This post is all about how to control your weight, this post is leading on from the "Fat Fairy" story.
As you know I was called a "Fat Fairy" which changed my life forever, but what I never discussed was the reason why I ever became that large and how long it lasted. It ha only been in recent years after looking through old family photos that I understand that I was always a very chubby baby, it wasn't because my family were not feeding me correctly but because it was the start of my Diabetes.
Were as my sister lost most of her weight during the symptoms, I went the other way I put it on and I put a lot on, and I kept it on for a long time, it was tough growing up being as big as what I was, all my friends been as small as what they were but I learned to cope with what they were saying by telling myself that it will all come off soon.
When I got to the age of 8 I was at my largest but I decided that it was time to shift the weight myself so I started walking everywhere and I exercised a lot and the weight started to slowly come away and when I reached High School that is when it all came off and I started to feel more "at one" with my body.
The way I was able to get through this problem by having my family there with me and talking about it, my final word on this is that if you need someone to talk to and you feel you cannot talk to an adult email me on nicholetaylor1@hotmail.com and I will help you through it.
My next post will be on relationships.
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
apologies
This is just to inform my followers the due to going through some very hard family problems at the moment my blog will not be updated until the problems have been sorted out.
I am sorry if this has inconvenienced people and I hope that I will be back on soon.
I am sorry if this has inconvenienced people and I hope that I will be back on soon.
Friday, 8 October 2010
Sunny D
This post is about the Sunny Delight drink that learnt me to literally started to make me watch what I drink.
I started three days before Farthers Day, my mum and dad decided to let me and my sisters try a new healthier drink to have with our snacks. My sisters did not like the new drink that was called Sunny D but I loved it I coulod drink it by the boat loads so every time I had a snack or a full meal I would have some.
Over the next two days my body started to shut down slowly and I ended up going into hospital and no one could figure out what it was that was happening to me it baffled every one and every one was very concered about my well being at first my mum and the experts thought it was the Skips that I was eating for a new snack as well but that is only because I jave never had any problems with drinks before well never with anything that had fruit in it, like fresh orange juice.
After having three days been in hospital, again hooked up to machines again they let me go home and whilst in the hospital I doid not have any skips or any off the Sunny D for a few days I did not have them at home either but that was mainly because I did not want any. On the 5th day I had some.... well I had a fair bit if I was honest with myself, and once again I was back in the hospital, the hospital was once again baffled and they told me and my mum to run through every thing that I had eaten in the past 24 hours so we did and the only two things that came up on both occations was the Sunny D and the Skips so they deviced a plan to see if that was it.
They decided to give me both of them on seperat occations and see if my blood sugars went up in the space of time of 20 mins, and low and behold it was the Sunny D. So after they figured out what it was they sat the family down and told us how to tell whether or not something is good for us, so I am going to tell you.
When you are looking at the back of some thing at the contens of the product if the carbohydrates and the of which sugars section are the same no matter how low you still must not have it but if the of which sugars part is half of or even more then it is safe. You see i had to learn the hard way but I hope that after reading my post you will know what to look for.
Thank you for reading,
Read next week when I talk about Diabetes and keeping control of your weight.
I started three days before Farthers Day, my mum and dad decided to let me and my sisters try a new healthier drink to have with our snacks. My sisters did not like the new drink that was called Sunny D but I loved it I coulod drink it by the boat loads so every time I had a snack or a full meal I would have some.
Over the next two days my body started to shut down slowly and I ended up going into hospital and no one could figure out what it was that was happening to me it baffled every one and every one was very concered about my well being at first my mum and the experts thought it was the Skips that I was eating for a new snack as well but that is only because I jave never had any problems with drinks before well never with anything that had fruit in it, like fresh orange juice.
After having three days been in hospital, again hooked up to machines again they let me go home and whilst in the hospital I doid not have any skips or any off the Sunny D for a few days I did not have them at home either but that was mainly because I did not want any. On the 5th day I had some.... well I had a fair bit if I was honest with myself, and once again I was back in the hospital, the hospital was once again baffled and they told me and my mum to run through every thing that I had eaten in the past 24 hours so we did and the only two things that came up on both occations was the Sunny D and the Skips so they deviced a plan to see if that was it.
They decided to give me both of them on seperat occations and see if my blood sugars went up in the space of time of 20 mins, and low and behold it was the Sunny D. So after they figured out what it was they sat the family down and told us how to tell whether or not something is good for us, so I am going to tell you.
When you are looking at the back of some thing at the contens of the product if the carbohydrates and the of which sugars section are the same no matter how low you still must not have it but if the of which sugars part is half of or even more then it is safe. You see i had to learn the hard way but I hope that after reading my post you will know what to look for.
Thank you for reading,
Read next week when I talk about Diabetes and keeping control of your weight.
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Bullying
Before i start my post please can I just take this oppertuity to say that I am very sorry for not keeping up with my posts my computer has not been working properly and it doesn't always let me on but I think that I have sorted it now so things will start to pick up. Thank you.
Through growing up I have had a lot ofpeople children young and old, the reason I call them children is because that is what they are, I have been called many names some of which are not too pleasent to put on line but there is one story that I will tell you that really did change my life.
I was in reseption (or if you are in America Kindergarden) in the stage of still been quite chubby, when this girl in my class called me a "fat fairy", now those words will forever more burn in my mind, but it was not the name that changed my life it was what happened after wards. I had decided that I no longer wanted to be a diabetic I wanted to be a normal little girl, who could do normal things with her friends, so I devised a plan or action for getting rid of my diabetes.
I had decided to stop taking my medication and I would eat what I want when I want and not care of what happens because I thought it would have enough of me not doing the right things and that it would just go away and leave me alone, but what came next was not what I was hoping for. I became very ill, so much infact I went into a three hour coma, it was at this point when the doctors told me that I could have died and that broke my heart because it wasn't me I was worried about it was my mum the things that i would have put her through.
