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How did u view food when told you was D'

I did, actually, lol. That soon faded and I have a healthy attitude to food now.
 
It became the enemy to be almost avoided at all costs....only ate lettuce leaves and tomato for the first week till I found this forum and found out how much was allowed as against what wasn't allowed
 
I remember coming out of hospital late in the afternoon, came home and went into freezer looking at ingredients on packaging and everything had sugar in it, didn't have a clue what I could eat as I had been told by DSN that I would never have sugar again, really confused what I could eat way back then
 
When eventually diagnosed and had tried every diet except the one that really actually works!
I was horrified and amazed!
I tried to think that having a really healthy appetite as I have, I would and couldn't live on rabbit food for the rest of my life!
There was in my psyche, for some reason, that I had to live without the poisonous baddies that were making me so ill! I had the feeling that the world was against me and why couldn't I be normal! Why me?
Even worse was the thought that I had to eat 6, 7 or even 8 small meals a day!
How in hell could I do it? Could I do it? Would the wife understand my way of living and eating?
What the hell do I eat and what could I do instead of just protein and salad?
The worrying thing for me was temptation and falling off the wagon!
I had been really ill and not in a good state, especially in my temper and energy levels, I was having horrible symptoms and my life wasn't worth living like that!
It was the wife, the kids and the grandkids who gave me the inspiration to fight for better healthcare and get a grip of my health.
It was the great and knowledgeable people on this forum who helped and advised me on all aspects of a different lifestyle and finding different ways of having really good and healthy, enjoyable, tasty, fulfilling and lipsmacking recipes and ideas. I can have curries, soups, stews, meat cooked any which way, cooked breakfast and I challenged myself to be in charge of how I looked after myself and because it's my life and health, I have successfully been in complete control and I have never been so healthy!
Those first few weeks of realisation that I don't have a choice for ever, really saved my life. I have a conviction, and I'm fighting for my future health and well-being. I am past being worried or concerned about me and have now the conviction to do the best for the wife and daughter, and to see the grandkids grow up and hopefully my great grandkids!
 
No!! Once I got over the initial shock of being told I was a (type 2) diabetic and being very relieved that I wouldn't have to be sticking needles into myself, I was just seriously ****** off that I shouldn't/couldn't eat some of my favourite sugary treats or have my little daily glass of orange juice any more!

I actually also viewed it as a justifiable reason for stopping eating any processed food that my husband (in charge of shopping and main meal cooking) was buying and feeding us. I've always eaten and enjoyed cheese, butter, high fat yoghurt, occasional double or clotted cream, olives, avocados, nuts, and oily fish, so these were already part of my normal diet, which meant eventually switching to a "proper" low carb higher fat diet wasn't any hardship, just a bit of a learning curve.

Robbity
 
The first few weeks I certainly felt this way because I was craving sweet and sugary foods and moaning how unfair it was lol. Then, that craving disappeared and just focused on good meals, albeit still high carbohydrates and some hypos and some hypers. But, I felt I was getting somewhere with my control and developing a better understanding. Since last Saturday, I have been following a LCHF diet, it's transformed my outlook completely and all of a sudden cooking and eating food has become an enjoyment with the rest of my family wanting to try my dishes out. This forum has given me the confidence to try it out and I don't think I'll look back :)
 
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