insulin resistan

Here's an idea - I do this and it works a LOT better when a person has a busy schedule. Log your foods a day early! I do mine the night before so I have a PLAN for my food for the next day. I then can make changes either on the fly during the day from the app on my phone, or later in the day when everyone is settled in and I get a minute to myself. It helps to print out the day's "plan" and have a pen handy so you can scribble stuff you added and cross out stuff you didn't decide to eat. You have to make yourself priority, because no one else can do this for you. I know it's a pain, but after you start doing it, it gets easier. ESPECIALLY when the scale starts showing lower numbers! Good luck!!!

Type 2 diabetic here... I WAS insulin dependent. I started eating less and moving more. I don't eat or drink anything with sugar, and I go for complex carbs over simple carbs. My BSL is no longer controlled by medicine.

Get a copy of Sugar Busters! from your local library.

I agree with @AJ_G. You're going to have to find exactly how many calories you're consuming. You will be surprised.

You will either have to do aerobic workouts (getting your heart rate up to 80% of your maximum heart rate) or you are going to have to add muscle mass in order to get a bigger engine to burn calories.

I have PCOS, so I have the same insulin resistance. Exercise and cutting carbs are all that have worked for me. Logging what you eat and cardio exercise. I have two young boys who keep me hopping, and I don't like to be sitting still, but I still kept going up and up. Only when I started logging and doing the cardio consistently did I start to lose, and now I'm no longer considered pre-diabetic. You can do it! After the first week of logging, it becomes so much easier to do.

While insulin resistance can sometimes correlate with a fairly moderate diet, it almost certainly too much carbs.

Our bodies can only produce so much insulin at once, and the amount of insulin you need rises in proportion to the carbs you consume. Note that I did not say sugar, or even grains. Carbs.

That's right, eating 500g of carbs in cauliflower produce a similar glucose load as 500g of sugar. The only difference is that it's a lot more difficult to consume 500g of cauliflower. There is nothing magic about whole grains or anything, other than they have a lower carb density, and so you feel fuller.

Use MFP, and track your carb goals. Unless you are very physically active, you probably don't need more than 200g of carbs a day, and would likely do better around 150g - from ALL sources.

Sadly, the education for people who are pre-diabetic is very, very bad.

First off, get over the laziness, and track your food. You need to be eating a consistent amount calories everyday or you won't see progress. Also you should consider a high protein high fat diet as this is less likely to cause blood glucose spikes and resulting insulin spikes. If you're diabetic or pre diabetic, then only stick to complex carbs, and low Glycemic Index carbs. I don't usually tell people to try a keto diet, but if you are diabetic, it is an option that might work well for you.

I agree with this 100%! I have PCOS, so I eat as if I am insulin resistant - in accordance with a high protein, high fat, low GI diet. I also keep my calories consistent - typically three 400-450 calorie meals per day with no snacking. As you can see from my ticker, it's worked for me.....

I have PCOS and Insulin resistant. I just recently started logging my food ( and in recently I mean the past 2 days!) but it's amazing and how I actually stick to the meals now! But like others have said before cut out the carbs ( love carbs so it's hard for me) drink a lot of water and exercise, there really isn't much more you can do, unless you go back to your doctor and take a different approach.

I think you need to separate your house work/farm work/ work work from exercise. You literally need to dedicate 1/2 an hour a day 3 times a week (at least) to exercise for the sake of exercise rather than those other things. I also am not trying to be harsh, and I truly don't think anyone else here is either. The fact that you stated that "laziness" was why you don't log your food seems indicative of your commitment to get healthy.
As someone that has endocrine issues and had gestational diabetes (putting me at higher risk for developing type II within 10 years) I understand the frustration. Diabetes is serious and after losing limbs you won't be able to do the same exercises to control it. I suggest using the app called C25K. It's free, takes 25 minutes 3x per week and if you don't feel ready to move on you can repeat. Please, for your sake, do this for yourself! And if you need a new friend to encourage you feel free to add me!!

My husband is type 2 diabetic. He is responsible for his own health, but one of my suggestions to him was to test his blood sugar 20-30 minutes after every meal for a couple of days, along with logging what he ate, so he could see which foods spiked his blood sugar and make better informed decisions about what he ate. He still doesn't avoid everything I wish he would, but I don't think I've seen chips in the house for a while. (changes come in baby steps). He tells me he has lost a couple of pounds, also.

I'm type 2 diabetic, I would suggest logging all food and exercise, reduce carbs and sugar, only two portions of fruit a day. Eat mostly protein and veg, if you need to have bread, no more than two slices a day and try burgen bread or seeded bread. I don,t eat potatoes or rice, if I eat pasta it's only once a week. Watch your salt intake also. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day and try to do at least 4 lots of exercise a week, even just walking. I have got my glucose levels down to almost normal levels and my blood pressure is excellent now. Keep trying and don't give up, it's been a struggle for me to loose the weight but its coming off slowly.