Hi, this is my first post. I'm frustrated as my diabetic nurse keeps trying to push medication on my but I want to do diet control but she offers no support. In September I started with a personal trainer 2 hours a week (I'm quite sedentary) and gave up dairy and overhauled my diet. The results come seeing my diabetic nurse last week was weighing more than last year (even though I'd lost 7lbs since Sept) and my blood sugar being higher. All she suggests is metformin. The heath care assistant says slimming world. I don't understand how a) I've only lost 7lbs when I've been working hard at making changes and b) my blood sugar has increased when I don't eat processed food any more. A typical day for me is: breakfast is my own mixture of oats, bran, almonds, rice flakes and seeds, 40g soaked in water over night then mixed with plain soya yogurt. Lunch is a mini tortilla wrap covered in eggs (2 or 3) mushrooms, caugettes, tomatoes and any veg in the fridge. Dinner is 60g of pasta or rice or 3 new potatoes with lean meat and lots of veg. Sometimes as a snack I will have an apple or orange. A banana before an early morning workout. Is this too many carbs? I don't test my blood either, should I do that? I'm so confused as to what I'm doing wrong. Can someone please help me? Thank you in advance x