J. t
a good news/bad news day
Mar 20, 2013
first the bad news.. as i suspected, i got my tests back and i'm prediabetic. i managed to score some test strips so i can learn how to stabilize my blood sugar as i go along.. it might take a long time but i'm determined to halt this path!
then a few hours later, i checked my mailbox.
my acceptance letter came in! woo hoo! from what i read bariatric surgery can halt/reverse type 2 diabetes. i'm excited, nervous, elated, terrified. i KNOW this is what's best for me. but it's hard to know where to begin!
the reason i want WLS? i'm never NOT hungry. i can eat enormous amounts of food and still feel hungry. i think if i got a smaller stomach, that's bound to help. i know i'll have to do all the work myself, i just want help with the hunger. it never ends.
i've tried everything. weight watchers was an incredible tool to evaluate what i'm eating, but with the hunger, i could never stick to it. i would stop journalling because i didn't want to face it.. then i'd pay for it on the scale. hellllp me. U weight loss was good for recipes i suppose, but compliance was an issue because you could only eat from a prescribed set of recipes. i think the recipes could still be helpful though - they're 40/30/30 moderate carb, or 40/30/30 high protein. i think the high protein phase is 1200 calories per day, which could be a good long term diet plan. but i'd still have to learn other recipes.. perhaps south beach, or zone, or the formula, or... who knows. one thing is for sure, it'll have to be higher protein if they remove a bunch of my stomach. i tried nutrisystem when i was 19 and not even overweight (though i thought i was fat) and it worked well, but so expensive.. and not practical now that i have a whole family to feed. and of course i've gone to the dietician and been handed a canada food guide, which wasn't helpful cause i had that info online already and i didn't know HOW to make it work.
how do you make vegetables when you've never liked vegetables?
they say there's a course called "craving change". i think it's mandatory. i think i'll take it asap, since the diabetes office mentioned it was local. maybe i could even take it more than once.. it always takes me a few times before things sink in LOL.
i don't know whether to have the sleeve or the bypass. i'm leaning toward the sleeve because the malabsorption sounds like a mixed blessing. not absorbing all the calories is great.. not absorbing my meds, not so much.
