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In today's episode of what's cooking with Paula Deen, Bobby and Paula answer viewer's questions:
1. Is Paula ever planning on doing reduced calorie recipes?
Yes. Paula's new recipe book "Paula Deen Cuts the Fat" has 200 new low fat recipes and 50 classic recipes with less fat. Bobby's recipe book, From Mama's Table to Mine, also looks at classic Paula meals and readjusts them to lower calorie counts.
2. My husband is also diabetic, how was Paula able to change her eating habits?
The first step was to accept that Paula was a Type 2 diabetic, which was very hard. The second step was losing some weight and then moderating the amount of food she was eating on a daily basis. This was hard due to lifestyle changes. The third step was eliminating sweet tea, which eliminated a lot of white sugar. Lastly, make sure you see your doctor regularly.
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welcome to what's cooking with Paula
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Deen you can see Bobby and I are at this
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again we're still in the same clothes
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but we're not quitters are we son no we
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are not quitters we're gonna be trying
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to answer questions today sent in by
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some of our friends out there hmm
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sometimes it's very hard you're in the
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middle of the day to get folks because
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most people are very very busy but we're
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gonna try again today hmm just see if we
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can answer some of these questions well
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who is our first caller good thing we
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have email so if we're not able to get
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through them with we still have yeah the
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question but I can still try to answer
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the question hopefully they'll catch the
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broadcast of course our first question
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is from Pam okay we'll see if Pam
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answers okay come on Pam I'm counting on
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you girl gonna place a bet Bobby sure
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I'll bet you don't answer well that was
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my bad
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mm-hmm let's just give each other on and
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off okay oh gosh I almost thought she
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was hey Pam it's Paula Deen from what's
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cooking with Paula Deen and I'm here
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with my son Bobby and today's show is
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we're on a quest to answer questions
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from our friends out there our listeners
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so I'm so sorry that you weren't there
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to take the call but just watch for this
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podcast because we're gonna try to
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answer the question anyway have a
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blessed day girl bye bye
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here's Pam's question mom is she by she
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she means you I'm sure is she ever
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planning to do a program of awesome
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recipes in the reduced calorie version
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of her original recipe oh that was your
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chef is she planning that that was that
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Pam that was Bobby's show oh not my
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mama's meal show still is and it's still
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run
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I think oh my gosh what show Bobby Bobby
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has a cookbook out and I do too I have
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Paula Deen cuts the fat it's my newest
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cookbook and it's it's 250 brand new
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recipes Pam and fifty of my old classics
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it I have cut the the fat and the
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calories own and Bobby also has a
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cookbook
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what is the name couple of them got a
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couple I know it but the one that every
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mom is able to mine went to number one
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on the New York Times bestseller list in
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its category yes that's wonderful Bobby
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thank you and then Bobby Dean's everyday
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eats both are both of great books uh-huh
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but one at one of your books like each
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each meal was under 350 now 400 50
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calories or less and you could prepare
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every recipe in 30 minutes 30 to 45
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minutes uh-huh all right now which
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cookbook is that the first one from
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Mama's table to mind what was tremendous
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it did so well because it's relevant a
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lot of people like Pam have this very
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same question the reason Pam that I
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wrote the book is because I love my
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mom's food I love fried chicken and
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collard greens and sweet potato souffle
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and just all the you know favorites
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classic favorite recipes and it's valent
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very elementary idea to decide to take
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those original recipes and just pare
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them down and try to come up with a with
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a with a lighter version of it and it
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was really simple to do that all I did
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was looked at the original recipes
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because my mom always told me from an
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early age to go exactly by the recipe
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the first time you're doing anything and
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then after that you can make it your own
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and do whatever you'd like to it so I
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always felt like I had creative license
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to do because people asked me they were
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like no you feel bad doing that to your
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Mama's recipe and really I didn't cuz
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you gave me permission early on to do it
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of color but all you really have to do
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Pam is take a recipe that you really
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like and look inside that recipe at the
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culprits and and and either replace them
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entirely or
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I'm out if you can or just you can
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really cut out a lot of unnecessary fat
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calories just by reducing the amounts of
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things and recipe for instance if a
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recipe calls for sour cream you could
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use Greek yogurt to substitute or you
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could use vegetables rather than
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breading in some instances or you can
