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Motivation and Will Power

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Jenniw1990

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Hi Everyone
I am T2 and havent been on here for a while, I have lost my mojo.....so since lock down my HB1AC was 67 and its gone up to 69 (so not a massive hike but a hike non the less) i have now been put on 3 oral meds. Glimipiride, Metformin & Jardiance. i stress very easily and this has also had an effect as i have been testing 4 times a day and my DN has told me to stop doing that as it is making me worse. i have managed so far to only test when i am feeling rough and when i drive. Been told that if my levels dont drop at a decent rate with these by my next appointment in January 2021 then i will be put on insulin.This had terrified me and made me realise i need to take this more seriously!! The problem I have is that I am totally focussed and know what i need to do to success but that only lasts for a few days and then i go back to being a little more slack with it. I have tried to count my carbs and stick with a strict regime but i cant seem to stick to it!! i know i shouldnt do or eat certain things but my brain just overrides everything, i seriously cannot control what i am eating. its mainly on an evening or when i am bored. i am not even hungry, as soon as i get a food thought in my head until i eat it, it is literally the only thing i can think about!!

does anyone have any tips or words of advice or even just give me a good bollocking and tell me to get my arse in gear.
i am really struggling but i am so worried about my BS not coming down! i am only 30 and i dont want insulin but my brain is totally working agaist me !!
please help :(
 
Jenni - they thing that worked and still does, for me, is to instantly start doing something else. I mean instantly. Now.

Clean the bathroom, change the bed. do the ironing, clean some windows, turn your wardrobe into a colour palette, all the light things together followed by medium colours followed by dark, then eg skirt lengths or sleeve lengths, or flimsy fabric to heavier fabric or whatever floats your boat. Then start on your drawers - the physical ones as well as the clothing sort!

I hate and loathe housework frankly - but OMG do I feel virtuous when I do it, or what?
 
Hi @Jenniw1990, i can't comment much on your situation as i'm type 1. The only thing i can say is that you know what you have to do. Eat less carbs, fill up on other things. Replace carb snacks with low carb such as olives, cheese etc. Aldi do an 85% chocolate which is only 4g carb per bar if thats your downfall. When you get that food thought in your head, find something to do that will take your mind off it. Remind yourself about all the things that can be affected if you don't control your levels.
You can do this
 
Jenniw1990 said:
Hi Everyone
I am T2 and havent been on here for a while, I have lost my mojo.....so since lock down my HB1AC was 67 and its gone up to 69 (so not a massive hike but a hike non the less) i have now been put on 3 oral meds. Glimipiride, Metformin & Jardiance. i stress very easily and this has also had an effect as i have been testing 4 times a day and my DN has told me to stop doing that as it is making me worse. i have managed so far to only test when i am feeling rough and when i drive. Been told that if my levels dont drop at a decent rate with these by my next appointment in January 2021 then i will be put on insulin.This had terrified me and made me realise i need to take this more seriously!! The problem I have is that I am totally focussed and know what i need to do to success but that only lasts for a few days and then i go back to being a little more slack with it. I have tried to count my carbs and stick with a strict regime but i cant seem to stick to it!! i know i shouldnt do or eat certain things but my brain just overrides everything, i seriously cannot control what i am eating. its mainly on an evening or when i am bored. i am not even hungry, as soon as i get a food thought in my head until i eat it, it is literally the only thing i can think about!!

does anyone have any tips or words of advice or even just give me a good bollocking and tell me to get my arse in gear.
i am really struggling but i am so worried about my BS not coming down! i am only 30 and i dont want insulin but my brain is totally working agaist me !!
please help :(
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I can only speak for myself but when I have motivational issues it's down to one or both of two things.

1) I get overwhelmed and demoralised by the scale of the thing I am trying to achieve.
2) I don't want the thing I am trying to achieve badly enough.

The second of those is the most common reason in my case.
 
Instead of trying to stick to strict regime which for me personally does not work long term. Why not take smaller steps and keep adding to them when you feel you can.
 
Following on from what @grovesy says, I’ve had success with somethings by breaking the day down into five minute blocks when I’m stressed.
That way all I have to do is do something “right” for the next five minutes rather than forever. Do that often enough and the five minutes stretch into hours and then days without you realising it.
 
I use “The Chimp Paradox” - mind management book by Prof Steve Peters.

Written in simple terms, helps me decide if I am hungry or greedy, physically unwell or too lazy to exercise, in need of a cake or steamed veg!!

I wasn’t overweight, unfit or unhealthy but was fooling myself.

In three months I went from hba1c 107 to 43, 14st to under 12st, able to exercise harder, longer and recover quicker, lots more energy and better time management - mainly down to this new approach which i find easy to follow.
 
My motivation is my nine year old son. I want to see him grow up so know I need to loose weight and exercise more if I'm going to avoid complications. Before diagnosis crisps were my biggest weakness but haven't had a bag since being diagnosed. I have a bag of pork scratchings in the cupboard in case of emergency but they have been there a week so far. Although typing this I do fancy one but I can convince myself that 9:41 is not the time for pork scratchings!
 
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