Turning To A 2000 Calorie Diabetic Diet

If you are managing diabetes but don’t need to lose weight, a 2000 calorie diabetic diet is probably in line with your needs.

Also, if you are currently diabetic and also obese, your calorie needs may exceed 2000, so you would still be able to lose weight on a 2000 calorie diet for diabetics.

The main theme with any diet plan is to incorporate as many healthy, nutritious foods as you can within your calorie limit.

Focus on vegetables, and be sure to get a variety of them.

Eating vegetables that are different colors helps you be sure you are getting a variety of nutrients.

You want to ensure that your 2000 calorie diabetic diet provides you with the calorie total you want, but also meets all your nutritional needs.

Following is an example of one day on a 2000 calorie diabetic diet.

This should give you an idea of how much you can eat, and then you can swap items in and out to create other meal plans, as long as you stick with the same number of total calories.

It helps you manage your diabetes when you incorporate snacks into your day, and you will feel less hungry.

As with any new diet, including the 2000 calorie diabetic diet, you should check with your physician or a nutritional counselor to be sure it meets your unique needs.

Breakfast – 419 calories

• One cup bran flakes with raisons (187 calories)
• Half cup skim milk, with cereal (43 calories)
• Medium banana (105 calories)
• Six ounce glass orange juice (84 calories)

Morning snack – 164 calories

• 1 ounce almonds (164 calories)

Lunch – 372 calories

• One cup chicken breast in a 4-inch wheat pita
• with one tablespoon low calorie mayonnaise (142 plus 74 plus 50 calories)
• One cup watermelon (46 calories)
• One cup leaf lettuce
• half cup carrot
• half cup tomato
• fat free dressing (60 calories)

Afternoon snack – 354 calories

• One cup popcorn
• air popped (31 calories)
• 8 ounce fruit yogurt (232 calories)

Dinner – 649 calories

• Three ounces 95% lean ground beef (148 calories)
• One hamburger bun (120 calories)
• One tablespoon each, ketchup, mustard (25 calories)
• One medium potato with one ounce of cheddar cheese (240)
• One cup broccoli (30 calories)
• Cup of skim milk (86 calories)
• One medium chocolate chip cookie (50 calories)

Total calories for the day: 2008 calories

As you can see, vegetables are your lowest calorie foods in the 2000 calorie diabetic diet.

Fortunately, they can also help fill you up.

So if you are feeling hungry when you stick to 2000 calories, you may want to add in more vegetables.

A cup of vegetables usually is less than 50 calories.

You can effectively manage your diabetes and lose weight on a 2000 calorie diabetic diet.

You will also need to follow some proven steps, like the ones below, to help you on your journey to losing weight.

• Incorporate a proven, complete nutritional program into your daily life.
• Enhance your nutritional program with a complete mutivitamin supplement because no nutritional program is perfect.
• Use a behavior modification and motivational program that will help you stay on track with your nutritional plan.
• Exercise at home with your own:
  Treadmill

  Stairstepper

  Exercise bike

  Elliptical trainer

  Hand weights or

  An aerobic video.

• See what kinds of weight loss aids your health insurance covers such as:
  Hypnotism

  Gym membership discounts

  Nutritional counseling.

Just as good, is that you will be following a healthy plan that, if you stick with it, can become a habit.

This habit will help you be healthy from here on out!