I was diagnosed when I was 18 years old so it's been 9 years for me. I didn't take care of my diabetes up until last year and that was just testing my blood, taking pills and insulin injections. This year however, I started to eat right. I started on June 4th, I keep my carb count under 20g, I know that's low but there are loads of food you can eat without carbs if you do your research. The key to my diet is to plan, I would plan my meals days ahead and cook everything fresh. At first the food wasn't great but with practice and a little experimenting, I've found ways to make healthy food taste great and fulfilling. As for exercising, there are days where I would just run for 2 minutes and there are days where I can workout for 3 hours. (The 3 hours doesn't happen that much though lol)

It's been 3 weeks since I started my diet AGAIN<== and I've lost 18lbs, 3 inches off my waist and best of all, as of last week, I am no longer insulin dependent. I don't even need my glyburide pills. So I went from 2 pills of glyburide and 80-100 units of insulin a day to nothing. I must say that I am extremely excited about that.

It's still very tough for me, with my depression and with a death of a loved one recently, there are times where I want to give up on life itself, not just this diet. I have this site for inspiration and motivation but I also have my sister and my fiance that supports me every step of the way so I do try to tell myself that although I'm emotionally suffering, there are people to help me pull through and I can slowly live again.

Thanks for reading,
Lyna

Im happy for you that you decided to take control of your diabetes. Congratulations! I too must eat low carb for diabetes and its not easy is it? Keep posting here and let us know of your progress. You can stick with this.......and the longer you do, the better you will feel. You go girl!

Congratulations for getting back into control of your life. You are an inspiration so please do come back and join us on the chat thread.

This is great news, I am so glad that you have been able to take control of your situation through dieting and effort. Good for you!

Lyna, Thats great to hear! Congrats ont he 18 pounds, its amazing how excellent you can feel when you shed pounds! Keep it up and keep us posted!

on the great success you've been having -- that is awesome! Yes, it is harder when you've lost someone special; but in time, it really does get better ...

I just wnat to say how much I admire your determination!! even though you are going through a hard time, you are still sticking to your choice to make yourself healthy and strong!! WOW!!