"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>>> My regular smoothies are low fat plain yoghurt, strawberries (or mixed
>>> frozen berries) dash of splenda and brewer's yeast. Put in the bullet
>>> with ice or if using frozen berries just put the berries in straight
>>> from the freezer and you can omit the ice. My daughter in Sydney has one
>>> for brekky every weekday morning. She likes whey powder, water, berries,
>>> ice and a dash of Stevia. Keep away from the bananas and honey. You
>>> could try berries and a bit of rockmelon (cantaloupe) or watermelon.
>>> Canned water packed-apricots work for me too, re bg. Mango might be a
>>> little carby (will this be breakfast?). She might even be ok with a bit
>>> of carrot juice in it with the fruit. I personally like celery in
>>> smoothies with some berries. One cup of whey powder (powder in cup of
>>> water) should give about half the daily amount of protein needed. That
>>> might help if she isn't a big meat eater but needs to keep the carbs
>>> down.
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>> Not likely it would be breakfast. She is not a big breakfast eater at
>> all but she may be going on Metformin or something and if she needs it
>> with breakfast she will have to eat something then.
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>> I can't use the whey powder or yogurt most of the time because they are
>> dairy. And the only smoothie type fruits she likes are strawberries and
>> bananas. I know bananas are out.
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>> I do not make breakfast. Morning is not a good time of day for me. Last
>> year she did eat some coconut granola type bars for a while. I think she
>> could still do those but I will have to check the carb count. Or she
>> might just have some apple slices or baby carrots. That was about all I
>> could get her to eat.
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>> Her lunch will come much later in the day than it did last year though.
>> Last year she had to eat lunch at 10:30 which is why I didn't push the
>> breakfast. I figured if I could just get a couple of bites of something
>> in her that would keep her until she could eat her lunch.
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>> But then she wouldn't eat much lunch either. Maybe an applesauce, more
>> apple slices or carrots perhaps with a little tub of hummus. On a dairy
>> day she would have a small Lunchable nachos. Only one dairy day falls
>> during school though and she didn't always want those. I would have to
>> check the carb count but I think they are still doable. Or she would just
>> take a piece of cheese.
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>> She seems to suffer from what her dad suffers from and it is the same
>> thing his dad had. Not wanting to eat during the day and wanting to eat
>> all night. I did see something about this somewhere and it is has a name
>> for it. Some kind of disorder. But I can't remember the name of it.
>> That will have to change too.
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>> I don't think she necessarily eats bad foods. I tend not to bring too
>> many bad foods home. But she has been sneaking food. And that will have
>> to stop. She wanted Nutella. I only let her buy a small jar because I
>> had just thrown out a large jar that had expired. Tonight I caught her
>> eating some from a spoon. That will have to stop too.
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>> Normally when she does have smoothies they are for snacks. I do not let
>> her have them very often and more likely I will get them out somewhere
>> instead of making them at home. But that will have to change now.
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> How about half a cup of coconut milk, half a cup of water, strawberries
> and some sweetener and ice.

Is coconut milk low in carbs? I will try that. Thanks.