RE: Another New Member with thank you and ?'s

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Thank you! Elchanan for the information on diabetes.

I'm a new member, and have been lurking and reading

everyone's informative posts for a couple of weeks

now.

 

My name is Trish, and I'm a 31 year old woman in

Michigan. I've been vegetarian in the past, but I

have to admit that I've eaten a very poor

" conventional " diet for the past few years. This has

resulted so far in a higher than optimal body weight

(5'4 " , 260 pounds), low energy level, and some fun

diagnoses of dis-ease (diabetes, Poly-cystic ovarian

syndrome) in my last doctors visit. I am also 13

weeks pregnant, and while I was very physically active

in the past I haven't been in some time.

 

When I first started eating a vegetarian diet, due to

a diagnoses of hormone imbalance which I researched

and decided was due to my high red meat diet, I felt

much better but did not have much support (okay, I was

ridiculed by my friends and family) and eventually

allowed myself to go back to a " normal " (said

tongue-in-cheek) way of eating. Now I feel strongly

that for my health and well-being, and that of my

child and family (which is different than the previous

one and very, very supportive) raw foods is what will

work for us. My partner is interested, and committed

to go 70% raw as he has some cooked foods he would

still like to eat. I would like to be 100%

eventually, asap really.

 

My questions/concerns are these:

 

controlling my blood sugars to a level satisfactory to

the midwife and doctor, so I don't need to go on

medication.

 

eating a diet rich in the nutrients that I need to

maintain a healthy pregnancy, nursing period, and

health for me beyond that.

 

I'm sure I have more concerns, but these are the ones

that come to mind straight off. My daily menu is some

variation of what follows...

 

Breakfast - oatmeal or bran cereal of some variety

(cooked)

 

snack - sometime during the morning, two bananas

 

lunch - pasta of some sort, or a pb sandwich

 

snack - an apple (usually, sometimes an orange)

 

dinner - large salad (iceberg, romaine or spinach)

w/cucumbers and avocado, tomatoes if I have them

 

snack - some type of veggie and some type of fruit

during the evening. example - bowl of raw celery and

a grapefruit

 

It feels like I'm eating a -lot- of food...but I'd

like to eliminate the cooked food 'crutches' and

replace them with nutrient rich alternatives. I'll

admit that in the morning I -crave- the cereal. I am

also drinking about 8 ounces of skim milk a day, which

I have never done before but am craving.

 

Anyhow, this is already a really, really long post so

I'll stop now. Once again, thanks for the great

community with so much knowledge and insight shared in

such a supportive way!

 

blessings,

Trish

 

 

 

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