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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 1934531" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Ah, nope. Stop right there. <u><em><strong>You didn't do anything to yourself. </strong></em></u>With T2 and obesity, it's a bit of a chicken-egg thing. Long before T2 develops, you become insulin-resistant. Once that happens you can't process carbs very effectively anymore and the weight piles on. Carbs are turned to sugar, and with no place to go that gets stored in fat cells. Once you can't process carbs out at a certain level it's called diabetes, but it starts long before that. So while T2 often gets diagnosed after getting bigger, -10% of T2's is slim- it's <em>the onset of it that adds the weight</em>. And if you keep trying to diet this and diet that, without knowing it's the carbs that are the problem (rather than fat/calories), you can't shift the weight either. What causes all this to begin with? Genetics, for the most part. Illnesses like PCOS. Medication, like statins, for others. But this is NOT, and never was, something you did to yourself. And don't let anyone guilt-trip you into thinking something different.</p><p></p><p>T2 does have serious implications and complications. All the more reason to tackle it, which you are doing. That takes a large lifestyle change, and it's worth it. So if you're going to think anything, think about how <em>brave and proactive</em> you're being, not about <em>guilt or blame</em>, because there is none for you to feel towards yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 1934531, member: 401801"] Ah, nope. Stop right there. [U][I][B]You didn't do anything to yourself. [/B][/I][/U]With T2 and obesity, it's a bit of a chicken-egg thing. Long before T2 develops, you become insulin-resistant. Once that happens you can't process carbs very effectively anymore and the weight piles on. Carbs are turned to sugar, and with no place to go that gets stored in fat cells. Once you can't process carbs out at a certain level it's called diabetes, but it starts long before that. So while T2 often gets diagnosed after getting bigger, -10% of T2's is slim- it's [I]the onset of it that adds the weight[/I]. And if you keep trying to diet this and diet that, without knowing it's the carbs that are the problem (rather than fat/calories), you can't shift the weight either. What causes all this to begin with? Genetics, for the most part. Illnesses like PCOS. Medication, like statins, for others. But this is NOT, and never was, something you did to yourself. And don't let anyone guilt-trip you into thinking something different. T2 does have serious implications and complications. All the more reason to tackle it, which you are doing. That takes a large lifestyle change, and it's worth it. So if you're going to think anything, think about how [I]brave and proactive[/I] you're being, not about [I]guilt or blame[/I], because there is none for you to feel towards yourself. [/QUOTE]
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