Weight gain

[delta456]

Hi, I've been I an insulin-dependent T2 since 2018, I have had a few other health issues, which have previously affected my food intake and insulin intake, however, after surgery, I'm now on the 'flip' side and recovering well. I'm now back on a more settled insulin regime, however, my weight is now increasing at a dramatic level. My diabetes nurse specialist is adamant that this has nothing to do with the insulin, however, my extra insulin intake is the only real variable that has changed over the last few months however, nearly everything I see states insulin does affect weight.

So is she right, and if so what is the best resource to learn about the relationship insulin has when it enters your body? Admittedly its been a few years since I last looked at this but I was just wondering if there have been any new developments in understanding the relationship between food and (injected) insulin.

Thanks in advance

 

[mariavontrapp]

My weight was very stable until I started on insulin. It has gone up by about 5 pounds in 6 months. I'm hoping it will settle down

 

[Sarah69]

When I was on insulin I gained weight, the insulin makes you hungry then you need to inject so you can eat. It’s a vicious circle.

 

[becca59]

Except that nobody is making you eat. It’s not the insulin it’s what you have to match the insulin with.

 

[searley]

Insulin forces your body to use or store all the energy from the food you eat

So if you eat more than is needed that will be stored and you will gain weight

 

[searley]

When I was on insulin I gained weight, the insulin makes you hungry then you need to inject so you can eat. It’s a vicious circle.

Insulin does not make you hungry

Insulin makes your bg lower, if you bg has been high and your body gets used to it, then the body panics at these new lower levels and causes false hypo’s the first symptom of which is feeling hungry

What you have to do is resist the ‘feeling’ of need to eat, and only eat extra to prevent a real hypo

This way the new lower bg levels become accepted by the body and the feeling of hunger goes away

Eating extra will simply be stored as fat

 

[SarahHammond]

Insulin does not make you hungry

Insulin makes your bg lower, if you bg has been high and your body gets used to it, then the body panics at these new lower levels and causes false hypo’s the first symptom of which is feeling hungry

What you have to do is resist the ‘feeling’ of need to eat, and only eat extra to prevent a real hypo

This way the new lower bg levels become accepted by the body and the feeling of hunger goes away

Eating extra will simply be stored as fat

Great advice thank you