Concerned about advice

[AndBreathe]

Me too! As well as not all calories being equal, neither are all carbs.

After my op, which created the diabetic me, I was given no dietary advice whatsoever. It was only many months on and a bit of foot stamping that I saw a diabetes dietitian, who helped a bit.
Since having the cgm and really getting bg's under better control through reducing carbs, I am now losing weight which I don't want to do.🙄 It's all a bit of a conundrum to which I can't work out the answer. I have to eat about 3000 cal a day to maintain my weight - which is a lot when you can only eat relatively small amounts, most of the time. (Though I did manage a 'normal' lunch at the Southampton meet yesterday, which is quite unusual)

I'd also agree that not all carbs are equal.

I would say that any diabetic diagnosis is the beginning of a journey of self discovery we never imagined possible, but if one can invest the time, and head space, it seems worthwhile.

What specifically do you do to keep your weight up Susan,or is it just a case of packing the calories, when you can?

As I have said before, I never imagine I'd be in this boat, but, in my view, it completely illustrates the importance of reducing insulin resistance, where at all possible, because I conclude that has been material to my metabolic improvement.

That, for me, in a conundrum because I find it a bit alarming the number of newly diagnosed indivudlas who seem utterly focused on reducing weight, where it was and remains my belief that the promary objective must be to reduce day-to-day blood scores, with trimming up being a secondary consideration.

At diagnosis, I reckoned if I could achieve good numbers but still have my luuuurve handles, I'd be content, but if I struggled to lose the poundage, but it didn't make a step change to my bloods (which is possible for some), then I would have invested massive energies without moving myself forward, except from a vanity perspective.

I'll step off my soapbox now. 😉

 

[Lynn Davies]

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[pottersusan]

I'd also agree that not all carbs are equal.

I would say that any diabetic diagnosis is the beginning of a journey of self discovery we never imagined possible, but if one can invest the time, and head space, it seems worthwhile.

What specifically do you do to keep your weight up Susan,or is it just a case of packing the calories, when you can.

I'll step off my soapbox now. 😉

I'm to be found in the supermarket looking for the highest calorie option. - something I never thought I'd say😱 - and I'm an eating machine in the evenings. I never thought I would get fed up with eating. I used to be able to put weight on so easily.

I am to be found on a soapbox too, fairly frequently.🙄

 

[Northerner]

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I am saving this one for Mark and Chili at Easter!

Thay are great! 🙂 I hope you have a good journey and a terrific time in Budapest! 🙂 I was supposed to be going there to run the Budapest Marathon in 2008, but my diagnosis got in the way

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