What is the hardest part of managing your diabetes for you?
I am working so hard with myself to get my ducks in a row again. Daily exercise, more greens on my plate than yellow, healthier eating habits, taking my meds as prescribed, and using my meter, not letting it take up space in my purse.
Of all those things, the hardest (which should be the easiest) is the eating part. I hate to cook. I hate to cook the same things over and over and over again. So I have grown to skip meals, eat out, or just eat whatever comes to mind. I can do all the others. Taking my meds, is a breeze, they are measured out for me once a week, and I take them like clockwork. The meds are on the counter next to my meter, so it is used before I take my meds, granted I could do it more than 4 times a day, but that's overkill right now. I love to swim, so it kills me not to get there...besides I paid for that, and I am going to use it. But the food part is what is bringing me to my diabetic knees.
I'll get it, I know I will....just needed to admit it.
So what's the hardest part for you? Share it, get if off your chest, quit feeling guilty for it. and maybe we can help each other make some changes.
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Permalink Reply by Michael on -
Cathy,
toughest part for me is constantly having to give myself insulin throughout the day. I'm hoping this will change with the omnipod soon. I eat ALL day! I mean, I am constantly snacking, grazing, and eating throughout the day with the amount of energy I burn working out, running, or playing soccer. I'll eat and by the time I check (2 hrs later), I'm hungry again! So, I'm having to check around 10 times a day and just carefully watch my BG's and make sure they don't swing due to what I eat and exercise. Pain in the ass.
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Permalink Reply by Jeroen Stoeltjes on -
For me the two hardest things are the eating and the exercise.
For the eating; I hate going out to get what I need to make something for it is usually packaged for families of 4. I love ground beef(Extra Lean) for making Hamburgers(love homamade burgers) but I don't like freezing things or having leftovers, I like fresh. The packaging of ground anything is too much for a single person to use all at once without over eating. And bread, bread is my downfall. I love bread, the hardest thing for me to do is not eat bread. I can go a day or two without but then I crave it. Once I made it a week without then I caved and eat so much I thought I was in bread heaven. lol.
Now the exercise, I should be better at this but I'm not. I do it for a while then I stop and go back into my laziness of sitting in front of the computer and playing mmo's(Massive Multi-players online games). My game of choice right now is City of Heroes, And I would rather play then for four hours then exercise for 20 mins. lol.
It's painful to write it out here, but it is the truth.
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Permalink Reply by FHS on -
Man, I can relate. MMOs are a lifesucking timesink that really sent my control into a tailspin. I started with EQ through SoL and most recently played a couple of months of Aion. Played just about every MMO in between.
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Permalink Reply by onesaint on -
Hahaha, FHS, you and I have had this conversation before! I played Games from MMORPGs to FPS and the most recent was Assassins Creed (great game btw). Once I started to get retinopathy, that was it. Id rather see and do than spend time in front of the PC. So I picked up photography again! What sucks? 1/2 of photography is sitting in front of the PC for post processing! I just cant win. lol
Oh, and Im getting the new Mafia for the PS3. ha!
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Permalink Reply by FHS on
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Gah, almost missed this!
Don't do it!! Put the controller down, and back away slowly!
Now, get back on a PC and play a game properly, with a mouse and keyboard!
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Permalink Reply by lotsofshots on -
The hardest thing about diabetes for me is keeping a of my food, BS readings and insulin shots. When I do this everything goes smoothly and when I don't it doesn't go as well. You think that would be a motivation to keep doing it but for some reason I can't keep it up. I have a million logs, notebooks and even computer stuff to do it with but it is still really hard to do. I want to start doing it again, but it always seems like I am too busy with work and life gets in the way. It even helps me to exercise when I write it down too.
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Permalink Reply by LiL MaMa on -
The hardest part for me is when I think about having it for the REST of my life! It's not going to go away it's not going to ever end. I try to look at it positively and think about how healthy I am for eating correctly and exercising several times a day even when I don't feel like it. You don't get a "vacation" from diabetes, and with being diet/exercise only controlled I don't get a cheat day. I find it challenging but I work at it 24 hours a day. I'd rather go without carbs/sugar and the good stuff than later go on dialysis :)
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