I am 5’8″ 18 year old female at 155 lbs. My BMI is 23.6. I would like to lower it to 20 by the time I am 21. This would mean I would weigh approximately 130lbs. I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes, and I want to eat better and live more actively. So I feel like my goals are time specific, obtainable, and healthy. That comes to about 1 lb a month. I really want to keep it off, have great skin, and still have some curviness. Please if you have any input I would be so grateful. So far all I know is that I need to drink more water, and be more active.
Thank you Demi thats a very good point. I want to make a lifestyle change. Two years is not enough time to fully benefit from regular exercise. Thank you so much for your advice.
I have type 1 diabetes and am trying to lose weight. It seems to be a never ending battle. If I eat carbs I have to take more insulin which causes me to gain weight, if I dont eat carbs I get a low. Is there something IN insulin that makes a person gain weight or is it because insulin makes you more hungry that causes weight gain? I am just really frustrated. I have been restricting myself to 1300 calories a day and have been working out every day and I seemed to have gained two pounds. It has gotten to the point where depression is starting to sink in from the frustration.
What do I do?
Also, I have talked to nutritionists and doctors and they all say the same thing which is eat right and exercise. But i HAVE been doing that!
I do match my insulin to my carb intake and havent been having very many carbs at all and still have managed to gain weight.
I am 22 years old, about 5’11″, over 350 lbs and there’s a history of diabetes in my family (type II, I believe). I’ve been trying to get into a fitness routine to lose weight and get healthy but I have been finding it hard to get settled into a routine. A few months ago I joined a gym and started doing cardio (elliptical for 50 minutes/4.5 miles each day, plus 100-200 sit-ups at home afterward) and started eating sort of healthy (salads, no fast food) and saw some improve but eventually I lost my focus and quit.
What I need is a good idea of what I need to be doing. When I read about dieting online I get kind of confused and overwhelmed with all the terms and everything. Are there any books or sites that make all of the nutrition information I need easier to understand?
I’ve been going to the gym again recently and want to know what’s the most efficient way I can get into better shape and overall healthy…
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I saw some pretty good results by doing cardio and some lifting the last time I had a routine, but I was told if I did too much cardio and not enough lifting it wouldn’t be good. So I need to know what to do in that aspect.
Also, I work nights and sleep during the day. That makes it kind of difficult to manage my time and eating habits. It also makes it difficult for me to find a partner to work out with (I was lifting with my brother for about a month but, aside from him being flaky, we went mostly in the afternoon and that severely cut in to my sleeping patterns).
A good solo work out plan would be ideal for me. I would also like to know what kind of books I can read (or sites, but I find websites to be a little too unreliable with this sort of topic) to help me design a work out plan and a good diet.
My goal is to be in much better shape by this time next year.
My boyfriend (Sam) is 22 and has had Type 1 Diabetes since he was 3. About 1 year into our relationship, he never really took care of his diabetes properly (i.e. no exercise, bad sleeping patterns, eating the wrong food). It look an 11 day stay in the hospital in December for him to realise what he was doing wrong. He had severe diabetic acidosis at the time (dangerous high blood sugar level) When he came out of hospital, he started taking his insulin properly (4 times a day as reccomended by his doctor) and eating and exercising.
Now there’s a problem. He’s going back to bad habits as currently he is jobless. He keeps saying he’s trying to find a job but it’s getting no where. Now he’s at home all the time, eating wrong and sleeping all day and not sleeping all night. And because he started eating alot out of boredom, he decided without consulting his doctor, to increase his insulin unit from 14 to 24.
Because of this, 2 nights ago he had a dangerous low sugar attack. He had an seizure and was being violent and I almost lost him that night. We had to call the paramedics and they said had I left it any longer or not been there, he would’ve for sure been dead. He doesn’t seem to understand how I feel about this. I’ve hardly slept since then because I’m scared it will happen again.
I don’t mean to be pushy with him, but he constantly talks about wanting a future with me, yet, how can that happen if he doesn’t start looking after himself. In 3 months (I am living with my parents) my parents will be retiring and leaving the country and I want to stay behind because of my job. Sam had plans that we would move in together and start a life together. But cause of his current situation, that’s not possible and now I have to share an apartment with another friend. I don’t know if he’s really trying to get himself together or not. I know we are in times of recession, but it doesn’t stop you from really trying to find a job. He’s been jobless 6 months now. At the same time, he doesn’t look after his health. Even with all this, he keeps talking about our future together (i.e. wedding, apartment.. )
What should I do? Do you think he is even responsible? I feel I can only help him to an extent without doing things for him as I have my own life to plan aswell. Am I being a bad girlfriend? Is it even wrong that I’m constantly worried about his health?? I just don’t want to wake up to find him dead. I’ve lost 2 nights of sleep.
Don’t get me wrong, Sam treats me like a princess. It’s just he’s so stubborn and won’t even have regular check ups for his diabetes and 6 months without a job is a long time.
What can I do??? I feel sooo lost….
please help me im 13 years old and need to lose weight really bad. im not one of those girl that is already skinny and wants to lose more weight. i just really need to lose weight for this beach party im having at my school its in about 5 months. And i don’t want to go there looking all fat. plus im sick of being fat. i use to be really skinny and i want to go back to it. Plus i want better health and want to decrease the risk of getting Diabetes.
So can anybody help me i just need a breakfast meal and a lunch meal, plus a exercise plan. Plus i need a lunch meal that i can just take to school nothing that i would have to cook, plus i need meals that are cheap.
*Please i really want to lose weight and make my health better. Thanks ?
Plus i have basketball practice after school for 2 hours
