Welcome. I, too, am looking to MFP to get motivated and make the necessary changes.

I can't believe that was diagnosed about 10 years ago already. I've been on Metformin and managing through diet and exercise. During the last year, though, I've been very careless. I hadn't been testing my BG, and I've eating a lot of things that I should not. The support I get at home and at work are close to nothing.

My aunt had heart surgery this summer and has been in the hospital on and off since then with complications. I discovered that she also has diabetes, and seeing what she's going through is scary. Also recently, I overheard someone at work talking about a friend who is Type 2, non-insulin dependent, who all of a sudden had her BG go up to the 600's then went into a diabetic coma. That also scares the crap out of me.

So I'm trying to get back on track. l've been checking my BG, and even when I eat well enough - what I would consider a balanced meal - my BG is running high. It's high so frequently that I'm afraid that my doctor is going to add medication or insulin. We'll see.

For now, I'm testing often, trying to see the effect of what I'm eating. This morning, I woke up with a high reading, 141, and I thought I'd wait for it to come down before eating. When I checked again, it was 157, and I was very hungry, meaning that the glucose (energy for the cells) was in my system, but it wasn't getting absorbed by the cells. The more starved your cells become, the more glucose is released into the bloodstream (the higher your reading). This disease is very confusing, there's no black and white, no easy fix. We must eat, but what that food does to us is always a gamble. And we don't always look sick, so people assume that everything is fine. So we need all the help we can get.

Feel free to add me, if you want.

Good luck!

For some context: I'm T1, diagnosed about 18 months ago.

Initially had been diagnosed at T2, based on age & weight (at my highest I weighed 351#, currently 210#) put on Metformin & told to change my eating. It didn't help because, unbeknownst to me, my pancreas function was declining. A DKA sent me to the ICU, where they gave me insulin and said, "You are responding like a T1, not T2. Get that checked." Sure enough, T1.

Started with insulin pen, then insulin pump. Now I've got the latest & greatest, approved by FDA about a year ago, "artificial pancreas". Huge improvement in peace of mind and quality of life. Though diabetes still takes up a lot of my time and energy, its manageable. Its like having the shittiest hobby, ever.

FWIW, I lost ~100# on WW, prior to diabetes; lost 40# in just a few months because of the DKA. I definitely do not recommend that as a weight loss strategy!

I had started here last fall, but slacked off over the holidays. My next doctor's appointment is in a month, but I don't think that I've made any progress since my last. I'm aiming to get back on track.