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Hi all it's been a while since I stopped by...to remind you about me I have type 2 diabetes, on an insulin pump. I needed to lose 85 lbs to be at my goal. I've lost 43 lbs and the last weight loss I did have was in November.

I need some help. I don't think I'm eating the right foods. I feel like I eat the same 4-5 foods everyday. lunch meat, cheese stick, yogurt Protein bar and Protein shakes....

Not to mention how expensive the Protein Bars and Protein power is. I feel lost....I want to lose this other 42 lbs. I don't even know how to get on track or what I should be eating, or how much.

It's like everything that I learned in my prep classes, doesn't seem to fit what's happening now.

I have been trying to attended Jazzercise 3-4 days a week and walk as much as I can. I'm 47 if that helps any advice given. I did this to hopefully get off the insulin pump my need for insulin has greatly reduced but still on the pump.

Thanks in advance!

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What about chicken, beef, eggs, veg, starch? What are you eating on a daily basis?

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Well....sometimes I have some chicken....eggs not very often my belly is not in love with them anymore. Beef hardly ever, I'm not good with veggied either, belly doesn't like them either. And starch, the only starch I really eat is normally 38 veggie straws with my meat and cheese for lunch.< /p>

I know I'm not eating right at all....I can't seem to be able to figure it out.

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What kind of lunch meat are you enjoying. I tend to do far better when I am eating real food...nothing processed. Nothing with an excess of salt. Nothing with more than two ingredients.

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Just like ham or roast beef from the deli at the grocery store.

Do you count calories and/or carbs? How many should I be eating?

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You really need to be working, closely, with a nutritionist.

The bars and shakes that you are having should be low calorie (<120-ish), very low carbs (<5) and high in Protein, at least 15-20 gms.

Are you drinking enough, no calorie, liquids?

I hesitate to give any further advice than that, due to your diabetes. A nutritionist can give you a detailed food plan, to follow.

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Track everything you put in your mouth. Back to basics. Lots of Water.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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