The final straw was when I went to the bathroom for a bath and I looked in the mirror and I looked barely hunman anymore. This was the point that I said no more, I changed my life around, and I pulled myself through. The way I did this was to find the one thing that makes me happy and have that one thing to look forward to, for me it was listening to my music and my favourite band "Adam and the Ants" which I know is before my time but it was the one place that i felt that it was the one place they couldn't get me.
So my final words are this:
-find the place where you feel safe
-remember your family and how it affects them
-the children are not worth your life
-And if you ever want to talk I am here and if you don't want to do it on her you know my email to get in contact with me, I mean it though.
Through growing up I have had a lot of
I was in reseption (or if you are in America Kindergarden) in the stage of still been quite chubby, when this girl in my class called me a "fat fairy", now those words will forever more burn in my mind, but it was not the name that changed my life it was what happened after wards. I had decided that I no longer wanted to be a diabetic I wanted to be a normal little girl, who could do normal things with her friends, so I devised a plan or action for getting rid of my diabetes.
I had decided to stop taking my medication and I would eat what I want when I want and not care of what happens because I thought it would have enough of me not doing the right things and that it would just go away and leave me alone, but what came next was not what I was hoping for. I became very ill, so much infact I went into a three hour coma, it was at this point when the doctors told me that I could have died and that broke my heart because it wasn't me I was worried about it was my mum the things that i would have put her through.
The final straw was when I went to the bathroom for a bath and I looked in the mirror and I looked barely hunman anymore. This was the point that I said no more, I changed my life around, and I pulled myself through. The way I did this was to find the one thing that makes me happy and have that one thing to look forward to, for me it was listening to my music and my favourite band "Adam and the Ants" which I know is before my time but it was the one place that i felt that it was the one place they couldn't get me.
So my final words are this:
-find the place where you feel safe
-remember your family and how it affects them
-the children are not worth your life
-And if you ever want to talk I am here and if you don't want to do it on her you know my email to get in contact with me, I mean it though.
Saturday, 18 September 2010
dealing with kids at schooll.
I think this one is mainly for parents of a young person with diabetes.
The problems i had with people (children) at school started of with the teachers treating me differently, i know i some instances they had too but doesn't mean they can do it all the time, this is when the other children started to notice i was different to them.
in nursery we always got given sweets and then it would come to my turn of having some and then the teacher would say "sorry Nichole you can't have this" as a child this is heart breaking and the teachers would never understand why, this is why I'm going to tell you, you see for a child of say 5/6 it is really hard for them to sit there and watch their friends eat something they desire the most. I would suggest that when you young child well any age really that you take the teacher to one side and ask them that if they are ever giving out rewards of sweets if they would mind it if they gave your child a biscuit, I know it sounds daft but all teachers have them in the staff cantine, and this way your child yes still will looked different but not as different as sitting there with nothing watching there friends. Trust me I know how it feels.
Another instance in which I found a problem though growing up was that i would have to test in front of my class mates and then they would stare at me. again ask the teacher if they would mind if your son/daughter would be allowed to when they test to take it to the toilet with them to do it out of the way and in priversy this way there self esteem will be higher and they may not feel as bad and after a while of doing this, you could start to introduce them to testing in front of people but start it when they are with you so that you can encourage them and say that it's OK and just smile and try to make it positive for them. they will come around to it.
If you have any questions please leave a comment and i will clear it all up.
Hope things are easier for you
X
The problems i had with people (children) at school started of with the teachers treating me differently, i know i some instances they had too but doesn't mean they can do it all the time, this is when the other children started to notice i was different to them.
in nursery we always got given sweets and then it would come to my turn of having some and then the teacher would say "sorry Nichole you can't have this" as a child this is heart breaking and the teachers would never understand why, this is why I'm going to tell you, you see for a child of say 5/6 it is really hard for them to sit there and watch their friends eat something they desire the most. I would suggest that when you young child well any age really that you take the teacher to one side and ask them that if they are ever giving out rewards of sweets if they would mind it if they gave your child a biscuit, I know it sounds daft but all teachers have them in the staff cantine, and this way your child yes still will looked different but not as different as sitting there with nothing watching there friends. Trust me I know how it feels.
Another instance in which I found a problem though growing up was that i would have to test in front of my class mates and then they would stare at me. again ask the teacher if they would mind if your son/daughter would be allowed to when they test to take it to the toilet with them to do it out of the way and in priversy this way there self esteem will be higher and they may not feel as bad and after a while of doing this, you could start to introduce them to testing in front of people but start it when they are with you so that you can encourage them and say that it's OK and just smile and try to make it positive for them. they will come around to it.
If you have any questions please leave a comment and i will clear it all up.
Hope things are easier for you
X
Friday, 17 September 2010
hello
Hi,
My name is Nichole Taylor I am now 17 but was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was only 3 1/2 years old as I was growing up it was hard, because no one really understood what I was going through so I decided to start writing this blog for either new or existing diabetics so that they know some of the situations I have been in and if they relate to them then they know how to handle it, may be then we can try and reduce the number of diabetic going into depresion because no one is there for them. for the first month I will be posting every two days with past stories and then after that it will be a weekly thing. well thank you and and I hope I can help you.
My name is Nichole Taylor I am now 17 but was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was only 3 1/2 years old as I was growing up it was hard, because no one really understood what I was going through so I decided to start writing this blog for either new or existing diabetics so that they know some of the situations I have been in and if they relate to them then they know how to handle it, may be then we can try and reduce the number of diabetic going into depresion because no one is there for them. for the first month I will be posting every two days with past stories and then after that it will be a weekly thing. well thank you and and I hope I can help you.
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