I lost 110 pounds in a year. No surgery, no special diets. I use a pump which makes things so much easier but I personally didn't have trouble losing. I'm having issues with the last 10 pounds but I find that a struggle with everyone, regardless of diabetes.

I am also frustrated with the slowness of weight-loss. I exercise all virtually everyday but nothing. I usually weight on Mondays. After a very active weekend I expect some little drop, I'm surprised to see my weight has gone up!

My wife barely exercises and drops the weight. Her sister, who is a Type 1 D like me, also has a terrible time dropping weight.

There's probably a physiological explanation. Anybody have suggestions?

-Bob

I have lost ~34 lbs in the last year by going Vegan. I initially did it for 3 months . My endo had given me orders for outside blood tests, so I held off on them until my 3 month experiment was up, I thought that would give me a good snapshot of what effect it would have. I was very diligent about recording every meal and snack in this program, and my blood sugar 5-6 times a day. It was a resounding success for me, my A1C was 6.7 (I started at 14 when I was first diagnosed 15 years ago as an adult!), blood pressure, cholesterol, all down. Iron was fine, a little on the low side but no supplement needed. My endocrinologist was very pleased and amazed at the effect of cutting all dairy and animal products had on me. I was previously a poultry and fish eater only, no red meat since 1974, in college.
I seem to be on a plateau now, I haven't lost any additional weight in the past 4 months. Probably because I have not been strict with recording my meals, thereby eating more than I should. My resolution is to get back that self-discipline and shed these last 25 lbs.

I've been T1 for 16 years and I have been trying to put on weight ever since then.

I'm insulin dependent (since 1990) and have lost about 45 pounds since last August. I've also reduced my daily fast-acting insulin intake by nearly 90% and my long lasting by 50%. I first did it by changing the way I eat. I began eating Paleo by cutting out the high carb foods that plagued my blood sugars for years: wheat, rice, & pasta. As I found out more about the Paleo food plan, I stopped eating other non-Paleo-friendly foods such as legumes & processed foods. From August to January of this year, I lost a total of 25 pounds just by changing my eating habits. Then in February, I joined MFP for a specific reason: to get in shape because I needed surgery. So I wanted to prepare for the surgery by watching calories and exercising. Since February, I've lost another 20 pounds.

I seemed to have hit my plateau but it's my goal weight so I'm fine with it.