Breakfast and Snacks

I wanted to post this today, even though I know I have already posted today.  I usually go about 5 hours between meals.  I eat breakfast around 7ish in the mornings during the work week.  My lunch is noon, and then I try to eat dinner by about 6ish.  I try to eat by 6 so that my sugar has time to lower before I head to bed.  Going to bed with high sugar can lead to high sugar levels in the mornings.  I used to have sugar levels about 180 in the mornings.  They are now normal.  I said all that to get to this.  Sometimes I start to get a little nauseous between meals.  I have found that if I eat some almonds it will clear up, and it will not raise my sugar.  I found some YUMMY Blue Diamond Almonds....strawberry flavored, blueberry flavored, and CHOCOLATE flavored at Walmart.  They only have 9 carbs for about 38 of them.    When I need a snack, I make sure that I have protein with it.  Almonds are a great source of protein, even though they contain carbs.  Sometimes I will eat them for breakfast if I am not really feeling hungry, or if I sleep late on my off days.

One thing I discovered is that BREAKFAST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY for a diabetic.  What you eat sets the pattern for the day.  I was eating a packet of oatmeal...good right?  NO!  It was spiking my sugar levels and I did not even know it!  I was eating nothing but carbs, so my sugar was running wild.  I now eat 2 slices of bacon and a scrambled egg for breakfast.  I know...what about cholesterol?  Well....a recent study I read shows that most high cholesterol actually comes from eating sugar!  My cholesterol levels are fine!  I make sure that what I eat first in the morning is mostly protein.  It gives me energy, and does not spike my sugar.  I actually found this out by accident.  I had not eaten breakfast yet, and I needed to talk with my boss.  I had what I thought was a sugar free breath mint.  I popped it in my mouth and headed out to talk with my boss.  I was feeling kind of flushed when I got back to my classroom, so I checked my sugar.  It had spiked to 171 just from the mint!  That was an eye opener for me!  Since then, I make sure that I eat protein first before anything else.  I also make sure that I eat protein with each meal.  I know that there is a lot of information out there on protein....some pro protein, and some con protein.  All I know is what has worked for me.