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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TJM13" data-source="post: 2688811" data-attributes="member: 581504">Welcome to the forums mate, I'm now into my sixth month since diagnosis so all your comments are still very familiar to me. One thing I will say about the weight gain from my experience, I am naturally not very heavy at all, probs 10-11 stone at my heaviest however on the day of diagnosis I was just under 8 stone. 6 months in and with relatively decent control, I'm currently up to around 10ish. I definitely noticed as I got closer to my natural weight, the weight gain slowed down a lot compared to the initial few weeks. My approach (as like you I was conscious of gaining too much weight) is basically make my food choices the same way I did before I was diabetic, try not eat too much fatty foods and takeaways, eat veg, bit of exercise etc. Everything works differently for everyone however it seems to be working for me.If you have any questions, make sure to shout on here. This forum has taught me so much and the people here are great. Personally I think it's been 1000x more useful than my healthcare team as you really get the insight and understanding from people living with T1 and it seems there's always at least 1 person who has experienced the exact same question or issue you are looking for.</blockquote>

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