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Kaylz, what is it that's really bothering you? I'm comfortable because I know how I'll react and I know what to do if it all goes a bit wrong (which it frequently does 🙄), but you only get that way with practice. You need to let the thing you're scared about happen because that way you deal with it. The confidence comes from knowing what to do when you end up rocking a high, or a low. There's lots of different opinions here, loads, and we all manage things differently and none of those ways are objectively right or objectively wrong, they're right or wrong for the person using them. In my opinion life is all about balance, and that has to be a balance you're happy with. It took me about a year to manage a piece of cake, I'd built it up into this massive thing in my head, so I braced myself for a huge high and then guess what happened? Absolutely nothing of any note. I jabbed, I ate, had a little spike then it went back down. I'm not minimising the fear, I was ruddy petrified, but I realised I had to do it otherwise I'd have been unhappy in the long run. My life was becoming consumed with food and insulin and I didn't want that. The only way to know whether you can cope is to close your eyes and jump in, if you don't cope well it's not the end of the world, you just throw yourself at it again, and again until you're not scared of it anymore 🙂
 
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Kaylz, what is it that's really bothering you? I'm comfortable because I know how I'll react and I know what to do if it all goes a bit wrong (which it frequently does 🙄), but you only get that way with practice. You need to let the thing you're scared about happen because that way you deal with it. The confidence comes from knowing what to do when you end up rocking a high, or a low. There's lots of different opinions here, loads, and we all manage things differently and none of those ways are objectively right or objectively wrong, they're right or wrong for the person using them. In my opinion life is all about balance, and that has to be a balance you're happy with. It took me about a year to manage a piece of cake, I'd built it up into this massive thing in my head, so I braced myself for a huge high and then guess what happened? Absolutely nothing of any note. I jabbed, I ate, had a little spike then it went back down. I'm not minimising the fear, I was ruddy petrified, but I realised I had to do it otherwise I'd have been unhappy in the long run. My life was becoming consumed with food and insulin and I didn't want that. The only way to know whether you can cope is to close your eyes and jump in, if you don't cope well it's not the end of the world, you just throw yourself at it again, and again until you're not scared of it anymore 🙂
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How you felt is exactly how I'm feeling, I know I will just have to get over it and do it, its just reaching that point that's difficult, you know what I mean, I know eventually I WILL get there and then think nothing of helping myself to a little naughtiness but its also the whole how much is too much kinda thing too x
 
Kaylz said:
How you felt is exactly how I'm feeling, I know I will just have to get over it and do it, its just reaching that point that's difficult, you know what I mean, I know eventually I WILL get there and then think nothing of helping myself to a little naughtiness but its also the whole how much is too much kinda thing too x
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I do know what you mean, I remember it well, my advice is pick a day, pick your treat of choice and take the plunge. Don't overthink it just go with it. Don't worry about the carb value just go with the thing you've been yearning for. The thought of it is so much worse than anything else I promise 🙂. I did my cake initiation mid morning so if it went disasterously wrong I had time to right the ship before bedtime (I was expecting some kind of apocalyptic battle between me and the cake I think 😱). Go on give it a go!
 
Absolutely agree with kooky - My day 1 was a mcdonalds... and my post is on here if you want to look. It wasn't the best idea I freely admit. But it was a calculated meal that had the defined nutritional info to use which helped me break through.
I had to get hold of the _new_ me, and i wanted to make sure it included treats.
 
Thanks guys, might get something at Asda tonight if I can find anything I fancy and @KookyCat yeah I know what you mean, if I'm trying something out I have it with my lunch so there's plenty time if a correction is needed haha x
 
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