(218) How do I eat "right" with diabetes with Glenys Oyston
Find Your Food Voice
Julie Duffy Dillon RDN
4.9 • 750 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Looking for the right way to eat and exercise for your diabetes? Know this: there is no one right way to do diabetes self-care. Glenys Oyston is our guest on this Love Food Podcast episode and during the month of May we are focusing on anti-diet diabetes conversations. Join us!
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This episode's Dear Food letter:
Dear food,
I can't stop snacking, and eating fast food. I have diabetes, and need to make better choices. Lately I'm in a heavy food eating, which leads me to be sleepy and inactive. My diabetes dietitian focuses on counting carbs, and I haven't counted carbs in years. I've given up and given in to the cravings. I've gained weight, watched my blood pressure rise, and my eyes fill with sadness when I look in the mirror and wonder how much over X pounds is on my 5ft frame. I actually feel afraid for my heart and all the extra work it has to do now while my weight continues to rise. There have been times when I actually enjoyed drinking "green drinks," and having my brain and body feel healthy. Grilling out, experimenting with recipes, yoga, swimming, and such. I know my food choices today make my vision blurry, blood sugar high, and cause me to make not so good decisions because my brain isn't as clear when I "exercise and eat right. " I want a strong body again. I want to find joy in a walk or kayaking or fitting comfortable in a booth having brunch with friends. How do I get back to that? How do I get back to wanting the healthy choices, the joy in experimenting with fruits, vegetables, protein, and fats in recipes? How with limited insurance and temporary employment do I find a good dietitian? Right now I feel like you food have won. You are keeping me hostage in a body that isn't strong, and makes me physically uncomfortable, and feeds my diabetes instead of my spirit. Lost my way & afraid for my life...
Show Notes:
- Julie Dillon RD blog
- Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
- Glenys Oyston's website: DareToNotDiet.com
- Check out the Facebook groups mentioned: NonDieting Diabetics and Diet Talk Free For Diabetes and Insulin Issues
- Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat for Diabetes (aff)
- Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
- Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.
Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Say goodbye to the food police and hello to peace. Welcome to the Love Food podcast, hosted by |
| 0:06.9 | dietitian and food behavior expert Julie Duffy Dillon. This authentically engineered series is in |
| 0:13.5 | the form of a love letter welcoming you to reconnect with food. Now pour a cup of coffee or a |
| 0:19.9 | margarita and let's begin. |
| 0:31.0 | Hi and welcome to episode 218 of a love food podcast. I'm Julie Duffy Dillon, registered dietitian, and partner on your |
| 0:42.1 | food piece journey. I am so glad you're here. Thank you for connecting today. And are you |
| 0:47.8 | wondering what are actually the right things to do to manage your diabetes or maybe manage any other kind of health condition |
| 0:56.0 | that you've been told you need to like change your food. How do you do it right? Or maybe you've |
| 1:01.9 | tried to do it correctly, but you just can't get a chance to like make it stick. Or maybe you |
| 1:08.8 | can do it for a little while and then you notice yourself all of a sudden |
| 1:12.9 | and kind of slipping up maybe feeling out of control with food or binging well this episode is for you |
| 1:21.3 | we have a letter from someone who is really trying to do the right thing to manage their diabetes |
| 1:26.9 | and just feels like they are never ever going to do the right thing to manage their diabetes and just feels like they are never |
| 1:30.0 | ever going to get it right. And I'm stuck there. We get to hear from someone who I love getting a |
| 1:37.5 | chance to talk to. Her name is Glenys Oyston. Glenys is a dietitian that has been an expert on another Love Food podcast episode. So |
| 1:46.6 | it was really great to connect with her again. I told her that after we hung up, I'm like, |
| 1:50.6 | oh, it was so great. Just to have an excuse to chat with you again. She's someone that I don't get |
| 1:55.5 | a chance to talk to enough. So not only was I able to record an episode with her, I'm so grateful I had a chance to chat with her. |
| 2:01.9 | But she has so much wonderful information. |
| 2:04.6 | She's been helping people with many different types of lived experiences with diabetes for a really long time. |
| 2:10.7 | And I think you'll find her insight really, really helpful. |
| 2:14.5 | But before we get to this episode's letter and to hear from the guest expert, |
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