Hi Jo, Thanks for your advice and interesting journey through this thing. In my case, nobody else in the family or extended family has ever had diabetes so I don't think there is a hereditary factor. Low thyroid runs in the family (I have it) but there is only one person as big as me in the extended family and she doesn't have diabetes.
My family are very nervy types and the world's worst pessimists and over-reactors. They would be concerned for sure but their reaction would be extreme so I'm better off keeping it to myself.
I will need to consult this site about food though. For example, I've recently started eating porridge for breakfast (no added sugar) but it sounds as though that is a bad idea rather than a good one (am I right?)
Okay, if that's the situation... You do whatever causes the
least possible stress for you. If that's hiding it, hide it. You can always tell them you beat T2 and lost weight once it's all done, if you choose to. You can, for the moment if not longer, say you're turning over a new leaf and trying a new diet which your doc suggested or something, for weight loss. Just sort of forget to mention the T2 thing and flat-out lie about the doc advising it, haha.
So, yeah, porridge.... Not the best choice. You want to avoid anything with grain/wheat/oats, rice, pasta, anything made with flour, so bread, rusk, crackers etc, cereal, corn, potatoes, and of course, straight sugars... I know that is going to be quite the adjustment, but it will be worth it, I promise. Just stick with meat, poultry, fish, above ground vegetables/leafy greens, berries, cheeses, eggs, full fat greek yoghurt, bacon, olives, capers, extra dark chocolate, pork scratchings, that sort of thing. You're better off with bacon and eggs in the morning (or eggs with salmon, or high meat content sausages, or tomatoes or... No beans and toast though!!!), or just sticking with a big mug of steaming coffee with a lump of butter in. (I know it sounds insane, but it's actually pretty good. Especially if you stir it in with one of those milk wizzy thingies. And this is where you can tell I'm Dutch and searching for clues as to how to put something, haha.). Lunch could be a salad, cold cuts, cheese, stuff like that.... Dinner extra meat or veggies and
no spuds/pasta/rice.
The whole diet is a bit of the opposite of what is usually advised for weight loss, so you'll get a lot of eyebrowns going up, which is why you'll have to decide on what to tell them, if you share a dinnertable. Otherwise they'll still stuff fruit, bread and spuds down your thoat, and you don't want that. Also, when you test bloodsugars, alternate between fingers. If you keep sticking the same spot it'll get calloused, and that'll draw attention to the little pricks.
I didn't realise I could be this sneaky, haha.
You're going to be okay. You're in good hands in this place. So even if you can't ask for support from your immediate surroundings, for the time being anyway, you have some place to go and vent and ask questions.
Hugs,
Jo
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