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Has anyone else put weight on since starting on insulin? I have put on nearly a stone in the last 6 months since starting insulin injections.
Were you low carb when using insulin? I imagine if not it was the carbs that caused the gains ?I was on insulin for five years (I'm type 2) and gained a stone for every year, mainly around my middle. I now eat a very low carb diet and don't use insulin any more - it hasn't been easy - and definitely not something that I'd recommend without discussing it with a doctor first - but I have nearly lost the weight I put on while on the insulin - just got the last few pounds to go (which I keep losing but they keep coming back to find me again).
Absolutely!! Just because bs is steady and/ or in range doesn't mean it's not getting stored as fat. As I said, anything over 20 carbs and I'll store it. Always have even pre insulin.Whilst it is not the insulin being stored as fat, without it a person cannot remove glucose from the blood and store it, so glucose is eventually lost, excreted in urine and so giving the impression that X gm of carb a day is OK as there is no weight gain at that level.
Start to inject insulin or become more sensitive to its presence and X gm of carb becomes Y grams of weight gain every day -
It may well have been the carbs but insulin is know to put weight on some people - the link below is to Dr Jason Fung' s blog on it.. The hardest part of stopping insulin was the very slow balancing of reducing both types of insulin while reducing carbs. The end result was worth it though as I used get horrendous brain fog with insulin.
https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/insulin-causes-weight-gain-hormonal-obesity-iv/
I have eliminated 90% of my food and have been on brown rice, vegetables, fruit, chicken occasionally. That's it and I have still gained 15+ pounds. I exercise 6 days a week at the gym 1-1/2 hours, walk 1 hour at night. I eat my dinner by 5:00 PM and allow a 15 hour fast until the following morning. I don't know what else I can do. The good news is that at least I look better and healthier after the insulin.Thanks Mshoane. I couldn't understand because I don't overeat and try to eat as healthy as I can.
I have to strongly disagree with the DSN. Insulin itself does not make you gain weight - why should it? Insulin does not make you hungry either. It's all due to the carbs not the insulin. Injected insulin enables the body to metabolise the carbs you eat. If you eat too many then you may get a carb 'high' and then crave more carbs.I was told by my DSN a long time ago that insulin makes you gain weight. Insulin makes you hungry so you have to inject to eat and it goes round in a circle. Once I came of insulin and onto byetta I lost a bit of weight.
I have eliminated 90% of my food and have been on brown rice, vegetables, fruit, chicken occasionally. That's it and I have still gained 15+ pounds. I exercise 6 days a week at the gym 1-1/2 hours, walk 1 hour at night. I eat my dinner by 5:00 PM and allow a 15 hour fast until the following morning. I don't know what else I can do. The good news is that at least I look better and healthier after the insulin.
There's eating healthy and there's eating for someone with Type 2 diabetes and they are not necessarily the same..Thanks Mshoane. I couldn't understand because I don't overeat and try to eat as healthy as I can.