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Hi All,
So may be a bit of a strange question, I've had a search but can't really find an answer. A bit of background:
About a year ago I got back into fitness, wanting to lose weight initially as I had put on a bit whilst working away (I was probably borderline overweight on BMI scale). At the time my basal requirement was ~26 units, I went on a weight cut in which I lost around 12kg within 3 months, with diet control and exercise. Over the three month period I dropped my lantus to a steady 14 units. Then I got back into muscle building but keeping rather lean, and over the past 6-9 months my basal requirement has been slowly increasing again, I'm currently at ~18 units.
I wanted to know if anyone had experience of this and if muscle building increases basal requirements for some reason.
May ask on FB group as well to see if people are aware of any reasons.
Thanks
So may be a bit of a strange question, I've had a search but can't really find an answer. A bit of background:
About a year ago I got back into fitness, wanting to lose weight initially as I had put on a bit whilst working away (I was probably borderline overweight on BMI scale). At the time my basal requirement was ~26 units, I went on a weight cut in which I lost around 12kg within 3 months, with diet control and exercise. Over the three month period I dropped my lantus to a steady 14 units. Then I got back into muscle building but keeping rather lean, and over the past 6-9 months my basal requirement has been slowly increasing again, I'm currently at ~18 units.
I wanted to know if anyone had experience of this and if muscle building increases basal requirements for some reason.
May ask on FB group as well to see if people are aware of any reasons.
Thanks