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SammieL66

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Hi everyone.
I have been following LCHF since mid November to manage poor BG control for my LADA. I love the diet and have found no difficulty making the switch. BG’s already much improved. My question though is that I am underweight ( due to previous high BG’s) and wish to know what I need to do, if anything, to normalise my weight or will my body naturally and gradually re-adjust. Obviously I don’t want to increase carbs as this worsens my BG control. Any advice, hints or tips very welcome.
 
@SammieL66 - I can make some suggestions for you, but it would be interesting to know a couple of things to help ensure the advice is appropriate.

- Firstly, what treatment regime are you on to hrlp manage your LADA?
- When you say your bloods are much improved, what sort of levels are you running at these days?
- Is there anything you don't or can't eat?
- Do you have any other medical condition for which you are having treatment?
 
Hi.
I am on insulin injections. Basal/bolus régime for many years. Lantus and Novorapid. I have principally been managed by GP and practice nurse,and have not been seen by hospital consultant for approx 15 years. Diabetic control has recently gone haywire with HbA1c in high 90’s and feeling unwell.
Researched dietary treatment and found via Dr Google and Dr Amazon LCHF. HCP at my request referred me to diabetic team and now have CGM and seeing consultant in March. Latest HbA1c 48 mmol/mol and falling. On no other medications and all other health markers (HDL/LDL, BP, Liver and kidneys) absolutely fine.
Underweight though. BMI 18/19. 8 stone. 1.65 m.
I am active. Work full time. Walk my dog twice daily.
Would like to gain some weight but don’t want to ruin the good BG control success I am having on LCHF. Feeling so much more in control and happy with results. Have managed to cut insulin doses by over half and am not having the rollercoaster of hypo and hyperglycaemia events.
Thank you for replying to my post.
 

Great turn around! Well done!

If you are using a CGM, you're excellently placed to experiment.

I'm alow carber. When I got skinny, to stop my weight loss, I firstly upped everything I ate a little. That didn't work, so I upped the protein a bit more (didn't wrk either), so then upped the fats too.

These days if I want to gain a bit - I'm 160cm, and weigh in at 48/49kg -I focus the additional eating on fats, although I have to be a bt careful or too much fat upsets my tummy.

When expererimenting to find my balance point, when I increased anything, I did it in a measured way. For examples, I added Babybel portions, so that I knew I was getting the same every time.

So, cheese, cream, fattier meatsm like belly pork, chicken thighs or, say, oxtail are all very nutitionally dense.
 
Thank you. Great advice. And bonus.....I love cheese and chicken thighs!
I will continue to experiment as you suggest.
I am very glad to be part of the low carb community.
 
@SammieL66 - Just to declare - I didn't get T2D from being a TOFI, but I do have naturally slender/skinny people on a LCHF diet around me (and I am on the slender side of normal these days, but I have to work at it).

First - if your natural tendency is to be lean, then what is wrong with being lean? Especially as you are very active it seems. ie you are not short of energy on the way you are eating now, which is what it is about really. Do you seem sickly and weak otherwise (when you are not out walking your dog for instance?). If not - then there is not problem I would think?

But, upping the healthy fat part of the LCHF way of eating is absolutely the way to go, via dairy and nuts and animal fat I would say is the best and easiest way to putting on some padding on your bones, or 'meat on your bones' if you like. You could be having cream or coconut cream smoothies with low carb flavours - something that would be too much for me, in terms of keeping my waist size the right side of healthy.

And cheese on almond flour baking, with lashings of butter. No portion control! Lucky you!

Knock yourself out! With dairy, nuts and animal fats galore.
 
I am in somewhat the same situation. I'm female, almost 71 and was diagnosed T2 in March 2017. I tried Metformin for about two weeks and stopped. I got my A1C down to normal, except for one rise to 7. I started LCHF around May/June 2017 and lost weight very quickly. I was 155 pounds (11 stone, 1 lb) and now am down to 95 lbs (6.79 st). I think this is much too thin even though I'm only 5' 1.25". I had stomach stapling 40 years ago, so I can't eat very much at each meal. How can I possibly gain 10 lbs (a little less than a stone) without raising my blood sugar? I need to eat more protein, too. I walk my dog when the weather permits, as in no ice underfoot and temperatures too cold, which we've had recently. I feel fine otherwise and blood tests have been good since I started LCHF. I really don't want to eat 5 meals a day, but I know I'm not getting enough to even maintain my weight. I would appreciate any help I can receive. Thank you.
 
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