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<blockquote data-quote="Spiral" data-source="post: 76220" data-attributes="member: 19371"><p>You have Type 2 diabetes because you have a bum set of genes. You may well be overweight because of these very same bum genes. Not everyone who is overweight and insulin resistant will become diabetic, because they haven't got the genes.</p><p></p><p>Your situation may not be as (immediately) bad as someone else's, but it is your situation and you don't need to make excuses to ask for a bit of attention to deal with it because you are not at death's door. Not taking action now could well put us in the seriously ill and poor quality of life category a few years down the road from here and I don't think any of us want that for ourselves or for anyone else... We are all predisposed to being a bit egocentric, give yourself a break. </p><p></p><p>I'm overweight, well... actually, I looked at a BMI chart today and realised that I wasn't overweight at all <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I'm clinically obese :roll: I got my bum set of genes from my dad, who died last year at the age of almost 81, but his quality of life in the last few years wasn't good and I think the physical things were down to the long term complications of diabetes, he had his first heart attack aged 58 and his T2 diagnosis followed soon after.</p><p></p><p>What an awful experience you had when your dad died. It would have been awful at any age, but my guess is that the child that you were at 14 did not have the emotional resources to deal with it. I'd hazard a guess that you have been dealing with it ever since in all kinds of very physical ways, especially around food. I'd hazard a guess that some of the things that are causing you the most stress now are related to this experience - these traumatic events cast very long shadows in peoples lives. </p><p></p><p>Have you had or considered finding counselling? Even if you have had counselling in the past, it might be worth doing it again because the major life changes you have had, what with becoming a parent and the implications of your diagnosis, mean that you re-prioritise and re-evaluate. Your family history does not have to be repeated in this generation - diagnosis has got better, we understand so much more about the things we can do to help ourselves and you are heading in the right direction. A bit of a blip does not have to become an established pattern of behaviour.</p><p></p><p>Our relationship with food is about so much more than fueling and maintaining our bodies. Our weight, like our blood sugar, I think is in a constant state of flux. I think we are far harder on ourselves than others would be on us - just take another look at the understanding replies you have got here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spiral, post: 76220, member: 19371"] You have Type 2 diabetes because you have a bum set of genes. You may well be overweight because of these very same bum genes. Not everyone who is overweight and insulin resistant will become diabetic, because they haven't got the genes. Your situation may not be as (immediately) bad as someone else's, but it is your situation and you don't need to make excuses to ask for a bit of attention to deal with it because you are not at death's door. Not taking action now could well put us in the seriously ill and poor quality of life category a few years down the road from here and I don't think any of us want that for ourselves or for anyone else... We are all predisposed to being a bit egocentric, give yourself a break. I'm overweight, well... actually, I looked at a BMI chart today and realised that I wasn't overweight at all :D I'm clinically obese :roll: I got my bum set of genes from my dad, who died last year at the age of almost 81, but his quality of life in the last few years wasn't good and I think the physical things were down to the long term complications of diabetes, he had his first heart attack aged 58 and his T2 diagnosis followed soon after. What an awful experience you had when your dad died. It would have been awful at any age, but my guess is that the child that you were at 14 did not have the emotional resources to deal with it. I'd hazard a guess that you have been dealing with it ever since in all kinds of very physical ways, especially around food. I'd hazard a guess that some of the things that are causing you the most stress now are related to this experience - these traumatic events cast very long shadows in peoples lives. Have you had or considered finding counselling? Even if you have had counselling in the past, it might be worth doing it again because the major life changes you have had, what with becoming a parent and the implications of your diagnosis, mean that you re-prioritise and re-evaluate. Your family history does not have to be repeated in this generation - diagnosis has got better, we understand so much more about the things we can do to help ourselves and you are heading in the right direction. A bit of a blip does not have to become an established pattern of behaviour. Our relationship with food is about so much more than fueling and maintaining our bodies. Our weight, like our blood sugar, I think is in a constant state of flux. I think we are far harder on ourselves than others would be on us - just take another look at the understanding replies you have got here. [/QUOTE]
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