Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wear one. I’m not diabetic but pre-diabetic, and trying to NOT convert.
I wore one first with Zoe and now am wearing it independently via a prescription from Tastermonial. AMA.
OP here - I just signed up for Signos. I've lost 30 pounds from WW after 2 years and kept it off. I'd like to lose more. I'm ten pounds overweight according to BMI and would like to lose an additional ten for vanity.
I felt that I needed to shake things up. I listen to Dr. Mark Hyman podcast and he is obsessed with insulin levels. I'm struggling with hunger even when I think I've eaten enough. Trying to strategize about timing of meals etc. Every person responds differently to different foods. Supposedly it can prompt you to do certain things like exercise for 10 minutes if you have an insulin spike.
I'm a devotee of the Oura Ring too for sleep issues. I think I might have COVID - it showed a slight temperature increase. You can AMA about it.
Read Glucose Revolution by Jessie Inchauspe and check out her IG @glucosegoddess -- good info
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As someone who was diabetic and is currently not diabetic, who for a while, tested every hour, half-hour for hours after eating various snacks and meals, and know what my body, including insulin response and sensitivity does, I think it's ridiculous and a bit distasteful that this is broadening from tech-bro-body-hack (yes, they've been doing this for years) to slightly-more-mainstream.
I'm a little curious about the poster on the first page who called it terrifying. But not that curious.
I think the healthier thing for all of you to do would be to eat less, move more, and put the tech away. For the small number of people for whom T2 is truly unavoidable, live your as-of-yet-not-diabetic life as a nondiabetic, until the time comes when you cannot. Living like a diabetic when it's not necessary? Why?
There is no cure for diabetic. How did you do that?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As someone who was diabetic and is currently not diabetic, who for a while, tested every hour, half-hour for hours after eating various snacks and meals, and know what my body, including insulin response and sensitivity does, I think it's ridiculous and a bit distasteful that this is broadening from tech-bro-body-hack (yes, they've been doing this for years) to slightly-more-mainstream.
I'm a little curious about the poster on the first page who called it terrifying. But not that curious.
I think the healthier thing for all of you to do would be to eat less, move more, and put the tech away. For the small number of people for whom T2 is truly unavoidable, live your as-of-yet-not-diabetic life as a nondiabetic, until the time comes when you cannot. Living like a diabetic when it's not necessary? Why?
There is no cure for diabetic. How did you do that?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As someone who was diabetic and is currently not diabetic, who for a while, tested every hour, half-hour for hours after eating various snacks and meals, and know what my body, including insulin response and sensitivity does, I think it's ridiculous and a bit distasteful that this is broadening from tech-bro-body-hack (yes, they've been doing this for years) to slightly-more-mainstream.
I'm a little curious about the poster on the first page who called it terrifying. But not that curious.
I think the healthier thing for all of you to do would be to eat less, move more, and put the tech away. For the small number of people for whom T2 is truly unavoidable, live your as-of-yet-not-diabetic life as a nondiabetic, until the time comes when you cannot. Living like a diabetic when it's not necessary? Why?
So, you, yourself, couldn't just do the bolded? You did tests every hours. Hypocrisy detected![]()
Testing is sticking yourself with a lancet. Not using a CGM. I don't test now because I'm not diabetic now.
You can do whatever you want. And I can have opinions about it.
Anonymous wrote:As someone who was diabetic and is currently not diabetic, who for a while, tested every hour, half-hour for hours after eating various snacks and meals, and know what my body, including insulin response and sensitivity does, I think it's ridiculous and a bit distasteful that this is broadening from tech-bro-body-hack (yes, they've been doing this for years) to slightly-more-mainstream.
I'm a little curious about the poster on the first page who called it terrifying. But not that curious.
I think the healthier thing for all of you to do would be to eat less, move more, and put the tech away. For the small number of people for whom T2 is truly unavoidable, live your as-of-yet-not-diabetic life as a nondiabetic, until the time comes when you cannot. Living like a diabetic when it's not necessary? Why?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As someone who was diabetic and is currently not diabetic, who for a while, tested every hour, half-hour for hours after eating various snacks and meals, and know what my body, including insulin response and sensitivity does, I think it's ridiculous and a bit distasteful that this is broadening from tech-bro-body-hack (yes, they've been doing this for years) to slightly-more-mainstream.
