Hi everyone,
I'm T2, currently on Metformin which I've just upped to 2 a day, was taking Rybelsus but GP has taken me off this due to the side effects I was having and the issues I'm having with my mental health again (she said this could maybe be looked at again in a few months if my weight doesn't come down but right now it was just a bit too much for me to cope with).
I've been following a low carb diet for around the last 10 weeks, doing relatively ok with it, a couple of slips but nothing major and have lost 10 pounds so far. My mental health hasn't been good for the last couple of weeks and I'm struggling again with the diet, this weekend has been awful, had chocolate and popcorn last night, felt terrible after it, tested my bloods and they were 13! That's possibly the worst yet.
Today hasn't been much better, takeaway for dinner because I just couldn't face cooking when I feel like this. I keep trying to tell myself that I'll feel so much better if I can get my blood sugars under control and lose this weight but it honestly feels like there is a little devil on my shoulder telling me there's no point, just eat all the junk food and sometimes it's just so hard to ignore it. I know the food choices I make are up to me alone, just need a little encouragement I think to tell me I can do this. Thanks for letting me rant a bit, feels good to get it out of my head.
Maggie
I'm T2, currently on Metformin which I've just upped to 2 a day, was taking Rybelsus but GP has taken me off this due to the side effects I was having and the issues I'm having with my mental health again (she said this could maybe be looked at again in a few months if my weight doesn't come down but right now it was just a bit too much for me to cope with).
I've been following a low carb diet for around the last 10 weeks, doing relatively ok with it, a couple of slips but nothing major and have lost 10 pounds so far. My mental health hasn't been good for the last couple of weeks and I'm struggling again with the diet, this weekend has been awful, had chocolate and popcorn last night, felt terrible after it, tested my bloods and they were 13! That's possibly the worst yet.
Today hasn't been much better, takeaway for dinner because I just couldn't face cooking when I feel like this. I keep trying to tell myself that I'll feel so much better if I can get my blood sugars under control and lose this weight but it honestly feels like there is a little devil on my shoulder telling me there's no point, just eat all the junk food and sometimes it's just so hard to ignore it. I know the food choices I make are up to me alone, just need a little encouragement I think to tell me I can do this. Thanks for letting me rant a bit, feels good to get it out of my head.
Maggie