nothing too pressing :)

[techyes]

It has been approx. 6 weeks since my T2 diagnosis and I'm finding it difficult to change my old junk food eating ways. When I discuss this with my Mother she doesn't understand and thinks the diagnosis should have given me a kick up the butt...and so do I. I always thought Diabetes would give me the motivation to really re-evaluate my lifestyle

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[techyes]

Thank you for the advice. :)

In addition to unclebooboo's comment.. here is something I posted in a comment earlier this week.

[mirkaei]

When you exercise your muscles need more glucose to supply energy. In response, your liver increases the amount of glucose it releases into your bloodstream. Remember, however, that the glucose needs insulin in order to be used by your muscles. So if you do not have enough insulin available, your blood glucose levels can actually increase right after exercise. Basically, stimulated by the demand from your exercising muscles, your body is pouring glucose into your bloodstream. If you do not have enough insulin available to "unlock the door" to your muscles, the glucose cannot get into your muscles to provide needed energy. The end result is that glucose backs-up in your bloodstream, causing higher blood glucose readings

[coolrunning]

I think the previous two posters answered your questions quite nicely, but I just wanted to add my experiences with exercise. I'm a type 1 so I'm not sure how your medications work with you as compared to the insulin I take, but to give you an idea of how much exercise can affect your blood sugars... before I exercise, especially when I go on runs, my blood sugar needs to be high 100's to low 200's before I go out or else I will crash. I always eat a big bowl of fruit with yogurt and granola before I run and I have to take less insulin than I normally would. Then if I'm doing any runs that are an hour or more, I have to take something with me like a sports gel because I'm almost guaranteed to need it.

I know you're not running for extreme amounts of time or anything, and everyone's body is different, but I just thought I'd throw my two cents in. Just try not to let low's deter you from exercising. Take a light sports drink with you or a granola bar just in case.

[earlylight]

Everyone covered the exercise questions. As for the metformin, yeah it's totally normal to still have stomach problems with it 5 weeks out. Normal trouble range can be as much as 6 months. In my case, I'm still having trouble off and on years later.

As for that sudden "kick in the butt" to get healthy, I don't think that magically happens either. I'm at almost years seven of diagnosis and I still haven't gotten to that moment yet.

[lizzbeth97]

Year 8 here, and i still have yet to be kicked in the butt.
my mom yells at me all the time...LOL
6 months was the magic number for me with the metformin also.
Enjoy its side effects, those are the ones that help you to lose weight..LOL.. iv been on it on and off for 8 years now, and i miss the weight loss value of the icky horse pill. :)

[techyes]

LOL. I know Mum's are trying to help by nagging but it annoys me so much. Like I don't even bother talking about it anymore.

We'll see if I've lost any weight when I see the Dr. next week, though I doubt it very much :( Thanks!

[techyes]

Well I'm glad I'm not alone with this! Thanks.

[mubeimmik]

You could ask your doctor for the extended release of Met, it has a lot less nasty side effects.

[momnpop]

I second the opinion of trying to get the extended time release Metformin (glucophage). I had so many problems with the regular metformin (gas, cramping, diarrhea etc) that I told the doc to stuff it. When the extended release became available the pharmacist told me to talk to the Doctor about it--that patients were having a lot less problems with it. Now I am taking 2000mg a day with no issues.