Luscious and Kelly...Thank-you for your responses. I am a Type 2 diabetic and currently am on no medication. My blood sugar remains fairly in control following a low carb diet although perhaps a little on the high side of normal and I always have high morning readings. I lose weight slower than turtle like and I know that losing all this belly fat would help me control the diabetes better, so I am anxious to get rid of alot of it. Of course I would never think of taking the medication and eating whatever I want to. I know that you still have to follow an eating plan in order to lose. I do exercise, but have not seen significant changes in readings because of that. I'm just wondering if most of my problems have been due to being extrememely insulin resistant.