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You didn't mention your carbohydrates. Bread stuffs, rice, pastas and such.
Those are major contributors to your blood glucose and fat. How much of
those? Milk? Fruits? What kind? The best way to lose weight is by reducing
your carbs and exercising more.

Can you get the results of your blood tests?

Take care.

Your doctor is an idiot... A diabetic gets fat because of insulin
resistance. What happens is that you eat some carbohydrate. A
non-diabetic's body would immediately produce exactly the right amount
of insulin to sweep it into your cells, where it can be used. A
diabetic's cells are resistant to the action of insulin, with two
consequences; your cells can't get enough fuel, so they send "I'm
starving!" signals to the brain, which it translates into hunger even
if you've only just eaten. Then there's all that insulin swimming
around in your system. In a non-diabetic, an excess of insulin means
good times; insulin's role then becomes to tuck spare carbohydrates
away as fat. Now a diabetic gets a third whammy, because fat around
your stomach is hormonally active, and interferes with the signaling
that says you're full. So you now have starving cells, no mechanism to
tell when you've had enough food, and excess insulin tucking away all
that nice, low fat pasta, crown rice, etc straight into fat cells,
making the cycle worse.

For heaven's sake STOP eating low fat, and try moving towards low
carbohydrate. You actually need to eat some fats, to encourage
turnover of fat cells so you can get rid of it. Oh, and stop the
disgusting drug, too... Get your blood glucose in order, and you will
almost certainly lose weight without trying. If you still have a
weight issue with normal bg, THEN you could look at total calories,
including fat ones, to see if you need to adjust.

Try this link to start working out what foods are safe for your
diabetes. You're going to have to make small changes and be prepared
to lower your insulin dose if you go low.
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.6%  BMI 25

Steve, you do know that carbs are "sigar" don't you? If you are doing low
fat then you are probably having a lot of carbs which are usually a big non
no for diabetics. There is absolutely no reason to have low fat,. Just make
sure you eat fats that are health providing rather than sat or trans fats.
Fats satisfy as well as have no impact on bg's.

Hi Steve

Well, I don't need to say it, as Nicky, Jan and the others
already have. I totally concur with them.

So, to head you in a better direction, I'll repeat the link
that others gave you but with a UK address:
http://jennifer.flyingrat.net/

That was the single most important advice I received from
any source since diagnosis.

And this is how I put that into practice myself:
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/test-review-adjust.html

Just one extra word. As you are on insulin, hasten slowly
with changes. You don't want to turn those horrible highs
into equally horrible lows.

Finally, on weight, the changes you make from crazy
low-fat/high carb to being guided by your meter will help
far more than the new drug IMO. Discuss that with your NEW
doctor. I'd recommend dropping that drug ASAP.

To assist with the weight loss, this is how I did it:
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/weight-loss-cooking-and-eating-plan.html

Hopefully some of the ideas there may help.

Good luck.

Cheers Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg  

I have no medical qualifications beyond my own experience.
Choose your advisers carefully, because experience can be
an expensive teacher.
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