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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jac25" data-source="post: 1618933" data-attributes="member: 348678">Hi Anfalas and welcome. I'm not surprised you are finding it difficult to cope with diagnosis - you have had an awful lot to deal with. I sympathise with the exercise problem; I have ME and was only diagnosed with diabetes because they were doing endless tests trying to rule out everything else. The ME has meant I can't exercise, and am in continual pain. However, following LCHF diet, I have still managed to lose weight, although more slowly than others here who can exercise as well as modify diet.Like you I found it very difficult to do without my comfort food. I found salvation in a baking website - <a href="http://www.diabeticgoodbaking.com" target="_blank">www.diabeticgoodbaking.com</a> . It's a blog / recipe site, and has taught me how to do low carb baking, both sweet and savoury. I still lapse from time to time, usually on chocolate, but I do my best to head for the darkest ones. Don't beat yourself up, looking back gets you nowhere. Look forward. As others have suggested, I found regular BG testing gave me back the feeling of control. I'm still learning what I can eat, but at least I know what I can't. At first it was almost a bereavement, having to say goodbye to some favourite foods, but I told myself that for me, those foods were poison, and all of a sudden they looked less appealing. You will get there!</blockquote>

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