I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last August and this was the very first app I found when I was searching the Google play store for a diabetes support app.
I'm coping OK with my diabetes and trying my best to avoid or cut down on things that I need to, but it's difficult.
It's a change in diet, and it sounds relatively easy. But when you consider that many people associate foods with more than just nutrition... Love, comfort, safety, pleasure... Having to cut certain things out that might have triggered a sweet nostalgia, especially around the holidays, can be a bit tough. It's easy enough to get a diet sorted out, it's the emotional aspect that gives us a hard time, aside from the whole carbs-trigger-the-same-bit-in-the-brain-as-hard-drugs-do. They're literally addictive. So yeah... Do cut yourself a bit of a break. Hang in there and keep trying.
https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html might help a little, but all in all... We've all been there. You're not alone. And as we say in the Netherlands:
Alle begin is moeilijk. All starts are rocky, basically. It takes a little while to get into the swing of things. But you will.
Hugs,
Jo
