New to the forum and looking for people to share the journey with.

dreamdreamer

Hi

I'm new to the forum here (not the app though).
After massively struggling with weight gain for the last few years and feeling constantly awful unless I ate constantly I attempted to diet about 18 months ago, ignored how awful I felt thinking it was in my head and would pass, within days my blood sugar dropped so low I collapsed at work. Cut to multiple hospital stays, a barrage of tests and confused consultants and I was eventually diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that causes hyperinsulinism and therefore constant hypoglycaemia. A constant BM monitor showed my blood glucose was never above 6 and sat between 2 and 3.5 for most of the day, dropping down to 1.4 on occasion. So it's no wonder I felt so lethargic and rubbish!

Now thanks to medication this has come up and I feel so much better. I can still be prone to hypos but I have noticed this is much worse after carb or sugar heavy food so (under dietician guidance) I am as of today on a low carb diet to try and control my blood sugar and lose some weight.

Current weight is 194lbs my heaviest ever. I'm most worried about having a hypo at work so I've started this while I have 2 weeks off. My willpower feels strong right now but I really love carbs (I don't have a sweet tooth at all but love bread and pasta etc). So I think this is going to be hard. Wish me luck

Laura

pinkkatmilk

Welcome to add me Laura