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<blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 1205379" data-attributes="member: 88961"><p>Sometimes the "why" is useful information, and sometimes it's critical, but frustratingly it's not always possible to know why.</p><p></p><p>When initially diagnosed, i went through a brief period of "why did this happen to me", but I quickly realised that looking to the past was never going to move me forward, so I parked those thoughts and started on a new goal, which was absolutely purely to get my numbers into place.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate I was astonished to find myself losing weight, as well as my numbers coming down. Such was my focus on getting my numbers down that I didn't weigh myself for four months after diagnosis, and only then, just a few days before coming back to the UK for my first review. </p><p></p><p>My message in all that isn't to rub your nose in the ease with which I got skinny, but to try to encourage you to have one goal at a time, and allow time for progress to occur on that goal before changing anything.</p><p></p><p>My approach to these things has always been to plan, set a target, deploy the plan and set review points. The review points have to be realistic - not days or a couple of weeks, but a bit longer. </p><p></p><p>There is a real danger you could soon have almost literally have "tried <strong><em>everything</em></strong>, and <strong><em>nothing</em></strong> works". It's taken us a while to get to where we are, so it seems reasonable to think it could take a while to get to where we want to end up.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndBreathe, post: 1205379, member: 88961"] Sometimes the "why" is useful information, and sometimes it's critical, but frustratingly it's not always possible to know why. When initially diagnosed, i went through a brief period of "why did this happen to me", but I quickly realised that looking to the past was never going to move me forward, so I parked those thoughts and started on a new goal, which was absolutely purely to get my numbers into place. I appreciate I was astonished to find myself losing weight, as well as my numbers coming down. Such was my focus on getting my numbers down that I didn't weigh myself for four months after diagnosis, and only then, just a few days before coming back to the UK for my first review. My message in all that isn't to rub your nose in the ease with which I got skinny, but to try to encourage you to have one goal at a time, and allow time for progress to occur on that goal before changing anything. My approach to these things has always been to plan, set a target, deploy the plan and set review points. The review points have to be realistic - not days or a couple of weeks, but a bit longer. There is a real danger you could soon have almost literally have "tried [B][I]everything[/I][/B], and [B][I]nothing[/I][/B] works". It's taken us a while to get to where we are, so it seems reasonable to think it could take a while to get to where we want to end up. Good luck with it all. [/QUOTE]
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