Question: Have you been successful at managing your Type 2 Diabetes with diet and exercise?
Have you been able to control your Type II Diabetes successfully with diet and exercise?
If so, what has made you most successful?
Have You Been Successful At Managing Type 2 Diabetes With Diet & Exercise?
January 30th, 2010 
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Yes, getting diagnosed with diabetes was the kick in the pants I needed to change my life. I lost over a hundred pounds and was able to control my diabetes through exercise and diet for a long time. After having a child, though, I never went back to that stage even though I lost the baby weight and more. So I currently am on medication but I definitely still consider my management to be successful. With long-acting medication I keep myself very stable without dramatic highs or lows. I am a complete gym junkie and I stick to low-glycemic eating – smaller meals more frequently, whole grains, the whole nine yards. The result is that I am healthier than I was in my 20′s.
As for what made you most successful, I’d say just really micromanaging my diet and finding that low-glycemic eating works so well with my blood sugars. I’m much better off never going to high because I have fewer lows that way. I also picked up a couple of sports that I love, and that keeps me motivated to maintain my weight loss.
On one of the Diabetes forums, a lady exercises by running up and down her stairs before eating and has been able to not use Metformin to keep her sugar level. Just passing it on.