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<blockquote data-quote="Aginoth" data-source="post: 933468" data-attributes="member: 200234"><p>Everyone is different but the advice I have been going on is that to lose weight women eat 1200 to 1400 calories a day and men eat 1800 to 2000 a day when they're trying to lose weight. For women, that means three 300-calorie meals and a total of 300 calories in snacks during the day, whereas for men meals can be 450 calories each, with snacks adding up to 450 in total.</p><p></p><p>Additionally I have restricted myself to a target of 80-100g carbs per day (Max 35g carbs in any one meal) to reduce my insulin needs (I have managed to reduce my Basal by 40% and my bolus by 60% by doing this).</p><p></p><p>I make sure I do a long walk everyday, at least 5km, and step count too with a 10000 step minimum target. Unfortunately I can't run or cycle due to arthritis, and I hate swimming.</p><p></p><p>I have lost 5kg (was 117kg now 112kg) in the last 5 weeks doing this, and have now got excellent BG readings (my 14 day average readings are Fasting: 4.8, Pre meal 5.6, post meal 6.9)</p><p></p><p>Expecting weight loss to slow as I go along, but so far so good, and of course as weight is lost my insulin needs will also further decrease.</p><p></p><p>Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aginoth, post: 933468, member: 200234"] Everyone is different but the advice I have been going on is that to lose weight women eat 1200 to 1400 calories a day and men eat 1800 to 2000 a day when they're trying to lose weight. For women, that means three 300-calorie meals and a total of 300 calories in snacks during the day, whereas for men meals can be 450 calories each, with snacks adding up to 450 in total. Additionally I have restricted myself to a target of 80-100g carbs per day (Max 35g carbs in any one meal) to reduce my insulin needs (I have managed to reduce my Basal by 40% and my bolus by 60% by doing this). I make sure I do a long walk everyday, at least 5km, and step count too with a 10000 step minimum target. Unfortunately I can't run or cycle due to arthritis, and I hate swimming. I have lost 5kg (was 117kg now 112kg) in the last 5 weeks doing this, and have now got excellent BG readings (my 14 day average readings are Fasting: 4.8, Pre meal 5.6, post meal 6.9) Expecting weight loss to slow as I go along, but so far so good, and of course as weight is lost my insulin needs will also further decrease. Good luck [/QUOTE]
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