hello everyone, I discovered when I tried to log in after a few months of not visiting the forum and having to be sent a new password that I must've registered in oct '11 as lynn8124, not visited for ages, forgot i'd registered and re-registered under the new name of sparklygal...still with me? Good lol. :lol: but when I got sent new p/w it said I was registered under lynn8124 and I dunno how to go back to other name where i'd more posts.
Anyhow, i'm lynn, 32 this month and was diagnosed type 2 in 2005 after being misdiagnosed and treated for overactive bladder for 2 yrs before that. i'll try to keep a long story short (not easy for me lol). basically my diabetes has been poorly controlled since diagnosis. I knew I was at risk because my mum was diagnosed type 1 when she was 23 (which seems kinda weird but anyhoo) but I guess I thought "it'll never happen to me!" eight months after diagnosis saw me shedding 3.5st on lighterlife diet, couldn't believe it was so easy to stick to but I started feeling hungry after 10 weeks and had changed my contraception which made me extremely hungry, came off it without reintroducing food properly. piled on 5st and been trying to replicate my "success" ever since. i.e. I keep on trying to diet using soups and shakes but can never stick to it plus I think it's daft to starve myself (speaking only for myself here).
I have been overweight since childhood, gaining a stone every year but luckily it levelled out. I consider myself a food addict and comfort eater. when something goes wrong in life I turn to food to try and make me feel better but all it does is cause me misery.
I take 2,500mg metformin daily and 1.8mg victoza but I think the met has stopped working. my gp put me on glicazide a couple yrs back, consultant took me off it because she said I would gain weight then she put me back on it last year. I wont take it nor the simvastatin. I am afraid of gaining weight and I don't see the point of forcing my pancreas to produce insulin when over-production has led to type 2? or am I not seeing the bigger picture? :?
I know LC eating is the way to go as when I do manage to stick to it for a week or two I can see the difference it makes to BG levels. feel like i'm coming to a crossroads and dunno which way to turn. it's sink or swim time I think.
sorry to depress everyone lol but I feel better for writing this.
Anyhow, i'm lynn, 32 this month and was diagnosed type 2 in 2005 after being misdiagnosed and treated for overactive bladder for 2 yrs before that. i'll try to keep a long story short (not easy for me lol). basically my diabetes has been poorly controlled since diagnosis. I knew I was at risk because my mum was diagnosed type 1 when she was 23 (which seems kinda weird but anyhoo) but I guess I thought "it'll never happen to me!" eight months after diagnosis saw me shedding 3.5st on lighterlife diet, couldn't believe it was so easy to stick to but I started feeling hungry after 10 weeks and had changed my contraception which made me extremely hungry, came off it without reintroducing food properly. piled on 5st and been trying to replicate my "success" ever since. i.e. I keep on trying to diet using soups and shakes but can never stick to it plus I think it's daft to starve myself (speaking only for myself here).
I have been overweight since childhood, gaining a stone every year but luckily it levelled out. I consider myself a food addict and comfort eater. when something goes wrong in life I turn to food to try and make me feel better but all it does is cause me misery.
I take 2,500mg metformin daily and 1.8mg victoza but I think the met has stopped working. my gp put me on glicazide a couple yrs back, consultant took me off it because she said I would gain weight then she put me back on it last year. I wont take it nor the simvastatin. I am afraid of gaining weight and I don't see the point of forcing my pancreas to produce insulin when over-production has led to type 2? or am I not seeing the bigger picture? :?
I know LC eating is the way to go as when I do manage to stick to it for a week or two I can see the difference it makes to BG levels. feel like i'm coming to a crossroads and dunno which way to turn. it's sink or swim time I think.
sorry to depress everyone lol but I feel better for writing this.
