Cooking Made Simple

If you have been reading my blog, you know that both my husband, Steve, and I have type 2 diabetes. We were both diagnosed at the same time in October of 2008. At that time I started educating myself on diabetes and healthier living. I am committed to getting us into the best health that we can be in. After having cancer 3 years ago (and lymphedema in my legs as a result of the surgery), fibromyalgia for a number of years and now the diabetes, I know that our time on this earth can be much shorter than we thought. We have to do what we can to try to extend our stay for those that love us and that we love back. It has been almost 2 years since I lit up a cigarette, and we made drastic changes in our diets. Constant chronic pain from the fibromyalgia really cause the exercising to be difficult, so I’m still working on that one.

While researching healthy diets, I came across some things written by a man named Gary Taubes. Be sure to check out his book,

Good Calories, Bad Calories:
Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health

for so much more information about this, but in a nutshell, dietary fat is NOT the enemy! Moderation is still our friend though!

We decided to give this concept a try. For the past year we have been eating 2-4 eggs each, daily, plus bacon, nuts, legumes, oatmeal, real butter, whole milk, heavy cream and a lot of cheese are all a regular part of our diet. Plenty of veggies and some fruit too, of course! It is harder to do this than one would think! We have been brainwashed for so long about eating low fat foods, and it really is tough to overcome that thinking! We love eating these things though, as they taste good and are more filling and satisfying as well. It helps us actually, to keep our portions smaller.

Last week we had some routine blood work done at the doctors office. We needed to have our HbA1C’s checked and they tested for a few other things at the same time. We had EXCELLENT results! Steve’s A1C was down to 6.0% and mine is down to 5.4%! We are very happy with these results, and it shows that our choices are right for the diabetes part of our health! We also found out that our cholesterol is down. DOWN! I’m not sure where Steve was on his before now, but his level is 161 and mine has gone from 225 down to 180. I’m not sure on the specifics for other tests yet, still waiting on the paper to come in the mail, but they called us with these results and we are so relieved that all this saturated fat hasn’t been bad for us!

We will continue with the higher fat and lower carb diet, and hope to see more changes as we go. We definitely have noticed some positive changes in the way we feel, and I’m convinced now that we are moving in the right direction. Now we need to really focus on losing more weight as well!

I am very interested to hear from others with experience in losing a lot of weight, diabetes control, or overall general health improvements! Leave a comment here on my blog, or send me an email!