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First lunch out post diagnosis

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ColinUK

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Diagnosed yesterday. Out to lunch today. Chicken escalope and huge salad with plenty of green veg and olives. Just drizzled EVOO over the salad to dress.

would normally have either a pizza or the lasagne here as both are delicious but didn’t feel like I missed out at all!
 
Excellent choice and so pleased you enjoyed it too.
Be aware that the coating on an escallop is also carbs and still might spike your BG but a lot less than you would have had from your previous choices.
The level of carb reduction required to bring BG into the normal range is very individual. There are some Type 2s here on the forum who are very good at breaking down carbs and even the coating on an escallop would cause their BG to sky rocket whilst others would be able to eat it without any problem.... this is where self testing your BG helps you to figure out what you can get away with.
 
Thanks Barbara,
I realise that the breadcrumbs on the escalope would be carbs but honestly it’s such a huge move away from a seriously carb laden meal that I felt it worth celebrating 🙂
 
Hello and well done on your first meal. 🙂 Some people go into denial for years, glad you've got a handle on it.
 
Ditto said:
Hello and well done on your first meal. 🙂 Some people go into denial for years, glad you've got a handle on it.
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I honestly don’t see that I have a choice. I am aware of the impact that T2 can have and I’ve seen it impact members of my extended family. I will not continue to make those choices I’ve made in my past that have led to this point; I will not place pleasure above happiness and ensuring my health improves is the best thing I can do to support my happiness. 🙂
 
Well done Colin, excellent start and great attitude
 
Well done @ColinUK sounds like you have the drive and handle on it already. I was diagnosed before Christmas and told not to worry/make changes until I saw the nurse a fortnight later - like you my choices were high carb - so I started straight away. I have managed meals out by making the best of choices - I have found generally there will be 1-3 options on the menu that are okay - this is good for me as I used to be very indecisive and often looked at menus before we went out to whittle down the options! (Sad, I know) - now I read Forum threads and enjoy healthier food! 🙂
 
I know I relied on bread far too much. I’d recently got into baking my own rather than buying it. And I have always had a tendency to emotionally eat to avoid the fact that I was either bored or lonely. Or both.
Of course it’s very easy to open a ready meal that says ‘2 portion’ and scoff the lot. And then have dessert. Followed by a sandwich a few hours later.

I wasn’t happy. I wasn’t happy with how I looked. I wasn’t happy with what I was eating. Not was I happy that a slightly brisk walk would mean the sweat was pouring off me. The strong thirst for water I put down to the fact that I’ve always drink at least two litres a day and I also put the nocturnal peeing down to being 52 and drinking lots of water.

How I didn’t put all the bits together and come up with diabetes I honestly don’t know. If I had then maybe I’d have got a handle on this years ago. But I’m not going to beat myself up over this. That will achieve nothing other than make me feel bad, what I’ll do instead is learn and adapt. That’s the way to be healthy.
 
@ColinUK emotional eater here too!

Very good that you are not beating yourself up - I went through that - ultimately it is my fault etc. but then I looked into it and stress (on body/mind) also a factor and this last decade has been traumatic, plus an operation - all those factors could have played a part in this and not just the ones I had control over. The hurdle for me was a year of consultants asking if I was diabetic and my answer - No - because I didn't think I was and at no point did anyone say - get tested. I asked for the bloods myself, to be fair the only symptoms I had were listed as side effects of all the other meds I was on and taking morphine and tramadol I wasn't really even on the planet.... so I have learnt not to beat myself up. It has happened. I am 2 stone overweight and already losing some of that and at least I know that will happen because this is a big reason to give ourselves all the chances we have, right.

I think we are on the same songsheet!

Big kudos.
 
Certainly sounds like we are singing from the same song sheet. I’m a tenor / high baritone! You?
 
ColinUK said:
Certainly sounds like we are singing from the same song sheet. I’m a tenor / high baritone! You?
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Probably closer to an alto. 😉
 
Lol
 
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