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why eat?

I realize that I am so very lucky in that as time goes on I do not have to think about my diabetes at all. It was not having much effect even when diagnosed, it was the unsuitable diet which was making me ever fatter and slower, and as soon as I went back to low carb I felt a lot better and began to do more things again.
Now I am far more focused on the band and the Christmas dance we are going to play for, the Christmas presents for my grandchildren, the carols for the folk club outings we are planning - so busy these days.
 
That's great.
 

I do think many of us are too hard on ourselves. It would be nice if others could post the silly things they do. It may make me feel better! I know I can be more than ridiculous about it. Anyway, I am off now to make a cup of tea - I have done my post lunch test and it is hours before my dinner.
 
Hence the importance of trying to stick to regular eating times
 
I completely understand and I can be very OCD. The problem I have is I HAVE to eat every three hours as my insulin runs out by then and I’ll just start rising to no end. It’s maddening to HAVE to eat when it’s interrupting some good shopping or other things. My basal is long gone by morning and I can’t take more or I hypo through the night. Don’t get me wrong, I love food. I just don’t like living by the clock and timer for prebolusimg. It really is ridiculous.

Now testing a new meter as mine was discontinued and I only have a few weeks worth of strips. So my plan is to test with both meters for the pot of 50 to look at discrepancies between the two. My old one is the only one I’ve ever used. So just adding another fun game to the mix!!
 
Do you measure the milk in your tea and cream in your coffee with a measuring spoon every time like me.. and have you trained the other half to do the same?
 
bulkbiker said:
Do you measure the milk in your tea and cream in your coffee with a measuring spoon every time like me.. and have you trained the other half to do the same?
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That’s hilarious. Although I should not be one to talk. I weigh my protein to exact amounts, and my avocado. Just habit now. When I have something new, even fat like ghee I weigh it to see what it looks like. I’ve also weighed my vodka in my martini glass with ice! And I weigh myself every morning and every night. Think that’s a bit over the top?
 
A bit!.. even I only weigh myself once a day.. and I'm weird!
Well edited to add I did weigh myself 4 times in one day to see the effect of morning ablutions, a swim and dinner.
 
@bulkbiker and @Kristin251 you have both made me feel soooooo much better....

I weigh my food.
I weigh myself a minimum of once a day, three or four times if I'm swimming/running/paranoid.
Never ever ever have I had a measuring spoon even CLOSE to my cup of tea, though!

Having said that, I got unreasonably upset last week when Mr S saw the coffee cup I'd brought back from the gym - very unusually it contained a latte (I normally just select 'black coffee' and bung in a splash of hot milk right at the end) as a treat. I was going to count it as 12g carbohydrate and bolus for it.

'Is that for me?' he said.

Suddenly I was 11 again. If I didn't NEED a snack back then, I didn't have one. Diabolically - OMG that's an autocorrect for 'diabetically', how ironic, but sod it, I'm going to leave it as 'diabolically' - I didn't NEED that latte. Heck, I was having to bolus for it.

Mr S got the coffee. I got upset. We had a hug. And I made a cup of tea.

WITHOUT using a measuring spoon....

 
bulkbiker said:
Do you measure the milk in your tea and cream in your coffee with a measuring spoon every time like me.. and have you trained the other half to do the same?
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I did measure my milk for a while, right at the beginning, but no longer and estimate one cup of tea is about 2g carbs, and I never measure cream. However, right at the beginning when I was testing peas my hubby was gobsmacked when he dished up and I scraped the peas off my plate into the scales and then insisted that in future he only gives me a certain number of them. He told me to count them once on my plate and give any excess over the required number to him! I have also been known in the past to cut off a piece of cheese, weight it, then discard a tiny bit off the end. I also used to weigh out a daily allowance of butter and put it on a plate. Once gone, that was it for the day. I don't do that anymore, that was all when I was calorie counting for weight loss...

What are we like!!!
 
Well, where do I start!

Talk about beating myself up!

