Any person diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes will tell you having this condition can be very restrictive.
As humans, anytime we are faced with restrictions, especially those dealing with our food and health, it significantly ups the chances we will slip-up and do something we are not supposed to do.
If we simply accepted these instances as mistakes and moved on, it would be fine because we could learn from our little setbacks.
Instead, we try to rationalize what we are doing in order to make it seem okay.
Here is Part 1 of the ways in which we do that: 1.
Extreme thinking.
Believing if we can't do everything that is necessary to try to keep our blood sugar levels under complete control...
then we might as well do nothing at all.
We try to convince ourselves we have to do everything we can or it automatically translates into nothing being done.
2.
Negative thinking.
Having a negative outlook is common for newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetics because they are unsure of what the disease entails.
At first, there are so many unanswered questions and this overwhelming amount of gray area is, well, overwhelming.
But receiving a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes is not the end of your world...
unless you allow it to be! Diabetics really can adjust their routine and their lifestyle and lead full, productive lives and, more than likely, it will be a healthier life than the one you lived before receiving your diagnosis.
3.
Guilty thinking.
Some diabetics believe being diagnosed with this condition is payback for living a botched life.
While acquiring Type 2 diabetes can be directly related to how we eat, what we eat, how much we eat and what we do when we aren't eating; it is so much more than that.
Yes, Type 2 diabetes can be tied to lifestyle.
But there are so many other factors which come into play and also determine the likelihood you will develop this form of diabetes.
Our upbringing, having a parent with diabetes, race, age, your level of alcohol consumption, etc.
, also raises the risk.
Developing diabetes is not penance for living "badly".
Like everything else health-related, if you do something that goes against how your body is designed...
there will be consequences.
For example, if you never brushed your teeth, you are guaranteed to develop periodontal disease.
No one is immune from this.
Your gums will literally begin to rot and eventually your teeth will fall out.
But it doesn't mean they fell out because you were a "bad" person: they fell out because you didn't take the proper, normal steps to prevent it from happening.