I recently (about 1 and one half months) have become a diabetic. I have the typical symptoms, but I have a problem eating enough. I am still gaining weight. I have always weighed 145 to 150 and just the other day I got on the scale and weighed almost 170. I wasn't eating properly and was drinking all the time. Is this my problem and what should I do? I have 3 sisters that are all obese. All of them have to take sugar pills or insulin. My father died from diabetes. I have worked my whole life to stay at a low weight and I never eat sweets (but I have made the drinking the wrong things (Pepsi) to overcome my thirst. I don't understand what is happening to my body. I have not been able to exercise because in the last three months I have had 4 surgeries that have left me a couch potato until this last one heals. I also had knee surgery and I have to start out slow and work up but due to the last operation I can't even do that yet. Do you have any answers?