I'm a little curious about the poster on the first page who called it terrifying. But not that curious.
I think the healthier thing for all of you to do would be to eat less, move more, and put the tech away. For the small number of people for whom T2 is truly unavoidable, live your as-of-yet-not-diabetic life as a nondiabetic, until the time comes when you cannot. Living like a diabetic when it's not necessary? Why?
So, you, yourself, couldn't just do the bolded? You did tests every hours. Hypocrisy detected![]()
Anonymous wrote:As someone who was diabetic and is currently not diabetic, who for a while, tested every hour, half-hour for hours after eating various snacks and meals, and know what my body, including insulin response and sensitivity does, I think it's ridiculous and a bit distasteful that this is broadening from tech-bro-body-hack (yes, they've been doing this for years) to slightly-more-mainstream.
I'm a little curious about the poster on the first page who called it terrifying. But not that curious.
I think the healthier thing for all of you to do would be to eat less, move more, and put the tech away. For the small number of people for whom T2 is truly unavoidable, live your as-of-yet-not-diabetic life as a nondiabetic, until the time comes when you cannot. Living like a diabetic when it's not necessary? Why?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wear one. I’m not diabetic but pre-diabetic, and trying to NOT convert.
I wore one first with Zoe and now am wearing it independently via a prescription from Tastermonial. AMA.
OP here - I just signed up for Signos. I've lost 30 pounds from WW after 2 years and kept it off. I'd like to lose more. I'm ten pounds overweight according to BMI and would like to lose an additional ten for vanity.
I felt that I needed to shake things up. I listen to Dr. Mark Hyman podcast and he is obsessed with insulin levels. I'm struggling with hunger even when I think I've eaten enough. Trying to strategize about timing of meals etc. Every person responds differently to different foods. Supposedly it can prompt you to do certain things like exercise for 10 minutes if you have an insulin spike.
I'm a devotee of the Oura Ring too for sleep issues. I think I might have COVID - it showed a slight temperature increase. You can AMA about it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My child and I both have T1 diabetes. The dexcom has really been life changing in the exhausting soul-crushing constant management of this horrific chronic disease and I find it….distasteful that it could become a bio hacking or weight loss tool for rich people.
+1. I am T1 as well and I completely agree.
what on earth?? So you're upset because people are using these monitors to AVOID the "horrific chronic disease" you have? You yourself said it is "soul crushing" and "exhausting". Why would you even think this way? Also where do you get off saying it's for "rich people"? I'm going to assume you wrote this during a time of high frustration. But please give some thought to what I just said.
First of all, T1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that cannot be prevented. And it is horrific and requires literal constant management for the rest of your life to avoid complications and early death. You cannot take a day off. You can’t just eat the right things and exercise.
I’m the original PP who finds it distasteful. I’m not upset, I just think it’s distasteful. It’s like choosing to have a feeding tube when you don’t need one so you can control the amount of calories you take in so you can lose weight. Just kind of weird.
Ahh, I see. You think that T2 is purely a moral failing. Look, I get that T1 sucks, and that you’re jealous of people with T2 and angry that they can “just eat the right things and exercise”. You think they don’t deserve any support to help them achieve an end that is, unfairly, not achievable for you.
Well, you’re entitled to your opinion, I guess. And I’m entitled to find it distasteful that you sneer at people who are using every tool they can to avoid the destruction of their beta cells. Whatever helps people control their blood sugar, preserve their pancreatic functions, and avoid diabetes is good for them and good for society. Everyone should have access to tools that help them stay healthy, even if you think there’s a morally superior way for them to get there.
I literally posted right above this that I would never tell a T2 diabetic that it’s their fault or they only need to eat right and exercise to prevent their diabetes. But it’s a fact that the vast majority have the option to do so and not be insulin dependent! I’m definitely not jealous because T2 diabetics face a much bigger and IMO unfair stigma.
Why are you so mad? I’m not hoarding the CGMs.
So why did you feel the need to drop into this thread to tell people how weird and distasteful it is for prediabetics to use a CGM to help them avoid T2?
Did you notice this is in the diet and exercise forum? So it follows that the discussion is about using the CGM as a diet and weight loss tool. That’s what PP is criticizing.
