Diabetic and overweight HELP

You DO NOT need to go the KETO route or do intermittent fasting. Yes, you should control your consumption of carbohydrates but not try to go ultra low or eliminate them. My endocrinologist is happy that I keep my carb consumption as 40% of calories.

I'm in the same boat but I am pushing 70 y.o. I wish I had learned earlier how to keep myself healthy. You are lucky to be learning this at 24. Now is your opportunity to learn to be a healthy slender person by eating like a healthy slender person. You should work your way into it as you lose weight.

One can eat whatever one wants and lose weight if one eats fewer calories than one burns. One can only be healthy long term by eating a nutritious, well-balanced diet. It's time to learn about the latter.

One good place to start is with https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/. Start by reading "What should I eat" and learning about the "Healthy Eating Plate." Then, determine how many calories you should be eating to lose 1 or 2 pounds a week (the healthy rate) and start weighing/measuring everything that goes in your mouth.

Your most important purchase is a digital food scale. They are easily had for less than $20 at any big-box store or online. Weighing is far more accurate than eye-balling or measuring. Many of us had to learn early on that our own idea of a serving of cold cereal was more like three servings as indicated on the box!

Meanwhile, listen only to valid sources of information like Harvard's Nutrition Source, The American Diabetes Association and the like. Individual doctors on the web are often trying to sell books and have no more nutrional knowledge than you will. Medical school programs generally don't have room for nutrition in their curricula.