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Do you ever feel yourself wavering?

Marieukxx

Marieukxx

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Type of diabetes
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Diet only
Today is the first day I've really struggled with this whole diabetes thing. One big thing for me was my sweets and crisps. I've been ok without the crisps but do miss them sometimes when the family are all together as we'd usually have bowls of nice crisps and dips. I live at home and at first dad stopped buying his usual chocolates and crisps but I told him don't be silly he shouldn't have to go without because of me. I was ok until today when h comes home with a tub of cadbury's roses and bags of sweets and he's siting there munching away while we watch tv. I sooooooooooo want them. I miss my treats, I'm flipping hungry as all hell and have been all day. I just wanna watch a movie with a bowl full of chocolates a nice glass of wine and some crisps and dip like I used to.

I've resisted temptation so far but I'm feeling a bit down in the dumps about it all. Oh and theres a tub of Cornish clotted cream ice cream in the freezer too :-(

Does anyone else ever have days like this.
 
you need LC snacks for treats...which are fats/oils to stop hunger and give energy
cocoa powder, coconut oil desiccated coconut, vanilla concentrate, spearmint essence, make into balls and refrigerate, eat as many as you like [without being stupid] if you LCHF
 
Absolutely .. I am currently going through a phase were I've fallen off the rails and hating myself for it. For me I have to avoid anything sweet as once I start, all hell breaks loose. I am an addict and I need complete abstinence - it is so hard when you are surrounded by all those things you crave. Don't con yourself into thinking 'just one' cos it's that 'just one' that causes the damage :-)
 
carbs are a certain food group

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarb101/a/carblevel.htm
The goal is to find the highest carb level where the individual will 1) lose or maintain weight and 2) not have cravings which will drive him or her to overeat. These cravings are a very important marker, and almost every low-carb diet book from Atkins to South Beach talks about it. It is one of the most striking features of low-carb diets -- that people no longer find themselves wanting to randomly munch. Being free of those urges is so liberating that it turns people into devoted followers of carb reduction. Other positive signs of eating the correct carb level are increased energy and mental alertness. Also, of course, people who are diabetic or prediabetic can and should monitor how what they eat is affecting their blood glucose.

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarbliving/a/Food-Cravings.htm
 
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Thanks guys, I woke up feeling better today, not starving anymore. Tucking into a nice salad with ham for lunch
 
Before diagnosis I was a binge eater. It didn't matter if i didn't have food in because I would load up at the supermarket, go home and eat the lot. Since diagnosis I have conditioned myself to seeing those foods as poison so I see it but don't crave it. Low carbing seems to have stopped my cravings too. My main weakness was bread, cheese, pizza, crisps. Thankfully I can still eat cheese. Some times I eat too much jelly in one go or a small pot of olives if I'm feeling the need to eat. But these don't affect my BG level. The 85% - 90% chocolate is delicious and once or twice I've eaten a whole bar if I've been stressed about work, so I rarely buy that. Other than that I haven't fallen off the wagon. I'm too scared of the consequences but also LCHF doesn't give me cravings. The weight loss has also been an incentive. I feel like I am back to how I was 25 years ago. Now I don't mind walking around my home town. I used to avoid it incase I met someone who knew me when I was thin.
I sympathise with you because you're living with people who are still practising the bad habits. Sometimes I feel I want to lecture family and friends who have these habits but I don't because there's nothing worse than a reformed addict. If they ask me I will discuss but otherwise I think people can only change when the time is right for them.
Having diabetes has transformed my life for the better. I know this isn't true for everyone but it is for me.
Keep up the fight ... Picture them eating slugs and worms lol. Find yourself a safe snack that you can eat when with everyone in front of the TV. Find s snack that's so yummy they will want it!
Good luck!!
 
