Tempted but scared

I was 24 when I was diagnosed in ‘98, following a nasty dose of gastric flu. I’d lost a few pounds, but nothing drastic, there wasn’t time for that to kick in - and I thought it was due to the gastric flu anyway. They did a urine test, declared I was producing golden syrup and packed me off to hospital. I had to get my PhD supervisor to take me, as I was too wobbly for the bus! I was a few hundred miles from home, so couldn’t call on my family. So I suppose I was lucky they caught it when they did - my consultant is pretty sure that the gastric flu was what caused my immune system to go into overdrive and eat my pancreas, and fast. In the 20 years since, I’ve suddenly developed all sorts of allergies, with no warning. Oilseed pollen, hair dye, and in the last couple of years, mammal meat, then bird meat and more recently cow dairy. It’s like when my immune system decides it doesn’t like something, it does it quickly and in spectacular fashion!

 

Me too unless I do low carb no cheese, butter, cream and nuts or too heavy fats.

 

Hi Guys, we have moved most of our support over to facebok and you are welcome to join our group over there at anypoint should you feel the need, you can access it by simply searching for the charity facebook page, we've had loads of issues getting notifications from the forum and as part timers we don't have the resources to keep up with new threads on this forum. Please please though pay attention to the stickies, we don't allow talk of weight numbers or dress sizes as it is potentially very triggering for people who come across these posts and it is also really unhelpful when trying to recover.

In terms of being tempted to fall back into diabulimia I recommend you get yourself some psychological help as soon as possible, Diabulimia NEVER ends well, whether that's putting all the weight back on, bringing on complications or dying. You know this though, you've already been through it. So have I multiple times and as I said it never ends well. Diabulimia doesn't 'kick start' anything other than mental illness.

 

My weight has been up and down over the years. T1 for 25 years now. The heaviest I’ve been has been around 10st and the lightest 7 stone. I’m 5 foot 5.

The only way I manage to stay reasonably slim is by not eating. Like at all. And even then I’m fatter than you’d think I would be for what I’m eating.
I’m on a pump and have around 16-18u total daily. I eat perhaps one or two pieces of toast a day and perhaps a couple of low carb snacks. Currently my weight is 8st 2lbs but I’d like to lose another half a stone. Really I need to tone up as my arms and thighs are still fat but I find inevitably exercise leads to low or unpredictable sugars. I try to walk a lot though.
If I eat anything like a ‘normal’ person eats - three meals a day - I get fat and quickly.
I don’t know why being diabetic seems to make us more prone to putting on weight, I have been told background insulin encourages weight gain but I only take novarapid in my pump. Some people say ALL types of insulin encourage weight gain. Some people will tell you that isn’t true.
My t1 dad eats very very little and is still overweight.
It truly sucks. However not bolusing and eating runs a real risk of DKA and then when you’re over that the weight will likely go back on anyway.
There is no good answer.