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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2281724" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>It's common to gain weight when first put on insulin. What happens is when you become a type 1 not on insulin yet, you can't utilize all your food you eat, so you aren't really absorbing all that food and that means you are actually eating more than you need too. If you carry that eating pattern over to once you start insulin, it's too much food and hence also too much insulin. The muscle can also start coming back because before insulin you were actually cannibalizing your body for energy. That's one of the signs a type 1 gets is losing weight because they can't utilize the food they eat.</p><p></p><p>You can eat the carbs you want, I do. It's a matter of figuring out proper dosing. It's also a matter of never eating too much food than you actually need like anyone else. Sometimes you can add more protein or fat, but you still have to watch that as it could be too many calories than you actually need.</p><p></p><p>But it is common and something you have to watch for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2281724, member: 475037"] It's common to gain weight when first put on insulin. What happens is when you become a type 1 not on insulin yet, you can't utilize all your food you eat, so you aren't really absorbing all that food and that means you are actually eating more than you need too. If you carry that eating pattern over to once you start insulin, it's too much food and hence also too much insulin. The muscle can also start coming back because before insulin you were actually cannibalizing your body for energy. That's one of the signs a type 1 gets is losing weight because they can't utilize the food they eat. You can eat the carbs you want, I do. It's a matter of figuring out proper dosing. It's also a matter of never eating too much food than you actually need like anyone else. Sometimes you can add more protein or fat, but you still have to watch that as it could be too many calories than you actually need. But it is common and something you have to watch for. [/QUOTE]
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