Weight Loss Forum and Discussions

Good Morning, I am focussing on changing my diet (which I hate that word). I need to start eating healthier. What advice do you suggest in implementing this with a family? Do I make separate meals? Do I have everyone make the changes with me? I have a husband who will eat about anything, 3...

I’ve been diagnosed as type 2 diabetic at age 28 as of December 2017. This by far has been the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced and I’m not exactly sure as to how I should cope with this...and to add insult to injury I currently have no insurance. How do you get into the “groove” of this...

Hey everyone I am new to the site. I have diabetes type 2 and PCOS. I am currently working with a fertility clinic to help get pregnant for the first time. My issue is my a1c. It's extremely high and it's a battle I've been fighting for years. I am on both oral and insulin medications. I'm asking...

Does anyone know where to find a list of foods, either organized by glycemic index/load or by food category but also listing the glycemic index and load numbers? I'd love to get ahold of a good printable list of low glycemic foods that I can use when shopping and meal planning. I don't mind...

Hello, I was just diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes one week ago but, of course, I have suspected it for a long time now. It took a pulmonary embolism to get me to the doctor and finally hear the truth. I was prescribed Metformin and Glypizide but I happened to find Jason Fung's book The Diabetes...

I'm 28 years old and recently I've been told to calm myself down. i love doing extreme sports, hiking, caving and spelunking friends and doctors told me that i should always keep my self safe and take care when doing those kinds of activity. do you think i should refrain from it or continue doing...

I have been a diabetic for about five years now. But it wasn't until recently that I began to take my health seriously. My lack of adherence to any kind of a diet was my own fault. I knew what to do, but I chose to ignore it. A few months ago, I went to the doctor and my news was not good. My A1C...

Hi - I am from the Pacific Northwest living in Oregon. I am 55 years old and looking at type 2 diabetes square in the face along with morbid obesity. To be honest I have ignored this part of me in my life because frankly it’s embarrassing and extraordinarily overwhelming. My doctors would...

Well, today it's final. Surgery to repair my hernias and a panniculectomy a week from Tuesday. My surgeon of record was deployed earlier this year and I ended up waiting for another surgeon coming off deployment. He specializes in difficult hernia repairs and the panni was his idea. I wasn't...

i was diagnosed with prediabetes last month and i've started running/walking and try to keep it up every day in hopes of preventing it. I'm not obese, a tad chubby at most and still in highschool. I feel like my life is over and no matter what i do i haven't been able to drop more than 2 pounds....

I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes 5 1/2 weeks ago in connection with troubling circumstances. I had a miscarriage last Fall and was given the standard, "These things happen at YOUR age," spiel (I was within 1 month of my 36th birthday), with no further testing into what may have caused my...

I recently had a trip to the ER (non-diabetes related), and told the doctor there that my general practitioner had told me I was pre-diabetic, and then last year said my numbers were improving "since you were diagnosed with diabetes". I should have spoken up and asked then about at what point did...

I am 35 years old and I am a type 2 Diabetic. I have been a diabetic for almost 4 years and I have not been taking care of myself like I should have. People all around me are dying of diabetes. I am not 100% serious about my health. I have a family that I need to live for and I am not ready to...

My doctor took me off my Metformin and Glipizide and put me on Levmir and Victoza. I can tell a difference. In just a few days my sugar level has went from 450 to 180. Which 180 is still high but it is better than almost 500.. I am working out and eating healthy and drinking tons of water. My...

Not proud of it, but it happens. Stress induced brownie eating...like for several months. So, what tips do you have to get back "on the wagon"?

i think been single is killing with my diabetic life i really need a man.