Thanks for your support guys; even though it's half a world away it's invaluable.
I guess losing the weight is the hardest thing for me. Keeping it of will be an effort but the best thing about getting diabetes is it teaches you to find no sugar, low carb or low GI alternatives to the food you used to love. In reality it takes a fair amount of time constantly eating really bad food to pack on the pounds. If you have a weekend of bad eating because of parties or celebrations then so be it, enjoy life, just don't do it every weekend and if you do have a bad weekend of eating just get on the good foot the next week and walk your
<snip>language - Mr. Snippy</snip> off and eat plenty of salads and vegetables.
Food for me is like a drug sometimes, the high and the level of emotional satisfaction it gives me is amazing, but like all drugs it's addictive. I love alcohol, but I can't get drunk every day can I? I feel bad foods should be viewed like this also. Many people eat high fat, high sugar, high carb foods all day every day and wonder why the gain 100 pounds in a year! Then they get a fright from the Doc so they go on a weight loss program like Medifast or Optifast and lose that 100 pounds, but then they revert to the same lifestyle and diet they had before and guess what? Back comes they weight double fold. I've been there and done that as a teenager and it won't happen again. All it takes is common sense and a small degree of discipline, but nowhere near the discipline it takes to be on this Optifast. I'm sort of glad I don't live in the US as I do love bad foods and from what I've seen on TV there appears to be no shortage of places that will serve you up a heart attack on a plate and ask you if you want fries with that
Hey Mike, glad you're doing well and congratulations on reaching and keeping your goal weight. Adelaide hey? Unfortunately known as the most boring city in Australia!!! and in the early 80's you poor bugger
The best thing about Adelaide is that it's close to some of Australia's best wine producing regions. If you ever want to experience what Australia is really about Queensland is the place to come. In one state we have everything from cosmopolitan cities, to fantastic beaches
, the "Outback" as you guys call it and of course the island resorts of the Great Barrier Reef and Whitsunday Coast, not to forget some of the most spectacular world heritage listed rainforests that you'll ever see. Nowhere near as much junk food here either.
By the way, nobody says "Fair Dinkum" unless we are trying to be colloquial and having a laugh at ourselves, a bit like you guys doing the whole redneck southern thing. We like to feel that we have moved on from the Bonza Beaut Crikey kind of thing down here, despite the best efforts of Steve "The Croc Hunter" Irwin, he is commonly referred to by most Australians as a "Mug" "Goose" or (and excuse my language) "That bloody
<snip>language - Mr. Snippy</snip> Steve Irwin". We do still however enjoy throwing a prawn or shrimp as you call it, on the barbie! And we do say G'day Mate quite often. Oh yeah and nobody in Australia drinks Fosters, I can't even remember the last time I saw it in a pub?
Cheers guys
Jason.
Gee sorry about the lengthy posts guys, oh well something to read and something for me to write to stop us all thinking about food.