Hey Everyone

Glad to be making changes with everyone --- was diagnosed with diabetes in april and what a blow that was to me. Threw me for a loop yet explained why i was always tired. I'm just now grasping the concept that I need to make major life style changes to get it under control. I needed to find a tool to assist me in keeping track of my food and drink in-take so that I can figure out what works and what doesn't in food combinations, which brought me to fitness pal and i love it. Although it's frustrating, I hope that I can manage the disease with the low dose medication. If anyone has any great recipes I would sure love to try them.

Hi, and welcome to THE best site on the web! :flowerforyou:
Between the easy to use food counter (which by the way is SUCH an eye opener!) and all the wonderfully supportive members, you WILL be able to lose the weight that you want to, AND, it'll "almost" be easy doing it!
I recommend logging ALL your foods BEFORE you have them, rather than later, as it tends to lead to better food choices. (not to mention you'll know if you've got enough numbers left to have a night time snack, like I ALWAYS try to do!) Some people also like to weigh and measure some things, such as meats, rather than just estimating and possibly being WAY off! :noway:
Don't go making the mistake that if you have LOTS of numbers left at the end of the day that you'll lose even faster, because that DOESN'T happen. Feel free to read any info about the site in the "help" section at the top of the home page. And also, under "all topics", then "general", and check out the first few threads. They'll really help you understand how MFP works.
Before coming here, I had tried just about EVERYTHING out there, including hypnosis, TWICE, and nothing really worked until MFP!
Also, drink LOTS of water, it REALLY DOES help! :drinker: