Goodbye Hunger! I eat what I want & lose!

joybell, who do you think you are?
She posts something on a public board, so she puts it up for public discussion and that may include people who may caution her on getting overly enthusiastic over a VERY short term success. I am not shaming anyone. There are plenty of people cheering, I think it is a good idea to - every now and then - bring in a word of caution.
So, a guy hops off a cardboard box and is excited - next thing you see him on a roof screaming "I can fly, I can fly" - are you celebrating with him? Only a fool would - I personally would tell him to be careful! Just because it worked off a box (ie. for 1 week) does mean it works off the roof (ie. a possible life time).

Now please get the heck out of my hair and stop telling me what I can do and what I can't do. I offered my opinion in a neutral way speaking from my own experience - who are you to try and shame ME for that?

Point taken. In the moment (and still now as i post this reply) i was just very angry for her that you would say such a thing. There was not any positive in your post at all. Even the previous post, it wasnt' all that congratulatory either. I just felt that she may have figured out what would work for her at this time and instead of scolding her, you could have been a bit more encouraging. I'm not saying jump up and down and throw streamers and put on a parade in her honor, but SOMETHING would have been better than nothing. Comments like that are why we are here in the first place. Often times it only takes one negative comment to sabotage a person, no matter how many positives there are. For example: if a young girl is told by one boy that she is fat and ugly, then she feels for a lifetime that she is fat and ugly. It doesn't matter how many other boys or friends or family or loved ones tell her different, she will always believe that. Same thing here: if you tell one person that they are just a "margin of error" then that person may forever think that they are wrong for celebrating such small victories!

Best of luck to you on your journey.. i just hope no one ever tells you that your achievements are in error!

Loving this, I think u may have been writing about me?

I'd still like to hear about the health aspect. She stated she was Diabetic. As such we really cannot eat just what we want. And sadly can't just count on if we are hungry or not. We have to eat throughout the day and we can't be just eating sugar (even if it's wrapped in a pretty package coming out of a bee's butt) like it won't affect us. I agree this is a geat 'idea' but I also smell a bit of denial. Which is what got me a heart attack at 37. That's what worries me the most.

I'd still like to hear about the health aspect. She stated she was Diabetic. As such we really cannot eat just what we want. And sadly can't just count on if we are hungry or not. We have to eat throughout the day and we can't be just eating sugar (even if it's wrapped in a pretty package coming out of a bee's butt) like it won't affect us. I agree this is a geat 'idea' but I also smell a bit of denial. Which is what got me a heart attack at 37. That's what worries me the most.

Yes my sugars have been coming down For the last few years the only time my sugar has been below 150 are when I'm in the hospital. Normally I run around 250 - 350. Terrible - I know. I take 34 units of fast-acting insulin with each meal, and 77 units of long-lasting insulin at night, plus 1000 mg Metformin in morning & again at night. While it's true that I can't eat Snickers all day, every day - I tell myself that I CAN and still lose weight. This is true - a person who follows those 2 rules (Eat when hungry, stop when sated) can absolutely eat anything at all. As a diabetic I have to make certain choices, but I refuse to consider any food "forbidden". I am a VERY REBELLIOUS person (I'm trying to grow up but it's hard lol) - and so when told I can't have something, it's the ONLY thing I want. When told I had diabetes years ago I told my Doc that if I could never have candy bars for as long as I live, I'd rather kill myself now. And I'm not really kidding. And she knew that and said "You can have candy bars! You can have anything you want! Nothing is forbidden. All things in moderation." That's a message that I'm trying to keep in mind in all aspects of my life. All things in moderation.

Good. I like your attitude! I too was rebellious. And eating anything I wanted landed me a heart attack at the age of 37. I don't like eliminating ANY foods out of my choices. I just know I can't choose the candy every day. Lol. But some days..I wanna! The high sugar level directly damages your heart. When you eat that honey every day for breakfast...eventually that's going to damage your heart. I have a stent in my heart and have to carry nitroglycerin pills in case of an emergency. I would rather have watched what I ate and chose the better options then the candy bar. I almost died of those stupid candy bars. And when you are lying in the hospital and your heart is failing..then ask yourself how important that ****ing candy bar is. Not much. Not much at all.

But that's me. I might be a poster child for all the wrong things to do when you are Diabetic. The first was being in complete and utter denial of my situation and thinking I could in fact eat whatever I wanted.