Why not? It's just a tool. People use scale to measure weight and food, fitness trackers to monitor activity, heart rate, sleep patterns, even oxigen level. Why not to include blood sugar levels?
I don't get the point of pp who criticizes it - are we in USSR with CBM shortages when they have to be distributed to select few?
I’m really curious why you’re so defensive about this. 2, maybe 3 T1 diabetics very lightly criticized the use of CGM as a diet and weight loss tool. For folks who have no choice but to constantly monitor their blood glucose or else they will literally die, it makes us roll our eyes to see people playing with it to lose weight like it’s not an expensive medical device. No one is trying to stop you from using it. Why does that bother you so much?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My child and I both have T1 diabetes. The dexcom has really been life changing in the exhausting soul-crushing constant management of this horrific chronic disease and I find it….distasteful that it could become a bio hacking or weight loss tool for rich people.
+1. I am T1 as well and I completely agree.
what on earth?? So you're upset because people are using these monitors to AVOID the "horrific chronic disease" you have? You yourself said it is "soul crushing" and "exhausting". Why would you even think this way? Also where do you get off saying it's for "rich people"? I'm going to assume you wrote this during a time of high frustration. But please give some thought to what I just said.
First of all, T1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that cannot be prevented. And it is horrific and requires literal constant management for the rest of your life to avoid complications and early death. You cannot take a day off. You can’t just eat the right things and exercise.
I’m the original PP who finds it distasteful. I’m not upset, I just think it’s distasteful. It’s like choosing to have a feeding tube when you don’t need one so you can control the amount of calories you take in so you can lose weight. Just kind of weird.
Ahh, I see. You think that T2 is purely a moral failing. Look, I get that T1 sucks, and that you’re jealous of people with T2 and angry that they can “just eat the right things and exercise”. You think they don’t deserve any support to help them achieve an end that is, unfairly, not achievable for you.
Well, you’re entitled to your opinion, I guess. And I’m entitled to find it distasteful that you sneer at people who are using every tool they can to avoid the destruction of their beta cells. Whatever helps people control their blood sugar, preserve their pancreatic functions, and avoid diabetes is good for them and good for society. Everyone should have access to tools that help them stay healthy, even if you think there’s a morally superior way for them to get there.
I literally posted right above this that I would never tell a T2 diabetic that it’s their fault or they only need to eat right and exercise to prevent their diabetes. But it’s a fact that the vast majority have the option to do so and not be insulin dependent! I’m definitely not jealous because T2 diabetics face a much bigger and IMO unfair stigma.
Why are you so mad? I’m not hoarding the CGMs.
So why did you feel the need to drop into this thread to tell people how weird and distasteful it is for prediabetics to use a CGM to help them avoid T2?
Did you notice this is in the diet and exercise forum? So it follows that the discussion is about using the CGM as a diet and weight loss tool. That’s what PP is criticizing.
Why not? It's just a tool. People use scale to measure weight and food, fitness trackers to monitor activity, heart rate, sleep patterns, even oxigen level. Why not to include blood sugar levels?
I don't get the point of pp who criticizes it - are we in USSR with CBM shortages when they have to be distributed to select few?
I’m really curious why you’re so defensive about this. 2, maybe 3 T1 diabetics very lightly criticized the use of CGM as a diet and weight loss tool. For folks who have no choice but to constantly monitor their blood glucose or else they will literally die, it makes us roll our eyes to see people playing with it to lose weight like it’s not an expensive medical device. No one is trying to stop you from using it. Why does that bother you so much?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My child and I both have T1 diabetes. The dexcom has really been life changing in the exhausting soul-crushing constant management of this horrific chronic disease and I find it….distasteful that it could become a bio hacking or weight loss tool for rich people.
+1. I am T1 as well and I completely agree.
what on earth?? So you're upset because people are using these monitors to AVOID the "horrific chronic disease" you have? You yourself said it is "soul crushing" and "exhausting". Why would you even think this way? Also where do you get off saying it's for "rich people"? I'm going to assume you wrote this during a time of high frustration. But please give some thought to what I just said.
First of all, T1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that cannot be prevented. And it is horrific and requires literal constant management for the rest of your life to avoid complications and early death. You cannot take a day off. You can’t just eat the right things and exercise.
