The official thread where everyone tries to catch up to Joe, and Windy keeps track of who posts on the even K's

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VolNExile said:
One easy rule of thumb: when you're deciding which starches (rice, wheat, corn, potatoes, etc.) are OK, just don't eat white food. No sugar, no white flour, no white rice, no white potatoes. Take it one step further: don't eat anything that comes from a box or requires you to shout into a microphone in the drive-through. Ignore Joe with his endless love for crap-in-a-box cereal. (I love Joe, but I have no idea how he is alive with what he eats.)

Cook from scratch at home. Minimize baked foods like biscuits, bread, cake, which are generally simple carbs. (Sneak in some cornbread; I won't tell.) Instead, load up on cooked and raw veggies, which are generally complex carbs: snap peas, green beans, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, spinach, kale (yuck), corn on the cob up to a point. You want to eat food that your body has to work to digest (= complex carbs), instead of that straight-shot-to-your-bloodstream stuff like cinnamon buns and other "white stuff" food (= simple carbs.)

I'm flirting with a pre-diabetes diagnosis courtesy of fasting blood glucose of 108, although my HgbA1C is still OK, and I just got preached at by my doc this morning, lol. So I'm rooting for you! I don't want to go on metformin either. Poopies or no poopies. I know that at this point, I can control this and improve my health, and I will.
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I love cereal too, but I've given it up. I've also given up sweets. That's a biggie for me. If you read my posts in here you know how much I love my sweets.
 
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508mikey said:
I work nights and eat before bed (usually leftovers with little carbs and no sugar) my wake up blood sugar is usually high - that's what I'm not understanding (by high I mean around a 145 avg ) Any suggestions ?
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The doc told me that anytime you go more than 5 hours without eating, the liver will start producing sugar. That's why he told me to eat something every 5 hours.
 
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Orangeredblooded said:
For one thing, that has more to do with your age and how your body metabolizes the things you eat, even if you are cutting the carbs and sugar as you say, Are you eating out at all, I even mean, picking up anything from convenient stores? and no one should eat before they go to bed. That’s when our bodies slow, no matter what time of day.
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I'm eating a protein bar right before I go to bed. It's usually 5 hours or so since my last meal. Should I not be doing that?
 
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