Diabetes and weight loss

Im new on this forum so I am consumed because I just found out I have type 2. Motivation is when I see numbers change.

no one can message you unless you’ve accepted them as a friend, and there’s no point to having friends since MFP killed the Friends Newsfeed. Beware of “friends”. Out of my last 70 or so requests, only one or two have been legit users, and never once messaged me when I did add them. Everyone else has been fake, mostly male accounts seeking to chat me up and eventually start milking me for money.

So here’s a public, non messaged reply.

if you pre or diabetic, think about the potential damage to your health. Heart problems, limited (and decreasing) mobility, joint pain from sitting around hours a day, higher risk of dementia, obesity, just general suckiness of life in general as a diabetic.

My parents were both diabetic. I saw both decline. One to where simply getting out of his “lift” chair put a strain on his heart. The other refuse n to do even that, deciding it was OK to pee in the chair versus getting up because she convinced herself no one would notice. Her feet and legs eventually atrophied, and the atrophy worked its way up til she could no longer use hands or arms, and eventually she no longer had enough muscle to swallow or move her jaws. She had to be rolled over by caregivers, diapers, a special hydraulic lift brought in because of her weight.

That was one of the things that convinced me I didn’t want to follow in their footsteps.

You’re not going to have permanent motivation. It’s up to you to make life choices. Do you want to sit in a chair and smile at your grandchildren because you feel to awful to do anything more , or do you want to be on the floor playing Candyland and Pop-Up Pirate with them, hiding in their blanket tent, hanging out on their low toddler bed reading to them with a flashlight?

Do you want your spouse watching you decline, forced to make decisions for your care because you were too “unmotivated” to care for yourself earlier?

Screw motivation.

What do you want your future to look like? Then look to and plan for that future.

I was well into obese BMI. I’m sittting here on the exercise bike typing this at this very moment, before I leave for a cardio class.

Do I “want” to do this? Not particularly. Sitting on the sofa and scarfing chocolates is obvs my preferred life style. Am I “motivated” to do this? Hell no.

Do I need to do this? Yep.