geefull
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- Type of diabetes
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@NatJS hello there
some good advice about 'treats' on here already but one thing that strikes me about your post on re-reading it is that part of the difficulty you say you have resisting food you really like may be the difficulty you have in resisting your friends. I suffer from this too, I really hate to disappoint or disoblige people.
It's not easy, but, I have got better at resisting food and friends with practice and to be honest it has made me much better at resisting people i don't like so it's win win for me
I don't preach but now gently explain that my body is carb intolerant and encouraging me to cheat even 'just once' is not a helpful thing for them to do, though I appreciate their gesture and understand they don't intend to make life harder for me.
I do apologise for turning their offer down but I am finally beginning to feel that I'm not apologising for being me and it's a real self esteem boost to feel that I'm the one in control at least some of the time.
I'm not saying I don't 'cheat' but I try to keep it 'treat' and I feel so much better if it's on my own terms, I plan even if it's only to the extent of setting rules for myself in an unexpected situation.
some good advice about 'treats' on here already but one thing that strikes me about your post on re-reading it is that part of the difficulty you say you have resisting food you really like may be the difficulty you have in resisting your friends. I suffer from this too, I really hate to disappoint or disoblige people.
It's not easy, but, I have got better at resisting food and friends with practice and to be honest it has made me much better at resisting people i don't like so it's win win for me
I don't preach but now gently explain that my body is carb intolerant and encouraging me to cheat even 'just once' is not a helpful thing for them to do, though I appreciate their gesture and understand they don't intend to make life harder for me.
I do apologise for turning their offer down but I am finally beginning to feel that I'm not apologising for being me and it's a real self esteem boost to feel that I'm the one in control at least some of the time.
I'm not saying I don't 'cheat' but I try to keep it 'treat' and I feel so much better if it's on my own terms, I plan even if it's only to the extent of setting rules for myself in an unexpected situation.