Hello @maurtura and welcome to Mayo Connect! I'm glad that you have joined our online support group. Yes, we have many discussions ongoing regarding diet, exercise and diabetes. I would encourage you to read some of the posts that can be found at https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/obese-diabetic-with-high-bp-need-help-with-food-addiction-vitamins/ and https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/diagnosed-one-year-ago-with-type-2-diabetes/ as well as https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anyone-find-that-foods-listed-as-safe-spike-your-blood/.

I'm also going to invite some members of this group to join you in your conversation about diabetes and diet, @ihatediabetes @brendisha79. These folks have lots of expertise in dealing with the food-diabetes conundrum and I know that they can offer you a realistic perspective to this dilemma you speak of.

How long have you been diagnosed with diabetes, Maurtura? Do you currently take meds or are you just watching your diet and exercising? Teresa

Im a type 2 diabetic and i take metformin. I am 74 years old and was diagnosed about 6 years ago. My blood sugar is 140-150. I try to watch my sugar but old habits die hard. I live on 13 acres and im really good at making excuses for not exercising. I recently had 1/2 of my big toe amputated because of infection in the toe. Ive got to do something to turn this around but it is too easy to ignore the problem. My wife is really getting upset so i guess it is time to forge ahead huh?

@maurtura Yes, forging ahead with exercise and a new eating plan are your best ways to stop the progression of this disease. When you hear from @ihatediabetes and @brendisha79 I think you will get a new perspective on this situation. They have both developed some wonderful attitudes regarding a healthy diabetic lifestyle. Have you tried any type of exercise program yet? Is there any activity that you really enjoy? Teresa

Ive played golf since l was 12. But i dont consider that exercise. Im not supposed to do treadmill or walk because i had  my big toe amputated and it will take time to completely heal. Im in cardiac rehab due to having 3 more stents put in. In short I'm messed up.

@maurtura If you are currently in cardiac rehab you are probably exercising regularly now. Golfing is exercise in that it involves walking and upper arm movement. Once you recover from the amputation, will you be able to walk? How long does your doctor anticipate your recovery to take? Teresa

He said it would be minimum 6 months to get balance issues back. Maybe more for the remainder of my toe to take over for the part i lost

@maurtura So you have some time before you can get on the golf course! You might check with your cardiac rehab folks and see if they recommend upper body exercises at this time when you have to stay off your feet. Have you started that type of exercise in cardiac rehab? Teresa