u/Tricky-Advice6171

I am so glad I did not let the price of Tonal scare me away. Yes, it is expensive but I have never seen that much progress in my strength this quickly and I have worked with personal trainers in the past. I am on week 3 of consistently using it after a 2-week delay due to a sprained ankle, and I am hitting PR at every new session at the moment. It is so rewarding!

As someone who has been chasing a healthier and stronger body and who is dealing with diabetes and other health issues, I would highly recommend this (and have) to anyone who can afford it. It really boils down to what matters to you and what will be a deal breaker. As I have seen others mention, the $60 subscription is exactly what my last personal trainer would charge me for one session and I have access to Tonal anytime I want. I think I will start looking at the yoga and pilates classes next!

Hi everyone, I wanted to share my excitement about having the tonal 2 ready! I was worried about the customer service experience people mentioned here, but they helped me get a much closer appointment to install the tonal 2 than was available on the provider's website. Unfortunately, I was only able to do 1 full-body workout before spraining my ankle, so I am focusing on upper-body and core workouts for now to let my ankle heal. So far, this has been an amazing and challenging tool to use!

I recently posted here, in a frustrated, tired state, about the lack of support and the judgment I was getting from those around me. In the comments, other Redditors linked me to a type I had never heard of, type 3C. I have never been more grateful for the internet and people in my life. I have been researching this type, reading comments from others with it and I have felt so much validation for the experience I have been having for the last 10 years. Diabetes meds have never done much of anything, the inability to truly predict what I can eat or not, what my body will react to or not. Reading others' stories having that exact same experience, reading that people with 3C are very often misdiagnosed and end up in DKA ( happened to me). Years of telling doctors that Metformin and other meds really did not change anything. Thank you, Reddit, for helping me realize I wasn't overreacting or being dramatic and for helping me find the right tools to advocate for myself!

I have been a weird type 2 diabetic for almost 10 years now. I have been tested for type 1, but do not have the antibodies; mine is a result of organ damage. I am surrounded by people who keep telling me to stop worrying or being anxious about my spikes. Most foods will spike me to 200+ these days. I used to not care for years. Doctors and family members dismissed my high blood sugar during blood tests, and so I figured, if they don't care, why should I? 3 years ago, I went into DKA and ended up in the ICU. So now I definitely pay more attention. It is just so demoralizing some days, and I cannot say anything to my close ones. The few times I have lately, it has resulted in comments like "you stress too much about this" or "you expect your body to be like a machine and react the same way day after day, and it won't." Having no support system and having my feelings dismissed this way many times made me just shut up about it. I know they cannot understand, as they do not live with it, but it is also hard not to be able to express anxiety or disappointment as to how my body processes food, I did not expect to spike my sugar quite as high.

I moved to the US 7 years ago to get married. I am originally French, but I have not lived in France for about 15 years now. I have this strong desire to go back home to France or at least to Europe. The day-to-day in the US is really not that bad, but the health insurance system is completely insane, and as someone who unfortunately has several health issues, the stress of having one of my meds taken away is really tiring. I miss not having to worry about going to see a doctor or getting the meds that work for me. Unlike many others here, it seems my French family is constantly telling me to come back. I just feel like there are no good solutions right now. Most countries, whether here or in Europe, have some sort of political issue. However, at least in France, I'd be able to go back to my doctors and have better quality of food that doesn't trigger my health issues so much. I am lucky that I was able to complete the immigration process before the current president and become a naturalized US citizen, but it doesn't come without the fear that everything could be taken away. For those who lived outside of France for more than a decade and went back, what were the biggest hurdles you faced?