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Note (added 02/04): this post was never intended to offend anyone. I'm just trying to understand and manage my diabetes. LCHF works for me, I'm not saying everyone has to follow it. We all learn what works for us - and I only wish for better health for all of us.
So I'm a newbie here, please forgive my ignorance if this post hits a nerve. Before going on I should say this forum is awesome!
My story - I was diagnosed early January. SHOCK
HORROR. I've already survived life threatening cancer (I lost a leg when 19), now this??? So I came on here, read read read, learnt about LCHF - changed my diet, stopped eating pizza pies and sticky toffee pudding, learned to love green vegetables (spicing them up helps), I'm up at 6am going to the pool to fit it into my diary, haven't eaten a cake since diagnosis - I've adapted. And you know what, life is better now - yep, even though I have diabetes!
HbA1c down to 6.7 from 9.9, and cholesterol now at 3.7. Doc happy.
So why do people complain they can't get to grips with LCHF and their diet. They are still eating bread - and say they only had one slice of pizza! They hate vegetables - really? All vegetables?? I just don't get it - why don't folks take their own health seriously?
This is the 'soapbox' section so I guess I'm jumping on mine. I love love love this forum and it has helped me enormously, I just don't understand why some people don't get it?
So I'm a newbie here, please forgive my ignorance if this post hits a nerve. Before going on I should say this forum is awesome!
My story - I was diagnosed early January. SHOCK
HORROR. I've already survived life threatening cancer (I lost a leg when 19), now this??? So I came on here, read read read, learnt about LCHF - changed my diet, stopped eating pizza pies and sticky toffee pudding, learned to love green vegetables (spicing them up helps), I'm up at 6am going to the pool to fit it into my diary, haven't eaten a cake since diagnosis - I've adapted. And you know what, life is better now - yep, even though I have diabetes!
HbA1c down to 6.7 from 9.9, and cholesterol now at 3.7. Doc happy.
So why do people complain they can't get to grips with LCHF and their diet. They are still eating bread - and say they only had one slice of pizza! They hate vegetables - really? All vegetables?? I just don't get it - why don't folks take their own health seriously?
This is the 'soapbox' section so I guess I'm jumping on mine. I love love love this forum and it has helped me enormously, I just don't understand why some people don't get it?
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