"Alan" > wrote in message
...
> Learn to Cook
> It's interesting to notice, in reading the various threads on diet, that
> posters here seem to fall into one of three categories:
> Those who enjoy cooking; those who cannot cook; and those who can cook,
> but only do it because they have to.
>
> My research after diagnosis led me to two startling revelations for an
> obese T2. I needed to lose a lot of weight and I needed to control my
> blood glucose. Of course, there are other factors, but those two were
> paramount.
>
> It is a never-ending task, but I believe it was much easier for me to
> achieve reasonable weight and control because I am a person who enjoys
> cooking. It allows me to be the one who controls what goes into the
> recipe by type and quantity, to control the size of portions, and to
> experiment by testing the results.
>
> I can only imagine the stress it places on a relationship when the
> diabetic is trying to tactfully tell the cook that the new dessert is
> either too many carbs or so full of Splenda it tastes horrible. Or that
> they now need five meals a day, and so on. Illness places enough stress
> on relationships without that.
>
> There is also a continual search by non-cooks for "safe" pre-prepared
> foods in the supermarket, like the pop-corn thread at the moment, or
> "safe" fast foods and restaurant foods.
>
> Some people are forced to eat out, by work or local social requirement;
> and fast or pre-prepared foods are convenient. But I am starting to
> believe that one of the best things a diabetic can do for their health
> is to cook for themselves at home.

I cook most of my meals. I like to cook. I didn't always do a lot of
cooking though. When I was single, I often dined out because it was just
easier. It can be difficult to cook for one unless you want to eat the same
thing over and over for days. I do order out some here, but most of what is
available is stuff I can't eat. So even when I order out for the other two,
I often just have a salad myself.

My brother doesn't cook. He knows how. He just doesn't do it. Neither
does his wife. He has type 2 and she has pre-diabetes. When he was first
diagnosed, he insisted that the dietician come up with a menu for him that
was either fast food or takeout. She did. And he ate that way for a while.
But then he got sick of eating the same things over and over again. So he
started eating in more restaurants as opposed to fast food. But he still
doesn't cook.

I guess we all have our own priorities.
--
Type 2
http://users.bestweb.net/~jbove/