I’m the original PP who finds it distasteful. I’m not upset, I just think it’s distasteful. It’s like choosing to have a feeding tube when you don’t need one so you can control the amount of calories you take in so you can lose weight. Just kind of weird.
Ahh, I see. You think that T2 is purely a moral failing. Look, I get that T1 sucks, and that you’re jealous of people with T2 and angry that they can “just eat the right things and exercise”. You think they don’t deserve any support to help them achieve an end that is, unfairly, not achievable for you.
Well, you’re entitled to your opinion, I guess. And I’m entitled to find it distasteful that you sneer at people who are using every tool they can to avoid the destruction of their beta cells. Whatever helps people control their blood sugar, preserve their pancreatic functions, and avoid diabetes is good for them and good for society. Everyone should have access to tools that help them stay healthy, even if you think there’s a morally superior way for them to get there.
I literally posted right above this that I would never tell a T2 diabetic that it’s their fault or they only need to eat right and exercise to prevent their diabetes. But it’s a fact that the vast majority have the option to do so and not be insulin dependent! I’m definitely not jealous because T2 diabetics face a much bigger and IMO unfair stigma.
Why are you so mad? I’m not hoarding the CGMs.
So why did you feel the need to drop into this thread to tell people how weird and distasteful it is for prediabetics to use a CGM to help them avoid T2?
Did you notice this is in the diet and exercise forum? So it follows that the discussion is about using the CGM as a diet and weight loss tool. That’s what PP is criticizing.
Why not? It's just a tool. People use scale to measure weight and food, fitness trackers to monitor activity, heart rate, sleep patterns, even oxigen level. Why not to include blood sugar levels?
I don't get the point of pp who criticizes it - are we in USSR with CBM shortages when they have to be distributed to select few?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My child and I both have T1 diabetes. The dexcom has really been life changing in the exhausting soul-crushing constant management of this horrific chronic disease and I find it….distasteful that it could become a bio hacking or weight loss tool for rich people.
+1. I am T1 as well and I completely agree.
what on earth?? So you're upset because people are using these monitors to AVOID the "horrific chronic disease" you have? You yourself said it is "soul crushing" and "exhausting". Why would you even think this way? Also where do you get off saying it's for "rich people"? I'm going to assume you wrote this during a time of high frustration. But please give some thought to what I just said.
First of all, T1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that cannot be prevented. And it is horrific and requires literal constant management for the rest of your life to avoid complications and early death. You cannot take a day off. You can’t just eat the right things and exercise.
I’m the original PP who finds it distasteful. I’m not upset, I just think it’s distasteful. It’s like choosing to have a feeding tube when you don’t need one so you can control the amount of calories you take in so you can lose weight. Just kind of weird.
Ahh, I see. You think that T2 is purely a moral failing. Look, I get that T1 sucks, and that you’re jealous of people with T2 and angry that they can “just eat the right things and exercise”. You think they don’t deserve any support to help them achieve an end that is, unfairly, not achievable for you.
Well, you’re entitled to your opinion, I guess. And I’m entitled to find it distasteful that you sneer at people who are using every tool they can to avoid the destruction of their beta cells. Whatever helps people control their blood sugar, preserve their pancreatic functions, and avoid diabetes is good for them and good for society. Everyone should have access to tools that help them stay healthy, even if you think there’s a morally superior way for them to get there.
I literally posted right above this that I would never tell a T2 diabetic that it’s their fault or they only need to eat right and exercise to prevent their diabetes. But it’s a fact that the vast majority have the option to do so and not be insulin dependent! I’m definitely not jealous because T2 diabetics face a much bigger and IMO unfair stigma.
Why are you so mad? I’m not hoarding the CGMs.
So why did you feel the need to drop into this thread to tell people how weird and distasteful it is for prediabetics to use a CGM to help them avoid T2?
Did you notice this is in the diet and exercise forum? So it follows that the discussion is about using the CGM as a diet and weight loss tool. That’s what PP is criticizing.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My child and I both have T1 diabetes. The dexcom has really been life changing in the exhausting soul-crushing constant management of this horrific chronic disease and I find it….distasteful that it could become a bio hacking or weight loss tool for rich people.
