Hello All,
Hope we are well.
This post is a bit of a random one. So I apologise.
Life as a diabetic is dam hard, I can only talk from a T2 point of view and a male aged in his mid thirties.
I have asked myself the “Why me?” many times and sometimes do blame myself, as 2 years ago I could eat like a horse and not put much weight on at all, I was always a 72 to 75kg guy, I could go out clubbing, drink like a fish and still be right as rain the next day ect…
But since that fateful day just over a year ago, that all changed, my life change once I was told I was Type 2 diabetic, I got the standard support from my Nurse and G.P, which was all **** and simply useless.
But I am thankful that it was picked up on my yearly blood tests, as it mostly likely will save me a lot of pain down and heartache down the line in years to come (I hope), as I was diagnosed with a HBA1C of 6.6%, which is not too bad, when all said and done I guess, not good either like. Lol.
I must say all the people on this forum old and new have been a lifesaver to me.
With regards to my levels, it does become quiet addictive to test away and sometimes if you are bad with foods, it does make me think is it worth it to eat all the so called nice food, only for your BS to shoot up and do me more harm than good.
As the so-called nice food, will only hurt me short and long terms, so it’s best to avoid them at all costs.
Being diabetic does never leave my mind, from when I wake up to when I go to sleep, is a constant sentence hanging over my head all the time, which can really get on my nerves, when I do get a bad result from my meter, it can get me down, but then I just run up and down stairs for 5mins or go for a 10 to 20mins walk, I am sure some of the neighbours find this strange, but who knows. But when I get a normal / good results it put a big smile on my face.
Its been a massive learning curve, day by day I am learning more and do feel that I am slowly getting there.
As I am getting better with the Low carb thing, as I have started to get the confidence to experiment with new foods, as before it was becoming rather boring eating the same foods all the time and was scared to eat or did not know what to eat, as I used to think it was all I was allowed, but now I eat strawberry and raspberry most days, anything that ends in berry ect.
I am also into steamed vegetables these days, but do love the chicken, fish, lamb, eggs, cheese, it’s a good job I am not a vegetarian, else I would be well snookered. Lol.
But what I do miss is bread, more specifically, hot white / brown bread, with lots of butter, but Nimble bread will have to do I guess.
Well its getting late and I am sorry for random post, but I must say its helped me to actually write it and who knows my even get a good debate going.
Cheers
Simply_h
Hope we are well.
This post is a bit of a random one. So I apologise.
Life as a diabetic is dam hard, I can only talk from a T2 point of view and a male aged in his mid thirties.
I have asked myself the “Why me?” many times and sometimes do blame myself, as 2 years ago I could eat like a horse and not put much weight on at all, I was always a 72 to 75kg guy, I could go out clubbing, drink like a fish and still be right as rain the next day ect…
But since that fateful day just over a year ago, that all changed, my life change once I was told I was Type 2 diabetic, I got the standard support from my Nurse and G.P, which was all **** and simply useless.
But I am thankful that it was picked up on my yearly blood tests, as it mostly likely will save me a lot of pain down and heartache down the line in years to come (I hope), as I was diagnosed with a HBA1C of 6.6%, which is not too bad, when all said and done I guess, not good either like. Lol.
I must say all the people on this forum old and new have been a lifesaver to me.
With regards to my levels, it does become quiet addictive to test away and sometimes if you are bad with foods, it does make me think is it worth it to eat all the so called nice food, only for your BS to shoot up and do me more harm than good.
As the so-called nice food, will only hurt me short and long terms, so it’s best to avoid them at all costs.
Being diabetic does never leave my mind, from when I wake up to when I go to sleep, is a constant sentence hanging over my head all the time, which can really get on my nerves, when I do get a bad result from my meter, it can get me down, but then I just run up and down stairs for 5mins or go for a 10 to 20mins walk, I am sure some of the neighbours find this strange, but who knows. But when I get a normal / good results it put a big smile on my face.
Its been a massive learning curve, day by day I am learning more and do feel that I am slowly getting there.
As I am getting better with the Low carb thing, as I have started to get the confidence to experiment with new foods, as before it was becoming rather boring eating the same foods all the time and was scared to eat or did not know what to eat, as I used to think it was all I was allowed, but now I eat strawberry and raspberry most days, anything that ends in berry ect.
I am also into steamed vegetables these days, but do love the chicken, fish, lamb, eggs, cheese, it’s a good job I am not a vegetarian, else I would be well snookered. Lol.
But what I do miss is bread, more specifically, hot white / brown bread, with lots of butter, but Nimble bread will have to do I guess.
Well its getting late and I am sorry for random post, but I must say its helped me to actually write it and who knows my even get a good debate going.
Cheers
Simply_h
I to love hot crusty bread with lashings of marg!! omg heaven lol. Or a big fat burger and chips...occasionally, all these things I chose not to indulge in b4 as I was pretty strict with my diet prior to diagnosis.....and it was my choice.....but now the choice has been taken away I want them so bad lol. 
. You are all such caring people. 
