just diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes

Good luck. I have a friend who was told she was prediabetic and he brazenly told her (this means, forget the carbohydrates as much as possible and the sugar.) Her sister has Type 2 Diabetes but she does not after having done this for three years. She has replaced white rice with black rice, white flour with some of the alternative kinds. When she eats in the staffroom, she has meat and vegetables. She goes easy on the fruit. She does not exercise but has a fairly active job. Prior to, she had massive brain fog and was having trouble thinking and going to work.

'Happy to hear that your food plan is working for you.

@RalfLott .Still diet controlled,and do lots of running.
Thanks for the follow up.

Shua89 wrote: »

I wanted to give you all a 3 month update on me. I have now lost 35 pounds (yay!). I am still eating low carb and have adjusted to it pretty well. Sweets really hold very little temptation for me now. I walk on average 6-8 miles a day which has helped tremendously.

I go back to the doc in 2 weeks to find out my new A1C level. My monitor says my 90 day average is a 96 so that equates to about a 5.0 A1C. We'll find out just how accurate my monitor is.

A little non-scale victory happened over the weekend. I tried on a shirt and had to put a large back and get a medium. I could have probably worn a small but the medium was just more comfortable (I like my clothes a little loose).

Be prepared for your A1c to be higher than your monitor might suggest - so get ready for 5.1, maybe even 5.2.

Nice going, especially the walking. If you were born in 1989 (?), you are doing yourself an enormous favor not only by sticking to a healthy plan, but also in accumulating knowledge at this (ahem) tender stage of your life.

Congrats OP on your amazing results! I was in a similar situation to you, Diagnosed T2D in Dec 2015. Walked out of the doc's office and started to change my life the next day. I have since lost 25kg (55 pounds) with a little ways to go - all through healthy low-carb eating, walking or jogging daily. My initial reading at fasting was 13 - last check which was about 6 weeks ago was at 5.2. I am thrilled and have accepted that I will need to be vigilant for the rest of my life.

I too am a type 2 diabetic. I've only done small tweaks to my diet. I have cut out added sugar and I do limit (but not eliminate) my carbs. I also added 30 minutes or more of walking on most days.
and 3 metformin tablets.

One book I found really helpful was Diabetes for Dummies-you know part of that series. Now I used the Canadian Version but I assume there is an american version as well..

Down 34 lbs. From obese to overweight and on my way to normal. Less than 2 lbs form my original goal weight-and I'll be setting another one 25 lbs lower and thats normal BMI.

cafeaulait7 wrote: »

And then check out the Glycemic Index. I eat fruit (not juices) and some grainy bread and do fine with them if their GI is low. Things like beans are excellent, even though they are carb heavy. They just digest differently, so it's really not like high carb from a cupcake.

^^^This. My mom was a T2D; and despite my warnings, she didn't understand Glycemic responses. She was convinced that as long as she could balance her blood sugar by injecting more insulin, she was fine. I tried to tell her that insulin creates problems, and she should aspire to use less. But what did I know, right? She was moderately active, and not terribly overweight, either - but she LOVED her sweets and foods loaded with simple (read high-glycemic) carbs.

14 years ago, she went blind, due to nerve damage. Then her kidneys started to fail, enough so that a hospital stay caused them to stop functioning completely - it was probably a good thing that her heart quit shortly thereafter, because she would have HATED to be on dialysis; and might have needed assisted living where they would NEVER give a diabetic a cinnamon roll for breakfast....

So to the OP - I realize this isn't "support" - but maybe a good scare will help, too.....