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Type 1 diabetics: how much weight can I expect to lose on lchf combined with exercise?!!

bellabella

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hey guys!
Two weeks into lchf- no major weight loss yet, just a slight reduction in belly bloating. Started going to the gym this week an plan on doing three sessions a week of cardio and some resistance.
I'm 5 foot 4, 12 stone, size 14- would like to get down to 10 stone- size 8, in the next few months.
I have an event in one month for which I would love to be down a dress size, and have a much trimmer belly.
My diet at the moment consists of eggs, LO carb sausages, veg such a spinach, cheese, Philadelphia, 99% choc, and LO carb noodles etc. I'm trying to drink water and increase salt a little bit too.

Basically I'm just wondering, when you guys started to see results, how quick the weight loss was, and if you did anything in particular that speeded it up?
I've become a flubber since getting diagnosed, thanks to too many hypos, carbs, and fear of exercise for about 6 months post diagnosis.

I just want to be attractive again, and feel better about myself

Thanks
 
Weight loss heavily depends on how many calories your eating each day compared to how many calories you body NEEDS to maintain your weight. You can be on LCHF and still gain weight if you don't watch your caloric intake.
 
As a T1 I embarked on a low carb programme in September and it was accompanied by resistance training (and not cardio).

I was mildly overweight (BMI around 25.5) at 100.2 kg and had a body fat level of 25%. I am now 89.3kg, have a body fat percentage of 12%. To get to this point, I go to the gym three to four times per week and do resistance training in supersets that creates a HIIT effect. I eat 30-50g Carbs a day. I lost weight in roughly three months and have kept it off while trying to build muscle.

I do throw in a cardio session once per week, but that's not the focus of my training.

My girlfriend has been doing the same programme and has in the time period since late September lost 16kg. She eats lower carb than I do.

The key thing is to control calorie levels. I eat 2000 cals per day roughly, and when I want to cut fat, 1750. She eats 1500 a day and still believes that she needs to lose weight.

What I'd say is that the resistance/weights work is far more efficient when done properly for weight loss than is Cardio. Cardio helps, but it is the weights that really drive you in the right direction. As one of the trainers at the gym says, weight loss and leanness is achieved 10% in the gym, 90% in the kitchen.
 
Really helpful thank you!
When doing resistance training have you had much bother with your glucose levels spiking post workout? Ive found a few times that my bg's would be 10-12 post workout and would remain that high for a few hours after. From doing a combo of cardio and resistance.
I'm trying to think of the bigger picture and of the fact that more exercise will ultimately increase insulin sensitivity and decrease requirements, but at the same time,I just don't like spiking like that
 
I don't find a spike post exercise, I tend to see it as I get started. Post exercise I've found it tends to be all downhill rather than spikes.
 
I spike at the beginning, and it generally begins to wear off about 1hr in. On the bright side, at least I can exercise any time, as don't need to fear hypos!
 
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