Interesting; as a non-diabetic, there are lots of (nice) things I don't eat regularly (pretty rarely in reality) for general health reasons. Hash browns aren't a particular thing for me, but they'd definitely be on my 'not regularly' list (deep fried, comparatively simple carbs, lots of salt, etc.)
Genuine question, not trying to 'gotcha': do you think your stubbornness in this regard was somehow accentuated by having T1D? Is this perhaps a recognised phenomenon amongst diabetics? (An old friend with T1D was similarly [maybe even more extremely] stubborn, being perhaps the most badly-behaved and impulsive of our friend group at that time.)
It's just a response to the constant frustration of feeling limited, especially by something arbitrary. If I got told randomly that now every single family gathering, social event, date, drink with the boys, exercise routine, and road trip must circle around a chronic health condition that I must make conscious decisions around every day all day for the rest of my life, it makes total sense for me to occasionally go "fuck it".
I understand (as much as I can) that it must be very frustrating, as you outline. However, the post I was asking the question of sounded a step or two beyond occasionally saying "fuck it" (which we all do, I suspect, whatever out motivation for health conscious behavior):
> I have stubbornly refused to accept that it's not a smart idea to eat anything I want. I am not going to give up hash browns until I lose a leg.
Maybe I'm over-interpreting a single line of text on an internet forum, but this sounds like more of a policy than an occasional lapse.
Genuine question, not trying to 'gotcha': do you think your stubbornness in this regard was somehow accentuated by having T1D? Is this perhaps a recognised phenomenon amongst diabetics? (An old friend with T1D was similarly [maybe even more extremely] stubborn, being perhaps the most badly-behaved and impulsive of our friend group at that time.)