Nana.Wilson wrote:
"Susan" wrote...

A Vitamix is kind of an odd purchase for a diabetic, Nana, sorry to say!

Even chosing carefully its applications are rather limited.

What I need to do is to limit my portions, mostly.

Once you start low carbing the carb cravings go away. Because low
carbing is medium protein and high fat or vice versa any cravings for
fat go away as well. The result is decreased appetite. That makes
portion control easier. For some it makes portion control possible for
the first time. So I repeat what Susan and I have already posted - You
will be better off going with a low carb plan than playing with this fun
new fancy machine.

I just
don't feel like cooking & eating eggs at breakfast all the time. So I have
been eating cereal......now tired of that. I am going to try these green
drinks I keep hearing about. Green veggies with fruit thrown in to make it
tastier. I plan to add some protein powder. I like the idea of all natural
peanut butter without sugar & salt. Jes trin' ta make it from one day ta
the next......

I have a breakfast suggestion that only applies to afternoon and
evening people that is nonsense for morning people. If you're a morning
person be sure to ignore it -

Go with the eggs anyways. Morning food for us is a matter of habit not
variety. Variety at breakfast is for the morning people. For us
variety is for dinner or perhaps lunch.

What happens is there are old habits that are comfortable so you will
want to modify them as little as possible. This is why people look for
low carb milk (which is a pretty good product when you can find it by
the way) and lower carb cereal (which even at its best isn't low carb
enough for the first 6+ months of many low carb plans).

Instead go with the eggs. There will be a phase when they are boring
because they don't match the old habit. Stay with them anyways. In
time the eggs will form a new morning habit. In time they will become
your new morning comfort food. Eggs are definately better food than
anything based on grain for low carbers.

Patience is the key. You're going to need to low carb until you are
cured of diabetes. Think about how many people are ever cured of
diabetes by any treatment other than reincarnation. Very few are ever
cured in their current lives. Right. It will be a very long time. Mor
ethan long enough for eggs to be your new morning comfort food ritual.