I should have mentioned water as well. I keep sport bottles in the fridge and refill them from the cooler. I have one with me most of the time. Drinking enough water is really important.
I tried all the diets on Earth before I resorted to surgery. What I'm doing now makes sense. Well-balanced meals are key. Complex carbs are the best kind and give you the most nutritional benefit. After being diagnosed with diabetes, I found out that my greatest enemy is fat. It raises blood sugar way faster than sugar does.
All carbs process the same way in a diabetic, so eating a potato is the same as eating jelly beans for me, the only thing is that I'm going to get more nutrients from complex carbs, so it's best that I eat those. Besides, I can eat a whole package of steamed spinach and be full rather than the same amount of calories from ice cream, which would be about a tablespoon and still be hungry.
It's the food choices you make that matter. Fad diets are just that and they will never keep the weight off, they get too boring. I personally believe that Atkins is downright dangerous. If I tried that diet now that I'm diabetic, it would probably kill me in short order. I have to wonder what happens to people with undiagnosed heart conditions when they start pounding all that fat and cholesterol. I tried that diet a few years ago, I felt miserable and couldn't stay on it, missed veggies too much.
I still allow myself the luxury of sugar and fat, but in greatly reduced amounts. (ask kimmy what I had for breakfast one morning in Vegas at 5:30 am, lol). You just have to make proper eating habits the rule rather than the exception.
I can gain weight with this band if I ate all wrong, lots of people have. It all boils down to making the committment and sticking with it because you'll feel wonderful when you do.
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