My first visit to the grocery store after diagnoses. I figured this wont be hard. Stay away from a lot of the processed foods because they have the most salt, starch and sugar in them. No problem! UGH. All the foods I love I can no longer eat. Pizza was out. My chef boy R Dee spaghetti and meatballs was out. Hell I was looking at rabbit food. Stuck with the fresh because I was scared too touch anything else they had. Have you looked at the sodium content on some of that stuff? Per serving one had 340grams of the crap. Sugar you say? Well if its processed food then it has it. Those fillers are all starches too. I left the store with three items salad fixings and low cal Italian dressing. Plus some low cal yogurt. UGH Cooking is no longer fun. I never had a weight problem. I could eat anything and not gain a pound. Now I wonder how this changing how I eat will affect me?
I don't think I can do this diabetes diet without some help. How much salt is safe? How much sugar is safe? Can I eat regular food as long as I don't over do it? What is considered a portion? How can I tell by looking at the labels if the product is ok? Is it enough to worry about just the leanness of the product. I mean some say extra lean. Does low cal mean its healthy? How bout if it has the word "healthy" on the label? Does it really mean it is? Could I get the product for myself just because it says it IS healthy? I didn't know what to get... I left the store overwhelmed, confused, and depressed.
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