I think I started out my diet on Oct 18th. At least that was the day I had my doctors appointment when he said I had diabetes type 2. I was the one who urged him to tell me that since I thought it would MAKE me stick to a diet, or should I say a new life style. So with just some trying on my own I stopped my crazy meal plan which consisted of waking up at around 11 AM, get an orage diet soda and putting some orange juice in it and nursing that until supper time. It tasted good but wasn't enough. I would eat a 'healthy' supper. Healthy meaning in size!! So I finally got got diabetic assessment done and she told me some guidelines in watching carbs and calories and gave me my meter. Well that completely changed the way I ate. I still wake up around 11 but I eat 2 very healthy meals a day and at least 2 healthy snacks. I finally start my diabetic classes Dec 12th. I have lost 10 pounds so far. The last time I went on a diet I hit this plateau at about 10 pounds and couldn't go any further. I need to add excersice to my program and cut out so much of my 'healthy' frozen meals.We eat out 7 suppers a week and I think I have done a good job of selecting food odd of menus. I ask them to fix them in different ways, I ask for the nutritional content to help me decide. I even lost weight over Thanksgiving. But those Christmas stockings are going to be to overcome. My sister and I have agreed that we will stuff each others and put some good stuff in the, but all of the families buy their fair share of candy to put in the,. Plus I go to Logans Roadhouse and buy lots of peanuts. I think everyone in my family could stand to loose weight but I can't convince them of that. It has to be their own decision. So I guess I will buy candy and store it at someone elses house.

The only places I can see my weight loss so far is in my cheeks and feet. My feet is wonderful, it cuts down n the neuropathy and I can actually tie my shoes now. Before I had to leave them very loose. But my cheeks I'm not sure how to handle it. When I brush my teeth I see all these wrinkles and I don't know how to tighten up my skin