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<blockquote data-quote="Kwisj" data-source="post: 1502595" data-attributes="member: 416964"><p>Hi my question is this? To lose weight I have been following the Michael Mosley Fast Diet for the past year: it has worked spectacularly. I have lost over 2 stone <a href="https://thefastdiet.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://thefastdiet.co.uk/</a> It has been a bit difficult being a type 1 diabetic but it has certainly been doable. The diet involves fasting for two days a week. On those days I only eat 600 calories. </p><p>Through trial and error I have my last insulin injection at around 9 pm the previous day, when I have my evening meal. My regimen is the following: 38 units of toujeo/glargine long lasting insulin which I take at 8:30 am and then I use short acting humalog when I eat.</p><p>So what has been happening on my fasting days is that I have been recently having hypos all day....but I don't inject any insulin. The toujeo insuling supposedly lasts for 24 hours which I guess means it stops working around 8 am on my fasting day. So I don't really know why I have hypos throughout the fasting day, like today...all day. I guess there must be some residual insulin around my body, but surely not enough to provoke a hypo.</p><p>So today I had break fast of coffee and toast...my sugar went up to 120 mg/dL (6.7 mmol/L) and then several times during the afternoon it dropped back to 50 mg/dL (2.8 mmol/L) But I have not injected any insulin today, or done any exercise. Has anybody got any clue what might be going on, or has anyone got a similar experience?</p><p>thanx for reading</p><p>Kwisj</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kwisj, post: 1502595, member: 416964"] Hi my question is this? To lose weight I have been following the Michael Mosley Fast Diet for the past year: it has worked spectacularly. I have lost over 2 stone [URL]https://thefastdiet.co.uk/[/URL] It has been a bit difficult being a type 1 diabetic but it has certainly been doable. The diet involves fasting for two days a week. On those days I only eat 600 calories. Through trial and error I have my last insulin injection at around 9 pm the previous day, when I have my evening meal. My regimen is the following: 38 units of toujeo/glargine long lasting insulin which I take at 8:30 am and then I use short acting humalog when I eat. So what has been happening on my fasting days is that I have been recently having hypos all day....but I don't inject any insulin. The toujeo insuling supposedly lasts for 24 hours which I guess means it stops working around 8 am on my fasting day. So I don't really know why I have hypos throughout the fasting day, like today...all day. I guess there must be some residual insulin around my body, but surely not enough to provoke a hypo. So today I had break fast of coffee and toast...my sugar went up to 120 mg/dL (6.7 mmol/L) and then several times during the afternoon it dropped back to 50 mg/dL (2.8 mmol/L) But I have not injected any insulin today, or done any exercise. Has anybody got any clue what might be going on, or has anyone got a similar experience? thanx for reading Kwisj [/QUOTE]
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