Saturday Soiree - 9th August 2025

Hi my beautiful @Shaz51 😍

I am very very late in replying to this thread as I have been struggling with motivation for a while now.

I was diagnosed with diabetes earlier this year and my GP told me it was age related not food related. But everyone else I know who has diabetes has had to make dietary changes so I'm wondering if I should as well. I know my intense sugar cravings have now stopped which is great - I'd be eating so much sugar I'm surprised I didn't put on a tonne of weight - but I don't know if I should be cutting out other foods that are not good.

I'm currently suffering from low motivation and my GP gave me a medical certificate for 3 months as he believes it's caused the diabetes combined with depression and reckons once I've been on the new medication for 3 more months I'll be right again.

I'm worried I won't be though.

Anyway I'd love to hear other people's thoughts on living with diabetes and depression and how they cope. I might start a thread if you and any other diabetes members would be interested.

I hope you week has been kind to you my lovely Shaz. 😍

I might start a thread if you and any other diabetes members would be interested. this is great to start one @ENKELI or you can write on Diabetes and mental health which i started

Carbs are the biggest thing with diabetes , cutting back on carbs and the portion we eat makes a difference

@Shaz51 oh you wonderful lady! Thank you for the link, I will definitely utilise it for diabetes related posts from here on.

I hope you are okay today, you're a Perth-ite aren't you? Apologies if I am wrong, I have just created a list of members I interact with and their general vicinities/states which helps me engage better.

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North Queensland 😊 my @ENKELI xx

@Shaz51 oh my goodness, I am waaaaaaaaaaaay off! rofl! Thank you for letting me know.

I have never visited North Qld, only the gold coast, Brisbane and the Sunshine coast. Hopefully I will get to so some more travel and get to the north.

Hope your evening is going well xo

@Shaz51 was it you who posted a pic of your garden that you are adding to? If so, which thread is it in? Thanks x

Best Friends Club

GRATITUDE

@ENKELI the above threads

Maybe I should start a new gardening thread 🤔 @tyme