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I might prove a point in having bariatric surgery to prove my weight isn't the cause of my diabetes. Afterall, if I get in remission they'll say "ah, weight caused her diabetes, if no remission just need less insulin due to weight ratio on insulin affectiveness, they'll say " oh maybe hormonal after all". What an expensive way to make the nhs see they are often wrong.
Maybe all my joint pains will evaporate too, arthritis must be a lifestyle choice too. Really?
Since I was small (4yr old) I've heard that weight stops you getting pregnant. So why does some overweight people fall pregnant.? Weight is used as an excuse when they don't know the answers.
Stress caused my problems. Stress of living with an alcoholic dad and an arguementative mother who manipulated everyone around her finger. (Only girl after her sister died tragically). Kids see more than you think. Bauld patch at 12yr old due to stress, underactive thyroid through stress. Uncontrolled diabetes after 72hr week work and shift work. All stresses on your body. My mind has always been stronger than my body. I expect a lot from it, always have.
Even the ardious of bodies can only take so much punishment.before it breaks, irrespective of diet.
Yeh I agree with you.... weight is often a symptom of what is happening to our bodies. I also don't think getting rid of weight will fix our health problems, although it may help in some way. I'm not convinced weight is the real issue though as you say.
I had a tough childhood myself with several abuses against me by several people in my life. I'm from the poor part of my city where I live. Our diet when I was growing up was whatever my mother could heat or cook extremely quick so she could get out the door to see her boyfriend.... so it usually consisted of some high GI carb food and occasionally some sort of fatty meat. An vegetables we had were the frozen ones..... no time to cut up fresh stuff for her kids and cook. Although what she did have time for is cooking for the boyfriend... us kids weren't allowed to eat what she cooked for him. We weren't allowed to do a lot of things... too long a story. But basically I wouldn't be surprised if part of the reason I got diabetes young is because of my diet when I was growing up too. Although on saying that my brothers should also be as ill as I am.... but they're not. So that's not really the answer. I guess we all like to try and find a reason. I think the biggest precursor for me was the PCOS, and also the fact that it's just the ladies in my family that get diabetes... the men don't get it for some reason. As I've said before the others are all slim so goodness knows how they got T2... it wasn't from lifestyle.