This has been a rough month. 

I found out I have diabetes today. 

And now so much of my lifestyle has to change on a dime. 

I am going to miss good food. 
For the rest of my life.

Sigh.

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Oh fuck, that sucks. I’m so sorry. Last week a friend of mine found out she has TYPE ONE diabetes, and the working theory is that it was caused by COVID. 😔 Very sorry to hear you have more troubles in these troubled times. Take care.  🫂

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Type 1 *is* normally genetic but if something destroys your pancreas’s ability to make insulin… it’s still a very new thing, they also wonder if it may “unmask” the disease. Another friend has a genetic immune disorder that just got “triggered” recently. It’s a bit of a mystery to me.

I thought type 1 was genetic, not something that you could develop as an adult!

I have type 2. It is potentially reversible if I basically change to a keto diet for the rest of my life. I did keto for many years and lost a LOT of weight and was healthy in my bloodwork, so I know what has to be done.

I just couldn’t do it forever and food has been a big social thing for where I live now so I have gained a lot back. 

Still frustrated because I have spent most of this year doing things like time restricted eating and cutting way back on processed foods and eating a lot healthier but it’s still not enough, apparently, even though I have lost 20lbs in the last 6 months.

Carbs are poison to me.