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<blockquote data-quote="pavlosn" data-source="post: 1601033" data-attributes="member: 22572"><p>Hi Roxy</p><p>Most of us go through periods when it is all a struggle, for sure I know I have. </p><p></p><p>And human nature being what it is the first thing we wish to avoid then is having to face the consequences of our actions/inaction. </p><p></p><p>Hence the first thing we stop is the testing. If it's not staring us back in the face from the screen if a glucose counter then we can pretend we can ignore it. </p><p></p><p>Only we can not really ignore it, at the back of our minds the worry about what our diabetes is doing to us is always eating away at us.</p><p></p><p>So reverse this.</p><p></p><p>Start testing again. Don't look at the glucose counts as a measure of your success or failure but as the feedback you need to make the right decisions in order to control your diabetes.</p><p></p><p>I know that you wish to lose weight and doing so will certainly help but in my opinion that is not what your priority should be at the moment.</p><p></p><p>Your priority should be controlling your glucose levels.</p><p></p><p>I am not qualified to advise on any changes in medication that might help only your doctor is.</p><p></p><p>Assuming no such changes then the main thing you can do to lower your levels is to reduce your level of carbohydrate consumption.</p><p></p><p>In your shoes I would concentrate on one thing and one thing only. Testing before and 2 hours after each meal and letting my counts guide me on how much to reduce carbs so that the after count is no higher than 2 mmol/l of the before count.</p><p></p><p>Once you start achieving this consistently you should see your glucose levels reduce overall and in all probability your weight as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pavlosn, post: 1601033, member: 22572"] Hi Roxy Most of us go through periods when it is all a struggle, for sure I know I have. And human nature being what it is the first thing we wish to avoid then is having to face the consequences of our actions/inaction. Hence the first thing we stop is the testing. If it's not staring us back in the face from the screen if a glucose counter then we can pretend we can ignore it. Only we can not really ignore it, at the back of our minds the worry about what our diabetes is doing to us is always eating away at us. So reverse this. Start testing again. Don't look at the glucose counts as a measure of your success or failure but as the feedback you need to make the right decisions in order to control your diabetes. I know that you wish to lose weight and doing so will certainly help but in my opinion that is not what your priority should be at the moment. Your priority should be controlling your glucose levels. I am not qualified to advise on any changes in medication that might help only your doctor is. Assuming no such changes then the main thing you can do to lower your levels is to reduce your level of carbohydrate consumption. In your shoes I would concentrate on one thing and one thing only. Testing before and 2 hours after each meal and letting my counts guide me on how much to reduce carbs so that the after count is no higher than 2 mmol/l of the before count. Once you start achieving this consistently you should see your glucose levels reduce overall and in all probability your weight as well. [/QUOTE]
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