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<blockquote data-quote="rocklobsterz" data-source="post: 375675" data-attributes="member: 21205"><p>Hi Dougal</p><p>Reading your post makes me feel very sad. I have had Type 1 diabetes for 18 years (since the age of 26), so can empathise with your feelings. I think that your wish to lose weight is a good one, and you should persevere. Blood sugar control is definitely easier when one is leaner (sometines easier said than done, I realise !). You said that your blood sugars became elevated when you were restricting your calories to 600 per day ? What insulin regime are you on ? Are you modifying your injections to cope with the food you are eating ? The stress of dieting can sometimes result in elevated blood sugars ... which one of course tries to counteract by injecting additional insulin, only then to fall prey to low blood sugar (as one has not been eating sufficient to provide a trickle of glucose into one's blood-stream). Been there, many a time.</p><p>I swear by the insulin regime I am currently on: Insulin Glargine (synthetic, ultra long-term) at night, and then Insulin Humalog (synthetic, rapid-acting) as and when required, to cope with the food I am about to eat, or to provide correction when I have got things wrong ! It is harder to lose weight as a diabetic, but with attention to insulin dosage, and frequent blood sugar testing, it is still possible. I do think that there is too much emphasis placed on the importance of carbohydrate in the diet of a diabetic. If you are adjusting your insulin to reflect the amount of food you are eating (as everyone ideally should be), then you can eat as little carbohydrate as you choose to. If you choose to eat no carbohydrate for lunch, then you inject much less insulin to cover what little carbohydrate you might have consumed in eg. vegetables. </p><p>Anyway, this is the way that I manage my diabetes, and I generally find that it works well. I am physically active, and generally have good control. </p><p>I look forward to hearing how you get on when you see your diabetic nurse/consultant</p><p>All the best</p><p>John</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocklobsterz, post: 375675, member: 21205"] Hi Dougal Reading your post makes me feel very sad. I have had Type 1 diabetes for 18 years (since the age of 26), so can empathise with your feelings. I think that your wish to lose weight is a good one, and you should persevere. Blood sugar control is definitely easier when one is leaner (sometines easier said than done, I realise !). You said that your blood sugars became elevated when you were restricting your calories to 600 per day ? What insulin regime are you on ? Are you modifying your injections to cope with the food you are eating ? The stress of dieting can sometimes result in elevated blood sugars ... which one of course tries to counteract by injecting additional insulin, only then to fall prey to low blood sugar (as one has not been eating sufficient to provide a trickle of glucose into one's blood-stream). Been there, many a time. I swear by the insulin regime I am currently on: Insulin Glargine (synthetic, ultra long-term) at night, and then Insulin Humalog (synthetic, rapid-acting) as and when required, to cope with the food I am about to eat, or to provide correction when I have got things wrong ! It is harder to lose weight as a diabetic, but with attention to insulin dosage, and frequent blood sugar testing, it is still possible. I do think that there is too much emphasis placed on the importance of carbohydrate in the diet of a diabetic. If you are adjusting your insulin to reflect the amount of food you are eating (as everyone ideally should be), then you can eat as little carbohydrate as you choose to. If you choose to eat no carbohydrate for lunch, then you inject much less insulin to cover what little carbohydrate you might have consumed in eg. vegetables. Anyway, this is the way that I manage my diabetes, and I generally find that it works well. I am physically active, and generally have good control. I look forward to hearing how you get on when you see your diabetic nurse/consultant All the best John [/QUOTE]
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