I am a tyoe 2 diabetic and am tablet controlled. I have a monitor which I use occasionally and am overweight. I cannot seem to shift the weight as 10 months ago I broke my ankle and sadly I also had an undiagnosed break to my knee so moving is still painful.My leg has healed now but isnt straight so may have to be rebroken a prospect I am non to keen on. I eat small portions and do have the odd treat but my biggest problems seem to be my blood sugar drops too low if I dont eat carbs at every meal. goes from unmeasurably low to about 3.9 and I pass out. I dont want to lose my driving licence as it is vital to my life so I do eat carbs and essentially do eat more than I should for weight loss. I am on loads of drugs I take three 80 mg tablets of gliclazide one pioglitazone and 2000 mg od metformin per day which is close to the max for oral diabetic treatment. My diet consists of a small bowl of fruit and fibre with skimmed milk two slices of bread with butter lettuce and chicken breast for lunch and a meal of meat/fish table spoon of potatoes and veg. I do have the occasional sweet but not often and I only eat fruit or raw veg between meals. I get cold sweats and feeling faint if I eat less than this and my meter readins fall low. I drink no added sugar weak squash, water or black coffeeand rarely diet coke. I would love to have things under better and more even control as my blood sugars tend to go up and down quite a lot. I walk the dog but I am inpain and can only go frequently short distance rather than a longer walk. I am also on tramadol for the pain and aspirin statin and ramapril as preventatives to side effects from my diabetes. I am sure they look after me very well at my diabetic clinic sometimes I think too well