Hello Peeples! So I have been diagnosed with diabetes for about a month now. For the first 3 weeks or so it was mostly a shock. I had no idea what to eat! Sweets of corse not! Bread...Hello..carb town! Cottage cheese...protein backed..surely a good idea..add in tons of veg..YES..So thats what I ate...but i was still eating lots of things I shouldn't have...or more like in amounts I shouldn't have.
Fast forward to last week when I met with one of my dieticians. She gave me an overview of what to look for, a cheat sheet for common foods, and my glucometer. Now I take meds twice a day and take a blood sugar reading twice a day as well. My numbers have been getting lots better and it hasn't even been that long!
Even though I have seen so much progress I have so badly wanted to go back to my old routines. For a long time I saw it as any other diet, something I would do for a little while until I got bored or gave up and when back to eating what I wanted. I sadly thought that I would eat like this until I got better and then I was good to go back. This is not the case, its going to be a life long battle so Id better just get used to it!
The last perk I have seen that has really given me a reason to not give up, aside from my health, is weight loss. When I went in for that first Drs appointment a month ago I weighed 195lbs and stayed consistent up to my last appointment a week ago when I started my new low carb diet. I have since lost 10.5lbs!!! I now weigh 184.5 I realize it has only been a week but my diet has changed DRAMATICALLY and I'm getting plenty of food. I need to ask my doctor if my blood sugar levels where causing me to hold on to weight or something or if its just the portion controlled, low carb diet.
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