To move more try to do some exercise weights/walking what ever more Muscle burns more calories

I was dx'd with Type 2 diabetes two years ago. I have been struggling with believing that I really have it since my numbers have almost always been under 200. I take Metformin twice a day. I know I am supposed to check my blood sugar twice a day too, but I'm lucky if I even remember to check it once a day. I need to take my diabetes more seriously, I know. I am really over weight and I also have a lot of other health problems. I have arthritis in my knees and ankles. I didn't think you could get arthritis until you were older. I'm 37 years old. I also have sleep apnea. I am supposed to have my machine on at night, but they have it set at such a high pressure. I just hate the machine. I am going to try and wear it more though. I have such a hard time with it. I really need some support and encouragement to take my diabetes more seriously. I guess the more information I get the more serious I will take it. I have been to a diabetes education class. There is a support group that meets here in town once a month that I am thinking about attending. Maybe that will get me motivated. I also have some emotional problems that makes things harder to deal with. I'm working on it though. I thought I'd come and see if I could get and give some support through this group.

I am from the middle of Missouri. I am 48 and weigh 410 lbs (have for a while)
Believe it you have it. I have been in denial the last 3 years and I am up to taking 4 medicines for diabetes I also have sleep apnea I could not sleep without my mask! My favorite just covers my nose. I have always been heavy but being sick is a downward spiral. I used to be able to do anything anyone else could but in the last year or so I have become weaker and weaker and have more problems. Hang in there. try to move more try to do some exercise weights/walking what ever more Muscle burns more calories. It will be a challenge but we can do it.

I have weighed over 300 pounds for many years. I worked in the oilfields and could climb a derrick as well as anybody. But I have gone to hell in a handbasket, and now have kidney disease and CHF. I have just lost 50 pounds (mostly water admittedly) and have quit kidding myself about additional weight loss. I will not live much longer unless I get the weight down. I want to tell overweight young people about how it will bite em on the ass eventually, but I would not have listened when I was younger.