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I to am a type2. I found that the National Institute of Health (NIH) has a wonderful website full of great information. The address is: www.niddk.nih/gov that is their home page. From there you can select what you want. Cris
Kim Romanek wrote: > Hello Everyone I am a new member to the group. I am a type 2 diabetic > who is struggling with weightloss. I went and talked to a diabetic > educator and nutritionist and they had me on a carb restricted diet. > That somewhat worked but then I gained back what I had lost. I do walk > and understand the importance of excercise along with eating properly. > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email > me with any comments or suggestions! Thank You, > Kim > I am a type 2 as well. The most important thing about diet is to remember to set up a reasonable diet, and stick to it. You will see results, but not for at least a month. My Dr. suggests (as does the Merck manual) starting with an 1800 cal per day diet for everyone, then adjusting if required. If you need to lose 40 lb or so, expect it to take about a year. I personalaly found that relentlessly writing down each and every bit of food I ate helped me to stick to the diet. It is sad but true that the diet lasts until the day they gather to say goodbye to you. It is true that exercise is important, but I found it easier to concentrate on diet alone at first. Good luck to you. Speaking only for myself, Joe Durusau
Hi Kim, Try logging daily intake so you can see habits and plan accordingly. Doc
You didn't mention what medications your on, if any. For me, metformin alone helped me drop 17 lbs, since July 8. I've just added mevacor (cholesterol) and altace (blood pressure) to the regime and haven't had enough time to see what THEY will do to/for me... As for exercise, I mow/weedeat once a week (about 2.5 hours mostly aerobic, all the walking, ya know) Then on a nightly basis, other than mowing day, I do 40 crunches, 40 leg lifts, 60 single leg lifts (laying on side and raising top leg) with each leg, then 40 more lifting the bottom leg, getting the inner thigh. I do a full set of this with every commercial break during one TV show at night... Other than when I splurge on 2 slices of pizza or something, my BG levels stay in the 95-120 range. On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:05:17 -0500 (CDT), kimluvswrestling@hotmail.com (Kim Romanek) wrote: >Hello Everyone I am a new member to the group. I am a type 2 diabetic >who is struggling with weightloss. I went and talked to a diabetic >educator and nutritionist and they had me on a carb restricted diet. >That somewhat worked but then I gained back what I had lost. I do walk >and understand the importance of excercise along with eating properly. >Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email >me with any comments or suggestions! Thank You, >Kim Related Discussion: ayurveda woes raise new questions about drug agency oversight (2 posts) Re: [OT] PAIN.| BOL.12a (1 posts) Do you do website promotion with no success? (2 posts) newbie (scared, shy, honest, very private) (44 posts) Top Discussions From Our Archives WOW! I HAVE FOUND THE BEST WAY TO SAVE ON MY PRESCRIPTION MEDS Other Discussion Categories Diabetes Symptoms Health Care Policy Health Care Providers HMO Arthritis Symptoms Oops!!! Unexpected Error While Reading the Feed
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