33 here. discovered my diabetes a while back while doing routine bloodwork for high triglycerides. I had lost weight about a year ago (went from 230 ish to 190) Previously, I had yo-yo'd on atkins/southbeach style diets (high protein/low carb)
What really worked for me was purely calorie counting. If I ate it, I logged it. With the help of an ipod app called lose it (not that one needs an ipod to do this), I was able to set a calorie count limit to lose 2 lbs/week. Once I knew how many calories I could eat per day, I ate what i wanted. If I over ate, then i needed to exercise to put calorie intake back.
It doesn't matter if you exercise like hell but also eat like hell. And I LOVE to eat. Sadly, my eating habits went back to their old ways when my son was born due to me not seemingly having time to follow my calories. I'm back to 226 and am getting ready to start counting again because my health (and diabetes) are suffering.
keep the faith!
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