Hi I'm Emma :)

[Emmac182]

hello....yes im a huge eater! does it get any easier with time? im abit of a crisp monster could quite easily eat 4/5 packets! I've had one bag of hula hoops in 2 weeks though im mega proud. 🙂

I take gliclazide 80mg morning and evening and 5mg dapagliflozin

 

[Ljc]

Yes it does get easier but it does take time for our tastes to change.

 

[Bubbsie]

true...ive been on the straight and narrow for 2 weeks now. blood sugars are still not where they should be. but I was peaking 22-29 back then and im down to averaging about 11 now. slowly but surely getting there 🙂

Hi Emmac...so difficult to feel motivated when you've been dealing with diabetes for so long...and at such a young age...the important thing is you are now and ready to get control.. starting to get those blood sugars down...almost halved in two weeks... great achievement....in answer to your earlier question 'does it get easier'...I believe it does...and it can...with the right support...plenty of that available here...I loved crisps...potatoes...everything that was/is a diabetics nightmare...found it very difficult to give them up...but as those BG's started to come down...that was my incentive to continue to change my diet/lifestyle...as the weight came off I felt like I was starting to regain control...can be so liberating...I wouldn't waste too much time thinking about the previous eight years...concentrate on the next eight years instead...we all understand how difficult it is to get the right kind of support/assistance...not a great deal from my health care providers...like many others on the forum...I read...tested...and came here for advice...so ask as many questions as you need to...anything you feel is relevant...advice & support will be given without judgement or disapproval...now after almost nine months what I do to manage my diabetes has become like second nature...will be interesting to hear about your progress...good luck.

 

[Emmac182]

im actually coping much better than I thought! its going to be so difficult though I lived a life where diabetes wasn't important until I started to feel so poorly sometimes I didn't want to get out of bed.im so used to eating what I want when I want and because I've just suddenly dropped the rubbish the craves are so so strong at the moment. I've joined a gym also....im really unfitt at the moment I get no exercise at all. im getting there 🙂 the support on here is fantastic. I've not had much luck with the healthcare team

 

[Wirrallass]

Hello Emma & welcome to the forum. We'll have you back to where you should be in next to no time!

 

[Bubbsie]

im actually coping much better than I thought! its going to be so difficult though I lived a life where diabetes wasn't important until I started to feel so poorly sometimes I didn't want to get out of bed.im so used to eating what I want when I want and because I've just suddenly dropped the rubbish the craves are so so strong at the moment. I've joined a gym also....im really unfitt at the moment I get no exercise at all. im getting there 🙂 the support on here is fantastic. I've not had much luck with the healthcare team

Emma many of us here feel we have been let down by our health care team...however...some have had brilliant care from their health care professionals...seems to be a bit of a lottery...you either get lucky...or you don't...mine were awful...told to take these pills...buy a book...okay...off you go...but as I said concentrate on what you are going to do from hereon...I was very similar...ate what I wanted...when I wanted...resented the intrusion of diabetes on my life style...didn't take it seriously for the first 5/6 weeks...then found the forum...from then on managing to get to grips with it...I would caution you against rushing...better to take things at a steady pace...find a routine that is sustainable...one that suits you...I rushed initially to reduce those BG's...found it so difficult...then a member here advised me I could tackle my diabetes in a slower more structured way...from there I have made progress...initially my BG was 17.4...now on average it's 6.1...my weight has dropped dramatically...but it has taken me around nine months to do that... doing it steadily I know I can continue to improve further...and sustain it...diabetes is a lifelong condition...take your time finding what works for you...you've made a good start...I have no doubt things will get even better for you.

 

[Ditto]

Hello Emma. Glad you're getting on top of things. 🙂

 

[Grannylorraine]

Welcome

 

[Grogg1]

Hi Emma, so young to have a diagnosis and glad your head is now in the right place. You have to find a change to your eating habits that is sustainable and not all about denial. If you like crisps look for the ones with the lowest carbs and allow as an occasional treat. My occasional treat is Kinder mini treat bar. I love chocolate so buy a box of these so if I'm feeling the urge they are there. Surprising how long a box lasts.

