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Type 2 Life

Morning. FBG of 5.0 mmol/l and chilly at 2°C, snow flurries forecast but no sign of the white stuff so far. :)
 
You're lucky @eddie1968 we've had snow falling through the night, it's turning to sleet now though. Can't get out for my walk, I'll walk in most weathers but not cold, plus sleety wet and windy :)
 
loulou99782 said:
I volunteer for cancer research UK in their Sidcup Shop. Where do you volunteer and what do you do?
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I volunteer at the British Heart Foundation in their Furniture & Electrical store in Coventry. I usually answer the phones and do admin work but sometimes I'm on the shop floor
 
4.6 am
may have been the bottle of red wine.... usually a glass is enough but yesterday was an unusual day.
Sun finally coming out the now, so hopefully a walk later :)
With you on walking in the sleety wet with wind @13lizanne hope you get out later
 
Diamum5972 said:
I volunteer at the British Heart Foundation in their Furniture & Electrical store in Coventry. I usually answer the phones and do admin work but sometimes I'm on the shop floor
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Lead volunteer at Sidcup Shop cover for managers day etc, do a bit of everything. Adim, sorting, ticketing, steaming, shop floor, cashing up.
 
6.7 this morning which is a surprise - I made a bread and butter pudding for my brothers last night and had a cheeky slice before I went to bed!
 
A first for me yesterday ... told someone I hardly know that I'm diabetic and needed to have a 'proper' lunch. I was out for the day with a sketching group (a lovely collection of people) but it's not just with these people that I find people really avoid anything for lunch other than a sandwich or a baked potato, both the worst possible options for me!

I'd worked out we could lunch somewhere which gave us a choice of those things plus salads and hot dishes. But one person sort-of got to the door and backed off, and several others skipped it and went to a pub, not having anything to eat at all. And of the 5 people who did end up coming and eating with me, i was the only one who didn't have a baked potato, burger PLUS chips ... you can guess, can't you! I had fish and an enormous bowl of salad which cost me a bit more but not much. Talk about feeling the odd one out!
 
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@JenniferW that's what I felt like on Wednesday - I went out for a Chinese meal with my knitting group and I was the only one who had soup! They all had enormous bowls of rice and noodles and none of them actually finished their meals because they were too full! The soup was only £2.50 as well so I got quite a bargain :)
 
JenniferW said:
A first for me yesterday ... told someone I hardly know that I'm diabetic and needed to have a 'proper' lunch. I was out for the day with a sketching group (a lovely collection of people) but it's not just with these people that I find people really avoid anything for lunch other than a sandwich or a baked potato, both the worst possible options for me!

I'd worked out we could lunch somewhere which gave us a choice of those things plus salads and hot dishes. But one person sort-of got to the door and backed off, and several others skipped it and went to a pub, not having anything to eat at all. And of the 5 people who did end up coming and eating with me, i was the only one who didn't have a baked potato, burger PLUS chips ... you can guess, can't you! I had fish and an enormous bowl of salad which cost me a bit more but not much. Talk about feeling the odd one out!
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Hi @JenniferW
It is so hard eating out with people even when they know you are diabetic. Snack lunches almost always seem to be sandwiches or baked potato and I'm now learning that even salads need to be checked carefully. I had one out the other day and think it had barley in it. Just didn't think quickly enough. Just saw the work salad and thought that would be OK. The diabetics I know all seem to go for sandwiches or rolls for snack lunch which doesn't help. I think they follow the NHS guidelines of carbs and more carbs so I feel even more of an oddity. A diabetic who tries to minimize carbs.
 
Hiitsme said:
Hi @JenniferW
It is so hard eating out ... The diabetics I know all seem to go for sandwiches or rolls for snack lunch which doesn't help. I think they follow the NHS guidelines of carbs and more carbs so I feel even more of an oddity. A diabetic who tries to minimize carbs.
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I've so far not had to deal with meals with other diabetics not also on a low carb diet ... though having said that, it was why I missed the local Diabetes UK branch's Christmas meal!
 
JenniferW said:
I've so far not had to deal with meals with other diabetics not also on a low carb diet ... though having said that, it was why I missed the local Diabetes UK branch's Christmas meal!
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A friend diagnosed about 15 years ago gave me shortbread for Christmas. I don't think she has a clue.
 
There's been such a change in T2 management over the past decade, hasn't there? I also feel I'm in a different world to one or two people I know who have had it a long time, and who unlike me, are on medication. It's the fact it's the diet-and-exercise completely that keeps me on track!
 
JenniferW said:
There's been such a change in T2 management over the past decade, hasn't there? I also feel I'm in a different world to one or two people I know who have had it a long time, and who unlike me, are on medication. It's the fact it's the diet-and-exercise completely that keeps me on track!
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Hi @JenniferW
Even now so many people, even me, are offered pills and told high carbs and low fat. It was only reading this website and others that I chose the way I wanted to try. I still accept that I may need medication in the future but I'm really trying with diet and exercise, though I still find it hard. It's only on this website I have found people really trying hard to take control. This encourages me to keep going so thank you.
 
JenniferW said:
There's been such a change in T2 management over the past decade, hasn't there? I also feel I'm in a different world to one or two people I know who have had it a long time, and who unlike me, are on medication. It's the fact it's the diet-and-exercise completely that keeps me on track!
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And me, my mum was diagnosed 10 years ago and even though she's lost her sight through retinopathy she's still finding it difficult to deviate from the high carb low fat regime her nurse recommended. She takes so many pills she rattles! On the plus side, she is starting to change her way of thinking after seeing my results on LCHF :)
 
Hiitsme said:
Hi @JenniferW
Even now so many people, even me, are offered pills and told high carbs and low fat. It was only reading this website and others that I chose the way I wanted to try. I still accept that I may need medication in the future but I'm really trying with diet and exercise, though I still find it hard. It's only on this website I have found people really trying hard to take control. This encourages me to keep going so thank you.
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On diagnosis I was only just above the T2 level, so wasn't surprised I wasn't put on medication. But given the effects of aging, my guess is that it's realistic to expect in the long run, I could end up on that pathway. But like you, I can see this is doing me much more good. It's seriously hard work, but my blood pressure's come down, for example, and as it was also only a bit higher than my normal, that felt a real bonus.
 
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