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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Hello Everyone 
Saw a Dietician yesterday -- and she talked about Self care -- Food, salt, sugar and water
How much water do you drink a day ??
How much salt do you have a day ??
Sugar -- how much a day ?? do you have fruit and veges everyday , salad
she has challenged us to eat mor heathlier in the month of Apri
Who is going to join me or have some wonderful hints and tips to share
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@Shaz51 checking in to encourage you to keep up your water intake.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
thank you my friend @Former-Member, I drink more water on some days more than other , fridays I seem to drink more water than other day
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
We had a nice piece of steak for dinner tonight topped with mushroom sauce and with green leaves and mashed potato on the side. Not sure how the amount of sour cream that went into it fits with my diet plan but it was yummy 😋
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Unknown userMember
Home made chicken soup followed by wraps with chicken & Asian coleslaw for lunch.
Mr D has got meat pies out for tea.
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Hey @Determined my son has been on a ketogenic diet ... where sour cream and full cream are approved items ... what a weird world we live in! He has gone zero sugar and tonight I was a proud mum, cos he said throw on the broccoli and we polished off a whole on as side with chicken.
How to make quick and easy and healthy YAY
Not totally convinced about keto .. but its good that he is doing research and taking interest.
Hope you are all well @Former-Member @Shaz51 @Faith-and-Hope @soul
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
we had asparagus, ham, mushroom on toast with cheese on the top , put under the griller
@Appleblossom, @Former-Member, @Determined, @Faith-and-Hope, @soul
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
You can keep the asparagus for yourself @Shaz51 but the rest of that sounds nice
We had grilled snapper on mashed potato and some sort of sauce. It was quite nice.
I don't often try something different when we eat out but glad I did.
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Chicken and kaleslaw for us last night. My dr has asked me to go lower carb for a while. My diet wasn’t high carb anyway, but there was room to pare it back a little more. After five weeks I am noticing a tiny difference ..... clotheswise. I don’t do scales.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
ha ha @Determined 
aparagrass
yes me too @Faith-and-Hope, one doctor sadi i need to lose weight but still eat , I am not too far over my BMI but been on the diabetes meds for 10 days now
i don`t have scales either
funny how everyone thinks " Just lose weight " -- then you will be right , ammm yea right but because of my CKD the body is making it
Hello @Appleblossom, @Former-Member, @soul, @Former-Member, @Owlunar, @Adge
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
Understanding your frustration re the 'just loose weight' @Shaz51
Current gp has explained to me recently that it is to do with my liver function why I put on weight even when I eat less. (No one has ever explained that to me before or even noted that my liver function is not right despite it being out for a very long time). The solution for me has to be eat more but different and less often. Not that we have too much unhealthy food in our diet. My problem is depending on mood and stress levels I vary between forgetting to eat to grazing so my metabolism is all confused. Now I am supposed to only eat 3 meals a day and only water or herbal tea in between. Breaks in between meals is suposed to give my liver a rest.
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