Thank you so much for that ummmm...compliment. A very well meaning co-worker came to me and said "Hey I saw all your posts on facebook and at first I seriously thought you were joking about the diabetes thing, but your serious aren't you?" Well yeah I am. She was so funny and I was surprised that of all people she would be the one to ask since she has personal experience with diabetes. I had to explain the difference between type 1 and type 2 so she could understand how it is I was diagnosed. Since I don't look like the typical picture of bad health she didn't believe me at first. Also, I don't fit in the norm of getting diabetes as a child (which is a type 1 usually) nor am I a 65 year old grandparent. And let me digress on that topic for a whole minute... Dear advertising executives, companies and agencies.....NOT ALL DIABETICS ARE OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As a matter of fact A LOT of diabetics are young, as in children, teens and twenty somethings (and those like me that are in our 40's but act younger hehehe). So why are diabetic ads and commercials almost exclusively geared to the elderly? Come on move into this century people!! OK I'll get off my soapbox now....
I am "fluffy" although I say fat all the time. I have lost 21 pounds since October and have 19 to go to meet my first goal. Once I reach that I will decide if I am comfortable with myself or not. If the answer is no then I will set a new goal and go from there. I think those doctor guidelines are foolish... for me at least, I am never going to weigh 128 lbs. nor do I want to really. I just want to be comfortable in my own skin and for my diabetes to be under control. And those are goals that I can and will reach.
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