Hi Guys!
I need to lose about 25 pounds to be a healthy weight and I have researched this and there seems to be a direct link between high insulin levels and being overweight.So I was thinking of ways I could reduce my insulin but still have good control and I was thinking if I went to the gym twice a day with my breakfast and dinner and I could give alot less bolus for those meals will this lead to weight loss?I have tried low carbing before and I didnt get good results as I kept having hypos when i exercised so I stopped exercising and after 2 months of low carbing and no results I decided against it!So what is your experience or advice?
My question is why are you looking for an easy way to losing weight? Could you conceivibly continue this kind of a regime after you lose the 25 lbs you want to lose? And is this healthy for you?
It would be my opinion, and I am sorry, that eating your six smaller meals, consistently, using your insulin the way it is supposed to be used, and exercising as you should would get the ball moving on the weight loss. I am a pro- at trying to find the easy way out to losing weight. And it always works down to the same thing, healthy eating, healthy exercise, and taking meds as prescribed not as we “think” might be better. If you really wanted to do it in a healthy way, check with your doc, or nutritionist or CDE and find out what’s up. There maybe other situations that are causing your weight gain, or loss…better that than taking our word for it, and expecting that its going to work, cause to my knowledge none of us are MD’s. Sorry to be a dead-beat, but like I said, do you want quick and easy, or long term healthy?
You didn’t say if you are T1 or T2…sounds like T1…do you do injections or are you on a pump? I need to lose more than 25 myself, have lost 10 but it is not easy for an insulin-dependent diabetic. Going to the gym twice a day will get old pretty quickly. I am retired so I have the luxury of going to the gym for an hour five days a week. My body size is changing with the machine weights, elliptical machine and treadmill and I’m getting into “smaller” size clothes, but the number on the scales barely moves from week to week. And my blood sugar numbers are, for the most part, excellent with A1C getting lower, too. I had tried the low carb and did lose but then went off of it and gained back all the weight. The older you are, the harder it is to lose the weight, and I don’t think you fall into that category! My advice would be to write everything down (Microsoft Excel has a good program for charting your meals, activities & blood sugars), try to go to the gym or work out at the same time at least 4 times a week. I try to trick my body and will do an hour on the elliptical or treadmill (or 30 min on each) 2-3 times a week instead of machine work; then the next week, I’ll do 30 minutes cardio and 30-40 minutes on lower body one day and upper body the next day.
I didn’t mean to make this so long, but I’m now forcing myself not to be so concerned with the number on the scales, but rather, how I feel, and I’m feeling like a different person! Good luck, Margaret
Hi Cathy!Thank you for your reply,I feel you have taken me up wrong I am not looking for a quick fix or easy solution to my weight gain!I plan to lose 25 pounds over a 2+ year period.I do appreciate your input though!
Thank You Margaret!This is inspiring!Well done to you on your weigh loss and excellent diabetic control!Personally I love the gym but I do get frustrated when I end up with hypos after I exercise.I’m going to try my best to avoid these hypos by reducing my insulin by 1-2 units at the meal before I exercise.I ambeginning first thing tomorrow…I’ll let ye all know how I get on!I am a college student and I live on campus with a gym that is only a 10 minute walk away!