You don’t know me from Adam, I’m a long time lurker who was moved to create an account just so I could reply to this thread because I think I can really help you.
You see, about a decade ago I was about where you are: Type II Diabetes starting to onset, resting BP of 110/200 oh and 368lbs. And this was after years of going to the gym, eating a low-fat diet etc, nothing seemed to work and I’d all but resigned myself to an early grave.
Then a friend gave me a book called “Protein Power” by DRs. Eades (they have a website these days). Iwas immediately skeptical because I’d heard of low-carb diets but I’d also heard they were a dangerous fad and unworkable. but the friend was someone I literally trusted with my life more than once, so I read the book cover to cover. Unlike Atkins and all his imitators this book actually explained how the low-carb thing worked metabolically and what I could expect from following it (lower BP, better breathing, lower weight, reversal of mild diabetes etc)
With great trepidation I gave it a try, (it still seemed crazy to me, especially all the fat you were allowed to eat, but at that point, what did I have to loose?)
I can’t swear this will work for you this way but here what it did for me:
After one week I started losing about 2lbs A DAY and never once felt hungry (before the diet I would get ravenous and start shaking if I went too long between meals) in the course of 3 months I lost 80lbs and being slightly less strict after that I lost about 100+ in 6 months
in less than two weeks My BP went from 110/200 to 85/135 without any medication (and stayed there)
My sugars went from routinely being in the 150-200 range to being around 45-50 most of the time (the low carb process re-sensitizes your body to insulin so you produce less, give your pancreas a rest and often reverse early type II diabetes)
My airways opened up so much that I could double my usual aerobic workout in less than two weeks
10 years later, I’ve been off the diet about 5-6 years , the weight’s never come back, my sugars have stayed noraml and my BP is a bit higher than it was but a daily pill handles that
Can’t swear this will happen to you but please, at least read the book and think about it.
good luck,whatever you decide, I’ll be praying for you
Thanks, I will look into his work.