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[Gettingthere]

Mitch

Humbling. Noted as intended. May your hopes be realised. And more.

Marie xx

[Mitch]

Thanks Red, but I am not brave.

Brave is working as a Doctor or Nurse, and having to face a couple and tell them their child is dying, despite their best efforts, and come back the next day and carry on. Or maybe a soldier, that fights for others freedom and remains disciplined and honourable, when horror is all around him. The fireman or policeman that risks his or her life without a seconds thought for their own safety. These are the brave ones, as I said, all things are relative.

Mitch

[jahusba]

Hi Marie,
I have felt like you most of my adult life because of my weight. On diets,off diets, weight off, weight on. Always feeling it is so unfair that I couldn't have been born with one of those bodies that stays slim whatever.Diets would go well then I would 'rebel', angry that I was being told what I could eat or not.
I think maybe I have come to an 'end' at last. The realisation that I wasn't being treated like a child I was behaving like one."I want to do what I want" etc. is a child's way of thinking. I can, as an adult, make choices.Choose badly and I pay the consequences, just like any other decision in life.

Hope you are feeling more positive soon, we all need a good moan sometimes
Jane H

[Efaitch]

:hug: Marie,

I sometimes feel like this from time to time too. For me, it's always "Why me? Why isn't so and so not diabetic when they're fatter than me, more unhealthy than me, etc. etc."

Anyhoo, we all feel like this from time to time. Not necessarily just about diabetes, but you know, about our health or our lives. Tbh, I think it's pretty normal to be angry/upset/depressed on an occasional basis.

I'm another one who thinks that it's a significant change in our lifestyles and that takes a lot of getting used to... A LOT! I do think that if we'd eaten like this since being small, then it just wouldn't be an issue. It doesn't help that everywhere we turn in our society there's "goodies" on offer *sigh*.

You're not alone in your thinking though!

For me, my kids motivate me. I don't want them to have diabetes and I don't want to feed them a diet that will increase their risks of developing diabetes (or any other illness for that matter). For me, it's not just about *me* iyswim? That doesn't mean that I don't struggle or think "stuff it" from time to time.

It's a challenge and I admire and envy those who can live a total low carb lifestyle without seeming to be bothered about the carb laden society we live in .

[Gettingthere]

Thanks for the tons of support. Realising that others find it tough makes me feel less of an odd ball. So planet DB is another roller coaster in life with no off mode. Have to get comfortable with it.
I hate being obsessed with food when I never have been before. May it pass with time.
May we all achieve our db goals with the magic of low carbs. Here's to low carb friendships. And not being normal. And looking out for our health. And not being a burden on the nhs.
And staying in the 5% club. And keeping our feet.
Thanks to the Moan Zone.
Marie xx

[SmarT2]

AND................ all your 'ands' are mine too!
AND then there is Mitch, Graham, Red, Hana, AliB, Marmot, David, Larsson, Bronte, Spiral, JohnWilson, WallyCorker, RayDavies, Lilacarmdillo, BlackForrestMamma and Gettingthere are now in there and so many more who have inspired me on this forum.
Nobody criticises me if my take on the situation is a little off-centre.
The forum members share their stuff.
Happy to say that I am totally obsessed with food. Had always intended to become teacher of Home Science/Economics. Now the science is my food.
Have just invested in my feet with a pair (that is two) of second-hand dance shoes for line dancing and clogging to go to the Gympie Country Muster (Google it if you dare- in Queensland, Australia) to learn the stuff.
Here's to low carb friendships (Red) and not being normal (Red, will join me here too, I think) and once I have trialled it enough (Yes, it is food again) sharing the good stuff that comes with this NEW Style/Old style way of living (White Chocolate Christmas). I am loving this though there have been MOMENTS...........
Alison

[Mitch]

Hi All

I am totally obsessed with food to, but there are many worse things we can be obsessed with. For most of my life, I ate what I wanted, when I wanted. Around 15 years ago, I dumped the saturated fats and fry up breakfasts and started eating a good healthy breakfast. A large bowl of cereal, 4 slices of white toast, (with marg. of course) and a couple of glasses of packaged orange juice, about 200 carbs. A few hours later and feeling hungry, into a garage for a cornish pasty and crisps, swilled down with full fat coke. Oh for the good old days.

So, why obsessed with food? it's not because I pine for the old grub, it's not because I am hungry very often. It's because I now realise the correct food can add a few years to my life. The correct food can help me minimise my medication and most importantly, keep my BG numbers to non diabetic most days. Sure I have a sod it day now and again, birthdays, Christmas, a party or whatever, but these are rare events, certainly less than once per month. On the sod it days I don't waste test strips, I know my numbers will be into double figures, too bad. I'm no paragon of self control, you all know that, but we are all a long time dead. If you can keep on the straight and narrow 365 days of the year, you have my admiration and respect.

OK this is how it seems to me for most people. After getting over the initial shock of being a confirmed diabetic, if you are lucky you find out about low carbing quickly. Within days the BG numbers plummet, within weeks you start loosing weight, three months down the line, an improved HbA1c and lipids. But after a while it's easy to get complacent, and the initial excitement starts wearing off, it's easy to think this is all well and good, but I miss a lot of the old grub. Any of this sound familiar?

This is the time to make a very special effort. Research and you will find hundreds of satisfy, easy to cook meals that do not take a great deal of time and require minimal skills. This grub is not cheap, but neither is it expensive. Not when you remember this food is also your medicine. This food will hopefully spare you from blindness and amputation.

I am working on a book that will be available around Christmas. It contains over 100 true low carb meals, fully illustrated and all easy to make. It will be available as a hardback book, as a CD at cost of production and postage, or free via a PDF file. Oh and by the way, I am not in it for the money.

I will keep you informed. Make that effort. You know it makes sense, why fight it ?

Mitch

[wallycorker]

...............I want out of this club now........

Marie - You are in the club and there's no going back!

..........How do those of you who have been around planet diabetes for whiles longer keep up your motivation? .........

By knowing what it is that was causing the damage and wanting nothing more to do with it!

Keep on going!

Very best wishes - John