blood sugar down unless you bring down all the numbers first..your weight, your blood pressure, albumin count, cholesterol count and all the counts you have in your medical record. Damn, just when you thought higher is better huh. You need to lose weight to bring down your sugar. To lose weight, you have to eat less and exercise more..yeah, yeah, yeah, you've heard about this for the ..nth time you say.
How about changing your eating habits this week to start with? It is a natural reaction for people to expect results at the flick of a finger but remember that when you have this attitude, you will only reap the "dises" in life..discontentment..discouragement and dis..and that. Okey, why don't we start with the littlest step..
From using that big plate, why not grab a medium one. Even in that there is already a difference. Big plate..more food..medium plate..smaller amount of food compared to the big plate. Try it. If it used to take you 15 minutes to chew what was in your big plate, how about eating slowly and enjoying your smaller amount of food by chewing slowly, extending your eating time to 15 minutes? Do this for about a month and then think of getting yet a smaller plate than the medium one and do the same steps until you've arrived at the recommended amount of food to take in every meal. It might take me a month to blog about the recommended amount of food to eat but remember you're just starting? To give you an idea, visit Doc Emer's site. Well by the time you're ready to evaluate your food intake, i'll probably have a better list for you.
Next, go around your house for 5 minutes half an hour after you've eaten. Well, what can five minutes do? You don't want to overwhelm yourself right? Keep on doing this for a month and then increase it to 10 minutes. How about around the block next time. What you're trying to do is to get used to a routine first. Hahanapin rin ng katawan mo yan in the long run.
Have fun with with your medium plate!!
I know what you mean when you know you want to make changes and getting started always seem to be the hardest part. You might actually find that it is easy when you look back later on. Say for example, you might not realize that you are eating more than what you're supposed to have, right now. Remember, the extra in the "more" becomes fat?
Well, first of, you cannot bring your blood sugar down unless you bring down all the numbers first..your weight, your blood pressure, albumin count, cholesterol count and all the counts you have in your medical record. Damn, just when you thought higher is better huh. You need to lose weight to bring down your sugar. To lose weight, you have to eat less and exercise more..yeah, yeah, yeah, you've heard about this for the ..nth time you say.
How about changing your eating habits this week to start with? It is a natural reaction for people to expect results at the flick of a finger but remember that when you have this attitude, you will only reap the "dises" in life..discontentment..discouragement and dis..and that. Okey, why don't we start with the littlest step..
From using that big plate, why not grab a medium one. Even in that there is already a difference. Big plate..more food..medium plate..smaller amount of food compared to the big plate. Try it. If it used to take you 15 minutes to chew what was in your big plate, how about eating slowly and enjoying your smaller amount of food by chewing slowly, extending your eating time to 15 minutes? Do this for about a month and then think of getting yet a smaller plate than the medium one and do the same steps until you've arrived at the recommended amount of food to take in every meal. It might take me a month to blog about the recommended amount of food to eat but remember you're just starting? To give you an idea, visit Doc Emer's site. Well by the time you're ready to evaluate your food intake, i'll probably have a better list for you.
Next, go around your house for 5 minutes half an hour after you've eaten. Well, what can five minutes do? You don't want to overwhelm yourself right? Keep on doing this for a month and then increase it to 10 minutes. How about around the block next time. What you're trying to do is to get used to a routine first. Hahanapin rin ng katawan mo yan in the long run.
Have fun with with your medium plate!!
posted by ting-aling at 3:03 PM
5 Comments:
Very nice suggestions. Slow but sure... As you know I am diabetic. had it since I hit 40. So, I'm with the disease for 6 years. I love food. Pinanganak akong may vetsin sa bibig. Lahat ng klaseng pagkain masarap sakin. And I eat lots of rice which I should cut down. yun bang tipong, isang piranggot na karne, dalawang spoonful ng kanin... bad no? i've stopped booze, (occasional drinker. yun bang pag may importanteng occasion) na lang cut down on smoking to half...and dropping. My numbers on my last check-up were all normal though. Yung iba nasa border line :-)
Before anything else, I'd like to say I'm very happy that Ting Aling is now here in the blogging world. Congratulations, Ting-Aling!
You write very well! More power to you! Sana matalo natin ang diabetes. :)
was directed here by dr. Emer :)
anyway, my Mom has diabetes too... and upon finding out, she lost a lot of weight with the initial drastic cut of food intake... now she looks better... and since she loves vegetables and fish over meat anyway, she's able to eat healthier...
what's hard for her is keeping her fingers off sweets... but we let her have some anyway... enough to not make her depressed with her condition anyway...
:) keep healthy and i'd try to drop by from tiem to time...
You're doing it right Tito Rolly. I actually aim to create a support group in cyberspace..you know comparing notes every month.
Mec, thanks for dropping by. Your mom is allowed to have anything she wants. Diabetes does not deprive a person of food. Remind her though to eat dessert in moderation-remember, a bar of chocolate is worth 15 tsps. of sugar..ouch!!
Thanks Bayi for visiting my blog. You might want to check your glucose count again. Unfortunately, if your parents are diabetic, chances are you will be too. It is more often than not attributed to your genes. Yes, I've got it in my genes too. There is no cure for diabetes and you can only treat once you have it.
Do visit my blog again.
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