What Does A Diabetic And Fitness Enthusiastic Eat? THIS! (you might be surprised!)

Chicken, mashed sweet potato and salad

So I'm going home to Finland for christmas, and my mum and sister where asking me for my food preferences. I then decided to actually make this into a blog post, since I get  a lot of people asking me what do I eat, and what i can't eat (due to diabetes). Also I would like to shaek off some those conceptions people have about diabetes and execrise, like "you can't eat anything sweet", or "no treats". 

Lately I've made a notion that my diet asctually is a lot like the paleo diet. A lot of protein (MEAT! yum!), good fats (nuts etc) and vegetables. For carbs my favorites are sweet potato and barley!  

I'm also suffering from lactose intolerance of some level. I'm not sure how common this in Ireland/UK/Mainland Europe, but in Finland it is quite common. ALready after eating dairy for a few days I'm like a bloatred gassy balloon, and just generally feeling really bad! And in Irelanf you can't get ANY lactoce free products. For some reason I can eat a little bit of feta and ricotta cheese, but only very rarely. Most annoyed I am about cottage cheese and quark. They are so incredibly nutritious, healthy and good source of protein! If I could I would eat them every day and my body would be feeling much better :( Luckily i'll be soon in Finland again and stuff myself with quark again :D 

Here is my wee list! These are the things I always have in my press and that I buy weekly:  

FRIDGE

• Almond milk (unsweetened)
• Soy yoghurt (OR lactose free natural yoghurt)
• Soya single 
• (Cottage cheese)
• (Unsweetened quark)
• Egg whites
• Juice (in case of low blood sugar)
• Weight watchers dairy spread 
• Alpro soy vanilla custard
• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Blueberries

Stuff for breakfast :) This is gonna be, surprise, pan cakes!

PROTEIN

• Pepperoni sausage (German Salami Company)
• Chicken
• Turkey
• Lean bacon
• Salmon
• Lean beef

Salmon, mashed peas, feta and salad

VEGGIES

• Spinach
• Cherry tomatoes
• Cucumber
• Scallion
• Carrot
• onions (regular, red, shalot)
• Avocado (every fortnight app.)

Rye bread, egg, salmon, spinach and cucumber

NUTS

• Peanut butter
• Hazelnut butter
• Cashew butter
• Pine nuts

Fruit bowl with cashew chocolate mousse

COOKING & BAKING

• Fruit syrup / Maple syrup / Agave
• Stevia
• Coconut sugar
• Coconut oil
• 1 kcal spray
• Almond flour
• Dessicated coconut
• Corn flour
• Cocoa powder
• Baking powder
• Vanilla
• Spelt four
• Rye flour

I made these amaxing finds at the polish shop! it's boil in a bag barley and buckwheat! And one package costs 79 cents!!

BREAD & PORRIDGE

• Sour rye crisp bread (Finncrisp)
• Ryvita 
• Rye Bread 
• Oat flakes
• Rye flakes
• 4 grain flakes

I absolutely love sweet potato! Could eat it all day long. 

CARBS (FOR MEALS)

• Barley
• Buckwheat
• Slim pasta
• Potato 
• Sweet potato

SNACKS

• Apple
• Banana
• Nakd bars

So I think from these ingredients you're able to cook quite a few different wholesome and tasty meals :) I'm getting hungry again just reading this list!  

Uskolliset paisto-toverini

Näitä patukoita löytyy monissa eri mauissa, omat suosikkini ovat appelsiini-suklaa, kaakao ja tämä uusi kaakao crunch. Sopii tosi hyvin diabeetikolle, ei paljon hiilareita ja nekin aika pitkäkestoisia. 

Munakas on hyvä "pikaruoka", tässä on aika tuhti versio jossa lohta, fetaa, pinaattia ja hummusta