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Diet Ideas??? Help!!

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Leebens22

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
So I'm a Type 1 Diabetic have had it for almost 9 years and since diagnosis I have slowly been gaining weight. I now have a few extra pounds and hate it!! I'm afraid to try pills and stuff to help curb appetite because doctors always warn me to stay away from such things. I know diet is a thing I need to change as well and I've been working on that and I also exercise as much as possible but working a night shift job makes it difficult to do that sometimes when I'm simply just too tired. So I guess I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on any pills or anything? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also I know that I use to stay relatively slim when I was on my insulin pump but I had to stop using that due to I was allergic to the cannulas and was getting too many skin infections at the site. So I now take shots but have noticed a significant weight gain. So please help anyone??
 
there are a few T1 doing LCHF, they are getting more stable BG and weight loss,

http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf it’s a long page and a video
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarbliving/a/Food-Cravings.htm For me, the more carbs we eat the more carbs we want. they don’t give up easy.
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarb101/a/firstweek.htm
http://www.lowcarbdietitian.com/blog/carbohydrate-restriction-an-option-for-diabetes-management

blood testing
http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14045524.php
food counting
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/

American diabetic association ( http://www.professional.diabetes.org/)
http://www.professional.diabetes.org/admin/UserFiles/0%20-%20Sean/dc132042%20FINAL.pdf [/url'][URL='http://www.professional.diabetes.org/admin/UserFiles/0 - Sean/dc132042 FINAL.pdf?utm_source=Offline&utm_medium=Print&utm_content=nutritionguidelines&utm_campaign=DP&s_src=vanity&s_subsrc=nutritionguidelines[/url']http://www.professional.diabetes.org/admin/UserFiles/0 - Sean/dc132042 FINAL.pdf [/url]
Evidence is inconclusive for an ideal amount of total fat intake for people with diabetes;
therefore, goals should be individualized; fat quality appears to be far more important than quantity.
In people with type 2 diabetes, a Mediterranean-style, MUFA-rich eating pattern may benefit
glycemic control and CVD risk factors and can therefore be recommended as an effective alternative to a lower-fat, higher-carbohydrate eating pattern.[/URL]
 
Hi. Weight gain with insulin is normally due to having too many carbs. Working shifts can make eating very difficult. I can only suggest setting yourself a daily limit on carbs and using the meter and scales to guide you. A limit of, say, 150 gm/day initially might be somewhere to start? There really aren't any pills that are advised for 'dieting'. If you aren't on Metformin you might suggest it to the GP. I still take them although on insulin as they have protective qualities and do reduce appetite a bit.
 
Personally I wouldn't be reaching for pills Leebens.

In order to lose weight you must burn more calories than you consume, so if you cut back on your food intake the weight will eventually begin to fall off.

I'm a type 1 and have worked nights and know what it's like, you eat more than the normal and often the wrong foods as your eating at inconvenient times. A few years back I lost two and half stone but did so over a long period of time, I did so by reducing my portion sizes and stopped snacking between meals, whilst also getting a bit fitter by walking more with my dog.

At the time I think I was eating around 130g of carbs a day, so I wasn't too low carb but was eating well below the RDA, I can't take all the credit as I did see a dietitian who had just graduated and joined our hospital diabetes clinic, they are very good at drawing up an eating plan and will look at your diet with a view to cutting back on your calories, as a type 1 you are entitled to see a dietitian so it might be worth while asking your GP/DSN or Consultant if they can refer you over.
 
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