The Triad to Beat the D Word

I've always been averse to calorie counting because I never understood how to track it and when I tried to I got grumpy and irritable.

I have tried a number of weight loss programs but have never really had the discipline nor the patience to stick with it.

I've also had personal trainers and it would work for about six months and then I'd be back off (not on) the treadmill again.

Everything seemed so hard.  It always felt like I was having to give up my life - eating out, eating what i like when i want it, setting aside time to exercise and limiting my ability to have fun.

That's the thing.  When it doesn't seem like 'fun', it felt like it was too hard.

My doctor gave me some guidelines on what to eat and what minerals to take to supplement my deficiencies.   It came down to four basic things

- Food - give up carbs and eat more protein and vegetables
- Exercise - 7 days a week
- Minerals - take my recommended supplements

I will call this 'The Triad to Beat the D Word'.

I don't know what happened but somewhere between being told that I have diabetes and being given a framework to help me hopefully reverse it - the penny dropped.  I got excited as I slowly realised that it's actually maybe quite doable.

I work well with frameworks.  This framework seems simple.

When I looked at the food options on the list it included all my favourite types of food (seafood, lean meat, vegetables -tell you more about my shift in attitude about vegetables later).  My biggest worry was giving up rice until he showed me the SlendierSlim range.  Pasta and rice made from konjac.  Visit the website and read more about it.  I tried it last night and it wasn't bad at all.

Whatever it was that shifted my attitude, thank you.

I'm only on day two but I feel like I have a roadmap and it's a road that I'm looking forward (even excited) to travel on.  What will life be like in a year if I follow this change of lifestyle?

Oh.  I haven't mentioned that I do need to lose 20 kgs.  I have weighed 55kgs since I was in my teens.  that was over two decades ago.

I saw this on Facebook today and thought it's worth watching - 'Just how much food is 200 calories?'.  Just to get an idea about what our food choices mean in reality.

It's 9.38am and I thought...I think I'm hungry.  I read somewhere (and someone wise also told me) that if you're hungry, drink water.

So signing off now to get myself a glass of water...