In my experience you have to really convince yourself you want to change and adopt new habits.

Not having that conviction is like driving a car with the handbrake on.

Having that conviction makes it easy.

For instance, it took 13 attempts for me to give up smoking over 21 years ago. On that 13th attempt I really convinced myself I wanted to give up and I simply dropped the habit with no cravings ever since.

Before that I fooled myself into thinking I wanted to give up when I didn’t want to.

With carbohydrates I don’t want to give up naughty carbs and this is reflected in my eating patterns.

I weigh all my food for most meals as this keeps an eye on the carbs and unconscious over eating.

Most times my blood glucose is reasonably controlled, sometimes not but most times - that’s my choice.

There are two options- either follow a diet:exercise regime of some sort or possibly die a horrible, lingering painful death with blindness, amputation, kidney dialysis and devastating neuropathies.

It’s as simple as that. Maybe I should consistently go on a very low carb diet but I’ve not convinced myself yet.

My BGs range from 5.5 (99) to 9.5 (171) but average mostly around 7.5.

Some do, but others are more resilient. We must fight and not give up.

I normally tell people it takes a minimum of 8-12 weeks to establish a habit. To make it more natural can take a year or more.

I tell people it takes a compelling reason to do what's necessary to change. Find your compelling reason and make the change necessary.

It sounds in line to what you are saying @A DiabetesTeam Member. 254 days is substantial.

Our middle baby boy has had long covid for about 6 weeks. He has no energy, no breath, no desire to eat, and at rest his pulse Ox is 90-92. It drops below 90 when he goes up the stairs and he must rest to catch his breath.

He has been eating some even though his taste buds are confused and nothing tastes right. He's dropped more than 20 pounds.

Yesterday his ninja warrior 3 boys were enamored by the monkey bars in our downstairs hallway.

The crescent rolls, fried mozzarella sticks, bacon, strawberries, apple cider, potato chips, other chips, and fruit kept them busy till they were ready to eat Linner (lunch- dinner).

They seemed ready at 1435 hours so we told everyone to fill their plates.

The rest is history.

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Well said and explained. Makes a lot of sense.