Once you are diagnosed with diabetes, your life changes. Along
with appropriate medication, you also have to get regular
exercise and most importantly, you have to pay a lot more
attention to what you eat and when you eat. In addition to
taking some medication, a proper diet is your best weapon in
fighting this widespread disease. That’s why your physician will
suggest you make some changes to what and how often you eat.
These changes are an important part of getting your blood sugar
levels under control and keeping you well and healthy for years
to come.

It will take you a little while to get used to this new way of
eating. Try planning your meals for a while to help you get used
to these new eating habits. It’s a very powerful tool to keep
yourself on track to eating healthy, low sugar and low fat
foods. Start by making a list of the foods you should be eating
including lean meats, vegetables, salad, and whole grains, while
staying away from sugars, processed foods and excess fat. Your
physician and a nutritionist are both valuable resources for
helping you make those lists of appropriate foods.

Then sit down with a cookbook for diabetics, or look for
recipes on line and in magazines and pick 7 of them. You’ll only
have to do this in the beginning while you are getting used to
the new way of cooking. After a couple of weeks you should have
a nice stack of recipes to work with. Write down each dish and
recipe reference for each day of the week. I like to write the
recipes on blank index cards so I can have them next to me at
the stove when I’m cooking.

You may want to do the same for breakfast, lunch and snacks.
Keep your menu plan on the fridge or on a bulletin board in the
kitchen for easy reference. I mostly tend to eat the same two or
three things for breakfast and a sandwich, salad or dinner
leftovers for lunch. For snacks, I try to keep some high
protein, low carb food like boiled eggs or some raw veggies
close by.

Last but not least, get out a blank sheet of paper and jot down
everything you need to buy at the grocery store to prepare each
meal for the week. Add whatever else you may need and head to
the store. The list will make sure you get everything you but it
is also a tool to help you avoid buying any foods you’re not
really supposed to be eating anyway. Not only will you stick to
your new way of eating, you’ll also save money by not buying
anything you’ll just toss out later.

Having every meal laid out for you and having just what you
need to prepare those dishes along with some healthy snacks in
the house will make it easier for you to stick to your new
nutritional plan and help you keep your blood sugar levels under
control.

About The Author: To learn more about why menu planning is a
good idea visit
menuplanningcentral.com/blog/why-menu-plan and for
some grocery shopping tips for diabetics visit
diabetesknowhow.com/?page_id=6 today.

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