+1. I am T1 as well and I completely agree.
what on earth?? So you're upset because people are using these monitors to AVOID the "horrific chronic disease" you have? You yourself said it is "soul crushing" and "exhausting". Why would you even think this way? Also where do you get off saying it's for "rich people"? I'm going to assume you wrote this during a time of high frustration. But please give some thought to what I just said.
First of all, T1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that cannot be prevented. And it is horrific and requires literal constant management for the rest of your life to avoid complications and early death. You cannot take a day off. You can’t just eat the right things and exercise.
I’m the original PP who finds it distasteful. I’m not upset, I just think it’s distasteful. It’s like choosing to have a feeding tube when you don’t need one so you can control the amount of calories you take in so you can lose weight. Just kind of weird.
Ahh, I see. You think that T2 is purely a moral failing. Look, I get that T1 sucks, and that you’re jealous of people with T2 and angry that they can “just eat the right things and exercise”. You think they don’t deserve any support to help them achieve an end that is, unfairly, not achievable for you.
Well, you’re entitled to your opinion, I guess. And I’m entitled to find it distasteful that you sneer at people who are using every tool they can to avoid the destruction of their beta cells. Whatever helps people control their blood sugar, preserve their pancreatic functions, and avoid diabetes is good for them and good for society. Everyone should have access to tools that help them stay healthy, even if you think there’s a morally superior way for them to get there.
I literally posted right above this that I would never tell a T2 diabetic that it’s their fault or they only need to eat right and exercise to prevent their diabetes. But it’s a fact that the vast majority have the option to do so and not be insulin dependent! I’m definitely not jealous because T2 diabetics face a much bigger and IMO unfair stigma.
Why are you so mad? I’m not hoarding the CGMs.
So why did you feel the need to drop into this thread to tell people how weird and distasteful it is for prediabetics to use a CGM to help them avoid T2?
Did you notice this is in the diet and exercise forum? So it follows that the discussion is about using the CGM as a diet and weight loss tool. That’s what PP is criticizing.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My child and I both have T1 diabetes. The dexcom has really been life changing in the exhausting soul-crushing constant management of this horrific chronic disease and I find it….distasteful that it could become a bio hacking or weight loss tool for rich people.
+1. I am T1 as well and I completely agree.
what on earth?? So you're upset because people are using these monitors to AVOID the "horrific chronic disease" you have? You yourself said it is "soul crushing" and "exhausting". Why would you even think this way? Also where do you get off saying it's for "rich people"? I'm going to assume you wrote this during a time of high frustration. But please give some thought to what I just said.
First of all, T1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that cannot be prevented. And it is horrific and requires literal constant management for the rest of your life to avoid complications and early death. You cannot take a day off. You can’t just eat the right things and exercise.
I’m the original PP who finds it distasteful. I’m not upset, I just think it’s distasteful. It’s like choosing to have a feeding tube when you don’t need one so you can control the amount of calories you take in so you can lose weight. Just kind of weird.
Ahh, I see. You think that T2 is purely a moral failing. Look, I get that T1 sucks, and that you’re jealous of people with T2 and angry that they can “just eat the right things and exercise”. You think they don’t deserve any support to help them achieve an end that is, unfairly, not achievable for you.
Well, you’re entitled to your opinion, I guess. And I’m entitled to find it distasteful that you sneer at people who are using every tool they can to avoid the destruction of their beta cells. Whatever helps people control their blood sugar, preserve their pancreatic functions, and avoid diabetes is good for them and good for society. Everyone should have access to tools that help them stay healthy, even if you think there’s a morally superior way for them to get there.
I literally posted right above this that I would never tell a T2 diabetic that it’s their fault or they only need to eat right and exercise to prevent their diabetes. But it’s a fact that the vast majority have the option to do so and not be insulin dependent! I’m definitely not jealous because T2 diabetics face a much bigger and IMO unfair stigma.
Why are you so mad? I’m not hoarding the CGMs.
So why did you feel the need to drop into this thread to tell people how weird and distasteful it is for prediabetics to use a CGM to help them avoid T2?
Did you notice this is in the diet and exercise forum? So it follows that the discussion is about using the CGM as a diet and weight loss tool. That’s what PP is criticizing.