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MissMuffett

MissMuffett

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Location
Lincolnshire
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I feel my life is so boring right now. Same old routine, can’t do much at the moment as very painful lower back stenosis. Don’t sleep well because of the pain and not very hungry when it comes to meal times. That’s probably because I’m not active enough, catch 22! Yesterday I had some cheese and 2 slices of ham for lunch and when it came to 6pm I didn’t want anything although I felt slightly hungry. An hour later ate some more cheese and 3 plums off my tree, BG this mornin in the 7s!
I don’t seem to be able to pull myself together. I’m usually quite a happy, smiley person and see the silver lining in most things but recently I’m on a downer :confused: Sorry to whinge and moan I just thought putting this on here would be cathartic. I love this forum :)
 
MissMuffett said:
I feel my life is so boring right now. Same old routine, can’t do much at the moment as very painful lower back stenosis. Don’t sleep well because of the pain and not very hungry when it comes to meal times. That’s probably because I’m not active enough, catch 22! Yesterday I had some cheese and 2 slices of ham for lunch and when it came to 6pm I didn’t want anything although I felt slightly hungry. An hour later ate some more cheese and 3 plums off my tree, BG this mornin in the 7s!
I don’t seem to be able to pull myself together. I’m usually quite a happy, smiley person and see the silver lining in most things but recently I’m on a downer :confused: Sorry to whinge and moan I just thought putting this on here would be cathartic. I love this forum :)
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One tenet of Low Carb diets is that you should only eat when hungry and not have set mealtimes as a result. We LCHF users (and those doing keto) increase our fat intake and this hits the saiety button so we feel full most of the day.

Thats the theory. I find in practice that I was able to move from 3 square meals and extras to TWOMAD with no snacks very easily, and so I vary the times these two meals occur. I can do that now I have retired, so I am lucky in that respect.

Recently I developed a liking (craving?) for Bombay Mix, and had started munching through the day. ERROR! ABORT! it pushed my bgl levels up by 2 mmol/l every day, andI I was craving other snacks during the day. I have now knocked it on the head, and my bgl has dropped back to between 4 and 5 and is behaving itself.

So I actually do not feel hungry when on TWOMAD. My body has adjusted to it, and is settled into that sequence. I do not worry about not being hungry, so I break the tenet in the first para of this reply, and I force myself to eat the meals at approx the same time of day simply to allow me to do my 2hr and 4hr blood testing at sensible times of the night and day. I am driven by my spreadsheet!

i find reading and responding in this forum to be a useful pick-me-up since I can see that my condition is perhaps better than many, So I lose my anxiety by knowing I am in control (well, sort of) and it keeps me on the right pathway.
 
I’m usually on 2MAD but recently OMAD apart from a very large mug of coffee around 8am which replaces breakfast and lunch :)
 
MissMuffett said:
I feel my life is so boring right now. Same old routine, can’t do much at the moment as very painful lower back stenosis. Don’t sleep well because of the pain and not very hungry when it comes to meal times. That’s probably because I’m not active enough, catch 22! Yesterday I had some cheese and 2 slices of ham for lunch and when it came to 6pm I didn’t want anything although I felt slightly hungry. An hour later ate some more cheese and 3 plums off my tree, BG this mornin in the 7s!
I don’t seem to be able to pull myself together. I’m usually quite a happy, smiley person and see the silver lining in most things but recently I’m on a downer :confused: Sorry to whinge and moan I just thought putting this on here would be cathartic. I love this forum :)
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Completely understand. It is a complete pain in the ---. Wish you the best. You are right the forum is super. At least you feel there is somewhere to come and vent.
 
MissMuffett said:
I feel my life is so boring right now. Same old routine, can’t do much at the moment as very painful lower back stenosis. Don’t sleep well because of the pain and not very hungry when it comes to meal times. That’s probably because I’m not active enough, catch 22! Yesterday I had some cheese and 2 slices of ham for lunch and when it came to 6pm I didn’t want anything although I felt slightly hungry. An hour later ate some more cheese and 3 plums off my tree, BG this mornin in the 7s!
I don’t seem to be able to pull myself together. I’m usually quite a happy, smiley person and see the silver lining in most things but recently I’m on a downer :confused: Sorry to whinge and moan I just thought putting this on here would be cathartic. I love this forum :)
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Imho, it's the constant pain that is making you down, as it would anyone!
Were you perhaps a person who would look to food, either eating it or making it, as a pick you up? If so low carbing has left a time gap, as has not being able to exercise. So what can you do to fill the time? Helping people on this forum is one, what else can there be? Music, booking something to look forward to, getting out in fresh air, friends...? The list can be long
 
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