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Hi Julia, I can so sympathise! Gained 10 kg since Type 1 diagnosis 6 mths ago and it feels like 1 kg of muscle and the rest in padding! My BMI is still only around 21, but body fat % is now almost 32% - the borderline for obesity(!) according to some indices... I too started semi-low carb (50...

Hi Yellowmonkey, To be honest, this sounds very like my father's complaint of generalised anxiety disorder GAD which is often overlaid with depression. Characterised by anxiety that everything is about to go wrong (relationships, finances, work, sometimes plus true phobias) which can paralyse...

Thanks so much for the encouragement. Yes, I'm hopeful low carb is going to be the way to go for me. Have already eliminated rice and noodles from my diet (& thereby about 80% of all Asian cuisine!). Weaknesses include crisps, bread, oatmeal, fruit. Mostly avoided, but still too many lapses...

Hi all, I was diagnosed at age 51 just over 6 months ago when initially welcome weight loss (35 kg in 10 months) just wasn't stopping, plus too much thirst, peeing, fatigue, infections, etc kicked in. Given ****** lifestyle for last 10 years, diabetes wasn't a surprise but discovering I'm type...