Hi! I do carb count (very closely) and I'm on a pump. I find that when I lose even the smallest amount of weight my basal rates need adjusting because my levels go down regularly, which obviously means I have to eat to get them back up.
I should have also mentioned I follow a very healthy diet already. I eat plenty of vegetables, fruit and lean meats. I just have a slow metabolism.
Thanks!
Hello Tegan, I am type 1 on a pump too and tend to have different basal rates set up in advance so that I can easily swap to them (illness, pmt etc.).
I am weight stable but always struggled with weight when eating the standard 'healthy' diet of wholegrain carbs because dosing was difficult and if I got it wrong I ended up having to eat a biscuit or 2 to bring it up and if your basal is bringing you too close to your own nypo borders then you will feel hungry and crave more sweet stuff particularly if you are following the standard advice to 'eat less, do more' which I don't believe works well in the long term.
Like many type 2s on here, I now focus on quality fats, protein and green veg so that I can minimise my insulin doses.
I started with 1 meal where I dropped the carbs and then upgraded all my meals to low carb with the rule that a) I would not go hungry and b) would have carbs if the social situation demanded it (don't want to be a diet bore). I truly believe that if you give your body high quality fuel that keeps you satisfied your body will find its happy weight. You are young so I think your body could respond well to that approach.