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Can you get a good psychology therapist. Eating disorders often stem from and represent inner emotional turmoil. Have something to eat. You'll feel better. To me, comfort food is any food. Please don't condemn yourself for the inability to control the eating. Once therapy, or even meditation, identifies the traumas and inner turmoil, the emotional pressure will lessen, so the need to medicate with food will diminish. It's a long and winding road, and your reaching out is a good start. Good luck.

I have found it helpful to look at it a different way. For example, instead of trying to eliminate something from your diet, place yourself on daily “minimums” of healthy food. When I was trying to lose weight I put myself on a daily minimum of 8 servings of vegetables a day. When that didn’t work I went up to 10 and eventually 14 servings of vegetables a day. Now that is a lot of vegetables. To get that many in, you basically must start with breakfast and be concerned about eating vegetables all day. It takes your mind off the unhealthy stuff and keeps you full, so I was less tempted. It also provides a sort of confidence that you can self-help yourself.

Be mindful that you can’t put anything unhealthy on the veggies like store bought ranch dressing or the like. For me, I made a lot a smoothies, half fruit and half vegetables. I also made a lot of egg white omelettes with veggies. Stick to veggies you enjoy, it will make it easier. It will also keep your bowels quite regular!

I had great success on a ketogenic diet. I lost 40lbs fairly fast. Keep in mind that even on keto you have to be conscious of your total caloric intake - it's easy to over indulge on nuts and such. Keto has a high amount of healthy fats - and few carbohydrates, it switches your body chemistry to burning fat.

Journaling what you eat and not 'grazing' will help you understand what you are taking in. Get a kitchen scale that can do grams and ounces, and has a 'tare' function - the ability to zero out the scale once you put a plate or something on it.

Physical activity just needs to be simple - walk. Walk or exercise bike. Get some dumbells and lift weights every other day. Stay active 1/2 a day of walking or biking. There are cheap smart watches and such that track heart rate. There are calculators online for target heart rate for age/weight. It will most likely be really easy to get to that rate at first! 🙂

Share your progress/struggles. You are just starting 'baby steps' here. Don't assume you are going to lose xxx lbs by xxx date or anything yet.

I sympathize with you, we all have at least some of the same issues you do, and it's easy really, and hard at the same time. You can do it, you know, and when you do you will look around, feel proud, and wonder what took you so long! We're all funny creatures, aren't we!

It's a matter of allowing yourself to say yes, allowing yourself to be positive. Or as that shoe company says - Just Do It! Michael Jordan just does it and wins a championship, we just do it and get our blood sugar under control!

I had an odd introduction to diabetes, a sudden onset of VERY bad numbers and off to the hospital I went, for immediate stabilization and a couple of days of observation. When I went home I knew, for the next month at least my #1 priority, also #2 priority, and #3 priority, was get on top of this situation - or else. I had to take my meds - or else. I messed it up a couple of times but if I hadn't had 100% focus on it, I wouldn't have made it.

Yet, I should lose about 20 pounds, ok that's not horrible obesity but - why can't I get that done!? LOL. I look at myself sometimes and just SMH.

I hope you are located somewhere you can WALK! I love walking as exercise to help control blood sugar. Walk around the block, that's typically about 4/10 of a mile. Do it at least twice a day. That's all it takes, to start. Once or twice a week find a longer walk, around 2x2 blocks is about 8/10 of a mile. When you've lost some weight find some longer walks. I have a grocery store half a mile away (1 mile total round trip), come back carrying a single bag. Good lunch place 1 mile away, two different Trader Joe's each 2 miles away. Maybe there's a theme here, LOL.

And I have a friend who has been fighting a more serious case of diabetes than mine, I've tried to coach him for the last year or two. The part he has most embraced is the exercise. Not a lot, but you have to - here we go again - Just Do It! You get to meet neighbors, not to mention everyone who's out walking their dogs. I had never realized how many people in my urban neighborhood also have dogs, big dogs, little dogs, all kinds of dogs, LOL.

Diet control. Learn to count carbs. Keep your meals small. Small, that's half the battle. Avoid the worst stuff but even that, you can have, in SMALL amounts, if you must. Find positive things. Do you like strawberries? Did you know they have something in them, fisetin, that helps with blood sugar? Treat yourself to fresh (or frozen) strawberries! Just a couple with each meal.

If you can get some of this positivity into your sugar control project it becomes something you're always looking to work on, and you can make progress and feel just a little happier every day!

Get Mayo Clinic diabetes diet online and start eating those recipes. Get Dexcom G7 sensor from your primary care Dr to monitor your glucose level 24x7. Go to a furniture store or mall and walk for one hour. That will lower your glucose level & provide exercise. Make sure your doctor reviews your diabetes medicine to get the glucose properly maintained. Making these small changes will be beneficial for your health & your family. It takes time to get diabetes under control. You will feel much better with properly regulated glucose level. Best of luck to you to make these changes.

@carbcounter sometimes the hardest part of exercising is putting your sneakers on I’ve found

Good answer above to seek some professional help.

I was somewhat like you when I was first diagnosed with diabetes. I did not eat right nor exercise. What I finally did was join a diabetes support group. With the help of the group I started eating right and I exercised. And I made a few good friends that I stay in contact with. Within a couple years, I lost weight and my A1Cs have been below 6.0.

There are several good suggestions above to follow a diet routine.