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<blockquote data-quote="PamJHS" data-source="post: 2076639" data-attributes="member: 507159"><p>Thanks for the reassurance, Jo. I've been nagged about my weight for the last few years whenever I've had a medical appointment about anything else, as it's been going slowly up as a result of various illnesses and conditions that have reduced my mobility, including arthritis in the hip. The previous dieting advice I received from the GP who suggested getting a blood testing kit was to count calories and ignore everything else - the example he gave was 'Say you have 1400 calories a day. You can eat 1400 calories-worth of chocolate, as long as you stop eating for the day afterwards' - which I though t was spectacularly bad advice! I've been told to cut carbohydrates by hospital doctors before now, but with no clear instructions about how to do that. The Eatwell Plate was also described to me in my first conversation about diabetes. So there's some good advice mixed in with some unhelpful advice, and by the time I get to see the diabetes nurse, the 3 months I've been given to lower my blood glucose levels without meds will probably be more or less up!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PamJHS, post: 2076639, member: 507159"] Thanks for the reassurance, Jo. I've been nagged about my weight for the last few years whenever I've had a medical appointment about anything else, as it's been going slowly up as a result of various illnesses and conditions that have reduced my mobility, including arthritis in the hip. The previous dieting advice I received from the GP who suggested getting a blood testing kit was to count calories and ignore everything else - the example he gave was 'Say you have 1400 calories a day. You can eat 1400 calories-worth of chocolate, as long as you stop eating for the day afterwards' - which I though t was spectacularly bad advice! I've been told to cut carbohydrates by hospital doctors before now, but with no clear instructions about how to do that. The Eatwell Plate was also described to me in my first conversation about diabetes. So there's some good advice mixed in with some unhelpful advice, and by the time I get to see the diabetes nurse, the 3 months I've been given to lower my blood glucose levels without meds will probably be more or less up! [/QUOTE]
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