Hi, I was diagnosed in 2000 with type 2 diabetes, I Did major changes started curves, exercised ever other day straight from work (12hr) swing shift. Lost weight and did not have to take much medication. I was single parent of 3 daughters youngest being 12 at the time, my mother got sick in 2002. She passed in 2003 I was dating a man that was partially disabled at the time. And I got out of routine of exercise because of time demand. When I started My weight was 220 I lost to 165 still need to lose more but felt great. Then again life change my mom passed, this was hard for me, stress and I had a hysterectomy at age 30 so I was pre-mentalpals And dealing with glucose ups and downs, I was totally wacked . I felt I was going insane. Still I didn't get the connection. Diet , exercise , medications all have to balance. Today I am taking a pill and they started me on insulin 1x at night. My suggestion to you is keep the Excersise and diet. Please don't give up , this is your life line you need more than just walking in my experience, just 30min day ever other day,[ cardio+ strength training ] (not body building) is the vital key. Now I have to get my preaching into practice again. I work 4/10 now which is wonderful but my big tail is not exercising properly. Walking is not getting my heart rate up for 30 min like it needs to be to burn fat like I have to do to properly lose weight. I must do this it just takes me to be very aggressive to keep my routine. If I stop it's so very hard to get back because of procrastination. I'm posting this because it is the
Most important thing a type 2 person can do. I know the catch 22 my feet Hurt or my medications were driving my glucose down to low that I wouldn't even get going good and have a low I needed a snack. For a year that medication made me Crazy. They finally changed it. Now I got some of my brains back but they have added insulin. That means I have procrastinated to long!
so now it's ON I have to do the Excersizing!!