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Hi I'm a young adult type 1 diabetic and I know you gain weight in early adulthood but it's so noticeable that my clothes don't fit and in the past I've ignored how I felt about weight gain but now I cannot. How do I loose weight as a type 1 diabetic.
Hey everyone, I've been trying intermittent fasting (16/8) for about 3 weeks now, and I'm seeing some minor results, but I'm not sure if it's optimal. I used a fasting calculator to estimate my calorie deficit and potential weight loss, and it's projecting about 1.5 lbs per week. Does this sound...
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 16 years old (I’m now 26) and I’m really struggling to keep a routine of looking after myself. I keep going through cycles of wanting to get on top of it so I start managing it really well but I start to put on weight and as soon as I notice that I just...
So, I currently do cardio workout at the gym (air bike, stairs and treadmill) that is apparently supposed to burn fat and it is working but only slowly.
I was at 127kg and now I am 110kg and it took me 6 months.
Which diet would help speed this process up?
Before I continue with my introduction, I would like to add a trigger warning for those of you who have mental health problems.
I apologize if this post offends you, it is not to offend anyone but for me to reach out for help and to share my experience.
My name is Alan and I am a type 2...
hi I know this forum is meant for people with diabetes but i signed up as I need some advice my Dad is 63 almost 64 and has type 1 diabetes recently his sugars have been really high some days to high for meter to read and today was 31 then when he took his isulin it only went down to 22 he has...
Both myself and my husband are type 2 and very overweight. the last two weeks we have been fasting 16:8 and 18-19:6 and slowly moving towards low carb. I have lost weight and he hasn’t lost as much, the difference being he still takes 2000mg daily and I just stopped.
I suggested the failure to...
Hi all, my name is Tallulah, I’m 29 and a pre diabetic with insulin resistance and PCOS.
As of today, Sunday 26th March I weigh 13st 3lbs. I’d love to come off medication and my doctor has told me I need to try and follow a lower calorie diet so here I am.
I’m going to aim for 12 weeks until...
It has been documented that in patients with BMI >25 (overweight and obese), a 15% loss of body weight can reverse T2 diabetes or prevent onset of diabetes in pre-diabetics. The difficulty is, losing this weight and maintaining it in the long-term is a huge challenge!
As part of my masters...
Type 1 diabetic having good success with appetite control and weight loss with 500mg metformin 4x/d and 10mg CBD 1x/d. Also am taking 30mg/d biofisitin and 100mg/d resveratrol and various other longevity supplements.
CBD is my new addition and it is making me less anxious. By itself it doesn't...
Hi all,
I hope you are all well, and benefitting from the forum just as I do. I wanted to share what is probably a different kind of success story - but also ask, whether anyone has experienced anything similar, or has an explanation :writer:
I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in Summer 2015...
Hi All,
Feeling a little lost.
I'll introduce myself. I'm Alex, 31 with two young children. I am very overweight - currently weighing 147kg but did weigh 160kg at the beginning of my diabetes journey. It was an unexpected diagnosis. I went for a blood test to check something else and my...
I was first diagnosed with T2 diabetes about 10 years ago and given metformin 3 times daily and went on course to loose weight. Well had my ups and downs especially having asthma and needing steroids once or twice a year. I was 4ft 10ins my Bs 17 and 12st 10lbs
I’ve lost a bit ono and off over...
I will be forever grateful to all the forum members on here who guided me back to good health.
Too many to mention and I don't want to leave anyone out so will just say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone. You know who you are. You do such an amazing job of helping and supporting.....and so much...
I’ve been consciously trying to lose weight for the last few months and but have mostly stayed around the same weight. My consultant seems to think that as my diabetes control is good, I will struggle to lose any but I’m starting to get frustrated with this.
I have been going to the gym a few...
Has anyone used metformin to speed up glacially slow last-mile weight loss?
I'm now in normal-to-prediabetes territory after LCHF-assisted weight loss approaching 20 kilos (remission criteria met).
However, I am still around 2.5 kilos short of my target weight, which I want to achieve to give...
Hi guys, has anyone any idea or point me to some good video/study that shows how can I add back some subcutaneous fats without hurting my waistline or visceral fats? I have lost quite a bit of weight (mostly fats) in the previous months and even though my stats look great, to most of people I...
In June I went for routine blood tests because I have high blood pressure and am on medication for that. A follow up telephone appointment with the GP told me that I was pre-diabetic. Although he didn't give me the number for my A1C. He suggested an appointment with a diabetes nurse specialist...
Hi Everyone -
I am 32 and have 2 children. When my first child was born in 2017 I had gestational diabetes. After he was born I went right back to the gym and lost all of the baby weight and got in the best shape of my life.
My husband and I experienced secondary infertility when trying for...