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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2197464" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Hi [USER=518248]@NitinHP[/USER] ,</p><p></p><p>My husband is my carer. There were multiple things wrong with me before I became a T2 diabetic, and yet, I still am in a similar situation as you are: Do I care enough about myself to tackle the D? Nope. But I do care about my husband, and I saw what T2 did to friends and family members. I'll be damned if I make his life any harder than it already is, and make him an early widower to boot. So everything I do, I do for him. Is that wrong,<em> should I be doing it for me</em>? Sure, that all sounds wonderful, and Dr. Phil'd be applauding in the background, put it on a tile or whatever, but in the end, ANYTHING that motivates you to turn your life around and take care of <em>you</em>, is good. Whatever gets you started is a good thing! After all, high blood sugars, and considering what you eat, with all those carbs, they will be high consistently, they can and will feed depression, ruin your feeling of self-worth, and give you mood swings. That's what sugars do to you, they mess you up mentally. I know I resembled a dragon more than a wife at one point! If you get a grip on this whole blood sugar thing, via low carbing, you'll be an easier person all round... Not just for the people around you, but more importantly, for yourself. (The feeling of empowerment I can recommend too, by the way.). So while the jumping off point may not be the psychology-book ideal, anything that gets you out of the starting blocks is good. So if right now you're going to be doing it for your mum, fine. Just do it, whatever your motivation. Everything else will follow.</p><p></p><p>HSSS already shared the link to my Nutritional Thingy, so I won't slap you over the head with it again. But just start with nixing all those carbs you're eating. The bread, fruits, oats, crackers,underground veggies. Oh and those balls from Ikea, they're nice and all, but I can have no more than a couple per day, (and I do mean two or so) without hitting my limit. There's a lot of carby fillers in there, you're better off just buying their excellent frozen salmon. Skip all the low fat junk and stock up on full fat stuff. Much healthier.</p><p></p><p>You'll be fine, just take a moment to learn about carbs. You'll be back to good in no time at all. And get your life back on track as you go, because you'll be in a better place mentally as well. Give it a chance.</p><p>Hugs,</p><p>Jo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2197464, member: 401801"] Hi [USER=518248]@NitinHP[/USER] , My husband is my carer. There were multiple things wrong with me before I became a T2 diabetic, and yet, I still am in a similar situation as you are: Do I care enough about myself to tackle the D? Nope. But I do care about my husband, and I saw what T2 did to friends and family members. I'll be damned if I make his life any harder than it already is, and make him an early widower to boot. So everything I do, I do for him. Is that wrong,[I] should I be doing it for me[/I]? Sure, that all sounds wonderful, and Dr. Phil'd be applauding in the background, put it on a tile or whatever, but in the end, ANYTHING that motivates you to turn your life around and take care of [I]you[/I], is good. Whatever gets you started is a good thing! After all, high blood sugars, and considering what you eat, with all those carbs, they will be high consistently, they can and will feed depression, ruin your feeling of self-worth, and give you mood swings. That's what sugars do to you, they mess you up mentally. I know I resembled a dragon more than a wife at one point! If you get a grip on this whole blood sugar thing, via low carbing, you'll be an easier person all round... Not just for the people around you, but more importantly, for yourself. (The feeling of empowerment I can recommend too, by the way.). So while the jumping off point may not be the psychology-book ideal, anything that gets you out of the starting blocks is good. So if right now you're going to be doing it for your mum, fine. Just do it, whatever your motivation. Everything else will follow. HSSS already shared the link to my Nutritional Thingy, so I won't slap you over the head with it again. But just start with nixing all those carbs you're eating. The bread, fruits, oats, crackers,underground veggies. Oh and those balls from Ikea, they're nice and all, but I can have no more than a couple per day, (and I do mean two or so) without hitting my limit. There's a lot of carby fillers in there, you're better off just buying their excellent frozen salmon. Skip all the low fat junk and stock up on full fat stuff. Much healthier. You'll be fine, just take a moment to learn about carbs. You'll be back to good in no time at all. And get your life back on track as you go, because you'll be in a better place mentally as well. Give it a chance. Hugs, Jo [/QUOTE]
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