strawberries and a little bit
of cream cheese.
Lunch might be 100g of
double smoked ham, 200g
of rocket, cheese, sundried
tomatoes, apple cider vinegar
and an egg fried in butter.
That’s filling and it’s about
1548 kilojoules.
I weigh everything out
on a digital kitchen scale
and I put the grams in my food
diary and it tells me how many
kilojoules it has. It gets easier
after a while, because you get to
know how much you can have.
On the five days when I’m
not fasting, I eat whatever I
want, in moderation. It’s much
more nutritious food than
what I used to eat.
If we go out for dinner,
instead of getting chips on
the side I’ll just have salad
or vegetables and I’ll just
have a few of the kids’ chips.
I don’t think you have to cut
everything you enjoy; you
need to indulge a little bit.
I also drink a lot of water and
herbal teas, especially green tea.
OF MYSELF
taking care
I’M NOW
Does 16 hours
sometimes seem like
a very long time?
You are sleeping for most of
that time, so it’s not as hard
as it might sound.How dramatically has
your diet changed from
what you used eat?
The biggest change has been
cutting out all soft drink. I used
to drink a couple of cans of Coke
every day and, after having my
first daughter, I drank a 1.25L
bottle every day. I’d often have
a piece of cake with a glass of
Coke. Looking back, I don’t
know how I did that. Just
recently I tried a little sip,BEFORE
but it was so sweet it made
me feel sick.
I used to eat a lot of unhealthy
food. If there was pizza at a party,
I’d keep eating more and more.
I’d also go to the pantry for
chips and chocolate when I was
feeling low on energy, which
made me feel better for a little
while, but then I’d have a slump.Do you have any little
routines or tricks that help
you to stay on track?
I weigh myself religiously,
every morning. I do it to remind
myself of what happens if I have
a binge and to enjoy seeingdiabetic living MARCH/APRIL 2019 119my story: pre-diabetes