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Finding it hard to cope Type 2

this is too difficult said:
the doctors say I'm cured. It is only controlled by diet though. I eat low carb and enough fat to make up the difference. Daibell has it spot on.
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Congratulations on your success.

Change your doctors.
 
princessleia29 said:
Hi all

I was diagnosed about a month ago with type 2 and I am currently managing through diet and exercise alone and I am still really shocked scared and confused. I am successfully losing weight (I was about 3 stone overweight) and I have lost a stone already through diet and exercise but I really want to get rid of this. I know people who have and I want to do the same but I'm so worried. I also want to do the Newcastle diet to reverse this but I was advised just to lose weight normally at first I feel as if I am wasting time and I could be sorting this out. I am also confused by carbs most things say balanced diet but I've read so much about them...everything I have is wholemeal or appropriate but I worry if I have toast for breakfast. I feel as if I am just muddling around in the dark I bought a GI diet book to help myself but I feel really unsure if what I am doing is ok. I've got a bit obsessed with testing and this whole thing is making me anxious and depressed.
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Let your meter guide you: Test, Review, Adjust

You are seeking a way of eating you can happily follow for the rest of your life without feeling deprived. The 600 calorie Newcastle diet is dangerous and unsustainable in my opinion.
 
this is too difficult said:
You will have to make some difficult choices. I and many other here eat very low carbohydrate diets.
It is good that you are testing. Test before a meal and two hours later at least. If you get a high result reduce or eliminate the carbs from that meal. It will get much better. I assumed I was going to die when diagnosed 5 months ago.
I now have no issues with diabetes.
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I have to agree that it is difficult but it can be done. I'm in the process of figuring out some nuances with my diet & medicine schedule but I will get it done eventually.

OP - it seems you are getting some excellent advice, and with me being on a different measurement system (in the US and haven't gotten to use UK measurements), I won't offer advice on that. I will, however, offer an ear to listen when you have a need to vent or celebrate, and a shoulder to cry on when you get sad/mad about your progress, and a soft giggle to myself when you get so frustrated with your numbers that you want to throw your meter against the wall - because I have been there myself and I just remember that "this, too, shall pass".
 
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