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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2038211" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>Eating did not get you into this mess. Genetics did and poor dietary advice in the mainstream didn’t help. So quite frankly you’re wrong. The trick is believing that fact. </p><p></p><p>You have mentioned in other posts your lack of confidence/depression/self loathing/destructive eating patterns. I agree with others this is what most urgently needs addressing. If I remember correctly neither your weight nor your bgl are scary high and will improve quite quickly once your mindset and eating patterns are on track. It’s good that you have an appointment. You deserve health and happiness. Why wouldn’t you?</p><p></p><p>Diagnosis is a huge shock and we need time to process and grieve for our health before we can become proactive and regain it. Some go through all these stages very quickly, others only do some and others get stuck at various points. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps if you understood more fully what causes diabetes and that weight gain is a symptom of insulin resistance you might feel less need to blame and punish yourself. If you truly understood the right eating can at least partly (if not fully) heal your body weight wise and metabolically then you could see food as medicine not penance. </p><p></p><p>Have you looked around these pages much? Read other stories? The success stories section can be quite convincing and motivating. Would you have been as harsh to any of those people at the start of their journey as you ar being with yourself? I very much doubt it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2038211, member: 480869"] Eating did not get you into this mess. Genetics did and poor dietary advice in the mainstream didn’t help. So quite frankly you’re wrong. The trick is believing that fact. You have mentioned in other posts your lack of confidence/depression/self loathing/destructive eating patterns. I agree with others this is what most urgently needs addressing. If I remember correctly neither your weight nor your bgl are scary high and will improve quite quickly once your mindset and eating patterns are on track. It’s good that you have an appointment. You deserve health and happiness. Why wouldn’t you? Diagnosis is a huge shock and we need time to process and grieve for our health before we can become proactive and regain it. Some go through all these stages very quickly, others only do some and others get stuck at various points. Perhaps if you understood more fully what causes diabetes and that weight gain is a symptom of insulin resistance you might feel less need to blame and punish yourself. If you truly understood the right eating can at least partly (if not fully) heal your body weight wise and metabolically then you could see food as medicine not penance. Have you looked around these pages much? Read other stories? The success stories section can be quite convincing and motivating. Would you have been as harsh to any of those people at the start of their journey as you ar being with yourself? I very much doubt it. [/QUOTE]
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