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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pleinster" data-source="post: 1446407" data-attributes="member: 221545"><p>Sounds like you are doing well and that you have a handle on things. Well done. I agree with the life change rather than diet attitude. I have not had a weight problem, so it's easier for me not to see it as a diet...my diabetes was steroid induced. I see it more as increasing my awareness of what is in the food I am eating. I was pretty obsessive at first, recording the food I ate, when I ate it and what my blood sugar levels were before and a coupe of hours after...as well as recording all the meds I was on and when I took them. This was very informative and let me develop a sound approach. I also broke down a typical week of food in terms of how many grams of carb, sugar, fat, fibre, protein and calories I was eating. This helped me persuade doctors I was doing the right thing for me personally. I was soon off all meds for diabetes and hitting fairly normalish blood sugar levels. While I have had a few issues with infections (totally unrelated to diabetes) and resulting higher levels, I am far more confident, less worried and less obsessed. I had really eased off my recording and my self-testing. So long as no other factors set you back, you should be able to be less concerned with daily numbers the more progress you make. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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