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Permalink Reply by Kristy on July 15, 2009 at 11:55pm

Hang in there Sue! With the smoking you should try the audio tape of "Allen Carr's - Easy Way". My husband downloaded it to his iPod over 6 months a go and hasn't been tempted since. If you don't have an iPod, I would buy one, it's worth it. He "loved" smoking and had smoked for years and years and was the last person I would have thought would give up. He is so happy now, and can't believe he didn't stop earlier. Now he is riding his bike instead - AMAZING! Anything is worth a go hey! (I have smoked myself so I know how hard it is to give up).
goodluck xx

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Permalink Reply by Sue on July 16, 2009 at 5:25pm

I forgot about Allen Carr -he was recommended to me by someone who gave up after reading his books. Thanks for the reminder :-)

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Permalink Reply by Steve Dunne on July 16, 2009 at 3:20am

Hi Sue. The weight loss is a great achievement and I'm sure will help with managing your levels. I have always struggled to get my weight down or to keep it off. I was also recently diagnosed with T2. For me it provided the best motivation to start taking responsibility for my health. I've been very fortunate health-wise but diabetes made me realise just how much I've taken it for granted and how close I was to serious illness. Finding the motivation to start wasn't too hard but keeping it going is the big challenge. There are days I struggle to find the enthuiasm to hit the treadmill or am tempted by food I know I shouldn't eat. The two best resources I've found so far are the podcasts at diabetespowershow.com and the support and encouragement from sites such as this. The DiabetesPowerShow podcasts provided me with a wealth of information and experiences I could relate to. I would listen to 20 or 30 mins a day while on the treadmill and actually got to the point of looking forward to the next session to finish off the rest of the podcast. It was uncanny how questions and thoughts I had about my diabetes would be answered in the next few podcasts I listened to. Although I've only recently joined tudiabetes.com I'm finding it also a great source of information and support. My experience here so far has been great - very friendly and encouraging people. My advice is to post a message when you're in need of some extra motivation and use the site as a support team to share your successes with and encourage you through the hard times.

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Permalink Reply by Sue on July 16, 2009 at 6:22pm

I have spent a lot of time looking for foods that I like and can eat and have made sure I am stocked up on those so that I am not tempted by other food.

I bought "the low GI shoppers guide to GI values 2009 Australia and New Zealand" from the health food store yesterday and that is great because it gives lists of foods with their brand names and their GI and GL values. I am going to look out for the "Diabetes and Pre Diabetes Handbook" in the same series.

Listening to the podcasts while exercising is an excellent idea which I am going to take up. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Bec on July 16, 2009 at 6:34am

Hi Sue
You've done extremely well in a short amount of time, well done. You'll have to share diet with us!

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Permalink Reply by Sue on July 16, 2009 at 5:24pm

Hi Bec - I have just been following a low GI, low saturated fat, low sugar diet and the weight has just been disappearing without me having to try. I have been trying to make sure I eat regularly as I would often go until mid afternoon before eating anything before. I have not been eating as much for my evening meal as I have cut out potatoes (sigh) and rice replacing them with pasta or a peice of grain bread.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Price on August 2, 2009 at 9:34pm

Hi Sue, sounds like your doing great guns, you just have to give up thoes butts. I gave up when I was diagnosed back in the early 90s, my motivation was exercise. If you go through the pain of a little exercise your mind thinks not to blow that hard work and pain on a ciggy or the effort was a wast of time. give it a try.

Good luck

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