Hi. I was diagnosed about a year ago, and was told i needed to lose weight. I was 6' and 21 stone, so no surprise there. But whilst my GP has never been that helpful in regard of weight loss, he did refer me to the Trust Dietician service who have been much more measured and sensible in their advice. Get a second opinion, as the first diet my GP put me on, made me feel abso awful because it wasnt giving me enough to survive on. I believe your body gets somewhat used to how you eat, and whilst we may suffer in the long term with chronic conditions such as diabetes, I can t see that we are doing the best thing to cut out all those calories staright off the line