Comment by Domo! on July 18, 2010 at 10:07pm

Can you stll have meat or buy your own food? Just curious.

Comment by Sandpirate on July 19, 2010 at 3:48pm

Sucks for your instructor! Follow a schedule and be only as flexible as you can, your health is worth more than a career.

Don't let anyone else dictate for you what you need, stand your ground and if they don't respect you for it, then it's time for a change!

Comment by nopucksnosticks on July 19, 2010 at 5:44pm

Diabetes is all about you and your good habits. Unless he is a disorganized mess, he should appreciate your proposing a schedule that prevents BG issues. I was raised by 7th day adventists - longest lived population in the U. S. and all vegitarian. You will have to provide some education for them. Maybe there is a middle ground with eggs, fish, cheese?

Comment by NDXC on July 19, 2010 at 9:35pm

yah i've been buying some of my own food and bringing meat and cheese to work. I've got nothing against vegetarian, just not a diet that i'm used to at all, so its quite the change. today i just sat down around noontime and ate. no big problem. i mean really i think that most people should get 30 minutes in the middle of the day to just gather their thoughts... the CGM is helping to keep any major lows at bay, so that is a blessing cuz i was sitting in the classroom 40 hours a week and now up on my feet. big change....

Comment by nopucksnosticks on July 20, 2010 at 1:00pm

Congratulations on advancing with your program! Just want you to know I'm not currently a vegitarian...farm and butcher up the street, yum. Nothing wrong with the veggie thing but take my advice - if something has been created by your host family that they keep in a mason jar - it's far from edible. Just like the Atkins folks, some vegans are pretty certain they know the only correct diet. Not everything I was fed as a child was healthy - after all velveeta "cheese" was invented by a vegan.

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