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cut back on the cheese and a macaroni
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and cheese for instance by you by
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filling it with with ground cauliflower
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there's a lot of little yeah absolutely
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absolutely
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a lot of little tips and tricks that you
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can use to to dial back on the fat
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calories and recipes so the answer the
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question is yes she did do it she came
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out with a cookbook called Paula Deen
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Custis at and that's got a lot of great
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250 recipes in fact of great scale back
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recipes or you could go to from Mama's
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table to mine that book is solid honest
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recipes that work that's great and 50
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calories yeah or less so that that and
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it was that was very well received yeah
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well Pam I'm so sorry we missed you but
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we hope that you happen to catch this
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podcast when we're answering your
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question so we'll go to a little short
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break Bobby and we'll see you our next
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victim is I mean our next caller is okay
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they're running from us like their
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victims well y'all answer the phone
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please
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hundred so we're trying to call Karen
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we're back young trying to call Karen
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hopefully she will answer great question
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it is a great question
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relevant hey Karen it's Paula Dean along
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with my son Bobby Dean we're in the
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middle of doing what's cooking with
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Paula Dean podcast and you had sent us a
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question and we were trying to get in
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touch with you so that we might answer
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it so we're so sorry that we missed you
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but if you get this message in the next
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couple of minutes you can call us back
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and we'd love to chat with you
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so have a great day and we appreciate
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your questions thanks girl bye bye
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alright Karen wasn't able to get to the
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phone and obviously has a job like a lot
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of other people that we call in the
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middle of the day yeah and if that
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describes you and you have a job you can
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catch this podcast you can watch it that
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at 12:00 Eastern on Saturdays so never
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fear if you have to work twelve eastern
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Roseau on Saturday as you can catch us
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alright great
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Karen's question squash Karen's question
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is Paula my husband is also diabetic and
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I'm interested in knowing how you were
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able to change your eating habits um
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well Karen I'm sorry to hear I I know
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nothing I know I don't know his age or
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anything but the older you get the more
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likely this is to happen to you and you
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know you can't do the same things at 45
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or 55
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that you did when you were 25 it just
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doesn't work that way I don't know if
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he's type 1 or type 2 I really don't
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don't know any of those things
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but you know most people don't like
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change we don't like change and it's
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hard when I first said ok I had to
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accept the fact that I was diabetic and
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that took me about a year and a half I
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think I went for three six months visits
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before I had to look at the doctor and
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say okay I am type 2 diabetic because I
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said it couldn't be nobody else in our
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family had it and but I have since found
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out that after learning more about this
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it's not not all genetic you know stress
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and certainly genetics but your
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lifestyle the way you eat the way you
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play the amount of stress you're under
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all those play in to whether you're
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gonna be a candidate but type 2 diabetes
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but age is probably one of the biggest
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factors if you're lucky enough to live
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long enough there's gonna be something
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high on your well that'd be your blood
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your blood pressure your cholesterol
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your triglycerides something's gonna get
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high more than likely but it was very
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very hard and after I got that initial
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35 pounds off then I decided that I was
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gonna bring everything back in my
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kitchen but I was gonna practice
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moderation
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I think moderation is so important I was
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hell-bent that I was gonna cut down on
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the portions that I ate because I wanted
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to maintain that weight loss you know I
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said anybody can lose 50 pounds anybody
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anybody if they have it to lose they can
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lose it but it takes a heck of a strong
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person to keep it off because it is
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really as a
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lifestyle change so I have done that
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through my airfryer having enjoying
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fried foods without the frying I have
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certainly lowered my portions on the
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amount that I eat now and so if it's an
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ongoing process one that you have to
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work out all the time and I hope Karen
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that maybe you and I can talk one-on-one
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and maybe knowing the specifics we can
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talk a little bit better sorry I missed
