I'm getting in on the act with this Intermittent Fasting stuff.
Now I'm type 1 diabetic, and currently 14% body fat, so I am in reasonable shape. However it was a shock to learn recently that I have started to develop insulin resistance, or double diabetes, and my doctor suggested I go on Metformin to manage this.
Low carbing in the evening worked for me, for a while, but then my total daily dose started to creep up insidiously...
So, now I'm bringing out the big guns. A daily 12/12 intermittent fast. Only 4 days in but already my total daily dose has dropped by 6 units, and more importantly, 2 of those units have come off my night time Levemir, which my doctor said was the goal of the Metformin treatment anyway.
My basal dose is probably quite low for a type 1, but the profile of it is unusual: in the morning I only need 5u of levemir, but in the evening I'm taking 14u, and sometimes they are overlap to cause morning hypos unfortunately. I've got to a point where I can't just increase the dose any further, otherwise I'll hypo at 2am, so the only options are to limit insulin, or wake up in the middle of the night and take even more insulin - but the latter would only compound the problem.
Despite the reasonable body fat percentage, I put on 6 pounds in the last 3 months which was a complete shock to me, especially given I just finished a half marathon last month. I'm sure a few of us have similar stories to tell with age...
The simplicity of the intermittent fasting appeals to me. No more expensive low carb supper which doesn't really work anyway (I was having to bolus 4u for the protein in it.) Just 12 hours of fasting a day, done, and I can eat normally in the other 12 hours to sustain myself.