have just been diagnosed with diabetes type 2

[tullaghbrow]

hi my name is Naserath, I am 32 years old and live in northern Ireland. I am very overweight ( 10 stone/140 kg overweight !)and I have just been diagnosed as a diabetic type 2 a few days ago. I have been very down because my nurse said that I must lose weight as other illness ( heart, stroke etc) can occur. At first I was very upset but now I am looking to the future. I have to go and see the nurse in two days time and I am going to ask her if I can do the atkins. She said that she is probably going to put me on a tablet called metformin. does anyone on here have diabetes and have succesfully lost weight? I am worrried about my situation if I don't shift this weight. can anyone give me some advice? thanks

[Trisha001]

Hi there and welcome..I can't give you advise on Diabetes, but I can tell you that if your doctor approves this wol.....you will see results, and be happy with your decision...
Best of luck to you
T~

[gman]

Hello Naserath and welcome to the ADBB! Since you only have a day or so before a key meeting, here are some quick points with links:

1. If you can follow in the footsteps of Trisha001 (above) you will be losing a lot of weight soon! She has been a strict follower of the DANDR book..with great results. See:
30 Pounds In 57 Days! :)

2. You can get some help from Sherri from Oregon who turned around diabetes. Here is a link to one of her posts, scroll down to find her comment in this posting:
thinking about starting

3. When you talk with the nurse, you may or may not want to identify your proposed way of life / diet as Atkins. There have been some good discussions here about how people are spooked by "Atkins." An alternative is to say you want to avoid a lot of bad carbs and instead eat veggies and fish, plus ramp up exercise. One such thread on what people say about Atkins is illy's rant:
I have a rant

4. Having said that, since you will be talking with a nurse, know that research, doctors and the press have been turning positive on Atkins. See the research links, such as:
The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all

Hope this helps. Let us know how it goes this week.

[tullaghbrow]

Thanks so much for all your support you guys! , it means a lot. I am going to see the nurse tommorow and I will discuss it with her. I will approach it with a low card diet rather than the atkins. it was absolutely encourageing to read that there was others that had diabetes and did it. thank you so much you have given me encouragement and faith that I can do it !!! many thanks naz

[gman]

np naz good luck!

[Raventhor]

wow thats incredible a type 2 diebetic who over comes diebetes, isnt type 2 like where that organ i ferget its name that produces incilin stop producing all together? cuz i have a freind whos type 2 but hes pretty skinny and hes been type 2 since he was 6, so im wonderin even though hes still pretty skinny if he decides to follow this kinda of diet somewhat will it reverse his diebetes?

[tullaghbrow]

I went to see the nurse who told me my other blood test results. she said I had high cholestral as well as diabetes type 2. we discussed weight loss and I told her that I wanted to start cutting out bad carbs out of my diet ( but did not mention the atkins name ) and start exercise but she told me that a low fat low sugar diet was the way to go. she said that because my cholestral was so high she would not advise me to follow a diet that allowed me to eat foods so high in fat because I would be putting myself at risk of a heart attack. I,m confused . she did not put me on any medication, not even for the diabetes instead she is giving me a month to prove myself that I can lose weight. have to go back in a month for a check. any one on here that was in the same situation? nus

[Momtofour]

I can't give you any advise on the diabetes.

Too bad you can't have 6 months to prove yourself instead of 1. My cholesterol went up the first 2 months on Atkins and then my bad cholesterol went way down and my good cholesterol went way up. It took a few months to do this though. I just wanted you to be aware that if you do Atkins, it is normal for cholesterol to be raised for a few months before it drops down.