I would tend to be a bit like you. I admit there are times when I could stuff myself with all the wrong "garbage" I came up with this idea. I melt about four squares of chocolate, either dark, white or milk (which ever takes your fancy) and dip some almonds in it. Believe me it works, well for me anyway. Ration yourself over a Sat evening say from 7pm to night, night time and you will feel replet. This is my weekly treat. Can't wait til later
 
peacetrain said:
Before diagnosis I was a binge eater. It didn't matter if i didn't have food in because I would load up at the supermarket, go home and eat the lot. Since diagnosis I have conditioned myself to seeing those foods as poison so I see it but don't crave it. Low carbing seems to have stopped my cravings too. My main weakness was bread, cheese, pizza, crisps. Thankfully I can still eat cheese. Some times I eat too much jelly in one go or a small pot of olives if I'm feeling the need to eat. But these don't affect my BG level. The 85% - 90% chocolate is delicious and once or twice I've eaten a whole bar if I've been stressed about work, so I rarely buy that. Other than that I haven't fallen off the wagon. I'm too scared of the consequences but also LCHF doesn't give me cravings. The weight loss has also been an incentive. I feel like I am back to how I was 25 years ago. Now I don't mind walking around my home town. I used to avoid it incase I met someone who knew me when I was thin.
I sympathise with you because you're living with people who are still practising the bad habits. Sometimes I feel I want to lecture family and friends who have these habits but I don't because there's nothing worse than a reformed addict. If they ask me I will discuss but otherwise I think people can only change when the time is right for them.
Having diabetes has transformed my life for the better. I know this isn't true for everyone but it is for me.
Keep up the fight ... Picture them eating slugs and worms lol. Find yourself a safe snack that you can eat when with everyone in front of the TV. Find s snack that's so yummy they will want it!
Good luck!!
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OMG I know just what you mean. I was thin all my life and bu,ped into someone I knew and they said "oh you're fat now"! I was devastated. I'm loving the weight loss but still craving lately for my treats. I know if I have it I'll want it more. I do feel healthier and happier for the diet change though
 
Marie, to your question "Do you ever feel yourself wavering", I will answer a clear "Yes"!

But living alone, I can manage by not having 'stuff' around that I should not eat - more difficult for you - I perfectly understand you.

However, when cooking for guests or being a guest myself I will kind of 'let my hair' down a bit - trying to make portion control. And when being a guest, I am also by now an expert in shovelling food around on my plate and say "Thank you, it was lovely food but I am so full now". - That presumes of course that you are not among family or close friends - they will know you are diabetic. (If not, I have found that people are not really concerned about what you are eating).

My personal 'wavering' is not with sweets and cakes but rather witl potatoes (spuds) or pasta. I will once in a while succomb to those - but then I am personally determined to get straight back on the horse again (and usually succeed).

As I see it, a little treat once in a while (if not becoming often) may help keeping you sane in this long haul - which is not a sprint but a marathon. And I see that you are very well aware of the danger of backsliding.

Wishing you the best, Annelise
 
jack412 said:
carbs are evil, addictive things
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No theyre not, they are just a food group.

Serial killers are evil and heroin is addictive so stop scaremongering by saying that foods that all of us eat every day are evil, it is not helpful and it is absolutely wrong.

Because many diabetics reduce the carbs in their diet doesnt make them evil.
 
Yes they are a food group, but to me they are a poisonous food group!

I was at one of my grandkids birthday parties and it was hell on earth!

I wanted to scream at them! Do you future diabetics want to be ill for the rest of your life!

I got a slap off the adults as I neared the chips and told to sit in the corner!

I enjoyed the party, it was fun!

All the lovely sweets and cakes, why god? Why?
 
Hello. I think if I waver it will be for roast potatoes. Since I started to eat a low carb diet my partner has stopped having roast potatoes with his roast dinners which I think is wonderful as I would have cooked them for him as usual .
 
I was a a carboholic - I still find it impossible to cut them right down, although luckily enough I've been able to reduce them & keep of meds so far. The worst thing for me is not eating fruit as that seems to be my main culprit
 
Thanks all you've made me feel a lot better. My family don't get the carb thing at all. Dad thinks it's just sweets and stuff so does my sister. Although my little 4 year old Niece did ask me the other day why I couldn't have treats with her. She was staying over and I always treat her to something and I did her popcorn and a few cadburys roses for a treat with a film. The next day she asked why I didn't have it with her like I usually would and I sort of explained as best you can to a 4 year old. She was so sweet and said that was very sad that I couldn't eat sweetes anymore dear of her.

Thank god those cravings have gone for now, still sticking to my eating plan. Dreading Christmas though, that will be hard for me.
 
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