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<blockquote data-quote="mazza 2" data-source="post: 2038297" data-attributes="member: 468347"><p>I'm sad how you feel about yourself. I understand the shock of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I think most people do. You say you blame yourself because of your food choices. Well don't. It's very sad that most people (including doctors) assume that anybody who get type 2 diabetes has been eating all the pies and have a bad diet. The doctor I saw, when I asked why I got it said "bad diet". I could have smacked him, but I'm better than that. I wasn't even overweight (what a joke). Still, I wasn't very happy and like you say, I felt I could never enjoy a nice meal and a treat now and again. I've actually realised that I was completely wrong. The food I eat now is low carb, but very enjoyable. I have to put more effort into it as I make food from scratch, like the olden days lol. But it's given me a new hobby, a new challenge and more satisfaction that I cook it myself. When you go low carb the majority of people will lose weight with little effort. Don't make your food bland, make it as tasty as you can and then you will realise that you don't need to eat cakes, and starchy foods because you will feel satisfied with what you choose to eat. In a way I think when diagnosed it's like going through a bereavement, what I mean is, like you said " you can't foresee ever being able to enjoy or get pleasure from food again". This is something I thought at first, and I also thought that it was alright for everybody else, they can eat what they want. I suppose I was a little envious. These are just thoughts that go through your head at first but it does get better. As for you thinking it's all your fault well don't even go there. To be honest it doesn't matter if it was your own fault or not, how about people who do dangerous sports and end up in a critical condition in hospital, that was their fault but it doesn't change the situation. So by all means have a chat with your doctor, but unless you have depression in general, I'm sure if you change your thought process and just try to accept that you have diabetes you will begin to feel better and hopefully won't need to take medication for depression. Do let us know how you get on and meanwhile take care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mazza 2, post: 2038297, member: 468347"] I'm sad how you feel about yourself. I understand the shock of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I think most people do. You say you blame yourself because of your food choices. Well don't. It's very sad that most people (including doctors) assume that anybody who get type 2 diabetes has been eating all the pies and have a bad diet. The doctor I saw, when I asked why I got it said "bad diet". I could have smacked him, but I'm better than that. I wasn't even overweight (what a joke). Still, I wasn't very happy and like you say, I felt I could never enjoy a nice meal and a treat now and again. I've actually realised that I was completely wrong. The food I eat now is low carb, but very enjoyable. I have to put more effort into it as I make food from scratch, like the olden days lol. But it's given me a new hobby, a new challenge and more satisfaction that I cook it myself. When you go low carb the majority of people will lose weight with little effort. Don't make your food bland, make it as tasty as you can and then you will realise that you don't need to eat cakes, and starchy foods because you will feel satisfied with what you choose to eat. In a way I think when diagnosed it's like going through a bereavement, what I mean is, like you said " you can't foresee ever being able to enjoy or get pleasure from food again". This is something I thought at first, and I also thought that it was alright for everybody else, they can eat what they want. I suppose I was a little envious. These are just thoughts that go through your head at first but it does get better. As for you thinking it's all your fault well don't even go there. To be honest it doesn't matter if it was your own fault or not, how about people who do dangerous sports and end up in a critical condition in hospital, that was their fault but it doesn't change the situation. So by all means have a chat with your doctor, but unless you have depression in general, I'm sure if you change your thought process and just try to accept that you have diabetes you will begin to feel better and hopefully won't need to take medication for depression. Do let us know how you get on and meanwhile take care. [/QUOTE]
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