diabetes typ2 need help

My advice is not to take advice from people of these forums. A lot of times they will give you conflicting information and since you have a real serious medical issue, go talk to a personal dietition as your life is on the line. The only advice I can give you is that you should be exercising.

I have been diabetic for about a year now . When i was diagnosed my bg was 235. I was put on metformin 2xs a day 500mg. I lost **** load of weight by exercising watching my carb intake. I still have a candy bar once in a while . cheat on a burger with a BUN! I exercise every day... 7 days a week - None stop . 4 months ago i was at a 6. My fasting readings are from 98-109 . I didn't see a dietitian. I just informed my self. It's not that hard to figure out what foods are good and bad. It's all about moderation. They say diabetes because of obese ppl, Which is bull**** because my Mother who was 90 lbs soak and wet had diabetes.
Foods that I can say are so bad are corn and potatoes. If you really have to eat them don't eat them together . Only eat one starch in your meal. Wheat flour, wheat bread. Brown foods good white foods evil. I drink almond milk such as almond breeze and silk. your daily carb intake should be 150 a day. 30 breakfast - 30 lunch- 45 dinner and 15 for snacks. The less the better though. But you do need carbs for energy. lean meats . Low fat foods.

Good luck

I have been diabetic for about a year now . When i was diagnosed my bg was 235. I was put on metformin 2xs a day 500mg. I lost **** load of weight by exercising watching my carb intake. I still have a candy bar once in a while . cheat on a burger with a BUN! I exercise every day... 7 days a week - None stop . 4 months ago i was at a 6. My fasting readings are from 98-109 . I didn't see a dietitian. I just informed my self. It's not that hard to figure out what foods are good and bad. It's all about moderation. They say diabetes because of obese ppl, Which is bull**** because my Mother who was 90 lbs soak and wet had diabetes.
Foods that I can say are so bad are corn and potatoes. If you really have to eat them don't eat them together . Only eat one starch in your meal. Wheat flour, wheat bread. Brown foods good white foods evil. I drink almond milk such as almond breeze and silk. your daily carb intake should be 150 a day. 30 breakfast - 30 lunch- 45 dinner and 15 for snacks. The less the better though. But you do need carbs for energy. lean meats . Low fat foods.

Good luck

Ditto, my father was fit as a fiddle and he had to have a quadruple bypass due to a rare heart malfunction and is now a type 2 diabetic plus has to take blood pressure medicine so it can happen to even the healthiest people, but as above said it's not that diabetes comes from obesity but rather it just greatly increases the chances, same with strokes, heart attacks, blood pressure.

i'm severly overweight and other then high blood pressure i'm otherwise just fat. Tho i may find out different next week when i visit the doc to check up on the high blood pressure i never new about until today

I was just diagnosed myself. I think I have had it for quite a long while though, probably over a year. I am seeing a dietitian tomorrow. But, I likely won't change my diet too much as I have been working toward eating the kinds of things I eat now for over a year, more veggies, more whole grains, no animal fats, etc... I am not sure what she's going to say, but hey maybe I will get a free pedometer and a glossy magazine with some recipes.

I think the most important thing is don't panic. Realize that even if you can't get rid of/cure diabetes you can reduce how much medicine you take and perhaps avoid needing insulin. I am on medication now, but not insulin my doctor says I might not ever need it and I might be able to ditch the meds someday too, but I have to lose weight for that to happen. And honestly the idea of being on meds forever is enough to get me moving more and enough to keep me from eating a donut.