Carbs

julielofgren

I'm a diebetic type 2 and looking to lose weight... Currently at 126 wanting to go to at least 110... In a short time... I'm trying to watch my carbs and calories but don't seem to be getting anywhere any suggestions??

harper16

Are you counting calories and using a food scale? Are you working with your doctor?

With what you need to lose a healthy weight loss is .5 lbs a week.

kshama2001

With only 16 pounds to lose, it's going to be slow.

Megan_smartiepants1970

I am also type II diabetic...I have lost 25 lbs since Jan. 1st...but I am also a larger one ...Why are you in a rush? You being smaller you won't lose weight in a short time.... You should put that you want to lose .5 lbs a week ...wishing you the very best

AnnPT77

Since weight loss is going to be slow at your current weight, you might want to consider using a weight trending app, if you aren't already. They take your weigh-in data and do statistical projections from it. While they're not a magical crystal ball they can help visualize the gradual fat loss that truly is happening behind the misleading distractions of the daily fluctuations in water weight and digestive contents. Those fluctuations can be really confusing when loss rate is relatively slow. It's true that you do need to get a few weeks of daily weights into them to start getting a valid trend (extra true if you're a premenopausal woman), but it's a tool that can be helpful.

Common examples (all free) are Happy Scale for iOS, Libra for Android, Trendweight with a (free) Fitbit account (you don't need a Fitbit device), I think Weightgrapher may still be out there, probably others.

As far as reducing your carb intake - which isn't necessarily required for weight loss but may be helpful in managing your diabetes (if that's what your doctor recommended) - then I'd suggest your MFP food diary as a potentially helpful tool.

Every day or two, take a look at your diary, and see which foods are bringing you a lot of carbs, and maybe not as much of other macronutrients as you'd like (protein, fats). Start with the ones you don't personally find super filling or especially tasty. (I think most of us have foods we're habitually used to eating that, once we look at them, aren't all that vital to our happiness ).

Plan to reduce or eliminate those foods, and replace them with some other food(s) you enjoy that are more in line with your nutritional goals. If you keep repeating this "review and replace" kind of process, you'll gradually move your eating in the direction that you'd like to reach.

Perhaps this chart would be helpful, in thinking of some other food choices:

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You can do this weight loss thing - it's a bit of a learning process, but hang in there: Best wishes!

julielofgren

Thank u