I’m aware that the insulin hormone is part of the growth hormones system playing a part in our growth, and that injecting insulin constantly into the same area will cause fatty lumps under the skin ‘Lipohypertrophy’ because the insulin is encouraging fat growth at that point..
But I find it difficult to believe that injecting ‘insulin’ or quantity per dose is the lone cause behind why some diabetic put on weight…
I think two other factors also play major part in the diabetic plight of weight issues…
1, the incorrect use of insulin, leaving the diabetic having to feed the insulin they’ve injected to prevent hypo’s
2, like every other human diabetic or not, if your calorie intake is higher than what your body is able to burn then the body stores this as fat, so one would then like everyone else be highly like to susceptibility to becoming overweight..
I’ve never had a weight issues, before I was diabetic, but since becoming diabetic I’ve remained between 1 to 1 ½ stone lighter than I was before I was diabetic, so one could safely say that injecting insulin hasn’t caused me to gain weight…
It’s not that I’ve really changed my eating habits as such, I eat the same types of food before diabetes as I do as a diabetic I just have to work out what type of carb, the amount of these carbs and several other factors to work out my insulin dose to cover what I’ve ate…
I got up for work today, fasting bg was 5.2 so had my usual cereal breakfast, went to work, by break I was 4.4, so had my work treat a kitkat (no bolus as I know I will work this off) and a hotcross bun that I bolused for (as this isn’t norm) I arrived home at dinner time to a spot on 4.5 BG… To suggest that using my insulin to cover the evil carb, that I’ve consumed and it’s causing me to be over weight hmm at 81/2 stone and being described by a consultant a very slender build!
So it’s no surprise that I remain a doubting Thomas, when I’m told that I have to restrict my carbs by reducing to a very minimum amount of carbs per day and meal, and that I am to avoid all certain carbs completely and see them as evil !
I’m either an anomaly to the rule, but even then this is hard to believe as my husband has similar control to me and not overweight!