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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1741502" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Hi, [USER=391597]@Hollieo4[/USER] , there's lots of posts on this site associating insulin with weight gain, but I think it is important for you as a recently dx'd T1 to understand that those posts are very often from T2s. </p><p></p><p>The biology is very different. Excessive amounts of insulin because of insulin resistance in T2s can lead to weight gain which is why they sensibly reduce carb intake. </p><p></p><p>But it's not the same with T1s. We're generally not insulin resistant, so we're not taking massive amounts of insulin, just enough to let us turn carbs into energy, so weight gain tends not to be that much of an issue. </p><p></p><p>Your 11 u novo isn't a large amount by any means. Some T2s are injecting hundreds and need to get specialised insulins which are 3 or 5 times as concentrated. </p><p></p><p>It's a different scenario altogether, and it's important to understand the different biology going on between the two types. </p><p></p><p>I worry that some T1s have been led astray by reading T2s stories of weight gain and then gone down some dark paths which end up in unnecessary eating disorders. Sites like this one are incredibly useful but there's still a bit of sifting required to tell whether the advice is aimed at T1 or T2.</p><p></p><p>We're obviously all different, but if it's any small comfort, I've been on insulin as a T1 for 30 years since 21, weight has generally hovered around the 70 kg mark for all of those three decades (haven't got scales at home, get weighed twice a year at reviews).</p><p></p><p>I've not found insulin to have had any significant influence on my weight. Eating more or less does - kept an eye on my weight as I approached middle age as plenty of males get a bit podgier once they hit their 50's, turned out that there was nothing a short spell eating a few spring vegetable broths, salads, lighter meals for a week or two wouldn't sort.</p><p></p><p>It's not the insulin, it's the food. Insulin keeps us alive, so please, please, please, try not to be influenced too much by the posts which try to paint insulin as a dark, negative force when it's really not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1741502, member: 374531"] Hi, [USER=391597]@Hollieo4[/USER] , there's lots of posts on this site associating insulin with weight gain, but I think it is important for you as a recently dx'd T1 to understand that those posts are very often from T2s. The biology is very different. Excessive amounts of insulin because of insulin resistance in T2s can lead to weight gain which is why they sensibly reduce carb intake. But it's not the same with T1s. We're generally not insulin resistant, so we're not taking massive amounts of insulin, just enough to let us turn carbs into energy, so weight gain tends not to be that much of an issue. Your 11 u novo isn't a large amount by any means. Some T2s are injecting hundreds and need to get specialised insulins which are 3 or 5 times as concentrated. It's a different scenario altogether, and it's important to understand the different biology going on between the two types. I worry that some T1s have been led astray by reading T2s stories of weight gain and then gone down some dark paths which end up in unnecessary eating disorders. Sites like this one are incredibly useful but there's still a bit of sifting required to tell whether the advice is aimed at T1 or T2. We're obviously all different, but if it's any small comfort, I've been on insulin as a T1 for 30 years since 21, weight has generally hovered around the 70 kg mark for all of those three decades (haven't got scales at home, get weighed twice a year at reviews). I've not found insulin to have had any significant influence on my weight. Eating more or less does - kept an eye on my weight as I approached middle age as plenty of males get a bit podgier once they hit their 50's, turned out that there was nothing a short spell eating a few spring vegetable broths, salads, lighter meals for a week or two wouldn't sort. It's not the insulin, it's the food. Insulin keeps us alive, so please, please, please, try not to be influenced too much by the posts which try to paint insulin as a dark, negative force when it's really not. [/QUOTE]
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