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<blockquote data-quote="IronLioness" data-source="post: 1994013" data-attributes="member: 492004"><p>Good perspective Flora123. Interesting to hear, too. I probably didn’t hit the nail on the head with the post, it’s a personal reflection and if some folk can relate, super, hopefully it helps. It was meant in less 'food blame-game', but if someone relates, it's more about just being honest and real with ourselves, it’s about accountability and ownership on overall lifestyles, rather than just being food focused, although that's an important factor. As you said, a carb is a carb, it doesn’t matter if you’re fat, thin, young, old, super fit or not so super fit, or in between, if the body's taking in more carbs than it can handle, as well as other wellbeing contributing factors (stress etc) alas this can be the outcome. For some it's just down to body mechanics. But if the overall lifestyle is out of whack it usually manifests in the body. I had blood tests after an accident last year, as precaution they gave me a BG test too, I wasn’t even in a pre-diabetic zone. It was finally triggered by whatever I did between March to Oct after a huge period of deep anxiety. Openly I’m a size 20, a regular gym goer and weightlifter, but after speaking with my Doctor at diagnosis he felt it was brought on by my overall lifestyle in that period, not just size and weight – I just stopped looking after myself - health and wellbeing - the prolonged intense work related anxiety (was through the roof), much reduced exercise for that 6 months work project, then of course the wavering diet in that time where I admittedly just totally carb and sugar loaded. But ownership of my overall lifestyle was needed and that’s where I think the power of the diagnosis lies – it doesn’t matter what your background is, diabetes can target any weight, size or age, it's lifestyle on the whole to consider too. I guess from what I’ve heard and read, the key to get diabetes under control is an overall lifestyle change. But I do think that owning that is a powerful starter for ten in managing diabetes. Ownership is power. <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: 1994013, member: 492004"] Good perspective Flora123. Interesting to hear, too. I probably didn’t hit the nail on the head with the post, it’s a personal reflection and if some folk can relate, super, hopefully it helps. It was meant in less 'food blame-game', but if someone relates, it's more about just being honest and real with ourselves, it’s about accountability and ownership on overall lifestyles, rather than just being food focused, although that's an important factor. As you said, a carb is a carb, it doesn’t matter if you’re fat, thin, young, old, super fit or not so super fit, or in between, if the body's taking in more carbs than it can handle, as well as other wellbeing contributing factors (stress etc) alas this can be the outcome. For some it's just down to body mechanics. But if the overall lifestyle is out of whack it usually manifests in the body. I had blood tests after an accident last year, as precaution they gave me a BG test too, I wasn’t even in a pre-diabetic zone. It was finally triggered by whatever I did between March to Oct after a huge period of deep anxiety. Openly I’m a size 20, a regular gym goer and weightlifter, but after speaking with my Doctor at diagnosis he felt it was brought on by my overall lifestyle in that period, not just size and weight – I just stopped looking after myself - health and wellbeing - the prolonged intense work related anxiety (was through the roof), much reduced exercise for that 6 months work project, then of course the wavering diet in that time where I admittedly just totally carb and sugar loaded. But ownership of my overall lifestyle was needed and that’s where I think the power of the diagnosis lies – it doesn’t matter what your background is, diabetes can target any weight, size or age, it's lifestyle on the whole to consider too. I guess from what I’ve heard and read, the key to get diabetes under control is an overall lifestyle change. But I do think that owning that is a powerful starter for ten in managing diabetes. Ownership is power. :) [/QUOTE]
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