Just a note here. I have never seen weight loss diets in my
country based on a person's current weight. At my highest
weight I still can't lose weight on more than 1200 calories.
It seems popular in the US to promote calories for weight
loss according to one's current body weight. That to me is
way too general. You also don't mention what kind of diet
you are on. If carbs are excessive to your personal carb
limits (the limits needed for good control) then you won't
achieve what you want in that area. So it seems that
glimpiride isn't for you, nor is exercising at the moment.

The people I know who are on Byetta seem to be having great
success, they will chime in soon enough. It might turn out
to be your lifesaver.

There are several varieties of exercise which should not stress you knees.
If bicycling bothers them, you can still do upper body exercises - like
with weights. I find it very difficult to control either weight or BG
without significant exercise. I am currently on metformin 4x500 plus
avandia.

Yeah. It's a real pisser. Every time I think I have it mostly figured out,
something happens. And I have to kick myself every few weeks to get back
to what I had previously learned.

Sorry to hear that - but welcome to the club.

Do you have access to a pool for swimming or hydrotherapy?
Properly done that can be very low-impact on joints.

I've written a few weight loss ideas here:
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/weight-loss-cooking-and-eating-plan.html

Read this. Then print it out and put it on your fridge. It
is the most effective advice I received since diagnosis.
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/NewlyDiagnosed.htm

I can't stress strongly enough how important that is. Come
back with more questions after you read it.

Cheers Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1000mg, ezetrol 10mg

Can you do upper-body exercises?
Chair (or seated) aerobics
Floor exercises (light calisthenics)
upper body weight training
Some gyms have upper body ergometers ("arm-cycles")
bj

Dan, I've been taking Byetta for about 5 months and I am happy with
the decision to do so.  I have lost weight, slowly and steadily, about
a 1/2 to 1 pound a week.  Last A1C several months ago was around 6.1
and I expect the next one will be below 6.  It was a trial for the
first few months to learn to deal with the nausea, but I think I have
that in hand now.  There are several folks here taking it, some with
much more dramatic weight loss than me, and I'm sure they will chime
in.  It's not an oral drug though, it's an injectable, barely a
pinprick and nothing to it.

I have bad knees too and am taking those same  meds.  Has your Dr. suggested
any specific exercises for your knees?  I use ankle weights and do leg lifts
while seated.  It really helps.

Well, that doesn't sound good.  Oddly I lose weight while I take it.

I wish I had some helpful suggestions for you.  I can't seem to lose weight
when I am trying to lose it.  Then when I give up and stop trying, I lose
it.  It's very frustrating.  It's also possible that you are not eating
enough calories.  I find if I don't eat enough I don't lose weight.  You
might also try adding raw coconut oil to your diet, 1-2 T. per day.  This
really seems to help me.  I pop popcorn in it.  I use it in all my baked
goods (not that I eat a lot of those), put it on grits.  I use it any time I
would normally use butter.  I actually have a dairy allergy so I can't eat
butter.  If I find I have not eaten any by the end of the day, I will just
take a piece of cracker, smear some on and eat it.  It really works.

What kind of numbers are you running?

For me, the number of carbs is much more significant that the calories
- I have a 2-300 calorie range I can safely wander around in, but if I
go over around 70g carbs I put on weight - real weight, not just water
weight.

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.5%  BMI 25

The "byetta type pill) apparantly does not have the nausea side effect,
but it also doesn't help with weight loss as the byetta does, so less luck
for you.  

How much met and how much glimperide are you on?  maybe your doc could up
the met and down the glimperide a bit adn see if that helps.  If you get
gastric problems on more met, acsk fo rht eextended release form as it
often clears up that problem.  it sure did for me!

Wendy