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<blockquote data-quote="NeilHewitt" data-source="post: 1911224" data-attributes="member: 493176"><p>No, please keep trying to teach me to suck eggs... it's a skill I never mastered <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>You're right, it's all about self-reinforcing behaviour. When I get on a diet and start to do well, I feel rewarded and it pushes me to do better. What always happens in the end, though, is that something gets me really down - maybe it's a life event, maybe it's illness, maybe it's work - and I let myself off for a day, and that day becomes two days, and that becomes a week, and suddenly I'm stuffing my face and thinking 'I'll get back to that diet next week'. Yeah. </p><p></p><p>Now, with Type 2, there's no 'cheating'. You can't borrow today and pay it back later. If I eat badly and push my blood sugar levels up, it does actual damage to my body. It has been, probably for years. So the stakes are so much higher. Not that they weren't before - I mean, the weight I am has already caused serious problems for me and not all of those can be rolled back by losing weight.</p><p></p><p>I'm very much of the opinion that you can't change what you can't change, so focus on the things that you can. And that's what I'm going to do!</p><p></p><p>(For the curious, I didn't manage to cook for myself the other night, but I did buy a decently-nutritious ready meal from M&S and skipped the potatoes. Small steps!)</p><p></p><p>I think this is probably long enough for an introduction thread <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NeilHewitt, post: 1911224, member: 493176"] No, please keep trying to teach me to suck eggs... it's a skill I never mastered :-) You're right, it's all about self-reinforcing behaviour. When I get on a diet and start to do well, I feel rewarded and it pushes me to do better. What always happens in the end, though, is that something gets me really down - maybe it's a life event, maybe it's illness, maybe it's work - and I let myself off for a day, and that day becomes two days, and that becomes a week, and suddenly I'm stuffing my face and thinking 'I'll get back to that diet next week'. Yeah. Now, with Type 2, there's no 'cheating'. You can't borrow today and pay it back later. If I eat badly and push my blood sugar levels up, it does actual damage to my body. It has been, probably for years. So the stakes are so much higher. Not that they weren't before - I mean, the weight I am has already caused serious problems for me and not all of those can be rolled back by losing weight. I'm very much of the opinion that you can't change what you can't change, so focus on the things that you can. And that's what I'm going to do! (For the curious, I didn't manage to cook for myself the other night, but I did buy a decently-nutritious ready meal from M&S and skipped the potatoes. Small steps!) I think this is probably long enough for an introduction thread :-) [/QUOTE]
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