Sally: Hi, wow you look different, must be getting older and more refined
Me: Hey, No I insist that I get younger and not let life that me down the tubes
Sally: Have you lost weight?
Me: Yes, I've lost about 18 pounds in the last 3 months.
Sally: Wow you must have really cut back on the sweets, eggs and meats, cause that stuff is really fatty and causes all kinds of weight gains in people.
Me: No I quit eating potatoes, bread, pasta, cereals and oatmeal for the most part
Sally: Noooo, that is healthy food, I mean you've always ate healthy bread and oatmeal is real good for everyone.
Me: No those kind of foods actually is what was causing my blood sugars to go up and why I never had control and led to complications from my diabetes.
Sally: You have diabetes? Me too and I am always giving myself these stupid shots
Me: Well I discovered that if I cut out as many carbs as I can and just eat lean meats and vegetables with extra fats from good sources, I learned to control my glucose levels and it has helped me lose weight as well.
Sally: Impossible fats are bad you, I mean Bob's doctor told him if he didn't quit eating so many eggs, bacon, ham, pork chops and fried chicken he was going to have a heart attack before he was 50. So we cut out a lot of the foods we used to eat and we are in worse of a battle than we used to be, Bob's cholesterol has gotten worse and his sugars are up. We started eating whole wheat pancakes, sweet potatoes, and went to whole wheat pastas and honestly Bob says he feels worse now. We eat a lot of healthy grains and stuff, we started eating all this 'fat free' foods and started eating what the doctor said was better for us. I don't understand why we haven't lost weight and our sugar numbers are still really high??
Me: Well Sally it is because what we thought was good for us really isn't. The old stories about Grand Ma and Grand Pa living to 100 and they basically made their own foods on the farm, ate stuff like eggs, country ham and bacon, stuff that came out of their garden, they worked all the time and only had cake and pies on special occasions is because that ate lean and hardy without the junk, back then they could drive thru a McDonalds and get pancakes, or grab a bagel and cream cheese or a Dunkin Donuts, they ate lots of vegetable and meats they made themselves.
Sally: But my friends and everything I have read says fat is bad for you.
Me: I thought that to until I starting researching more about what causes high cholesterol and triglycerides and blood sugars to be high, its all the carbohydrates that I put in to our live that have caused the problem not the fats, it is when you combine the fats with the carbs that you gain weight and your cholesterol numbers get higher and it causes all sorts of health problems.
Sally: Wow maybe I need to change the way I think and start cooking differently?
Me: Yep and I would be glad to help
So do you ever get into a conversation like this? We must be willing to "Think Outside of the Box" and let go of stereotypical thinking when it comes to changing our lives or those close to us.
Me: Hey, No I insist that I get younger and not let life that me down the tubes
Sally: Have you lost weight?
Me: Yes, I've lost about 18 pounds in the last 3 months.
Sally: Wow you must have really cut back on the sweets, eggs and meats, cause that stuff is really fatty and causes all kinds of weight gains in people.
Me: No I quit eating potatoes, bread, pasta, cereals and oatmeal for the most part
Sally: Noooo, that is healthy food, I mean you've always ate healthy bread and oatmeal is real good for everyone.
Me: No those kind of foods actually is what was causing my blood sugars to go up and why I never had control and led to complications from my diabetes.
Sally: You have diabetes? Me too and I am always giving myself these stupid shots
Me: Well I discovered that if I cut out as many carbs as I can and just eat lean meats and vegetables with extra fats from good sources, I learned to control my glucose levels and it has helped me lose weight as well.
Sally: Impossible fats are bad you, I mean Bob's doctor told him if he didn't quit eating so many eggs, bacon, ham, pork chops and fried chicken he was going to have a heart attack before he was 50. So we cut out a lot of the foods we used to eat and we are in worse of a battle than we used to be, Bob's cholesterol has gotten worse and his sugars are up. We started eating whole wheat pancakes, sweet potatoes, and went to whole wheat pastas and honestly Bob says he feels worse now. We eat a lot of healthy grains and stuff, we started eating all this 'fat free' foods and started eating what the doctor said was better for us. I don't understand why we haven't lost weight and our sugar numbers are still really high??
Me: Well Sally it is because what we thought was good for us really isn't. The old stories about Grand Ma and Grand Pa living to 100 and they basically made their own foods on the farm, ate stuff like eggs, country ham and bacon, stuff that came out of their garden, they worked all the time and only had cake and pies on special occasions is because that ate lean and hardy without the junk, back then they could drive thru a McDonalds and get pancakes, or grab a bagel and cream cheese or a Dunkin Donuts, they ate lots of vegetable and meats they made themselves.
Sally: But my friends and everything I have read says fat is bad for you.
Me: I thought that to until I starting researching more about what causes high cholesterol and triglycerides and blood sugars to be high, its all the carbohydrates that I put in to our live that have caused the problem not the fats, it is when you combine the fats with the carbs that you gain weight and your cholesterol numbers get higher and it causes all sorts of health problems.
Sally: Wow maybe I need to change the way I think and start cooking differently?
Me: Yep and I would be glad to help
So do you ever get into a conversation like this? We must be willing to "Think Outside of the Box" and let go of stereotypical thinking when it comes to changing our lives or those close to us.
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