When first diagnosed, I read on the forum about how to do this, that , the other, trying to get my daily food to be under 20g of carbs every day, and then record everything, every bite, every morsel, in my own home made food diary, because at that time I was eating seven or eight meals a day!
I would shop for everything, nothing would go in the trolley that wasn't right for my plan of meals, which was listed, also because of lack of funds, no work at the time, every pound was accounted for.
I listed, I weighed, I cooked everything fresh, I ate, I tested, I recorded everything!
I washed the dishes from me and the wife's meals, then go for a walk to make sure my blood glucose levels would not rise.
My regimentation, lasted for about three months, until I knew that ketosis was established, my weight had dropped, my insulin resistance and blood glucose levels were in normal range, and I was feeling better.
I believe I had to do this, as I believe, I had no choice.
There was not a lot of information out there!

Now I just don't have to eat at all!

I still record when I feel the need to or try something new.

I don't think about food much now!

My body tells me when something isn't right!

Small low carbs meals and intermittent fasting is just the right way to maintain my health!

And I'm not obsessed, just a little bit weird!
 
benjo123456 said:
This may seem like a silly question, but if the point of a low carb diet is to live off our own fat for energy, why do we eat at all? What benefit is there in it?
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Not eating at all will kill you much quicker than diabetes
 
@Snapsy @Bluetit1802 I do not think any of you are OCD. While I have been very lucky, in that I do not measure foods, never counted a calorie, or a Carb - and I didn't be for I was Type 2 either. The simple fact is this, be ye T1 or T2 matters not, there is a malfunction in your body which means BS is no longer controlled subconsciously, we now have to 'think it out loud'
 

A day (or more) without food makes perfect sense. Many of us use intermittent fasting - skipping one or more meals a day - regularly to help with insulin resistance and weight loss.

Dr Jason Fung is an expert in this area- see the book referenced by @Rachox above. Highly recommended.
 

Same here. Today was a case in point. I’m towards the end of a 2 week period of one meal a day (dinner). Was really hungry at lunch time and had to wrestle with myself to “allow” myself to eat. Settled for a bag of pork crackling which really helped get me through a stressful day at work.
 
bulkbiker said:
Do you measure the milk in your tea and cream in your coffee with a measuring spoon every time like me.. and have you trained the other half to do the same?
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Hmm. I have a special miniature measuring cup from Lakeland for that purpose.

Another favourite is refusing to lick the lid of a newly opened pot of cream while preparing a meal so as not to affect pre meal reading.
 
Goonergal said:
Another favourite is refusing to lick the lid of a newly opened pot of cream while preparing a meal so as not to affect pre meal reading.
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You don't lick the lid!...That's the best bit and ensures that I'm the only one to get the cream.. hubs is a bit OCD on the bacteria..
 
Goonergal said:
Hmm. I have a special miniature measuring cup from Lakeland for that purpose.

Another favourite is refusing to lick the lid of a newly opened pot of cream while preparing a meal so as not to affect pre meal reading.
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I don’t taste meals as I’m preparing them like I used to for fear of messing up my pre meal tests!
 
Rachox said:
I don’t taste meals as I’m preparing them like I used to for fear of messing up my pre meal tests!
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Oh I am the same. I spoon out my mayo when I have it (most days) and have to stop myself licking the spoon if I haven't yet tested. Also I used to be prone to nicking the odd mushroom or 3 straight out of the frying pan whilst they are still cooking. I won't do that now. Isn't it daft!

Mind you ...... kitchen pickers wear bigger knickers.
 
I haven’t tackled that yet. I still lick the spoon from mayo, especially if it’s from a new jar. Don’t ask why that matters as we pile through mayo.
I still weigh protein and know my veggies by heart and sight. I weigh my avo for each meal. More because I don’t want to short myself! And I don’t weigh the dark green on the skin. Just pop that right in my mouth.
I don’t weigh fat but pretty much use the same amount. This is not to say I haven’t weighed it, I just don’t do it regularly.
If weighing nuts means one Mac and one pecan after meals but not technically weighing them, then yes I suppose I weigh those too.
My meals are very consistent everyday but the times I eat are far from consistent. It all depends on when I get up and where my bs is.
I think I might start a thread on weighing food and the crazy things we do lol
 
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