How do you manage your diabetes WITHOUT following lchf?

[4ratbags]

You are so right Alison. It definately isnt a cop out or an easy option. Im trying to work on my self discipline at the moment and there have been some trying times. I think I have pretty good control though and like you I find that I can eat some of the things that I couldnt tolerate before. I also think that your mental health is very important because if you arnt in the right frame of mind then it makes it so much harder to cope with everything.

 

[Totto]

Hi @Totto,

When I posted this thread, I didn't want just to hear from Type 2's. The views & opinions of Type 1's are also of interest to me. I don't find that a problem at all. We all have to manage our Diabetes safely & effectively to prevent the risk of complications. We're all at risk of those whatever type we are. I can honestly say I've enjoyed reading all of the posts in this thread, whether they be from a type 1 or 2. I'm always uncomfortable when type 1's & type 2's are made a comparison of & pitted against each other in threads....which I've witnessed on several occasions on various questions posed. As I say, I wanted to hear from any forum member & the question I raised was never meant to be exclusive.

Getting back to the thread... It's great to hear you manage your Diabetes so effectively on your own terms. Following lchf, but also having a "Sunday off" when you want is clearly working for you. It too needs self discipline to ensure those Sunday's off don't turn into a Monday & a Tuesday off as well. Your BG results affirm that your eating style is working for you. The fact that it leaves your diabetic nurse puzzled is not surprising & makes me wonder how many are actually familiar with the principles of long term lchf. You're quite right in saying that managing Diabetes is a an individual, personal choice & we should do what fits us. I totally agree.
Thank you for sharing how you manage your Diabetes, & for your positive comments.

Alison.

I have no problems with not letting the Sunday off slipping into Monday etc off for the simple reason I actually take Sunday off from work too and can allow myself to br lazy. You see, if have some hash or two slices of any kind of bread my BG goes high enough for me to get very tired and ineffective. This I can't do on Monday or Saturday or any day in between. Only Sunday. All the other days of the week I have to have the energy I get from my ketogenic WoE. And I vastly prefer feeling full of energy to feeling weak and tired from too many carbs.
A Sunday morning spent in bed with a piece of toast with butter and honey can be fine now and then though,

 

[Alisonjane10]

I have no problems with not letting the Sunday off slipping into Monday etc off for the simple reason I actually take Sunday off from work too and can allow myself to br lazy. You see, if have some hash or two slices of any kind of bread my BG goes high enough for me to get very tired and ineffective. This I can't do on Monday or Saturday or any day in between. Only Sunday. All the other days of the week I have to have the energy I get from my ketogenic WoE. And I vastly prefer feeling full of energy to feeling weak and tired from too many carbs.
A Sunday morning spent in bed with a piece of toast with butter and honey can be fine now and then though,

Hi @Totto,

I've had to edit my post used in your quote above as I think I may have given the wrong impression. I raised the issue of self discipline when taking a day off a usually strict way of eating because it's so easy to fall of the wagon & that day off to become another day off, then another. Until, before you know it, it's an uphill battle to get back on track. I certainly didn't mean that that's what you may do & I apologise if that's how you read it to be. The self discipline you show is admirable. It was a general observation, & relevent to my own personal experience. I slipped when on lchf & had a blowout. I then struggled terribly to reinstall the good eating principles I'd spent quite some time implementing. Other forum members were supportive & many shared that they too had been through those tough times having also slipped. It took me a while to get my faux pas into perspective, recognise that I'm going to get it wrong sometimes, forgive myself & move beyond the negative mindset. I put it down to experience, redoubled my efforts to get back on the wagon & moved on. After all, we're only human at the end of the day!

If you're having your Sunday off tomorrow, you enjoy that toast & honey in bed with the newspapers...and mind the crumbs.