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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2061695" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p>Good luck Q. I note that you had some success when you were motivated to be disciplined but the problem has been that you have been snacking which raises your insulin levels making it hard to shift fat out of your body to be used for energy and raising your bgs.</p><p>I wondered why you were snacking so much? It is important to recognise whether this was hunger or for emotional reasons? For example if you were hungry because you had been told to cut back on fat and calories then perhaps you need to eat more fat at meal times in order to keep you full for longer? (having high blood sugars is dangerous for your arteries but it is unproven that fat causes arterial damage by itself only that eating sat fat can raise cholesterol - good cholesterol as well as supposedly 'bad').</p><p>On the other hand if you snack for other reasons than hunger and find it hard to control your carb portion sizes, why not try and avoid the very processed ones and reduce the other ones with the exception of above ground veggies. Some people have mentioned carbohydrate addiction and that makes sense if you think of carbohydrates as something that you continue to eat even though your diabetic body doesn't handle them well and that they are NOT essential in any diet.</p><p>You can follow the NHS script which hasn't given you sustainable results and beat yourself up for not trying hard enough etc. or be your own experiment guided by others here who've done it successfully. See if it works for you by keeping an eye on the blood sugars, your waist line and your good cholesterol levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 2061695, member: 365308"] Good luck Q. I note that you had some success when you were motivated to be disciplined but the problem has been that you have been snacking which raises your insulin levels making it hard to shift fat out of your body to be used for energy and raising your bgs. I wondered why you were snacking so much? It is important to recognise whether this was hunger or for emotional reasons? For example if you were hungry because you had been told to cut back on fat and calories then perhaps you need to eat more fat at meal times in order to keep you full for longer? (having high blood sugars is dangerous for your arteries but it is unproven that fat causes arterial damage by itself only that eating sat fat can raise cholesterol - good cholesterol as well as supposedly 'bad'). On the other hand if you snack for other reasons than hunger and find it hard to control your carb portion sizes, why not try and avoid the very processed ones and reduce the other ones with the exception of above ground veggies. Some people have mentioned carbohydrate addiction and that makes sense if you think of carbohydrates as something that you continue to eat even though your diabetic body doesn't handle them well and that they are NOT essential in any diet. You can follow the NHS script which hasn't given you sustainable results and beat yourself up for not trying hard enough etc. or be your own experiment guided by others here who've done it successfully. See if it works for you by keeping an eye on the blood sugars, your waist line and your good cholesterol levels. [/QUOTE]
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