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- Type of diabetes
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- Diet only
In a bit of a reflective mood about my journey. Strikes me that although broad principles might remain the same, the management of type 2 (probably type 1 too, but I don’t know about that) is full of nuance and change and thought it would be interesting to hear from others who’ve been diagnosed a while.
A few questions to stimulate the thoughts:
- How has your way of eating/diabetes management changed over time? Or has it stayed the same?
- Are there things you do (or don’t do) now that you would never have believed possible/even considered at diagnosis?
- Are there things you still struggle with, regret (if that’s not too strong a word) or plan on changing?
For me, although I went cold turkey on carbs and straight into keto, my way of eating (I hate the usual acronym as LCHF/Keto is far removed from any form of woe) has gradually become lower and lower in carbs with most days being as close to carnivore as I can get. Borne out of tastes changing - many of the sauces, veggies etc from my early days - tomato based sauces in particular - gradually became too sweet and less enjoyable. Equally I became more comfortable not conforming to dietary norms. Who says you need to eat shedloads of vegetables?
The biggest change however has been fasting. I thought that was a) downright weird and b) impossible and dismissed it. Having the knowledge however, was vital as the switch to a narrow eating window and then OMAD and the occasional slightly longer fast was game changing. Happened through circumstance, but the thought was planted by those on the forum at a different stage in their diabetes management.
On the struggles/change bit. Easy one. It’s the whole ‘treat’/dessert thing. Moderation is just not possible. Started out not allowing them at all for over a year. Good decision, which somehow got reversed. We’re not talking carbs, just tasty low carb things like very high % chocolate, nut butters, sweeteners and cream. That’s my area for development!
Very interested to hear from others.
A few questions to stimulate the thoughts:
- How has your way of eating/diabetes management changed over time? Or has it stayed the same?
- Are there things you do (or don’t do) now that you would never have believed possible/even considered at diagnosis?
- Are there things you still struggle with, regret (if that’s not too strong a word) or plan on changing?
For me, although I went cold turkey on carbs and straight into keto, my way of eating (I hate the usual acronym as LCHF/Keto is far removed from any form of woe) has gradually become lower and lower in carbs with most days being as close to carnivore as I can get. Borne out of tastes changing - many of the sauces, veggies etc from my early days - tomato based sauces in particular - gradually became too sweet and less enjoyable. Equally I became more comfortable not conforming to dietary norms. Who says you need to eat shedloads of vegetables?
The biggest change however has been fasting. I thought that was a) downright weird and b) impossible and dismissed it. Having the knowledge however, was vital as the switch to a narrow eating window and then OMAD and the occasional slightly longer fast was game changing. Happened through circumstance, but the thought was planted by those on the forum at a different stage in their diabetes management.
On the struggles/change bit. Easy one. It’s the whole ‘treat’/dessert thing. Moderation is just not possible. Started out not allowing them at all for over a year. Good decision, which somehow got reversed. We’re not talking carbs, just tasty low carb things like very high % chocolate, nut butters, sweeteners and cream. That’s my area for development!
Very interested to hear from others.