weight gain with useing insulin

[JamesA]

Isn't it as simple as the carb is actually being used now rather than being peed out in your urine?
When you switch to insulin or move from high to good blood glucose results the higher insulin means more carb is going to the cells.
If (somehow) we took the exactly correct insulin for the food we ate, then the diabetes would be irrelevant and you'd be looking at the same weight-gain issues as a non-diabetic.

 

[dlashmar]

I was diagnosed with Type 2 eighteen months ago, then in february started on lantus (now on 28 units at night) and 8 weeks ago started on novorapid 6 units before meals.
I've gained almost 4kg in a few short months and no matter what I do, can't shift it (doesn't help that I have arthritis of my spine so exercise is difficult!)

Anyone have any advice for me to help loose weight???

Read posts above and saw that many have problems with thier healthcare staff. I must be really lucky, the Diabetes nurse based at my GP practice is excellent, she listens, advises and offers opinions as to what is for the best, but lets you decide the way forward. She really has been a blessing, My mum (who has type 2 as well) has sung her praises for the last few years, now I understand why!!

 

[Synonym]

I've gained almost 4kg in a few short months and no matter what I do, can't shift it (doesn't help that I have arthritis of my spine so exercise is difficult!)

Anyone have any advice for me to help loose weight???

Hi dlashmar

You really have to experiment and keep testing. I note that some folk on here eat very little, particularly of carbs, in order to get their weight down but also that some of those same people complain of the difficulty in reducing their weight. :? Others have noticed that eating very little actually makes the systems in your body go into famine mode and start storing fat or conserving it so it really is a very individual thing. Whilst I appreciate that I am T2 I note that many T1s tailor their insulin to what they eat rather than the other way round - and I am sure that as an insulin user yourself you will understand that even better than I do! Experimenting and testing seems to be key and hopefully there will be some T1s around who can help you :?: :idea:

As someone who is trying to build herself up I have noted that if I eat very little, particularly in the way of carbs, my weight falls off BUT if I eat plenty of cheese, cream, nuts and seeds then my weight stabilises and can increase. It is something that only you can work out with testing I'm afraid. :roll:

As for the exercises I do appreciate the difficulties as I too have arthritis of the spine but you have to tell yourself that they are difficulties and not impossibilities :!: I have joined a gym where part of the membership is the services of the fitness professionals on the staff. They have been brilliant in devising things especially for me that are really helping so I would recommend that you try to do a similar thing. You do have to stick at it and some days it is HARD - but well worth persevering with it all.