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<blockquote data-quote="lrw60" data-source="post: 403183" data-attributes="member: 64443"><p>Hi Pam,</p><p></p><p>I never kept any of my old progress sheets, I used to delete it at the end of the month and start again. The only thing I kept is my weight record sheet that I have pinned to my bedroom wall. I write on this each Sunday morning. If I notice my weight creeping up then I know I have to get back on track.</p><p></p><p>When I was diagnosed with type 2, 8 or 9 years ago, I was also told it would be for life. I believed them and I think they believed what they were telling me. I just lived with diabetes as a background illness. I had to make allowances for what I ate, but again, eating what the surgery thought was a good healthy diet. Lots of slow release carbs! It’s no wonder the hour after breakfast was one of the worst times for me, my breakfast would send many diabetics dizzy.</p><p></p><p>Reading over this sounds pathetic. I had no control over my diabetes, I just lived as best I could. Now though, things are different. If I had known then what I know now I could have been off medication several years ago.</p><p></p><p>What you are doing sounds as though it should become a self-help book, something recommended by the NHS as required reading.</p><p></p><p>You refer to your weight loss as “incidental rather than premeditated”. That’s how I think of my diabetes. I didn’t “do” anything to lose it, it just went along with the weight. Like you I would be classed as still being overweight, maybe by as much as a stone. But the goalposts for a persons ideal weight seem to be quite wide. I thought I would be told at WeightWatchers that my ideal weight would be whatever, plus or minus a pound or two. It’s actually more flexible. Anyway, I am happy at the size and weight I am. I used to have a 40” waist, now it’s 32”. I went from an XL to M without buying new clothes as it would have cost too much! I still wear a working (paint spattered) cardigan from my XL days. When I was in a builders merchant recently that I hadn’t used for 2 years the woman behind the counter noticed my weight loss and complimented me! I am not used to that. I showed her how my cardie could now fold around me like a wrap. She said there was enough room in for her too! Much to her amusement, and the other customers, I invited her in. She declined, sadly!</p><p></p><p>I must admit to still living with my head in the sand most of the time. I do plan my meals and plan them to be as low in carbs as I can. But, if I fancy a rice pud or fruit crumble with custard then I go for it. I usually have a low carb meal if I am going to have a high carb pud. My normal pud is grapefruit and low fat cream. I still find it difficult to lose the tendency to eat low fat instead of what other low carb’ers proscribe which is high fat. Full cream and proper butter are not on my shopping list. I lost my need for medication because I lost weight. My fear is that if I start to eat a low carb/high fat diet the weight could start to creep back and so would the diabetes.</p><p></p><p>I looked back over the only old spreadsheet I could find a day or so ago. It was for January 2011. my carb intake was between 275 and 400 grams per day, averaging out at about 150 g of sugar. My carbs on the WW diet were about 200 g per day, more if I had a few bananas as snacks (bananas and grapes are classed as free foods on the WW diet, eat as much as you like).</p><p></p><p>I am unemployed at the moment, well since December last year actually. I do get some jobs coming in which seems to keep the jobcenter people happy, but they find it very difficult trying to sort out the paperwork when I declare earnings as I am classed as self-employed. Due to other physical problems caused by work etc over the years I am trying to find something else to do rather than be a builder. If my education hadn’t been cut short by me leaving school aged 15 in 1968 then I might have a better chance of getting different work. I did wonder what my chances would be of retraining as a nutritionist. The requirements include O-levels etc. I left school before taking any exams. But I did well in the mock O-levels, 45 years ago! If you look to the right at my username etc you will see my location is Cornwall. I moved here in 2000 from Hemel Hempstead.</p><p></p><p>I am writing this in MS word as the internet has been a bit slow of late. I will copy and paste it over. I enjoy working with computers and have taught myself simple programming skills. Not enough to get a job unfortunately, but I can write programmes to help me with work etc. I would prefer to remain self-employed, I have not been looking forward to having a boss, but needs must.</p><p>Lee</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lrw60, post: 403183, member: 64443"] Hi Pam, I never kept any of my old progress sheets, I used to delete it at the end of the month and start again. The only thing I kept is my weight record sheet that I have pinned to my bedroom wall. I write on this each Sunday morning. If I notice my weight creeping up then I know I have to get back on track. When I was diagnosed with type 2, 8 or 9 years ago, I was also told it would be for life. I believed them and I think they believed what they were telling me. I just lived with diabetes as a background illness. I had to make allowances for what I ate, but again, eating what the surgery thought was a good healthy diet. Lots of slow release carbs! It’s no wonder the hour after breakfast was one of the worst times for me, my breakfast would send many diabetics dizzy. Reading over this sounds pathetic. I had no control over my diabetes, I just lived as best I could. Now though, things are different. If I had known then what I know now I could have been off medication several years ago. What you are doing sounds as though it should become a self-help book, something recommended by the NHS as required reading. You refer to your weight loss as “incidental rather than premeditated”. That’s how I think of my diabetes. I didn’t “do” anything to lose it, it just went along with the weight. Like you I would be classed as still being overweight, maybe by as much as a stone. But the goalposts for a persons ideal weight seem to be quite wide. I thought I would be told at WeightWatchers that my ideal weight would be whatever, plus or minus a pound or two. It’s actually more flexible. Anyway, I am happy at the size and weight I am. I used to have a 40” waist, now it’s 32”. I went from an XL to M without buying new clothes as it would have cost too much! I still wear a working (paint spattered) cardigan from my XL days. When I was in a builders merchant recently that I hadn’t used for 2 years the woman behind the counter noticed my weight loss and complimented me! I am not used to that. I showed her how my cardie could now fold around me like a wrap. She said there was enough room in for her too! Much to her amusement, and the other customers, I invited her in. She declined, sadly! I must admit to still living with my head in the sand most of the time. I do plan my meals and plan them to be as low in carbs as I can. But, if I fancy a rice pud or fruit crumble with custard then I go for it. I usually have a low carb meal if I am going to have a high carb pud. My normal pud is grapefruit and low fat cream. I still find it difficult to lose the tendency to eat low fat instead of what other low carb’ers proscribe which is high fat. Full cream and proper butter are not on my shopping list. I lost my need for medication because I lost weight. My fear is that if I start to eat a low carb/high fat diet the weight could start to creep back and so would the diabetes. I looked back over the only old spreadsheet I could find a day or so ago. It was for January 2011. my carb intake was between 275 and 400 grams per day, averaging out at about 150 g of sugar. My carbs on the WW diet were about 200 g per day, more if I had a few bananas as snacks (bananas and grapes are classed as free foods on the WW diet, eat as much as you like). I am unemployed at the moment, well since December last year actually. I do get some jobs coming in which seems to keep the jobcenter people happy, but they find it very difficult trying to sort out the paperwork when I declare earnings as I am classed as self-employed. Due to other physical problems caused by work etc over the years I am trying to find something else to do rather than be a builder. If my education hadn’t been cut short by me leaving school aged 15 in 1968 then I might have a better chance of getting different work. I did wonder what my chances would be of retraining as a nutritionist. The requirements include O-levels etc. I left school before taking any exams. But I did well in the mock O-levels, 45 years ago! If you look to the right at my username etc you will see my location is Cornwall. I moved here in 2000 from Hemel Hempstead. I am writing this in MS word as the internet has been a bit slow of late. I will copy and paste it over. I enjoy working with computers and have taught myself simple programming skills. Not enough to get a job unfortunately, but I can write programmes to help me with work etc. I would prefer to remain self-employed, I have not been looking forward to having a boss, but needs must. Lee [/QUOTE]
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