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<blockquote data-quote="IronLioness" data-source="post: 1993978" data-attributes="member: 492004"><p>Thanks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I just had a 'moment' at the tills when I looked at the shopping I'd done and thought "yeah, this is another step" - because the weekends were always a time when my good food habits would crash and burn and I'd undo all the week day goodness. Baby steps. Another trick I realised early on is the way I talk about diabetes to myself. The more I said "ohhh, I can't eat ....... now" (*sad face*), the more I found it was making me feel deprived. So I changed my language to see if it helped. It really does. Instead of saying "I can't eat that", I now say to myself "I choose not to eat that". And it can be applied to anything, food, or any other decision or circumstance. The difference is, it gives you the power and puts you back in control. It's not a case of we can't (eat those foods), we can, of course. But we're all actively choosing not to. That's epic. I also apply that mentality to decisions and life in general. For example - does (insert whatever the problem is) benefit me? If the answer is no, then I say to myself "I choose *not* to do that". I feel in control, because I'm choosing me. <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="IronLioness, post: 1993978, member: 492004"] Thanks :) I just had a 'moment' at the tills when I looked at the shopping I'd done and thought "yeah, this is another step" - because the weekends were always a time when my good food habits would crash and burn and I'd undo all the week day goodness. Baby steps. Another trick I realised early on is the way I talk about diabetes to myself. The more I said "ohhh, I can't eat ....... now" (*sad face*), the more I found it was making me feel deprived. So I changed my language to see if it helped. It really does. Instead of saying "I can't eat that", I now say to myself "I choose not to eat that". And it can be applied to anything, food, or any other decision or circumstance. The difference is, it gives you the power and puts you back in control. It's not a case of we can't (eat those foods), we can, of course. But we're all actively choosing not to. That's epic. I also apply that mentality to decisions and life in general. For example - does (insert whatever the problem is) benefit me? If the answer is no, then I say to myself "I choose *not* to do that". I feel in control, because I'm choosing me. :) [/QUOTE]
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