Hi all I have type 1 diabetes and use an insulin pump. I also have coeliacs disease. I have gained about a stone in weight over the last year or so and am trying to lose it using the 5:2 diet. I tend to try and not have too many carbs anyway as I find my bg is much better if I don't have too many, but my weight has tended to go the wrong way. I exercise a lot, doing Zumba, legs bums and tums, Pilates, yoga and swimming but all to no effect. I have had my thyroid checked and there appears to be no medical issue.
Anyway on to my question, I note that 5:2 is not recommended for type 1 db's but thought this might be one of those 'could contain peanuts' type of comments so I'm giving it a try.
I have just done the third day and so far seem to be losing and gaining the same 1lb. The day after the second day I had a terrible headache and actually fell asleep in the afternoon as I was so tired. Today is the day after the third day and though I feel ok I (apart from waking with a hypo) have only lost the same 1lb I lost and gained over days 1 and 2.
Having type 1, wearing an insulin pump and having coeliacs disease, I am quite disciplined and willing to stick at it, but has anyone else out there tried it with success and can you offer any advice? Healthy eating, exercise and low carbing has not achieved results and I feel quite down with the extra weight that crept on slowly and that I have been trying to lose since it began to creep on. I have said to the doctors, dieticians and db nurses that they are dead keen to help obese people but don't have any support for normal, slightly overweight people who want to stop it before it becomes obesity. They all nod their heads and agree but do nothing. I have had different advice from all of them in terms of what to do, so now asking the real experts, those of us who actually have the problem and have overcome it.
I realise this is long winded but any advice greatly appreciated from the coal face
Thanks
Anyway on to my question, I note that 5:2 is not recommended for type 1 db's but thought this might be one of those 'could contain peanuts' type of comments so I'm giving it a try.
I have just done the third day and so far seem to be losing and gaining the same 1lb. The day after the second day I had a terrible headache and actually fell asleep in the afternoon as I was so tired. Today is the day after the third day and though I feel ok I (apart from waking with a hypo) have only lost the same 1lb I lost and gained over days 1 and 2.
Having type 1, wearing an insulin pump and having coeliacs disease, I am quite disciplined and willing to stick at it, but has anyone else out there tried it with success and can you offer any advice? Healthy eating, exercise and low carbing has not achieved results and I feel quite down with the extra weight that crept on slowly and that I have been trying to lose since it began to creep on. I have said to the doctors, dieticians and db nurses that they are dead keen to help obese people but don't have any support for normal, slightly overweight people who want to stop it before it becomes obesity. They all nod their heads and agree but do nothing. I have had different advice from all of them in terms of what to do, so now asking the real experts, those of us who actually have the problem and have overcome it.
I realise this is long winded but any advice greatly appreciated from the coal face
Thanks