Diabetes Community

Hahahaha-I must laugh, for most of us search for loopholes to easier recovery. I myself went vegetarian, then vegan..I feel much better, but, alas, the bottom line is=it doesn't matter so much what you eat, or even how much you eat-it's how much you EXERCISE!!!!. I know, it sucks, I tried so many things before a dietitian clued me in to this main fact; If you exercise-even getting a pedometer to count your steps-amd get off your ass 2x a day to walk 15 minutes-that's 1/2 hour out of each day-you'll start seeing results immediately. You start kicking parts of your physiological components that have been waiting since the last time you broke a sweat to come chugging back to life-endorphins flow, the sun shines, ohhh life is getting better. You know what's right to eat, and what's wrong-once you start exercising, the healthy food helps, and the fat begins to come off. Listen, I know it's tough, and there will be setbacks-but we;ve all over-indulged ourselves in food-use that same mindset to indulge in movement. I have a knee that blows up like a grapefruit-hard to walk-but, once I do, the damned thing stops hurting, and alot of the fluid drains from that area. Drink lots of water, (even diet ice tea), quit drinking any carbonation drinks, and flush the poisons. By the way, quitting cheese, eggs, mayonnaise, and all animal based foods has made me feel 100% better. I jump out of bed. I only sleep 5-6 hours a night, and feel good all day. This started only a week or so after becoming vegan. Get used to making veggie dishes for yourself. It's harder, but the feeling is wonderful-I don't want to go back to cheese, etc., ever again. No more meat, for sure....now and then I get a hankering for some steak, but only when I'm BBQ for the family. (They say I cook meat BETTER now that I'm vegan...perhaps it's become an art-form...) Anyway, I don't know if anyone will read this, but if your sitting on the couch at home, sad because you can't stop eating, your old clothes don't fit, you're tired all the time....stop eating dairy (yes, ice cream too!!!), get on some comfy walking shoes, put on some tunes, and get your butt out there walking....I GUARANTEE it will eventually make you feel better-and if you keep it up, you get rid of type 2...and THEN what will you do with the rest of your days? (hint-shoot your TV!!!!) BTW-I'm just like you-I need to lose lbs-I know of what I speak. GOOD LUCK!!!!