Gummy Belly

My stomach is starting to resemble a balloon with a slow leak that has deflated half of its air. It's kind of gross feeling and looking. It's just not as firm as it was when I was heavier before my  Type 2 diagnosis. It's rather squishy. It feels like cottage cheese in my gut. I know the adipose tissue is breaking down and the loose skin will shrink some.

Who would of thought giving up the foods and beverages that increase glucose would cause such a loss? My exact weightloss is yet to be determined. I normally don't weigh myself often between appointments. I was at 158 on 4/25, 157 on 4/29 and 151 on 5/26 . I'm estimating my exact (current) weight to be 145-147.  I am averaging 1-2 lb loss a week. My Drs appointments are next month so I'm hoping to be at 142. I decided at the beginning of my diagnosis 135lb would be a good weight for my height.

Even with the loss I'm struggling with elevated glucose from time to time. I've given up so much of the bad things for me I'm clueless how to stop the loss when I reach my goal. The weightloss won't make the Diabetes go away. I might end up with better control of the T2.

I gave up  full sugar carbonated beverages such as Coke and Mountain Dew. I stopped eating chocolate and sugary treats. I started eliminating potatoes, pasta, rice, bread, high carbohydrate foods. I try to make better food choices and read food labelss.

The stranger thing is once you start eliminating sugar, carbohydrates and starch from your diet the fat your actually consuming decreases. Because I've watched for carb content before purchasing any processed foods I eat less of it. Most processed foods contain Alot of carbohydrates, salt , sugars and some fat.

The fat I consume is around 15- 25g a day. Carbohydrates below 40g a day, sugar less than 15 g a day. And 30% of the RDA recommended amount of sodium, I hate salt.

15g of sugar seems like a lot for a diabetic but everything has some sugar in it and the 15g is consumed throughout the day. Some days the sugar content might be higher. It just depends on what I decide to eat that day. I do eat. Probably not as much as I should. The calories I'm eating isn't enough.

A lot of people who walked this path before me have given me invaluable advice. I'm looking for healthy alternatives to start eating more without weight gain or jeopardizing my glucose and adding a multivitamin for optimal health.

I'm trying hard to control the Diabetes so it doesn't control and eventually kill me. People who control the T2 can live for decades without ever progressing to insulin. I want that for myself. I've watched too many friends be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes ,misbehave and not follow a recommended diet end up on insulin.

There is a lot riding on my ability to control the type 2 diabetes, my future and my life.