New on myfitness pal - type 2 diabetic

I too am a t2 diabetic with aprox 100lb to lose we can do this i joined this site on tue

I don't have diabetics but I do have a weight problem. I'm terrific at losing when I put my mind to it & than someone talks me into going to a buffet for super & there goes my weight loss. If you need encouragement you can add me as a friend. It does help to have people encouraging you.

I reversed my diabetes!! It can be done-I'm truly excited about this. Type 2 diabetics have diabetes due to diet. If you cut out the bad carbs you will succeed! Look up the paleo diet, also there is plenty of research out there on this topic

its not just diet that gives you t2 its your genitcs it makes me really mad when i see people says we did it our self with the food we ate if that was true everyone even slightly over weight would have it .
im pleased you have your diabetes under control but please do not think you are cured your not starting eating more carbs than your body can handle or gain a bit of weight it will still be there i know of lots of under weight t2's

To demonstrate that it takes all kinds to make an MFP... :drinker:

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This dogma really bugs me. And I don't associate with most other type 2 people (or the ADA for that matter) because of this.

I totally caused mine. Sure there was probably some genetic weakness that was a component, but the 100+ extra pounds that I managed to pack into my belly and my insanely sedentary lifestyle surely was the cause.

No one needs to be shamed for becoming diabetic - it is it's own punishment - but we should not be intentionally blind to the obvious patterns that lead to the vast majority of type 2 diabetes. And exceptions do not prove rules.

People reverse their diabetes regularly*. It does not have to be a life sentence. Particularly for the younger and younger people being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes today.

In my opinion, saying that you are not cured/reversed when all of your indicators are normal because, were you to get fat and eat unhealthy again you would probably have bad numbers again is exactly like saying that an obese person is not "cured" of obesity simply because they are skinny now - because if they started jamming excessive amounts of pie into their mouths again they would become obese again. (Although, we're probably headed that direction. :sad: )

I have been type 2 for well over a decade. I have lost 80 lbs. since January. My A1C is now 5.5 (down from 7 in January). I have not had a glucose test (fasting or post meal) result in excess of 110/6.2 since the 11th of February. I would not say that I am "cured" or even "reversed" because I have not yet bothered to get a tolerance test. But I can eat whatever I want (half a Domino's deep dish pizza or a couple Panera cinnamon crunch bagels, etc) and I simply don't spike any more. This is not "normal" for a diabetic. If this is not "reversed" or "cured" - I don't know that I really care about some theoretical distinction.

But however you see it - have some hope. Lose your excess weight. Kick your activity up significantly. Reduce your carbs until your levels are healthy. Do what it takes. Don't fall into the trap of hopelessness, despair and "patient fatigue" leading to non-compliance. Maybe you can reverse yours before it is too late for you. Because the alternative really is a spiral to disability and death.

My dad died from complications of diabetes. After related severe heart problems. After related amputations. After related systemic infections. He would have turned 65 last month, but instead he died at 59.

I wonder if he'd still be here if the message that the ADA and their puppet corps of CDE's had given him was a useful message of hope and aggressive behavioral intervention instead of the nonsense "diabetes is incurable and progressive", "you can still eat cake" and "we have wonderful drugs and when they don't work anymore, insulin is a great option" message that they insist on spreading.

The ADAs dogma is a freaking tragedy.

Good luck.

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* Reversal appears to be a relatively predictable outcome of bariatric surgery. It also appears that it may happen with very low calorie diets - http://www.diabetologia-journal.org/Lim.pdf

I reversed my diabetes!! It can be done-I'm truly excited about this. Type 2 diabetics have diabetes due to diet. If you cut out the bad carbs you will succeed! Look up the paleo diet, also there is plenty of research out there on this topic

Great! I believe Type2 is mainly down to diet and I'm hoping I can get the same result by taking down my fat levels!

Currently on metformin and really want to get to a stage where I am not taking drugs to control my sugar levels.

Hello OddballExtreme

I have been diabetic (type 2) for about 2 years now, and I am unable to get it under control. I exercise 3 times a week for an hour each time, 30 minute walks on days that I don't go to the gym, and I eat healthy low to no carb meals from diabetic recipe books. I have only lost 10 lbs in 2 years (203 to 193), my A1C is in the mid 7s, and my average blood levels are 160-170.

Here is where I get confused. If I perchance say...eat a hot fudge sundae the night before I test my blood sugar, the next morning my fasting blood level measures in the low 130s. Why? Seems bass-ackward to me! I don't understand the whole eating thing apparently. Salads with no sugar vinaigrette dressings seem to raise my blood sugar, yet high fat sugary foods are lowering it. I watch the size of my portions, and with the help of the "MyFitnessPal" I am trying to keep the calories under 1800 per day!

Any thoughts, tips, or reprimands?

Thanks, and congrats on getting yours under control!

On fitness Pal is there where you can follow for type 2 like myself as well.....i didnt give me a choice to say i was a diabetic

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/research/diabetes/reversal.htm

I have successfully reversed my diabetes by losing weight. See link to Newcastle study above. I was advised to stop medicating a few months ago but will keep tracking hba1c.

you and my doctor would get along very well
he said once you are diabetic you are -- no going back

earth shattering news to me last monday
was on metaformin for week had one of the symptoms
diarehea - so was told to go off it for a day or so
i did that but that one day i felt soo sleepy -- i was told go back on it
but 1/2 pill in am and pm -- i did that for 3days
yesterday i felt i had to toss my cookies - feeling went away
ate breakfaast drink water -- tea -- had lunch fullness in tummy
wouldnt go away - seen dr -- took me off it completely

now what is going to happen to me??
eating 1200 cal a day -- 150 g carbs - 30 g sugar -(dr said dash diet - dietician disagreed she said impossible dr said 50 g carbs - she said 100 -150 ..
got other issues going on ... along with high cholosteral, highbloodpressure -is up and down drops to normal 130/85 - then 159/90 .. .. gotta find a balance somehow

my goal is to be off all meds - but i dont see that is likely though --