After a wonderful trip home to visit family for 2 weeks, I was quite glad to see the Nutritionist today. The GI doc has given me a very limited list of what I can eat and since my main source of protein is FISH and FISH is NOT my favorite thing to eat, I was quite aware of the fact that I am not getting enough protein but I wasn't quite sure how to get more. The AHA recommends about 46 grams of protein per day... This doesn't sound like much but... According to the Nutritional Expert my options include... beans/legums, eggs/egg whites, FISH and nuts/nut butters.
Okay... I can work with this, or so I thought. Really FISH every day??? Not going to happen. So since I have to make all these numbers add up to 45g and I knew that wasn't going to happen, we had to work on a compromise. Yes, a compromise... I can do that. Together "we" decided that my target goal would be between 20 and 25 grams of protein a day. This means I only have to eat 2.5 cups of Hummus or 6 eggs, or 1 - 3oz portion of FISH per day! Still NOT going to happen!
The combination of 2 eggs or egg whites, hummus and or FISH during a whole week might happen. I already eat Hummus daily (not 2.5 cups worth... but I eat it), and eggs a couple of times per week and FISH only when I eat out.
The "paperwork" that I was given includes a book called Choose Your Foods: Exchange Lists for Diabetics. It seems to be really good. It will help me get an idea of what contains protein, carbs, etc what the basic serving sizes are and what nutrition I am getting out of it.
Here's to hoping I can remember to keep a Food Diary for a week, along with all my other stuff, and we can see if I am even getting CLOSE to the 20 to 25 gram range!
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