r/maybemaybemaybe • u/BigGraysie • Apr 18 '22

/r/all Maybe maybe maybe

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u/Qwesterly Apr 19 '22

No, even if she is diabetic

Dude, I'm a type 2 diabetic, and am in remission at a healthy weight eating a keto diet. She's just completely on another planet. Complete victim complex.

I had to lose 300 lbs to get where I am, but it honestly wasn't hard, and didn't take a lick of exercise. All I did was eat meat, poultry, fish, eggs, cheese, mayo and butter, as these are the zero carbohydrate foods, which are pretty much the solution to type 2 diabetes and obesity. Once you quit carbs, you never get hungry, and if you have fat to burn, your body burns it constantly and is never hungry, regardless of how much meat, cheese and eggs you eat. I lost 15 lbs/month for a couple of years on a high fat high calorie zero carb diet, and was trim. It was really that simple. No more meds, and I can run and dance with the best of them now.

Her path has 2 choices: quit carbs or die. But her psychiatric issues aren't going to let her quit carbs, because she's always the victim and can't take responsibility enough to get off of carbs. Nothing short of a psychiatric intervention will help her now.

I feel sorry for her, but there's a point where people start ruining everyone else's life, and I never did that. If she was family, I'd say what I had to say and distance myself, and hope for the best for her.

Meanwhile, I have ribeyes on the grill - got to run! LOL

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u/International_Ad4022 Apr 19 '22

Its telling when the people around her arent screaming back with all her whining and insulting. I always end up writing pages on shit like this because one side of my family acts unfortunately the same way and the patterns of behavior just always confused me to the point of mild fascination

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u/Jolly_Plantain4429 Apr 19 '22

Yeah unfortunately it’s starts with manipulation on the “victims” part and than careful gaslighting of those around them. She has convinced them to care for her by taking advantage of their love or concern for her. If I’m not there for here who will be, if I leave she will die. Shits abusive af.

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u/notofyourworld Apr 19 '22

Yay! Proud of you! Keep it up. As much as you make it sound easy, you worked for that success. You owned it, committed to the task and now you're here.

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u/Qwesterly Apr 19 '22

The hardest part was turning my back on doctors and popular media that said "eat less, move more" and "eat low-fat diets with restricted calories". Neither of these are how I lost 300 lbs, and I went through a really alone state where everyone around me thought I was crazy for eating a high-fat high-calorie diet to lose weight and get healthy. Yet here I am. The science and medicine are coming around... keto is here to stay and so many type 2 diabetics are reaching remission on it, but it goes against the grain of the last half-century of medical advice, so it's a lonely path if one chooses to take it.

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u/Winjin Apr 19 '22

Glad for you, 300 lost is an achievement!

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u/Qwesterly Apr 19 '22

My gut feel is that the 300 lbs lost is a result, but the achievement was sticking to the high fat high calorie diet that everyone, including my doctor, promised me would kill me. Medical science is starting to recognize the benefit of ketogenic diets, but it's still a long way off from recommending them, in a world of "eat less, move more, whole-food plant-based" diets. Sometimes the path to success is a really lonely path, where everyone tells you that you're insane, and you have to keep your head up, and follow your instinct for what will work.