Thank you. I have found my insulin doses are a little reduced with taking Ozempic/Semiglutide. I believe I need to make more effort at eating healthier and exercising. I guess i’m feeling jaded and fed up and looking for things to blame other than myself. I need a change of attitude or focus but it’s hard to focus on one thing when there’s so many.
I’m lucky being type1 for 51 years, with minimal complications . Diabetes can certainly wear you out mentally when piled on top of all other life stuff! No idea if my extra weight has caused the insulin resistance or the insulin resistance has caused my extra weight! I am about 40-50 lbs overweight.
How do others cope with it all? Diabetes, other ailments, home life, family, work etc etc?
I’m going to carry on taking my 0.5 dose of Semiglutide once a week and make tiny steps towards reducing my hba1c. It has gone down from 62 to 58 recently.
Having replies on here and reading others posts is a help i think. It is supportive and very much needed. Thank you xxx
The insulin resistance and weight gain are sort of a circular thing.
Personally, and I keep stressing that, I find my insulin resistance is at its best when I am trim. If I gain weight, my insulin resistance doesn't rocket, but it tries to show its ugly head.
I'm absolutely not suggesting you have to starve yourself to a skinny minnie, but it is likely your life could be a bit easier if you are carrying less.
Life gets complicated, and for sure, once we achieve a few miles on life's clock, other conditions tend to muscle in. I have thyroid issues which don't help me, but I have been fortunate that weight gain has never been a massive challenge there. I was just perpetually chilled to the bone until I got the meds to a good place.
Well done on starting to move around a bit more, and reducing your A1c. I love hoola hoops and always need to have a go when I see them anywhere - including in our local Lidl a couple of weeks ago. (Thankfully the shop was quiet.

) Maybe just start adding in a few extra bits, that don't feel like exercising.
As well as the walking I mentioned earlier, I try to use stairs, rather than lifts, although I'm no slave to that one, but at home, unless I've been asleep, I try to use the loo upstairs when I'm down, or vice versa. It all adds up, and helps to encourage your muscles to be active.
Everyone who visits this forum arrived when that had something they wanted to know, or needed other support with something. Folks sometimes move on and others stick around, so the great thing about here is there is often someone around with lived experiences like your own. For me, that alone helps ease the burden I might be feeling.
Keep on going. You are moving in the right direction.