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<blockquote data-quote="sammy123" data-source="post: 1124650" data-attributes="member: 289327"><p>Thankyou all for your responses!</p><p>My main concern is excessive hunger- excessive eating - inability to lose weight. These are all so linked and I just dont know how to go about it. Ive upped my dose from 500 mg to 1000mg and it somewhat has suppressed my appetite but partly because I feel sick coz of the medication like at dinner i cant seem to eat anything i just have water and fruit and yoghurt. </p><p></p><p>The 500 mg metformin was making me more hunhry so I have speculated a bit and thought one of the two possibilities have arisen -</p><p>1) my sugar levels are normal and im not insulin resistant so metformin is lowering my blood sugar causing hunger </p><p>2) my sugar levels are out of whack and 500mg is just not enough so i should up my dose and see how i feel. </p><p></p><p>Without monitoring my blood sugar its hard to say anything although ive ordered a machine and that will come next week</p><p></p><p>In the meantime ill try keep a food log and stick to 5 meals per day. Something that relieves my hunger is metamucil not sure what its called in uk but very popular here in Australia. Its a powered fibre supplement you mix in water and drink it and after a bit it becomes jelly and fills your stomach up its working well i can sleep at ease at night otherwisw id have to wake up most night at 3-4 am and binge whatever was in the fridge and i couldn't help myself because stomach was so restless and I just couldnt sleep! </p><p></p><p>Lastly what are some vegetarian friendly low carb foods i can start to eat??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sammy123, post: 1124650, member: 289327"] Thankyou all for your responses! My main concern is excessive hunger- excessive eating - inability to lose weight. These are all so linked and I just dont know how to go about it. Ive upped my dose from 500 mg to 1000mg and it somewhat has suppressed my appetite but partly because I feel sick coz of the medication like at dinner i cant seem to eat anything i just have water and fruit and yoghurt. The 500 mg metformin was making me more hunhry so I have speculated a bit and thought one of the two possibilities have arisen - 1) my sugar levels are normal and im not insulin resistant so metformin is lowering my blood sugar causing hunger 2) my sugar levels are out of whack and 500mg is just not enough so i should up my dose and see how i feel. Without monitoring my blood sugar its hard to say anything although ive ordered a machine and that will come next week In the meantime ill try keep a food log and stick to 5 meals per day. Something that relieves my hunger is metamucil not sure what its called in uk but very popular here in Australia. Its a powered fibre supplement you mix in water and drink it and after a bit it becomes jelly and fills your stomach up its working well i can sleep at ease at night otherwisw id have to wake up most night at 3-4 am and binge whatever was in the fridge and i couldn't help myself because stomach was so restless and I just couldnt sleep! Lastly what are some vegetarian friendly low carb foods i can start to eat?? [/QUOTE]
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