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<blockquote data-quote="ShortStuff" data-source="post: 2114333" data-attributes="member: 60140"><p>Knowing and doing are not the same thing are they!</p><p></p><p>For some of us it’s really hard and for me the weight dies NOT ‘just drop off’ either, so the moyivatiin is sometimes difficult to find</p><p></p><p>I’m a vegetarian who doesn’t eat eggs and I try to stay hndee 30g if carbs a day - it’s tricky when you don’t eat meat/fish to get the protein & fat and keep the carbs low because pretty much everything you eat contains some carbs (unlike meat). I find it quite boring & repetitious (it’s not aided by my hatred of cooking & faffing about!!)</p><p></p><p>BUT I had my appendix removed last year and whilst the op itself went well the hospital stay did not - short story (as I’m sure regular posters are fed up of reading it!) they put me on metfirmin,,gliclizide, BP meds & omraprazol - I didn’t need any of it (hadn’t needed it before I went in) I just needed to get home & get some sleep & some decent food not their over processed carbs garbage. </p><p></p><p>The meds were all making me feel utterly **** and after a few days I stopped the diabetes ones. I tried to stick to the BP ones (we tried several they were all making me feel sick & fall asleep as soon as I took them). So s few more days and I stopped those too - so I have a large box of meds that I never want to have to take again and when my motivation is low I put the box on my kitchen worktop as a reminder that I might not ‘want’ to low carb, but I want the meds even less!!. I also do a good line in scaring myself witless about losing my eye sight or legs </p><p></p><p>Getting back on the wagon is harder than it ever was to get the first ride on it - that’s just human nature. and it’s very hard when your small children have snacks you like! I find fruit harder to resist more than other things!</p><p></p><p>Because I’m daft and haven’t learnt my lesson I’ve had to climb back onto the wagon several times (over 6 years). The things that help me are - </p><p></p><p>- my HbA1c being due!!</p><p></p><p>- scaring myself silly re eyes & legs</p><p></p><p>- hanging out on the forum & another forum for low carbing</p><p></p><p>- buying nice food (way more expensive than eating a carbs dirt) </p><p></p><p>- testing, testing , testing - seeing good numbers is worth the ‘ouch’ and the ££££</p><p></p><p>You have to find something that genuinely motivates YOU. for some it’s a future event (child’s wedding) or ‘feeling better/losing weight’ (neither of which really happen to me) and for me it’s the stick, not the carrot!! ‘DonLC OR DO MEDS- it’s currently my choice!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShortStuff, post: 2114333, member: 60140"] Knowing and doing are not the same thing are they! For some of us it’s really hard and for me the weight dies NOT ‘just drop off’ either, so the moyivatiin is sometimes difficult to find I’m a vegetarian who doesn’t eat eggs and I try to stay hndee 30g if carbs a day - it’s tricky when you don’t eat meat/fish to get the protein & fat and keep the carbs low because pretty much everything you eat contains some carbs (unlike meat). I find it quite boring & repetitious (it’s not aided by my hatred of cooking & faffing about!!) BUT I had my appendix removed last year and whilst the op itself went well the hospital stay did not - short story (as I’m sure regular posters are fed up of reading it!) they put me on metfirmin,,gliclizide, BP meds & omraprazol - I didn’t need any of it (hadn’t needed it before I went in) I just needed to get home & get some sleep & some decent food not their over processed carbs garbage. The meds were all making me feel utterly **** and after a few days I stopped the diabetes ones. I tried to stick to the BP ones (we tried several they were all making me feel sick & fall asleep as soon as I took them). So s few more days and I stopped those too - so I have a large box of meds that I never want to have to take again and when my motivation is low I put the box on my kitchen worktop as a reminder that I might not ‘want’ to low carb, but I want the meds even less!!. I also do a good line in scaring myself witless about losing my eye sight or legs Getting back on the wagon is harder than it ever was to get the first ride on it - that’s just human nature. and it’s very hard when your small children have snacks you like! I find fruit harder to resist more than other things! Because I’m daft and haven’t learnt my lesson I’ve had to climb back onto the wagon several times (over 6 years). The things that help me are - - my HbA1c being due!! - scaring myself silly re eyes & legs - hanging out on the forum & another forum for low carbing - buying nice food (way more expensive than eating a carbs dirt) - testing, testing , testing - seeing good numbers is worth the ‘ouch’ and the ££££ You have to find something that genuinely motivates YOU. for some it’s a future event (child’s wedding) or ‘feeling better/losing weight’ (neither of which really happen to me) and for me it’s the stick, not the carrot!! ‘DonLC OR DO MEDS- it’s currently my choice!! [/QUOTE]
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