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i cant do this

licklemoose

Well-Known Member
Messages
315
Location
swindon
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Dislikes
the heat
im not cut out for being told what i can and cant eat
im weak
i cave in
cheese and onion pasty and huge slice of coffee cake
levels shot up to 12.5
ive managed to get them down to 8 by drinking lots
i know i have to do this
ive been doing so well too
just want to cry
 
Nobody but you can tell you what to eat / not eat although many will try - its always your decision and choice
When I was first diagnosed I had to get to a point where I decided to treat diabetes as something I had to get to know and not quite love but understand - a bit like a badly behaved friend. It was and remains the only way I could / can see of gaining control and a degree of mastery over the disease and to make meaningful choices about how much Id let the disease and its attendant medics control MY life. I was then able to test for myself what foods were ok / not ok to eat - some of the results agreed with what the "experts" were telling me but many did not.
 
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Don't beat yourself up I think we all do that sometimes I know I do. I find keeping to low carb all the time difficult of course we want to be normal and eat what we like when we like so when we give in and have a naughty treat we are just being human
 
No need to cry. You can do this. You are doing this. You said yourself you were doing so well. Just make sure the next meal you have is a healthy low carb one and you're back on track. We all go through this in the beginning. Don't beat yourself up about it, just put it down to experience. If you can figure out why this happened today, then you can be better prepared when you are faced with such goodies in the future. One of the things I do when faced with a pasty is to remember pasties I have had in the past that weren't very nice. Then I think that there's a chance that this one might not be very nice either and it wouldn't be worth eating. You will find your own way round these stumbling blocks. Just keep moving forward.
 
Me too. Had a cheat last night if you can call an extra portion of beef brisket and 4 potato chops a cheat. Can't bring bs down no matter how much insulin. It'll be three days til I'm normal again. Just had a small chilled vodka in the middle of the afternoon. ( I assume you meant water haha) My bad but stopped the tears.

Most days I just plod along and eat to live. Not sure what got into me last night but didn't expect the ramifications to be so bad.
 
Just a blip - ive done it. Put it behind you and move on! We are not machines we are human beings! You must forgive yourself so you can get on with the rest of your day - week month life etc
 
No-one but your own body is telling you what you can and can't eat. Remember you were doing were doing well, that you have managed to bring your bg levels down. Now pick yourself up, dust yourself down and take the step along the path of your life. You can do it, and next time someone posts that they have slipped off the wagon you will remember that was how you felt and be able to reassure them that they can manage their diabetes and not let it rule their life. You may be licklemoose but all the moose I have seen have fearsome antlers that they manage to wield with skill considering the weight of antler!!
 

You will get there.
It has taken me years to get the cravings more or less under control.
Just a bad day at the office.
 
Hi, I also know exactly what you mean. I was doing so well low carbing last year but became resentful of watching everything I ate in January and stupidly stopped low carving and didn't come on this forum any more. Now 6 months later blood levels doubled and I have got back on the wagon.
You will find your way again and get back on track.

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There are so many health related conditions that us' human beans' have very little control over, but T2D is one that we can control rather than letting it affect our long term health and longevity. When I was diagnosed it came as a bolt out of the blue – I felt perfectly healthy, wasn’t over weight but did really enjoy sweet treats and the enjoyment of sweet things was something that had increased over the previous few year and ought perhaps to have started bells ringing.

I decided it’s the D or ME and that I wanted to keep fit and active with all my bits functioning properly for as long as possible. So, I first started cutting out sugars and that helped, and next after being introduced to DCUK I started on a LCHF regime.

I can’t say it’s easy, but the positive reinforcement I get from my testing and trying to keep the ‘scores’ low really does help keep me (almost!) on track. When the numbers go up I just think ‘must try harder’ or ‘that was a stupid thing to eat – serves you right.’ Right now I could just about murder for a Frys Chocolate Cream and I know there’s one lurking in the kitchen cupboard just waiting for me to weaken but its’s been there for two months now beckoning and if I wait long enough it will be out of date!

Bottom line is you have to decide D or Me/ Me or D and once you make up your mind firmly in favour of Me it gets easier day by day. Furthermore once you start cutting out all the forbidden stuff the occasional treat, and there’s no reason you shouldn’t have one, tastes all that much better.
 
In a shop once you have passed the cake counters etc - thoughts of them should be gone within 5 seconds when down the next aisle.

Dont buy, dont eat.

Think like me of all the extra things in life you can buy with that cake money etc......

Just like ex smokers have money pots, have the same type of pot. Then go out and buy something non food as a treat.....

If its a rare treat, dont beat yourself up.
 

If my experience is anything to go by, if you do manage to stick to it for long enough to clean out your systems f all that excess sugar, you might find that you can have the occasional treat without too much damage eventually. In the meantime every day is a new day and a new start . so don't despair.
 
That's what I say. Every day is a new day. Can't wait for today to become yesterday or tomorrow haha. Worst day in very long time. Tomorrow
 
We are all human.
Not robots or capable of all medical book recommendations.
Any decent medic appreciates the human will.

