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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
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Diet drinks - the artificial sweeteners taste vile.
Having to forswear foods I have loved all my life.
Trying to find low carb meals when eating out.
It is that time of year again.
Mince pies, Xmas pud, roasted potatoes and parsnips, visitors who eat bread, and all that sort of stuff.
Which leads to the "just a little once a year won't hurt" syndrome.
Consequences:
(1) I am putting weight on.
(2) My (TMI) bowel movements have changed. Less bungo. I assume that this is the limited amount of sourdough bread that I am eating.
Apart from noting the apparent effect of sourdough bread, and remembering that correlation does not imply causation, I have been contemplating the weight gain when I haven't been eating large amounts of anything.
Assuming that most of the gain is fat (and I see no reason that I would suddenly gain muscle) this does mean that I am producing enough insulin to get the glucose out of the blood and into fat. If I wasn't producing enough insulin I wouldn't gain weight and in extreme cases I would start to lose weight (not to be confused with a calorie restricted diet).
What I suspect is that I have a slow initial insulin response coupled with some remaining Insulin Resistance (IR).
Time to put another LIbre on, but previous Libres have tended to support this; initial high rise and then a steep drop 2-3 hours later.
I'm not sure what this is pointing to apart from not being tempted by Xmas carbohydrates, but I did wonder if it was worthwhile considering taking something to boost my initial insulin response. It would have to be fast acting. Apart from insulin, what else is there which won't knacker my pancreas or kidneys?
The weight gain when not eating massive amounts may tie in with the discussion in another thread about long term weight gain after rapid weight loss on a calorie restricted diet, which may be due to permanent(ish) metabolic changes during the period of semi-starvation. Such that you can gain weight when eating far less than you did before your weight reduction programme.
Mince pies, Xmas pud, roasted potatoes and parsnips, visitors who eat bread, and all that sort of stuff.
Which leads to the "just a little once a year won't hurt" syndrome.
Consequences:
(1) I am putting weight on.
(2) My (TMI) bowel movements have changed. Less bungo. I assume that this is the limited amount of sourdough bread that I am eating.
Apart from noting the apparent effect of sourdough bread, and remembering that correlation does not imply causation, I have been contemplating the weight gain when I haven't been eating large amounts of anything.
Assuming that most of the gain is fat (and I see no reason that I would suddenly gain muscle) this does mean that I am producing enough insulin to get the glucose out of the blood and into fat. If I wasn't producing enough insulin I wouldn't gain weight and in extreme cases I would start to lose weight (not to be confused with a calorie restricted diet).
What I suspect is that I have a slow initial insulin response coupled with some remaining Insulin Resistance (IR).
Time to put another LIbre on, but previous Libres have tended to support this; initial high rise and then a steep drop 2-3 hours later.
I'm not sure what this is pointing to apart from not being tempted by Xmas carbohydrates, but I did wonder if it was worthwhile considering taking something to boost my initial insulin response. It would have to be fast acting. Apart from insulin, what else is there which won't knacker my pancreas or kidneys?
The weight gain when not eating massive amounts may tie in with the discussion in another thread about long term weight gain after rapid weight loss on a calorie restricted diet, which may be due to permanent(ish) metabolic changes during the period of semi-starvation. Such that you can gain weight when eating far less than you did before your weight reduction programme.
