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I was told in 2010 that I have very mild, background retinopathy in both eyes, and this has continued to be the case for 7 years. I thought the best I could hope for with this was to stop it progressing through good blood glucose control, and hopefully never end up with a problem (it doesn't...

If you pop the numbers into Jenny Ruhl's diet calculator, it goes on to explain why a sub-1000 calorie diet is not advised: http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/DietMakeupCalc.php Look, you're probably just trying to get the weight loss done, which is an understandable and healthy attitude when...

Thanks for the comments. In any case I'll need to be careful with this and do lots of testing. The issue I've been having is late afternoon drop which also shows up on the late afternoon basal test, yesterday BG dropped from 6.5 three hours after the lunch time bolus to 4.4. I've tested the...

I'm on a levemir split at the moment - 3u in the morning, 17u before bed. My sensitivity to the morning levemir has been improving again and I am considering using it just the once a day. The problem I've sometimes had on higher morning doses of levemir is a late afternoon hypo after 3pm. My...

Any decent info on this topic? I've done a google, but haven't really found much on this subject yet as what I have found relates to Keto diet (which I don't do). I've noticed a little ketosis after weight training today, well outside the danger zone though, and my blood sugar is 6.4 currently...

Nice work on the fasting Finsky! Sounds rough going on the last day but you must be happy with the results. Today was round 2 of basal testing for me, this time I managed it without a hypo! :D 22 hours of fasting complete. Started the morning a little higher than I'd like, 11.6, that'll be the...

Thanks Andy, that's very helpful to know. Yes you're right, I fully appreciate what you're saying in that it's best to go by objective measures. It sounds like I'm best to just get started and see what happens as I'm not on any medications other than insulin at present, so hopefully it will be...

Hi clifft. Interested to see the replies here as I've also been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid, but not due to radiation therapy. If you need to eat carb foods, can you go for options that include more fibre that you might need less insulin for? Alternatively, as a type 1 diabetic, you...

After being told to phone my GP surgery, I was told by the receptionist today that levothyroxine has been added to my prescription as a recommendation from the endocrinologist. I do not know what my latest test results are saying yet. I have not been told that I have an underactive thyroid. So...

Yeah that's what I thought, makes sense. Calculators are one thing but finding out what actually works is good too! I have lost weight recently, down to 13% body fat, weight train 3x a week, run 3x a week, blood sugars and insulin coming down. So I've been making progress. The reason I started...

I'm mainly asking this to get a feel for whether this is something that we even consider as diabetics. Here's the story. Recently, I've stopped eating supper and have been abstaining from food after dinner, and I'm seeing good results with it in that my basal insulin sensitivity is improving...

So the 24 hour fast was a bit of a fail - I got 14 hours in then blood sugar came down to 3.7mmol/l after waking up on 7.0, so I had to break the fast and eat some carbs. In a sense though it's a win because it means my dose is coming down. My morning basal rate is now too much perhaps when I...

Good luck with the week long fast Finsky, sounds tough! My intermittent fasting recently has been, well, intermittent! I was on holiday last week so I relaxed a bit and allowed some carbs to be honest, it worked out fine while I was away because I was also drinking alcohol to suppress the liver...

If you are only a week in... don't be too quick to judge. The thing that makes me hungry is a high insulin level. When I initially tried a LCHF diet I found it took 2 weeks to get my insulin levels low enough. At that point it was as if my body adapted and I no longer felt hungry. If there's...

Interesting topic. I have heard Dr B suggest that high blood sugars turn muscles into sugar water. I sometimes wonder if a persistent heavy legged feeling could be the result of muscle catabolism... brutal. I had the heavy legs for a few weeks, but at the time I just put it down to a half...

So I thought I should come back to this to post my thoughts having recently developed insulin resistance. I have been offered Metformin for this. I gave up low carbing and decided to actually go about getting some results. The purpose of low carbing for me was not to lose weight, it was to...

Still seeing good results with the fasting, evening basal down to 13u now.

I think it's important to separate out a few things here: Diabetic ketoacidosis (or DKA, often referred to as ketosis): This is a serious, life threatening complication of diabetes. It is the result of coupling a high ketone level (due to a lack of insulin) with high blood sugar. It could...

Nice active thread here. As far as motivations are concerned, for whatever reason, I've never been very motivated by complications. I've sat in clinic being lectured about the risk of them as a teenager, quite frankly finding it difficult to care. What seems to be more motivating to me is the...

I'm getting in on the act with this Intermittent Fasting stuff. Now I'm type 1 diabetic, and currently 14% body fat, so I am in reasonable shape. However it was a shock to learn recently that I have started to develop insulin resistance, or double diabetes, and my doctor suggested I go on...