Blogpost up on the subject of acid reflux. Check it out!
How I cheaply got rid of my acid reflux problem Down again but that will change by tomorrow morning as a
Golden Corral Buffet Run is on tap for this afternoon!
Here is a breakfast of instant grits and pork in one of my girlfriend's tasty Mexican style sauces, obviously made with green chilis.
Did 28 minutes,5.57 miles, burned 204 calories on the exercycle. After exercise checked my blood sugar,74, low so I added more citrus punch to my water and ate a mini Snickers bar for the sugar to avoid any chance of hypoglycemia.
Went to the Golden Corral buffet and had 2 plates of food, including Yankee Pot Roast, broasted chicken, fish, brussels sprouts,English peas, mashed potatoes and Texas Toast. Also had a bowl of their chili and a few desserts. Weight before leaving house was 172. Weight when I got home 173.8.
Went on the bike again also: 28 minutes, 5.65 miles, 207 calories, so rode 56 minutes for 11.2 miles today. It will be interesting to see my weight tomorrow morning after this debauchery. Of course it will be up, but maybe not as much as one might think.
Edit: response to commentsThanks for all the comments. Of course, eating any carb with the exception of the vegetable ones imo, raises the blood glucose levels which does make it important that you add fiber, fats , protein etc to help manage the spike. Note the fatty pork there to help accomplish that goal.With the sauce it is difficult to see the fat. When you do like I did, eat and go straight to the exercise bike, the opening of the cells for the glucose entry caused by that exercise helps burn it off even more.Being prediabetic and insulin resistant, my cells need that little extra push that the exercise gives them.
Obviously, I didn't spike that much in the first place for me to drop down so low after mild aerobic activity. In addition, one serving of those grits provided 27 net grams of carbs which per my prior meter readings spiked me way less than rolled oats eaten plain and cooked in water. "Eat to your meter" is something that I preach in my e-book and have practiced with grits and oatmeal, whether instant, rolled, steelcut or steelcut quick version.
In other words, if I had eaten oatmeal and did the same exercise I would not have felt that low, nor would I have felt the need to eat a small chocolate. My blood sugar level would have been higher than 74 without question. No doubt in my mind.
But that is me and my body's reaction, tested many times with my meter.
The lesson to any other folks reading this with prediabetes is to "trust but verify" by "eating to your own meter" when you eat, especially foods you have often. Don't take the food industry's word, or anyone else's, without checking it out on your body with your own blood glucose meter. This advice goes double or triple if you are diabetic as hypoglycemia is a very real possibility for you.