 

[Anthony Stirrat]

Fellow crisp monster here, I've replaced crisps with pork scratchings, zero carbs and sugars

 

[Emmac182]

Emma many of us here feel we have been let down by our health care team...however...some have had brilliant care from their health care professionals...seems to be a bit of a lottery...you either get lucky...or you don't...mine were awful...told to take these pills...buy a book...okay...off you go...but as I said concentrate on what you are going to do from hereon...I was very similar...ate what I wanted...when I wanted...resented the intrusion of diabetes on my life style...didn't take it seriously for the first 5/6 weeks...then found the forum...from then on managing to get to grips with it...I would caution you against rushing...better to take things at a steady pace...find a routine that is sustainable...one that suits you...I rushed initially to reduce those BG's...found it so difficult...then a member here advised me I could tackle my diabetes in a slower more structured way...from there I have made progress...initially my BG was 17.4...now on average it's 6.1...my weight has dropped dramatically...but it has taken me around nine months to do that... doing it steadily I know I can continue to improve further...and sustain it...diabetes is a lifelong condition...take your time finding what works for you...you've made a good start...I have no doubt things will get even better for you.

Thanks I hope this time I stick to it......I did my sugars this morning they were at 6. I don't think I've ever seen them this low

 

[Emmac182]

Fellow crisp monster here, I've replaced crisps with pork scratchings, zero carbs and sugars

I've just had some pork scratchings I couldn't help myself! It's hard st night after work when I'm at home

 

[trophywench]

Hi Emma - PLAN to do something with your evening that will keep your hands busy. Laugh at me if you want to, but I always found dressmaking, knitting and crocheting a brill way to keep myself out of the biscuit tin and crisp packet. Plus of course not having much spare money it also gave me nice things to wear. Or, if you can draw anything recognisable - teach yourself to watercolour paint. Or calligraphy. Or start typing a novel. Or start looking to see if anyone in your area is roughly the same age and in the same boat - get out of the house and get together.

Or anything !! LOL I admit failure though when I finally decided to read Les Miserables. Just couldn't get into the book whatsoever though I can have a damn good weep at either the musical or the film. Oooh - adult tap-dancing lessons - bloody hilarious and ace good fun - and the reason I was reminded to say that was because 'Master of the House' was one of the tunes we tapped to.

 

[Mark Parrott]

Welcome, Emma.🙂

 

[Ljc]

Emma. Quiet a few of us eat pork scratchings , unless you need to lose weight a few are fine.
They are scrumptious aren't they

 

[Mark Parrott]

I eat pork scratchings regularly & I'm still losing weight. It's mad, really as I have been overweight since my early 20's & just couldn't lose weight on standard low fat diets. Now I've lost 4 stone in the past 18 months & im sure I now eat more fat than I used to. Or maybe I don't.

 

[grovesy]

I eat pork scratchings regularly & I'm still losing weight. It's mad, really as I have been overweight since my early 20's & just couldn't lose weight on standard low fat diets. Now I've lost 4 stone in the past 18 months & im sure I now eat more fat than I used to. Or maybe I don't.

Beware i have just broke a crown having a pork scacthing!

 

[LucyLoo]

Hi Emma - PLAN to do something with your evening that will keep your hands busy. Laugh at me if you want to, but I always found dressmaking, knitting and crocheting a brill way to keep myself out of the biscuit tin and crisp packet. Plus of course not having much spare money it also gave me nice things to wear. Or, if you can draw anything recognisable - teach yourself to watercolour paint. Or calligraphy. Or start typing a novel. Or start looking to see if anyone in your area is roughly the same age and in the same boat - get out of the house and get together.

Or anything !! LOL I admit failure though when I finally decided to read Les Miserables. Just couldn't get into the book whatsoever though I can have a damn good weep at either the musical or the film. Oooh - adult tap-dancing lessons - bloody hilarious and ace good fun - and the reason I was reminded to say that was because 'Master of the House' was one of the tunes we tapped to.

I think this is a really good suggestion.

My Mum taught me to knit and cross-stitch when I was a child, but as you grow into teenage-hood all that sort of thing becomes very uncool 😎 however as an adult, I've recently had my Mum busy refreshing me and to be honest I am really enjoying it.....I had forgotten how relaxing it is.

It's one of those things that you can just sit and get on with and before you know it, hours have passed. But it's much more relaxing (for me anyway) than using say a tablet or device to play games and stuff.....that just stresses me out because I don't have the patience lol 🙂 It may not be the coolest hobby in the world, but who cares haha

EDITED TO ADD: How old do I feel reading this back!! lololololol 😳

 

[Ralph-YK]

I'm already in trouble in another place for mentioning someone's youngness.
I'm 53.

How old do I feel reading this back!! lololololol 😳

 

[trophywench]

When I was knitting something with long rows - I loved something exciting eg a suspense drama on telly - I knitted MUCH faster! My husband used to say he always knew even if he wasn't watching whatever, when it got to an exciting bit by that - then the needles would completely stop when we got to the OMG bit where the body is found or eg the shower scene in Psycho LOL

I saved knitting eg the backs of cardis for the night when The Sweeney was on !