Losing weight - help?

Hi all,

Since diagnosis I’ve gained about 9/10lbs in weight back on, (diagnosed 14th Feb’18) now im not sure if that’s just muscle weight building back up or not. The year leading up to diagnosis i had lost 4 1/2 stone. But because I was already on a diet and going to the gym etc it didn’t strike me as unusual and was pretty happy about the weight loss. Turns out I just had lots of ketones burning the fat for me.

I’m now on Abasaglar 24U and NovoRapid 5, 7 And 6 is what my nurse has set.

I’m just wondering is there an actual way to lose weight without going mega low carb? I am such an extremely picky eater that a lot of foods classed as “low carb” I wouldn’t eat. I have tried foods again to check if my taste has changed but nope!

I really want to start losing weight again as I’m so afraid of putting all the weight I had lost on again.

I go to the gym at-least 3 times a week for about 1hr - 1hr 1/2 and after at-least one of those sessions I go swimming and do about 800m. I do a lot of cardio in my sessions.

It’s getting me down as I don’t want to go to how I was before.

Would you guys recommend having little to no carbs for breakfast and lunch and then continue eating what I would usually for dinner?

I live with my boyfriend and his family, so for dinner I don’t really get a say in what we eat, it’s usually whatever they buy for food and whatever they decide to cook. They don’t really understand that my dietary needs have changed and still look a lot of things containing chips or potatoes.

How many carbs do you take in a day and still manage to lose weight with?

Do any of you do slimming world and is it something to look into?


Thanks!

KK123 said:

Hi Louise, how much do you weigh now (do you know your BMI)?

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I’m not sure of my BMI but I am 88kg (13st 8lbs) and 5’2.

Thank you KK123.

I really want to give the low carb diet a try and see if I have any luck shedding a few lbs. Id be happy to get down to 12st and stay at that point, 10 at a push if I can.

for breakfast today I had a cheese omelette with baked beans and streaky bacon and decided to not have any bread. I would usually have wholemeal.

Are you ready for the in-coming list of foods I like?!

• Wholemeal bread, crumpets, pita, pannini, rice,
• Pasta - any type really, I have been sticking to the portion sizes sometimes smaller. E.g. 50 or 100 grams.
• Vegetables - Carrots, parsnips, any peas, runner beans, sweet corn (a fave), broccoli, cauliflower, onions, mushrooms,
• Salad type things - Red/Yellow Peppers, cucumber, spring onion, cabbage, lettuce, radish, lentils,
• Meats - Sausages, chicken breast, minced beef, turkey, gammon, bacon.
• Fish - Tuna, cod and fishcakes (Tried non baked salmon and didn't like the texture)
• Fruit - Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, oranges, clementines, bananas, apples, red grapes,
• Cheese - I only like mild cheeses. I have been snacking on babybells a lot recently.
• Breakfast - I usually have weetabix, porridge, toast or bananas.
• Extra things - Eggs, rice cakes, cauliflower rice, raisins, bread sticks, muller light yogurts,

Things I know I certainly don't like are mostly fresh tomatoes, but I like tinned ones, avocados, and any type of nuts (believe me - I have tried tons recently to find ones I do like and I just really don't )

Obviously there are tons more food I do like, but this is the general jist.

LouWilk059 said:

A lot of what you eat is fairly high in carbs. Check out the following link...

https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/foods#foodlist

Please be aware that... "Lower carb diets will require a reduction in insulin and could result in hypoglycemia if doses are not changed correctly. It is recommended to speak to your doctor before going onto a significantly different diet." ...
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diet-for-type1-diabetes.html

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thanks, will check it out.

Yes, I am aware that it is high carb but those are just the things I like, not what I eat on a daily basis I have lowered the amount of bread and potato things I eat, and try eat more salad stuff at lunch and snacks - not sure what veg are high carb or not.

DCUKMod said:

@louisemariexo - You have said before diagnosed you were losing weight. Were you trying to lose weight? If so, what was your approach then?

Knowing what you did and got on with would help us a bit.

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I was eating generally a healthier diet and exercising lots, but now I’m not even sure if that was working because I was healthy eating/exercising or because of the ketones?

My exercise routine is the same as what I did then, I was going for low calorie though.

Thanks for the replies guys

Edit: to start with I was losing about 2lbs a week and then from November onwards I was losing 4lbs without trying to and whilst eating rubbish through Christmas. I started the diet in March’17.

DCUKMod said:

Yes, difficult to know whether your loss was diet or your T1 creeping up on you.

To be honest, bearing in mind how recent your diagnosis was, you might be better for striving to get to a steady state, rather than being so focused on losing. If you can get yourself to a neither losing nor gaining, even just for a short while, then at least you would know then that it was your lifestyle that would be leading to your weight loss..

I appreciate that you don't want to regain the weight you have lost but your body is going through so many changes on the period leading up to and recovering from a T1 diagnosis, just maybe draw breath before the next change?

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Yes, maybe you are right. Maybe I feel in a rut because my body is still recovering. I’ll keep eating healthier and doing what I do to try and maintain and not gain.

Then I’ll think about the rest. My levels are much better than they were but still settling down sometimes. I also have a cold right now so that’s not helping

Thank you.

NicoleC1971 said:

So you have r but egained some weight that you lost as a result of not having any insulin on board. That's normal so don't panic! DCUKMod is right in suggesting that what has worked in the past may well help you now but as a type 1 who easily packs it on, I've found that eating low carb and not snacking has helped me live easier with my type 1 without the calorie counting/syns/points etc that tend to fail. I am a personal trainer too and do not find that exercise is no good for weight loss (we all inadvertently compensate for calories burnt by eating more and/or collapsing on a a sofa) but its brilliant for fitness and being nice and insulin sensitive. Just saying that getting the diet right will be the most effective place to start.
Your lists of foods is varied and has plenty of fats and proteins but start with maybe 1 meal that you can control and don't go hungry at that meal (eat as much fat/protein as needed to fill you up) and do adjust your bolus because frequent hypos will make weight loss very hard and are horrible anyway!
Snacking also makes control and weight loss tricky - do you snack and can you cut that down in any way?

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I tend to snack much more when I am off work, when I am at work (I work in a nursery) I don’t have time to snack so I only have breakfast then lunch and dinner. So at work between 8 and 3:30 I only eat lunch (unless I go hypo).

Sorry if I am not reading your wording right; is exercising good or no good? I like doing it to try tone up a bit.