Hi All I've been T2 for almost 5 years now. I'm trying to recommit to doing what I need to do keep my T2 under control better & losing about 35 more pound. I control my T2 by diet & exercise only. I've never been on any medication for my T2D. I'm not very good about logging my food, but I do ok at logging blood sugars exercise. I really need some help. Thank you a head a time.

Hey guys, so I'm not necessarily new to MFP (I joined about 3 yrs back, stopped using the site 'til Feb this year, installed the app) but I'm back because I've had to get serious about my health and weight loss. I was diagnosed with type2 diabetes late January this year, and ever since the diagnosis I've been very determined to lose the weight and to get my health in check. ☺ So far through calorie-counting on MFP and through exercising (joined a gym, and have PT sessions twice per week + attend on other days on a regular basis) I've lost almost 10kgs in 2 months.
Recently an endocrinologist put me onto a VLCD for a few weeks (he said it's to help get the diabetes into remission) but it will be helpful to see other diabetics' eating plans for when I transition back to regular food. Feel free to add me

Hi all, I was diagnosed with diabetes type 2 since 2008, and took around 5 medications, until i decided to stop the medication and relay on food, but it didn't work out well, as my blood sugar was reaching 600, now i'm controlling it for the past year with daily sport and nutrition. please check my logs and add me as a friend for motivation.
doing bodybuilding now, struggling to lower my fat % below 9 diabetes is playing a role here but i dropped from 21% to 9 in one year and i've never been better
logging almost every meal on MFP. thank you for your support.

Hi All,

My name is David and I have been diagnosis with Diabetes. In fact, it's so recently that I haven't discussed the lab results with my doctor or consulted with the International Diabetes Center (for nutritional consulting), past my doctor stating I have Diabetes, recommended nutritional counseling, and prescribing me Metformin. I'm on the first week of the medication and am setting up an appointment with the IDC.

I've been using MFP for years, off and on throughout the time. I have liked using it for my efforts to loose weight and it's been the most successful for me then anything else. But I still fall off the routine when I hit a very long plateau in weight loss.

Now I am using the incentive of this Diagnosis to start again and help me maintain healthly eating habits and means of tracking what I ingest. My hope was that I could find another App that could sync with MFP to help with tracking other aspects of this disease. Like taking the Carb info from MFP and put it into another App that I put my Glucose results, to give me a overall view of health. If any of you have ideas, I would greatly appreciate it.

Also I am so NEW at this that it may not be necessary to be that anal on keeping records and monitoring them. But I would love your input on this. Realize that I haven't even gotten a testing unit or know anything about them. Or what I'm going to be needing to deal with through the rest of my life dealing with this disease.

I've researched what is a normal Carb intake for a larger man, like myself. And what I find is a recommended amount of 250-450mg of Carbs per day. My Carbs setting in MFP has set it to 381mg. Does that seem like a reasonable amount? Or is this something that the IDC consultant with help me determine?

Any ideas will help me greatly. Thank you

Sincerely,
David S. Novak

Hello my name is Josh. I been taking metformin for my type 2 diabetes for a few years. I have lost 36 pounds since January 2016. Will see my medical doctor on May 9th to compare my new blood work with last years blood work. I will be happy if my A1C has gone down.

I am a returning MFP member. I've not been good at handling my T2 diabetes and want to begin again fresh. I am now testing 3 times a day and realizing that my choices have not been as good as I thought. I'm looking for support and suggestions.

Hi Frank!! If you can stay motivated and embrace your journey I am sure you will do well! Sounds like a bit of a rough start!
Swimming is an absolutely fabulous way of getting fit! I swim and swear it's made all the difference in my fitness along with walking. It's easy on the joints too. By the next checkup you can improve!! Believe it!!!
Try to see a dietician if you can!! They can help immensely based on what sort of diet you want to follow and there is a low carb/high fat group here too that is popular.
I just ate balanced with lower carbs whilst losing weight.
I would try and eat many more green and leafy veggies and less of the corn/peas/potatoes type of diet though they are ok now and then. Fish, lean meat, poultry all good and keep the 80/20 rule so you don't get off and binge which can happen.
Any questions there are a host of people
Who can answer and try to help!! Best wishes on your journey to better health!! It can happen!! believe!!!

Hi I'm Sheila I'm a Type 2 for 10 yrs no meds my dietician recommended myfitnesspal so here I am

I hope everything works out super-well, @la24lomax. Kepp us up-to-date, okay?

Hello, I'm Kim., and I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last week. I had gestational diabetes two years ago, but that went away. I never thought I would develop full blown diabetes. No one in my family is diabetic, except I had a maternal great grandmother. I'm on metformin x2 a day. I'm finding it hard to figure out if I am eating the right amount for carbs. I can definitely tell when I'm low! Waiting on my doctor to send in the script for the BG monitor.