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<blockquote data-quote="Spiker" data-source="post: 934351" data-attributes="member: 102150"><p>Hi there. </p><p></p><p>I should probably write a Sticky thread on this question to save time! </p><p></p><p>As a newly diagnosed T1 you were probably put on a slightly high total insulin dose in order to regain weight loss from pre diagnosis and to clear up the damage from chronic high blood sugar pre diagnosis. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately after you have stabilised and corrected your pre diagnosis weight loss, this prescribed total daily dose will cause you to steadily gain weight, beyond your healthy weight. </p><p></p><p>Like a lot of people you have not been contacted for follow up, and not taught carb counting. Like 100.0% of T1s you have not been taught how to control your weight. </p><p></p><p>As a T1 your weight will rise, fall or stay constant based on one thing only, regardless of diet: your total insulin dose. So if you want to control your weight you need to adjust your food intake (like non diabetics do) but also adjust your insulin in direct proportion. To learn how to adjust insulin to food, you need a carb counting dose adjustment course like DAFNE or BDEC Online. Or read a book on it - it's really not that hard. </p><p></p><p>If you adjust your food (like a non diabetic on a diet would) without making the correct adjustments to your insulin, you will go high or low. Neither is good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spiker, post: 934351, member: 102150"] Hi there. I should probably write a Sticky thread on this question to save time! As a newly diagnosed T1 you were probably put on a slightly high total insulin dose in order to regain weight loss from pre diagnosis and to clear up the damage from chronic high blood sugar pre diagnosis. Unfortunately after you have stabilised and corrected your pre diagnosis weight loss, this prescribed total daily dose will cause you to steadily gain weight, beyond your healthy weight. Like a lot of people you have not been contacted for follow up, and not taught carb counting. Like 100.0% of T1s you have not been taught how to control your weight. As a T1 your weight will rise, fall or stay constant based on one thing only, regardless of diet: your total insulin dose. So if you want to control your weight you need to adjust your food intake (like non diabetics do) but also adjust your insulin in direct proportion. To learn how to adjust insulin to food, you need a carb counting dose adjustment course like DAFNE or BDEC Online. Or read a book on it - it's really not that hard. If you adjust your food (like a non diabetic on a diet would) without making the correct adjustments to your insulin, you will go high or low. Neither is good. [/QUOTE]
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