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<blockquote data-quote="Jacquelineann" data-source="post: 1017886" data-attributes="member: 190946"><p>This is really interesting. I have been on insulin for a year and for the first ten months I was also taking Metformin. My endocrinologist - who I saw for the first time two months ago - took me off Metformin as she said there was no point. I have put on 2kg since then despite a diet which is certainly below 2000 cals a day. If there is one good thing about diabetes it is that I am now slim and really do not want to gain weight. My BMI (with the 2kgs extra) will be 20-21. One thing I have thought of is that when on Metformin I drank NO alcohol (as the docs here say no, although my brother in law, also a doctor, says a little won't harm) for fear of liver damage. Now I drink a moderate amount which, although calorific, will not add up that much. Average 2 glasses a day. I'd rather go back on Metformin and ditch the couple of glasses of red wine if I could stop further weight gain though in an ideal world would keep the weight off and still have those maximum couple of glasses. They are one thing which doesn't affect my blood sugar readings and frankly I like them <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Don't eat or drink very much that I like nowadays...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jacquelineann, post: 1017886, member: 190946"] This is really interesting. I have been on insulin for a year and for the first ten months I was also taking Metformin. My endocrinologist - who I saw for the first time two months ago - took me off Metformin as she said there was no point. I have put on 2kg since then despite a diet which is certainly below 2000 cals a day. If there is one good thing about diabetes it is that I am now slim and really do not want to gain weight. My BMI (with the 2kgs extra) will be 20-21. One thing I have thought of is that when on Metformin I drank NO alcohol (as the docs here say no, although my brother in law, also a doctor, says a little won't harm) for fear of liver damage. Now I drink a moderate amount which, although calorific, will not add up that much. Average 2 glasses a day. I'd rather go back on Metformin and ditch the couple of glasses of red wine if I could stop further weight gain though in an ideal world would keep the weight off and still have those maximum couple of glasses. They are one thing which doesn't affect my blood sugar readings and frankly I like them :-) Don't eat or drink very much that I like nowadays... [/QUOTE]
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