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The schedule isn't about hunger, it's about metabolism and endocrine response. Her meals shouldn't be the size of a non-pre-diabetic either, they should be a smaller portion. I often tell others to eat the portion size of a 10 year old for meals and a 5 year old for snacks. Breakfast; for example, might be a fruit or two or maybe a bowl of oatmeal and milk. It definately should not be a bowl of oatmeal, toast, milk and fruit. Let's say she eats breakfast at 7, she should eat something else around 8:30 to 9. Her lunch would be around 11 which for me also take place around 11 because thats when my body asks for it. Since her lunch times are not controllable, she needs to work out her eating schedule to accomodate lunch. For instance, eating breakfast twice. Eat half before getting ready then the rest before she leaves for school or waiting to eat breakfast on her way to school. It should be structured in away that can accomdate school but know that once you structurize it, it will then take a mind of its own. After a while, she will no longer need to force herself to want to eat, her body will trigger to her planned-schedule on it's own. I would even suggest setting her cell alarm (assuming she has one) to remind her to eat. I also had to do this because I would get so caught up in my day, I would forget to eat. Now heres the reasoning behind all of this. Let's think of a car's engine for comparison. If you only eat a few times a day your body slows down after a little while. Then, when you feed you speed that metabolism up again and after awhile it slows again. Eating is much like turning a car off and on. The heat from the car left over after you shut it off would be the metabolism, eventually the heat is gone and it settles. When you eat more often, you don't give the car enough time to settle, thus the metabolism keeps running which helps to burn fat and keep the body functioning. The other benefit to consistantly eating is you reduce insulin spiking. Instead of the insulin yo-yoing, you keep it consistantly mellow - provided you are watching the types of foods you eat too. I came across your other posts about your daughter and thought I would address it here since I am not a member to those groups. Migraines: Headaches and migraines are very common in prediabetics and diabetics. They are a typically a sign that the insulin is off. They usually occur during two events, insulin too low or insulin too high. Another event would be detoxing (when we change our lifestyle from carbs there is a period of time that migraines are the worst - craving sugar). They could also be a sign of an allergy too. For instance, I am allergic to latex and soy. Soy is in everything these days so it's difficult to find foods without it but when my soy intake is lessened, my mood, health and resulting illnesses are much better. You will be amazed at what food allergies can do for a person. My suggestion is to make a diary of what she eats, when and how much. Then mark down at what time she has her migraines. See if they are in connection with the food times shes been eating. Check ingrediants too to see what the allergy could be. Try to make more natural uncommercialized foods in her diet to see if things improve. If it's insulin related, and the migraine is about 20 minutes after eating, she probably ate too many carbs. If the migraine is about 2-4 hours after she ate, her body is in need of food. Her spine: Did you know that spinal damage can increase and some scientists even say cause diabetes? This is because of the nerves and fluids in the spine, damage can trigger hormonal changes. I myself was born with Spina Bifida Occulta and Sciatica. I would suggest an MRI on her spine, if you haven't already. The information might be really useful. I also suggest no message therapist but instead a physical therapist. The spine is too fragile in my opinion for someone who is not medically inclined to work with. A message therapist does not have the full capability to work with many issues. A physical therapist does, and they also perform massage therapy. Its like comparing a family doctor to a specialist. A family doctor knows a little bit about everything but the specialist knows a lot more about the particular issue. A massage therapist could actually hurt her more because they are not as educated on medical issues as a physical therapist is. I myself go to a PT a couple of times a year. Lastly, I suggest she get a yoga ball for the house. She can play on it, workout on it or even just sit or lay on it while watching tv or doing homework. I sit on one at home and at work. It has been a wonderful asset to my overall being as well theraputic for my spine. Post edited by: pcosinct, at: 12/16/2007 17:29 Post edited by: pcosinct, at: 12/16/2007 17:30 Post edited by: pcosinct, at: 12/16/2007 17:36 |
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