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Hi, im a newbie. Symptoms for quite a while and diagnosed yesterday. Taking tablets but might need to go on insulin.
All very confusing at the moment. Took a few attempts to get blood this morning can only get easier. Im overweight so planning foods that i can and cant have. Question please. Why do we need to get feet checked?. This looks like a great group, thanks for letting me join. Liz
 
Most agree that getting your weight down is a vital first step to getting your blood glucose under control for T2 diabetes. Some find that easy and some don't. Most get there in the end but it helps if you have a plan that you can keep to. You can get a double whammy by heading for a low carbohydrate diet. In simple terms, less carb in the diet means less glucose in the blood and cutting carbs cuts calories. Read around the forum and you will get the picture. Ask questions and you will get answers.

Bruce Sephens has covered the foot checking.
 
Welcome to the forum @Lizzie66

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis.

One of the biggest questions when newly diagnosed is often ‘what can I eat’ and while there are obvious things like cakes, biscuits, sweets and sugary drinks that you will be wanting to cut out straight away, you might be surprised how much *all* carbohydrate affects your BG levels, including rice, pasta, bread, pastry, grains, cereals and many fruits.

The really tricky thing is that blood glucose responses to food are highly individual, and it can be impossible to say which types and amounts of carbohydrate will ‘spike’ your blood glucose (BG) without checking for yourself.

If you are trying to lose weight and want to ensure that your diet is also BG friendly, you may find that standard low fat ‘Eatwell plare’ advice may not particularly suitable for your diabetes.

Most T2 members here did that a diet which reduces carbohydrate, and chooses the types carefully to suit the individual seems to produce the best results in terms of both weight loss and blood
glucose

You may find the Weight Loss board a source of support, tips and ideas - https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/forums/the-weight-loss-group.22/
 
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I got no information other than 'take these tablets' from the GP, but I had already done low carb and been told not to - I just went back to it and in 80 days was no longer diabetic. I used a meter to check my blood glucose levels and ate low carb foods rather than trying to eat small amounts of anything higher.
 
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