Hi,
I'm new here looking for support.I use to have perfect control with my diabetes using strict food choices and working out every day. I felt great. I went from 255 to 190. I lost contorl when my daughter died, then my husbadn left me for another women. I went back up to 230,stopped working out and didnt care much about my diabetes. A friend has pointed me in this direction, so here I am. I eat compulsively when I am anxious, I get depressed a lot and I am diabetic and 50. It looks like 3 chicks have a thread for all my characteristics. But If i dont get my diabetes in control, the rest wont matter.
I gave this a half hearted attempt in April but relalize I need to participate for anything to work. So I started my blog again and started recording my blood sugars, weight and exercise. I need to get myself back on track within a month or go on meds.... not that there is anythign wrong with that...but I did without before and would like to be that person again.

~Mae

Hi Mae. I'm in the same boat as you. Have been dealing with Type 2 diabetes for at least 15 years now, maybe longer. I've rode the roller coaster of compliance and would be rich if I had a dime for every time I re-committed myself. But, I'm 41 and if I want to be around another 41 years, I have to stick to it. You owe it to yourself to get back on track and even though I'm new here, I feel safe and comforted in knowing that I'm not alone. Am here for ya!!!

GardeningMae. I'm glad you found us. Yes, NOW is the time to get things under control again. It gets much harder as we age - 70 years speaking here!

Welcome Mae!

I'm so very sorry about your daughter. That would derail anyone. What a wonderful thing you are doing for yourself to start back down the healthy road. I hope we can help!!! It's a great place with very supportive people so lean on us!

Thank you Everyone for the Welcome. Im going to put my best foot forward here. Some days I am filled with motivation and other days, I feel like why bother. I am promising myself to come and post each night. Its a start.

Thank you,
Mae

Hi Mae, first off welcome to the site ^_^ I'm pretty much new here myself. I do sympathize with you, I lost someone really close and dear to me last month to cancer. It hurts like heck, so I too started to binge and neglect my diabetes, I gained 15lbs in a week. While I was crying one day I had a thought, he wouldn't want me to slowly kill myself, he worked hard to make me happy over the years. I don't want his effort to go to waste so I started taking care of my diabetes.

I'm glad that you are taking care of yourself now. I doubt our loved ones wants us to self-destruct. I know it's really hard, just take it one day at a time. One foot in front of the other... slowly.

-Lyna

MAE ~ so did you stick around and post each night? I am also 50 y/o and watching my sugars and food intake carefully these days. I have managed to get my blood sugar levels pretty steady between high 4's and low 5.0's and I'm so happy about that. If I see them slip up, I check right away to see what I ate the day before that could send it up. Hope to see you around this forum on a regular basis ... Rosebud

Hi...I'm 50, I'm diabetic on insulin, diag at 36 yrs. I read this thread a lot, but don't post a lot...
I was on and off track for years, and last November I had a heart attack... had angioplasty and have stent...I weighed 233, It was a huge wake up call... All of a sudden I was given a choice to take my health seriously or continue my horrible habits and risk my quality of life or worse.

I strongly suggest making appts with a diabetes nurse educator and nutritionist.. I thought for years that I knew exactly what I should eat blah, blah, blah... I was in denial and needed a thorough review of diabetes, eating habits, carbs etc... we developed a new program and set up followup appts ....I left all of the appts encouraged and excited to get on with my program of eating well, taking my blood sugars as directed and exercising.. I've lost 40lbs and feel better everyday...

If medical insurance or financial issues prevent you from seeing the nurse and nutritionist, check with your local hospital for support group or 'free' classes for diabetics... they're great too...
My best to you...

Hi Mae,

Welcome to this site. I'm so sorry for your losses. It takes some time for those upsets to diminish and new healthy thoughts to take over. This is a good place to chat and get those negative thoughts out of your head. Then you can start making good choices for yourself. Inside your head and on your plate.

We are all "hear" to help and to listen.

Think and be well!

Here's to your good health,
Lynn