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<blockquote data-quote="Norfnife" data-source="post: 1176704" data-attributes="member: 283154"><p>The thought of eating the same thing day in, day out would make me want to give up now, so that really is not an option for me. As a former chef, I enjoy a very varied diet and am not scared to adapt almost any recipe to make it more diabetic friendly, so for me, variety definitely is the spice of life! Perhaps this is part of the reason my bs fluctuates so much, but to limit what I can eat would make my life not worth living....... As I said, I was told by the doctors that the Basal Bolus regime allows diabetics to eat whatever they want, i.e. a 'normal' diet, so I really don't get why we are then almost forced to eat such a restrictive menu.</p><p></p><p>I am now fatter than I was, but skinnier than a while ago. I was painfully thin for most of my life (became diabetic at age eight and stayed skinny until my mid-thirties). My main problem with losing weight is that I am now almost completely blind (yep, thanks diabetes!) so I find it very hard to exercise as I cannot even walk without needing someone with me (confidence issues too). I have lost almost a stone (14lb) at my last weight check probably due to the starvation diet I am currently following, but I would definitely like to lose more to get closer to where I used to be. The diabetes is also affecting my thyroid though so although I have not yet been prescribed any medication, I feel that this is holding my weight steady rather than letting me lose.</p><p></p><p>My blood sugars through the day differ greatly from day to day, regardless of whether I eat the same and do the same or not. Some days I need to eat nothing and my sugars still go high, other days I can eat nothing but chocolate and my sugars stay low... I have noticed that hot weather seems to make me more insulin sensitive - most but not all of the time - and I weigh my food and use the 100/500 rule religiously to calculate my starting dose of insulin each morning. I even started compiling a log of all my insulin doses, meals and carbs, highs/lows and and extra info which may have affected my control for my diabetic doctor, but it is barely glanced at - and I have been doing this for almost eighteen months now!</p><p></p><p>I have to give the CGM back next Friday so I am hoping that it will enable those in the know to actually do something for me as I feel as though I am fighting a losing battle at the mo.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Norfnife, post: 1176704, member: 283154"] The thought of eating the same thing day in, day out would make me want to give up now, so that really is not an option for me. As a former chef, I enjoy a very varied diet and am not scared to adapt almost any recipe to make it more diabetic friendly, so for me, variety definitely is the spice of life! Perhaps this is part of the reason my bs fluctuates so much, but to limit what I can eat would make my life not worth living....... As I said, I was told by the doctors that the Basal Bolus regime allows diabetics to eat whatever they want, i.e. a 'normal' diet, so I really don't get why we are then almost forced to eat such a restrictive menu. I am now fatter than I was, but skinnier than a while ago. I was painfully thin for most of my life (became diabetic at age eight and stayed skinny until my mid-thirties). My main problem with losing weight is that I am now almost completely blind (yep, thanks diabetes!) so I find it very hard to exercise as I cannot even walk without needing someone with me (confidence issues too). I have lost almost a stone (14lb) at my last weight check probably due to the starvation diet I am currently following, but I would definitely like to lose more to get closer to where I used to be. The diabetes is also affecting my thyroid though so although I have not yet been prescribed any medication, I feel that this is holding my weight steady rather than letting me lose. My blood sugars through the day differ greatly from day to day, regardless of whether I eat the same and do the same or not. Some days I need to eat nothing and my sugars still go high, other days I can eat nothing but chocolate and my sugars stay low... I have noticed that hot weather seems to make me more insulin sensitive - most but not all of the time - and I weigh my food and use the 100/500 rule religiously to calculate my starting dose of insulin each morning. I even started compiling a log of all my insulin doses, meals and carbs, highs/lows and and extra info which may have affected my control for my diabetic doctor, but it is barely glanced at - and I have been doing this for almost eighteen months now! I have to give the CGM back next Friday so I am hoping that it will enable those in the know to actually do something for me as I feel as though I am fighting a losing battle at the mo..... [/QUOTE]
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