Sometimes I'm at the front of the fight. Occasionally I'm happy to be in the middle of the crowd.
I just make sure I'm surrounded by diabetic soldiers.
We all carry each other along.
We all need a pick me up from time to time.
Posters are the best equiped to do that. Hang around for support for as long as you need it.
Collectively we will carry each other along nicely.

Welcome to your team of support!

In my experience when a job feels huge. Stop and disect. Do one thing at a time.

If walnut cake or coffee cake your fav. Google a low carb version. Make it. Enjoy it. No restrictions just clever re-thinking.
There's nothing you carnt have but seek out low carb versions of sugary foods.
My fav at mo is protein sliced bread instead of white bread. Lovely sandwiches, toast and I bet even bread and butter pudding.
Go get those yummy foods made to your liking.
Nothing is off limits.

Your digestive system is delicate at mo. (Its being argued, inflammation of digestive system).
Be kind to yourself.

You're definitely worth it!
Don't let anyone or anything let you doubt otherwise.

You eat to what you enjoy but be conscious of your delicate system at mo. You help it, it will help you.
 

Weak schmeak.
Coffee cake is a lovely thing sent by the sugar demons to tempt us.
Let he (or she) who is without slip up cast the first low carb nut.
It is frustrating as hell.
Pat yourself on the back for a] how well you were doing despite obvious temptation and habit and for b] not just caving in and opting out of the fight (which is long term but definitely gets easier in regard to temptation).
You are still doing well regardless. Forget it completely...and I shall never mention the pecan pastry I scoffed earlier.
You're fine pal.
 
pleinster said:
I shall never mention the pecan pastry I scoffed earlier.
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Hmmm! Your punishment for that infringement is 1950's school dinner insipid style cooked cabbage for breakfast, just to start you on the path of righteousness again.
 
Tipetoo said:
Hmmm! Your punishment for that infringement is 1950's school dinner insipid style cooked cabbage for breakfast, just to start you on the path of righteousness again.
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Please, Jesus...no! I am a changed man!
 
All of us live with this doubt, yet all of us live and push beyond the boundaries. You are not alone. I am shaking off a particularly severe viral infection and it has been a trial.
 
Its Monday, new day, new start. As a great fan of Dr. Cavan, UK, follow his guidelines, go back to the "old days", have a treat, piece of choc, or cake, when its Birthday, special occasion, that way, you know you can always have your "piece of cake/pie", just on special occasions, what a pragmatic approach to this, no one complained or yearned for special treats accepted as daily now...this about that.

Secondly, great news your doing so well, so what if you had cake, dont feel guilty about that, all you have to do is do a intermittant fast next day! i.e. have your last meal 6,7,8pm whenever you eat in the evening, SKIP breakie, you can have coffee tea for example, and have lunch, you will have fasted 18 hours, not really know it, as your sleeping 8 hours approx in between, so the treat you gave yourself, you have given your body chance to rectify, naturalaly!

Look what you can eat cant, I am eating the most amazing, new dishes since low carbing, and no carbing at all, also intermittant fasting 3 times a week, levels down, all stable and normal, here are a few nice meals from Mallorca to put into your menu agenda, make your own agenda, WHAT YOU LOVE, WANT TO EAT, not what the system tells you following Low Carb.

BREAKFAST CHOICE
black coffee or mint/green tea no milk sugar only cinnamon every morning
Seed crackers, avocado tom or with boiled egg or cream cheese lots of ground black pepper
Natural Yogurt with some strawberries, or black berries, or raspberries, ONLY 4-5 ok
Creamy scrambled eggs, cooked in butter and creme Fraise, served with super seed crackers
Bowl walnuts, nuts, seeds half grapefruit

LUNCH CHOICE
Salads with a mix of goodies, raw carrots, cucumber, red, green peppers, mung beans, lots of apple cidar vinegar virgin olive oil
tuna, Chicken red kidney bean salad with onions drizzled with vinegar and olive oil

DINNER CHOICE
Salmon on bed of lemons, green beans
Cabbage 2-3 fried in butter, with chili, with crumbled fried mincemeat and onion
Lasagna fresh tom sauce!!!! instead of pasta, slice zucchini into thin slices, who wants pasta again, I dont!!!
homemade meat balls egg to bind not flour! homemade mushroom cream sauce, served with cauliflour rice.

NO SNACKS!!! Three Delicious meals a day, not hungry, and the levels consistently low and normal.....
KEEP PORTIONS SIZE OF AIRLINE MEALS!

Hope the above dishes, help you on your way, look at cook books low carbs, Diet Doctor is an absolutely wonderful, fantastico website the best there take a peep, and learn and experiment having fun with all their keto and wonderful meal plans....you can choose, WHAT YOU LIKE WANT, not what people tell you, the system, and recommended guidelines are not always correct, follow your inner gut feelings you know your body better than anyone, DONT FEEL GUILTY because you ate something not recommended, put it right the next day and off you go............

Wishing you a fabulous day from sunny hot Mallorca.

Mallorca
 
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