I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes this September just gone and I'll be honest it has been hard to adjust my lifestyle and it's been made harder with my mum going to me oh look at this how nice will it be and she fully knows I'm not allowed to eat it. Me and my mum are not on talking terms at the moment because of her attitude towards me and my diabetes that's a whole story for another day and time.
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Welcome to the forum @Jkw
Sorry to hear that your diagnosis has brought some tension in the relationship with your Mum
The media portrayal of diabetes, and the way it is often understood by people unaffected by it can be that it isn’t really a big deal, and is only a matter of people cutting back on sweets and cakes.
Diabetes UK are running a ‘Diabetes is Serious‘ campaign to highlight the need for the condition to be given appropriate priority in a stretched healthcare system, and ‘This is Diabetes’ to share the profound ways in which diabetes can impact on people’s lives.
Do try to keep talking to your Mum. She cares about you, and will want you to live healthily and happily with your diabetes, but may not really understand what that involves, or how big an impact a diagnosis can have.
What sorts of changes are you trying to make to your meal plan? Are you taking any medication? How are things going for you diabetes-wise?
Sorry to hear that your diagnosis has brought some tension in the relationship with your Mum
The media portrayal of diabetes, and the way it is often understood by people unaffected by it can be that it isn’t really a big deal, and is only a matter of people cutting back on sweets and cakes.
Diabetes UK are running a ‘Diabetes is Serious‘ campaign to highlight the need for the condition to be given appropriate priority in a stretched healthcare system, and ‘This is Diabetes’ to share the profound ways in which diabetes can impact on people’s lives.
Do try to keep talking to your Mum. She cares about you, and will want you to live healthily and happily with your diabetes, but may not really understand what that involves, or how big an impact a diagnosis can have.
What sorts of changes are you trying to make to your meal plan? Are you taking any medication? How are things going for you diabetes-wise?
Thank you so far I've cut the cakes and sweets out I'm cooking more meals and not getting ready made meals If I have to fry stuff I dry fry it as that was a trick my dad taught me when he taught me to cook I've cut my meal portions down I only eat if I feel peckish or it time to have a meal I've definitely cut fizz down if I do fancy a fizzy drink I get sugar free I've also got a classic sweet shop in my local high street went in there on a whim and asked if they have diabetic friendly sweets and they showed me them and treated myself to some diabetic friendly chocolate limes. Me and my mum have sorted out our differences and have agreed that if I want a sweet treat she will get me a small treat but she has agreed that it be on my termsWelcome to the forum @Jkw
Sorry to hear that your diagnosis has brought some tension in the relationship with your Mum
The media portrayal of diabetes, and the way it is often understood by people unaffected by it can be that it isn’t really a big deal, and is only a matter of people cutting back on sweets and cakes.
Diabetes UK are running a ‘Diabetes is Serious‘ campaign to highlight the need for the condition to be given appropriate priority in a stretched healthcare system, and ‘This is Diabetes’ to share the profound ways in which diabetes can impact on people’s lives.
Do try to keep talking to your Mum. She cares about you, and will want you to live healthily and happily with your diabetes, but may not really understand what that involves, or how big an impact a diagnosis can have.
What sorts of changes are you trying to make to your meal plan? Are you taking any medication? How are things going for you diabetes-wise?
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Just be careful of products that are sugarfree or low sugar as they may well be still high in carbohydrate. It is ALL carbohydrate that as a Type 2 the body has a problem processing. Cakes and sweets are culprits but also things like pasta, rice, potatoes, pastry, bread, cereals and starchy veg. Brilliant that you are now making more meals and having sugarfree sparking drinks. It must be a relief to have sorted out the issues with your Mum.
There are quite a few things that are not too bad carb wise as sweet treats, small choc eclaires, Nature Valley Protein bars, KIND dark chocolate and salted caramel bars or Dark chocolate are OK as treats.
There are quite a few things that are not too bad carb wise as sweet treats, small choc eclaires, Nature Valley Protein bars, KIND dark chocolate and salted caramel bars or Dark chocolate are OK as treats.
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Great to hear you have been able to clear the air with your Mum.
Be a bit careful with those Chocolate Limes! You almost have to treat them like medication, and be careful about the dose. Some of the ‘sugar alcohols’ they use in them (because they can’t be digested and basically pass through you) can cause bloating, painful wind, and diarrhoea if you have more than one or two 😱
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