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your girl well you're leaving one out
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that I'm really proud of before
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why you really only had one vice sweetie
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well no I had many more vices son but
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you know what I'm southern people love
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their sweet tea we love our sweet tea
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and from 12 o'clock or 11 o'clock own I
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kept a glass of sweet tea in my hands
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and I no longer do that I drink
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unsweetened tea now but you'd be amazed
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at the calories that are located in our
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liquids I love you you're downplaying it
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that's huge that you gave up sweetie
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that's enormous well it was the southern
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sweetie is loaded with white sugar oh
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that's that that is the culprit if you
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look at if you start paying attention to
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what's in the foods that you buy
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processed foods anything that you can
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see the ingredients on if you look at
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directly at the sugars and the diabetics
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have to look have to pay close attention
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to those items in their buying a good
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way to eat healthier for a diabetic when
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we were doing when you were first
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diagnosed with type-2 diabetes I really
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began to pay a lot of attention to how
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you get type 2 diabetes and what you
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should do about yes and people with
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diabetes particularly type 2 are really
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bummed out because they do have to make
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a change because and we don't a lot of
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that is brought on by the foods that you
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eat and the things that you drink and
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yes something that you can do is shop
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around the edges of the grocery store if
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you can eat more say exactly real food
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more whole
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foods more fruits and vegetables and
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grains and nuts and things like that and
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cut back on the processed foods and the
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sugars it is really not that hard a
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change to make and it is but it's things
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like people aren't aware of how many
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calories they're drinking so if you
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enjoy a cocktail look if you enjoy a
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cocktail or if you like beer you might
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not be aware of how many calories and
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how much sugar that you're taking in
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through that so you can drink more water
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if you're a southern person like mom and
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you really like sweet tea if you can go
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to change to unsweetened tea instead and
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use a liquid stevia for instance or
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sugar in the raw or something like that
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that's a great way to make and don't try
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to eat the whole enchilada at once make
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small changes be proud of yourself
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congratulate yourself your changes that
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you do make because your doctor will be
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real happy that you made any changes at
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all and once you feel some progress like
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you did start drinking more water rather
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than sodas or rather than sweet tea
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start taking a walk during the day and
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eventually you're walking maybe a mile
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every afternoon you will feel so much
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better and with each of those small
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progresses that you make you'll want to
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make more so keep up the good work don't
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get discouraged and and make those small
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changes in your life and you'll feel
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better and the people in your family and
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the people that love you and care about
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you will be super proud of you and I can
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tell you that for me tell you I am
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addicted to diet sodas and my doctor
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informed me last time I went in to visit
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and I've got one more thing to say to
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you Karen about that doctor but she said
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diet sodas
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diet sodas increase your chances of
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becoming a type-2 diabetic mm-hmm and
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that sounded so weird to me it's fake
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sugar that's your body here's the most
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immature yeah here's the most important
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thing Karen is that your husband go to
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the doctor on a regular basis and
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because each of us are different and
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it's important that that he visit with
15:24
the doctor and keep up and does this the
15:27
doctor says cuz like said each
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of us are different what worked for me
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might not work for him and vice versa so
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anyway good luck and you can do it just
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keep trying you can do it well Bobby
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well mama we didn't have too much luck
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again today I think what I call them I
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think we ought to come in and do a
15:48
podcast at night when folks are home
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don't y'all yeah that makes more sense
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doesn't it we tried y'all thanks for
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your questions and we'll see y'all next
15:59
week hi what's cooking with Paula Deen
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and Bobby and Bobby Deen the space that
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you live in really affects the way you
16:10
feel so my first recommendation is start
16:14
by updating your window treatments with
16:16
Smith & Noble Smith & Nobles beautiful
16:19
handcrafted blinds drapes shades and
16:22
shutters are custom made just for you
16:24
and they offer different service options
16:26
to fit your needs to get started today
16:29
contact Smith & Noble to get my special
16:32
limited time offer 25% off on your
16:36
window treatments plus free design
16:38
consultation create a space that you're
16:41
gonna love but details about my special
16:44
offer
16:45
go to Smith & noble.com slash Paula that
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Smith & noble.com slash Paula or call
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