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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2511648" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>Sorry this isn’t inspiring. But it is real. </p><p></p><p>I think most of us felt the way you do in the early months, that we’ll get this sorted then get back to real life. I did. Then a some point I thought I accepted I couldn’t and just got on with it. I was never on medication and low carbed and keto’er for nearly 4 yrs in remission. Didn’t hate it as I did get used to it but I did miss the convenience of eating “normally”. Til this last year - when I got more lax at it all for a whole host of reasons. It wasn’t a deliberate choice to push the boundaries but it’s happening. At first the odd slip/bit of normality I got away with. Then it happened more and more often. Perhaps because of the other stuff I had going on, perhaps because I wanted to believe I could get away with it. My weight has gone up and so has my hba1c. Not catastrophically but noticeably . And it’s harder to get back on the wagon than it was initially when spurred on by the shock and determination of diagnosis. </p><p></p><p>My goal is not to expect normal all on its own - much as I’d love that. It’s to stay healthy in the long term. It’s to achieve normal levels without medication or complications and that means keeping control most of the time through diet. For me it definitely means not trying to “get away” with too much as I apparently can resist anything but temptation. So I’m better not having any of something than teasing myself with a little of it. Others need a little to keep themselves motivated. </p><p></p><p>Sadly I’ve yet to see anyone “go back to normal” ie pre diagnosis lifestyles for any length of time or with any frequent regularity. We can often achieve good enough control to have special occasions and treats occasionally or our own adapated versions of normality for sure but we’re diabetic and unless we actively control this <em>somehow</em> it rears it head again. </p><p></p><p>On the plus side loads and loads of people have got off medication and stayed off it long term in this forum. </p><p></p><p>so after all this rambling my answer to the post question is “keep on keeping it reversed” as that is a process which mostly gets easier with knowledge and practice despite my current “blip”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2511648, member: 480869"] Sorry this isn’t inspiring. But it is real. I think most of us felt the way you do in the early months, that we’ll get this sorted then get back to real life. I did. Then a some point I thought I accepted I couldn’t and just got on with it. I was never on medication and low carbed and keto’er for nearly 4 yrs in remission. Didn’t hate it as I did get used to it but I did miss the convenience of eating “normally”. Til this last year - when I got more lax at it all for a whole host of reasons. It wasn’t a deliberate choice to push the boundaries but it’s happening. At first the odd slip/bit of normality I got away with. Then it happened more and more often. Perhaps because of the other stuff I had going on, perhaps because I wanted to believe I could get away with it. My weight has gone up and so has my hba1c. Not catastrophically but noticeably . And it’s harder to get back on the wagon than it was initially when spurred on by the shock and determination of diagnosis. My goal is not to expect normal all on its own - much as I’d love that. It’s to stay healthy in the long term. It’s to achieve normal levels without medication or complications and that means keeping control most of the time through diet. For me it definitely means not trying to “get away” with too much as I apparently can resist anything but temptation. So I’m better not having any of something than teasing myself with a little of it. Others need a little to keep themselves motivated. Sadly I’ve yet to see anyone “go back to normal” ie pre diagnosis lifestyles for any length of time or with any frequent regularity. We can often achieve good enough control to have special occasions and treats occasionally or our own adapated versions of normality for sure but we’re diabetic and unless we actively control this [I]somehow[/I] it rears it head again. On the plus side loads and loads of people have got off medication and stayed off it long term in this forum. so after all this rambling my answer to the post question is “keep on keeping it reversed” as that is a process which mostly gets easier with knowledge and practice despite my current “blip” [/QUOTE]
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