A few weeks after Dx

So, I'm a few weeks in and it's drastically changed my life! Haha, ok, so that's being a bit dramatic. I've brought my sugar down into a normal range and lost close to 10 pounds since the diagnosis a few weeks back. And ya know what? I feel spectacular! I have so much energy now, I absolutely love it.

I've switched my diet up drastically, from eating bread and pasta and rice and fatty foods all the time. Now, I'm pretty much low-carbing it, consuming around 30-60 grams of total carbs a day (or shooting for it, anyway). It's surprisingly easy to do, and leaves a lot of leeway in the types of things you can still eat! It requires quite a bit more planning than I'm used to, and makes it challenging to "run out and grab something", but as far as meals and most foods, it's a piece of cake.

I've gotten to enjoy a lot of veggies that I wasn't so sure about before. I've been eating a lot more lean meats (chicken, turkey, fish) than I had before. And sure, I can still enjoy the occassional steak -- just not with the 100+ gram's of carbs that you get in most of these restaurant's baked potatoes. Yeah, I miss a few things, but I've gained a lot from it already.

In addition to all that, I've been trying (and having some issues with it lately) to get in at least a mile's worth of walking each day. Work has been sort of a pain lately, and I haven't been getting home until after dark. So adding all that up, I feel healthier than I have in quite a while. I'm really enjoying it.

All that just to say that I've found it doesn't necessarily have to be a curse.