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<blockquote data-quote="AdamJames" data-source="post: 1647455" data-attributes="member: 459333"><p>I can relate to that: able to take drastic action and lose a lot of weight, also prone to stopping taking it seriously and getting addicted to food. I'll leave you guessing about whether I can relate to the thrush thing<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>I find it's best to accept what I am. I am that mouse in a cage who will eat as much sugar as I have access to. I should be a higher life-form able to make sensible decisions and predict future outcomes, but apparently I'm not.</p><p></p><p>So you have to fight yourself. A lot of it starts in the shop.</p><p></p><p>I used to convince myself I could "buy this chocolate" and make it last a week. Yes, right. That has proven to be wrong every. single. time. So you need to stop deluding yourself. Give yourself a punch in the face.</p><p></p><p>Why not try scaring yourself also, if you respond well to that sort of thing (it works for me. I don't really get scared but I swallow hard and think that I should probably take it more seriously). Look at just how high the stats are for diabetes complications such as retinopathy. Look at research which takes a hard-line stance on bg targets to aim for: <a href="http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/16422495.php" target="_blank">http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/16422495.php</a></p><p></p><p>Conversely if readings in the 20s give you "catastrophic thinking" and make you inclined to give up, take a look at the studies in which quite a few people with readings in the 30s managed to reverse the condition and get some encouragement to do something about it.</p><p></p><p>The problem I have is possibly one you have: unless you can see for sure you are about to have something bad happen to you, you can tell yourself it might not - diabetes is just a number, until it's your eyes. Or your foot. Or your heart.</p><p></p><p>So I try to take a balanced approach: chill out, but take it seriously.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamJames, post: 1647455, member: 459333"] I can relate to that: able to take drastic action and lose a lot of weight, also prone to stopping taking it seriously and getting addicted to food. I'll leave you guessing about whether I can relate to the thrush thing:) I find it's best to accept what I am. I am that mouse in a cage who will eat as much sugar as I have access to. I should be a higher life-form able to make sensible decisions and predict future outcomes, but apparently I'm not. So you have to fight yourself. A lot of it starts in the shop. I used to convince myself I could "buy this chocolate" and make it last a week. Yes, right. That has proven to be wrong every. single. time. So you need to stop deluding yourself. Give yourself a punch in the face. Why not try scaring yourself also, if you respond well to that sort of thing (it works for me. I don't really get scared but I swallow hard and think that I should probably take it more seriously). Look at just how high the stats are for diabetes complications such as retinopathy. Look at research which takes a hard-line stance on bg targets to aim for: [URL]http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/16422495.php[/URL] Conversely if readings in the 20s give you "catastrophic thinking" and make you inclined to give up, take a look at the studies in which quite a few people with readings in the 30s managed to reverse the condition and get some encouragement to do something about it. The problem I have is possibly one you have: unless you can see for sure you are about to have something bad happen to you, you can tell yourself it might not - diabetes is just a number, until it's your eyes. Or your foot. Or your heart. So I try to take a balanced approach: chill out, but take it seriously. [/QUOTE]
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