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See, that's the thing. I've had T1D for 26 years now and I have stubbornly refused to accept that it's not a smart idea to eat anything I want. I am not going t

by wwilim 2y ago

See, that's the thing. I've had T1D for 26 years now and I have stubbornly refused to accept that it's not a smart idea to eat anything I want. I am not going to give up hash browns until I lose a leg.

croemer 2y ago
As long as you measure often and inject control amounts liberally eating pretty much everything is fine. I think the diet restrictions were very much necessary before frequent testing and fast acting insulins were available.
mft_ 2y ago
Interesting; as a non-diabetic, there are lots of (nice) things I don't eat regularly (pretty rarely in reality) for general health reasons. Hash browns aren't a particular thing for me, but they'd definitely be on my 'not regularly' list (deep fried, comparatively simple carbs, lots of salt, etc.) Genuine question, not trying to 'gotcha': do you think your stubbornness in this regard was somehow accentuated by having T1D? Is this perhaps a recognised phenomenon amongst diabetics? (An old friend with T1D was similarly [maybe even more extremely] stubborn, being perhaps the most badly-behaved and impulsive of our friend group at that time.)
- mjaniczek 2y ago
  A datapoint of one: T1D has definitely made me crave sweet stuff more. Perhaps due to being "forbidden fruit", etc. etc.
- KittenInABox 2y ago
  It's just a response to the constant frustration of feeling limited, especially by something arbitrary. If I got told randomly that now every single family gathering, social event, date, drink with the boys, exercise routine, and road trip must circle around a chronic health condition that I must make conscious decisions around every day all day for the rest of my life, it makes total sense for me to occasionally go "fuck it".
  - mft_ 2y ago
    I understand (as much as I can) that it must be very frustrating, as you outline. However, the post I was asking the question of sounded a step or two beyond occasionally saying "fuck it" (which we all do, I suspect, whatever out motivation for health conscious behavior): > I have stubbornly refused to accept that it's not a smart idea to eat anything I want. I am not going to give up hash browns until I lose a leg. Maybe I'm over-interpreting a single line of text on an internet forum, but this sounds like more of a policy than an occasional lapse.
    - mjaniczek 2y ago
      Eat anything I want, as in not limit myself to keto / low-sugar?

by wwilim 2y ago

croemer 2y ago

As long as you measure often and inject control amounts liberally eating pretty much everything is fine. I think the diet restrictions were very much necessary before frequent testing and fast acting insulins were available.

mft_ 2y ago

Interesting; as a non-diabetic, there are lots of (nice) things I don't eat regularly (pretty rarely in reality) for general health reasons. Hash browns aren't a particular thing for me, but they'd definitely be on my 'not regularly' list (deep fried, comparatively simple carbs, lots of salt, etc.) Genuine question, not trying to 'gotcha': do you think your stubbornness in this regard was somehow accentuated by having T1D? Is this perhaps a recognised phenomenon amongst diabetics? (An old friend with T1D was similarly [maybe even more extremely] stubborn, being perhaps the most badly-behaved and impulsive of our friend group at that time.)

mjaniczek 2y ago
A datapoint of one: T1D has definitely made me crave sweet stuff more. Perhaps due to being "forbidden fruit", etc. etc.
KittenInABox 2y ago
It's just a response to the constant frustration of feeling limited, especially by something arbitrary. If I got told randomly that now every single family gathering, social event, date, drink with the boys, exercise routine, and road trip must circle around a chronic health condition that I must make conscious decisions around every day all day for the rest of my life, it makes total sense for me to occasionally go "fuck it".
- mft_ 2y ago
  I understand (as much as I can) that it must be very frustrating, as you outline. However, the post I was asking the question of sounded a step or two beyond occasionally saying "fuck it" (which we all do, I suspect, whatever out motivation for health conscious behavior): > I have stubbornly refused to accept that it's not a smart idea to eat anything I want. I am not going to give up hash browns until I lose a leg. Maybe I'm over-interpreting a single line of text on an internet forum, but this sounds like more of a policy than an occasional lapse.
  - mjaniczek 2y ago
    Eat anything I want, as in not limit myself to keto / low-sugar?