I'm a reasonable well controlled type 1 diabetic who wants to lose a little bit of weight. I take Novorapid insulin with every meal and Lantus as a back-up insulin. I'm not really overweight with a BMI of 21.0, weighing 78/79kg, being 1.75m tall. I'm very active and go to the gym at the same time every day, 7 days a week, and have done that for may years. I also go for a walk or somthing similar like go on a crosstrainer/spinbike nearly every day in addition to my my activities in the gym.
I'm sitting still much of the rest of the day in front of a computer.
Since taking insulin 4 times per day, and eating so little (see below) I frequently have had some hypos, which I dislike very much.
I've tried to lose weight over the last few weeks, and the principle I've followed is to calculate how many calories I need per day, which is about 2300, and reduce that by 500 calories, try to eat around 1700 calories per day. The glucuse levels been reduced the same, and I've tried to eat many GI products like cauliflower, broccoli etc, but have also eaten 2-3 boiled small potatoes with most of my main meals, in addition to a small piece of meat or fish.
By following this diet I haven't really lost any weight at all, so I've tried to reduce the number of calories even further down to around 1200-1300 calories per day, which is very little with my activity level.
I understand that insulin is a hormon, that the body is using to store the fat.
So my problem is how or what do I have to do to reduce my weight a little in a controlled way , eating so little? Some days eating 1200 calories, my weight's gone up a kg.
So before you say that the number of calories I'm eating must be wrong, let me explain:
Breakfast around 224 cal (carbs 40g), an apple around 11 at 47 cals (12 g), lunch same as breakfast at 224 cals (40g), a fruit at 4 oclock 57 cals (13g), dinner around 6pm 500 cals (carbs 50g), and a fruit again at 9pm of 57 cals (13g), maybe a snack at 11 100 cals (30 g carbs), is around 1200 cals, carbs about 200g, adapting my insulin to this and my activity level.
I've been trying to get hold of a NHS dietician in the hospital where I'm controlling my diabetes at, the St. James hospital in Leeds, but have waited now for month without an appointment.
Anyone understanding my problem and can give me some advice.
I would appreciate all comments.
I'm sitting still much of the rest of the day in front of a computer.
Since taking insulin 4 times per day, and eating so little (see below) I frequently have had some hypos, which I dislike very much.
I've tried to lose weight over the last few weeks, and the principle I've followed is to calculate how many calories I need per day, which is about 2300, and reduce that by 500 calories, try to eat around 1700 calories per day. The glucuse levels been reduced the same, and I've tried to eat many GI products like cauliflower, broccoli etc, but have also eaten 2-3 boiled small potatoes with most of my main meals, in addition to a small piece of meat or fish.
By following this diet I haven't really lost any weight at all, so I've tried to reduce the number of calories even further down to around 1200-1300 calories per day, which is very little with my activity level.
I understand that insulin is a hormon, that the body is using to store the fat.
So my problem is how or what do I have to do to reduce my weight a little in a controlled way , eating so little? Some days eating 1200 calories, my weight's gone up a kg.
So before you say that the number of calories I'm eating must be wrong, let me explain:
Breakfast around 224 cal (carbs 40g), an apple around 11 at 47 cals (12 g), lunch same as breakfast at 224 cals (40g), a fruit at 4 oclock 57 cals (13g), dinner around 6pm 500 cals (carbs 50g), and a fruit again at 9pm of 57 cals (13g), maybe a snack at 11 100 cals (30 g carbs), is around 1200 cals, carbs about 200g, adapting my insulin to this and my activity level.
I've been trying to get hold of a NHS dietician in the hospital where I'm controlling my diabetes at, the St. James hospital in Leeds, but have waited now for month without an appointment.
Anyone understanding my problem and can give me some advice.
I would appreciate all comments.