anxiousinamerica
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Lately, I've noticed a very slight cramping in my toes.
Occasionally just one might become numb...usually I notice it if I just came back in from the cold, or if the floor is cold, but I wonder if something else might be going on.
I exercise regularly, and I don't have a weight problem (unless being underweight is considered a weight problem.) I'm vegetarian, and have always tried to be health conscious. I always try to include vegetables in my diet, but there are some days when it's difficult to get them in.
My main problem or vice is that I have a sweet tooth. I like breakfast cereal a lot. The kind I choose is usually of the whole grain, high fiber variety, but even that has added sugar, and I usually eat quite a large serving for breakfast or a snack.
On weekends I tend to just eat whatever I feel like. Never full-on junk food, but "healthy" desserts such as homemade granola, and/or chocolate "nice" cream (made with frozen bananas instead of milk and added sugar). But my portions usually are not small. Sometimes my heart will even beat fast after eating.
I used to have an eating disorder (anorexia), and even though it was about 25 years ago, I guess I still have a bit of that "feast or famine" mentality, where I must consume all the available calories now, because who knows when the opportunity will come around again? I never eat to the point of making myself sick, but maybe I do over-indulge at times.
I used to see a dietician who would give me advice. I stopped going about a year ago, and I kind of regret it. She used to be concerned about me being too restrictive, but I don't want to go too far in the other direction either.
Yesterday I brought home some dessert my mother made (scones with strawberry sauce and macadamia creme) and it basically became my dinner tonight.
I think I probably eat a lot of sodium too.
I have a physical coming up where they are going to take blood work, and I'm worried about what they will find. I don't think I've had proper blood work done in about a year. My primary care doctor almost did it last year, but I had just seen the hematologist prior, so I guess he figured once in several days was enough. Even though I thought they were both testing for different things.
Anybody have any experience with type 2 diabetes? What were your symptoms like?
Occasionally just one might become numb...usually I notice it if I just came back in from the cold, or if the floor is cold, but I wonder if something else might be going on.
I exercise regularly, and I don't have a weight problem (unless being underweight is considered a weight problem.) I'm vegetarian, and have always tried to be health conscious. I always try to include vegetables in my diet, but there are some days when it's difficult to get them in.
My main problem or vice is that I have a sweet tooth. I like breakfast cereal a lot. The kind I choose is usually of the whole grain, high fiber variety, but even that has added sugar, and I usually eat quite a large serving for breakfast or a snack.
On weekends I tend to just eat whatever I feel like. Never full-on junk food, but "healthy" desserts such as homemade granola, and/or chocolate "nice" cream (made with frozen bananas instead of milk and added sugar). But my portions usually are not small. Sometimes my heart will even beat fast after eating.
I used to have an eating disorder (anorexia), and even though it was about 25 years ago, I guess I still have a bit of that "feast or famine" mentality, where I must consume all the available calories now, because who knows when the opportunity will come around again? I never eat to the point of making myself sick, but maybe I do over-indulge at times.
I used to see a dietician who would give me advice. I stopped going about a year ago, and I kind of regret it. She used to be concerned about me being too restrictive, but I don't want to go too far in the other direction either.
Yesterday I brought home some dessert my mother made (scones with strawberry sauce and macadamia creme) and it basically became my dinner tonight.
I think I probably eat a lot of sodium too.
I have a physical coming up where they are going to take blood work, and I'm worried about what they will find. I don't think I've had proper blood work done in about a year. My primary care doctor almost did it last year, but I had just seen the hematologist prior, so I guess he figured once in several days was enough. Even though I thought they were both testing for different things.
Anybody have any experience with type 2 diabetes? What were your symptoms like?
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