Help I Need To Get My Motivation Back!

[princessleia29]

Thank you for sharing your story with me I wish you luck too x

 

[Terrytiddy]

Hi @princessleia29 its been almost a week since you posted this thread has anything changed? Have you found your mojo? My motivation was proving my Dr Dn and a friend who is a dietician at the local hospital wrong about Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) way of eating. They were not happy that I was doing this as its "not the norm". In last 3 months I have lost 4 stone, got my bg down from 16.6 to 4,7 average over 30 days and halved my HbA1c from 82 to 41. Dr cant believe what's happened not seen Dn or friend yet so will be interesting. Hope things soon improve, you will get help and support on here so go for it girl

 

[Rachox]

If you click on your tiny avatar picture near top right of the page it will open a list. You then need to click on 'personal details' from the list and scroll down to 'diabetes type' where you will be able to make the change.

Thanks I will give it a go!

Further to what @Pipp has said, there are two Type 2 options one with this glitch and one without. Whichever option you have checked, change it to the other one. I think that will sort it.

 

[Robin101]

Hi @princessleia29 its been almost a week since you posted this thread has anything changed? Have you found your mojo? My motivation was proving my Dr Dn and a friend who is a dietician at the local hospital wrong about Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) way of eating. They were not happy that I was doing this as its "not the norm". In last 3 months I have lost 4 stone, got my bg down from 16.6 to 4,7 average over 30 days and halved my HbA1c from 82 to 41. Dr cant believe what's happened not seen Dn or friend yet so will be interesting. Hope things soon improve, you will get help and support on here so go for it girl

That's an impressive story indeed and should in itself be a strong motivation for many on the forums.
Doubting the LCHF? You have to ask yourself ' is what I'm doing now working for me? If the answer is yes - then stick with it.
If the answer is no - then change something.

For me LCHF along with moderate exercise is working, weight coming down, 112kg to 95kg, BG improving and a big bonus for me BP is stable enough that I have dropped from 3 X BP meds to 2 and managed to halve one of those. All good.

 

[princessleia29]

Hi @princessleia29 its been almost a week since you posted this thread has anything changed? Have you found your mojo? My motivation was proving my Dr Dn and a friend who is a dietician at the local hospital wrong about Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) way of eating. They were not happy that I was doing this as its "not the norm". In last 3 months I have lost 4 stone, got my bg down from 16.6 to 4,7 average over 30 days and halved my HbA1c from 82 to 41. Dr cant believe what's happened not seen Dn or friend yet so will be interesting. Hope things soon improve, you will get help and support on here so go for it girl

I’m doing ok feeling that I’m getting my head back in the game now

 

[DCUKMod]

Good luck, I hope you rediscover your motivation! I'm in a similar plight at present - after losing a lot of weight, I am now putting it back on through overeating. Even though I'm still on Low Carb (probably not, actually, due to the quantities eaten, though I still avoid bread, pasta, spuds etc. but not as strictly as before). My HbA1c is still OK, but I'm half way back to my biggest size and I'm not happy with that! My excuse is breast cancer (no, I'm not the person referenced above!), specifically the hormone treatment (Tamoxifen) which has messed up my sleep, caused anxiety and induced comfort eating. Another motivation killer for me was the fact that I was in the best shape of my life, after 2 years of LC and gym, when diagnosed with cancer... so why bother? Of course, it's likely thanks to how healthy I was last year that the disease was fully curable - but I'm not feeling it.

Hope that both of us, and anyone else who needs motivation, find it soon!

Interestingly enough, Larissima, we had a lady a couple of years ago who was doing the Newcastle Diet and had lost a massive amount of weight, only to be diagnosed with BC. One of the comments she made was that there had been the potential that at her heaviest the BC might not have been detected, due to the extra body mass.

I thought that was the most fabulous look on it and ultra positive. Thanfully, it's not a position I have been in, so none of us know how we will react to such devastating news. The great news is you founf the revolving door leading back into the forum and you have the desire to move forward positively again.

Good luck with it all. It must have been a terrible shock.

 

[Larissima]

One of the comments she made was that there had been the potential that at her heaviest the BC might not have been detected, due to the extra body mass.

This is exactly what my surgeon said when I expressed my disappointment with the health improvements. I agree completely, intellectually - but emotionally I'm still not fully over it. Actually, after surgery I continued with the LCHF and exercise and even weight loss; it was when I started other therapies, especially the hormone therapy, that my mood crashed into depression and anxiety, and I started comfort eating. I keep trying, though, even though it's one step forward, two steps back. I just wish I could click my fingers and be in the strict LCHF/IF and exercise mode again...

Many thanks @DCUKMod and @princessleia29 (also apologies for derailing your thread - so glad to hear you're doing OK now!)

 

[DCUKMod]

This is exactly what my surgeon said when I expressed my disappointment with the health improvements. I agree completely, intellectually - but emotionally I'm still not fully over it. Actually, after surgery I continued with the LCHF and exercise and even weight loss; it was when I started other therapies, especially the hormone therapy, that my mood crashed into depression and anxiety, and I started comfort eating. I keep trying, though, even though it's one step forward, two steps back. I just wish I could click my fingers and be in the strict LCHF/IF and exercise mode again...

Many thanks @DCUKMod and @princessleia29 (also apologies for derailing your thread - so glad to hear you're doing OK now!)

Keep fighting the good fight. It is worth it. I know you know that, and I fully understand how hormones and other medications can ajust mess things up.

Are you able to maybe just set yourself some small repeatable targets, so that you can be achieving something bite-sized, rather than looking to achieve the whole, big game.