I've been doing 16 hour day fasting for 110 days now, trying to keep under 1400 calories most days. I've lost 7kgs and my fasting BG has finally normalised with readings under 5.5 most days. Waist is finally 80cm and BMI currently 22.8.
Still having high postprandial readings if I eat more than 20gs of carbs in the meal, but since I plan on staying LCHF that's not such a big issue for me. I eat 2 meals (and sometimes a snack) per day and stop eating by 3pm. I've been surprised how easy it's been to stick with. It took over 3 months for the fasting level to normalise, so I figure I must have finally reached the 30% liver fat loss threshold though given the postprandial readings, I guess I still have pancreatic fat as my beta cell function doesn't appear to have been restored.
I'm beginning to suspect I'm going to have to continue like this if I want to maintain the weight loss. Whether I'll think it's worth it long term is something yet to be answered.
Hi Claire, sorry if this is slightly off-topic but I'd be interested to know how your T1 was discovered and what led up to it - I'm also female, 44, with 2 kids and haven't got a proper diagnosis yet (ie I'm prediabetic) and I don't seem to fit the profile of a typical T2.Hi, I can't tell you how IF impacts on BG readings but I can tell you that it works for weight loss. I started in January 2013 and lost about 2.5 stone and have kept it off. I did 4:3 initially then 5:2 then eventually just 6:1 to maintain. I've only recently been diagnosed with type1 so I've stopped it for now as I need to see how different foods at different times affect me but I'll be back on it one day a week to maintain my weight in the future.
The forum I have linked is really useful, it's grown and grown since I was a member and I don't really go on anymore, only to make occasional entries in the tracker (which is fantastic!)
I do know that there a few members with diabetes on there and I'm sure you'll get some great advice.
For anyone starting out, yes it's hard at first, make your mantra 'I can have it tomorrow' (you very rarely will want it by then anyway!) Drink plenty of water. Believe it or not you will actually look forward to the fast days, I felt great fasting!
(hope it's ok to link to another forum, I'm claire007 on there too if you want to look at my weight loss chart)
https://forum.fastday.com/introduce-yourself-f1/
Hi Claire, sorry if this is slightly off-topic but I'd be interested to know how your T1 was discovered and what led up to it - I'm also female, 44, with 2 kids and haven't got a proper diagnosis yet (ie I'm prediabetic) and I don't seem to fit the profile of a typical T2.
I only eat once a day, leaving an 'eating window' from 6pm - 10pm. I still low carb but eat a substantial portion. I eat like this five days of the week but at the weekend allow myself to eat from midday. I have not found it difficult after the first day and I don't get hungry during the fast period. I have found I have much more energy and want to be on the move all the time. My blood sugar has been very stable and somehow I feel less burdened not having to think about what to eat for breakfast and at work!
I have lost 4lbs per week which is probably quicker than I would like but it is not much quicker than if I was on a 1,000 calorie a day diet.
I really don't know if I could eat like this for ever although at the moment I don't have any problems with it.
Hi Suzysuze,
My symptoms started with a raging thirst, and frequent trips to the loo. In the evenings I was having to go about every 45 min and up twice in the night usually. I also developed blurred vision, and dropped around half a stone in a week, this rang alarm bells so I went to the GP who after trying to tell me it was a urine infection, then tested my urine and said my suspicions were probably right, I had diabetes but it was more likely to be type 2 due to my age.
I went for blood tests the following day and the GP phoned me as soon as they came back. He said given my results they suspected type1 not type2. My hba1c was 108, my fasting BG was 20 and I had ketones +4. I was sent straight to the diabetes centre at our local hospital and started insulin there and then.
They said they would treat as type1 as too dangerous with such high readings not to. To be honest, I don't think there was any doubt it was type 1. When my GAD test came back it showed antibodies >2200 ( not sure what that means apart from there shouldn't be any, so it is nailed on), but I was treated as a T1 for 6 weeks before the GAD test came back.
I hope that helps, what's your situation?
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