Doris06 posted:
Family supportive to but I just feel angry and embarrassed because feel due to my weight I have brought this on myself, any tips to help me overcome these feelings thx
I felt exactly like that when first diagnosed in April 2010 - in fact I wouldn't let them register me until the following October. I was in denial, and I was so angry at myself, I felt such a failure because I had let this thing happen to me!
Fortunately I was already familiar with Atkins, and I knew it would help with my BGs, so the diagnosis was the kick in the bum I needed to get me back on to my diet - initially to control my BGs, but I've gone from 298lb (21 stone 4lb) to 238lb (17 stone) since diagnosis, and my BGs are spot on at the moment. Now I need to concentrate on more weight loss, which means giving up the red wine
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The most important thing for my self-respect was to learn, from this forum, that not all obese people are Type 2, and not all Type 2s are obese - around 20% of Type 2s are skinny. In fact, in some of us it may not be the obesity that causes the diabetes, the diabetes may cause the obesity :shock: .
If you have insulin resistance, it means that the insulin you do produce can't get the glucose into the muscle cells for energy, because they 'resist' taking it in. The insulin has to do something with all that glucose, so it stuffs it into the fat cells, which are only too happy to have it and increase in size. Then you get told to lose weight so you cut down the fat and eat more carbohydrate! The insulin can't cope with all the glucose from your high-carb diet, so it stuffs it into the fat cells - a vicious circle!
So diabetes may not have been "all my fault", and it may not be all your fault either, Doris
. Control your carb intake to a level that suits you, eat to your meter, and not only will you take control of your BGs, you'll lose weight and decrease your insulin resistance too.
Ask any questions you like - we're here to help!
Viv 8)
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best part of coping with diabetes is this forum :clap: :thumbup: