Type 1 Diabetes

Welcome! I don't have any advice other than try to stay within a calorie defecit. Also as a diabetic consult your doctor before beginning any new exercise, but I'm sure you have that locked down. Diabetes, especially T1, is near & dear to my heart. I wish you success!!

You can set up your stats in MFP, weigh your food on a food scale, and log everything you eat. You can do this to get in the practice of logging.

You should consult with doctor or dietician about how much to lose per week, carb intake, insulin management etc. Don’t just start eating at a deficit on your own.

I was diagnosed when I was 9 with type 1 diabetes. I gained 20 lbs. in the first month, had doubled my weight in the first year, and nearly tripled my weight within a few years. Now you might think that the weight gain was because boys grow at that age, but the reality is that I was growing out more than up. 3 years after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, my endocrinologist couldn't believe the amount of insulin I was needing and still had poor control. She said she had seen this once before where a type 1 developed type 2 (this was less common at the time, but is now much more common). There is a formula used to diagnose type 2 in a type 1 using the amount of insulin and body weight. I don't know the exact threshold off the top of my head, but the endo had me studied on an inpatient basis for a few days before officially diagnosing me as type 2. This phenomenon later became known as "double diabetes." I tell you all of that to show you that I struggled with weight immediately upon starting insulin.

I finally started trying to lose weight in 2014. When I did that, I was just trying to track and cut calories, but still eating SAD. I struggled with having to adjust basal rates down regularly and treating lows until I did that. I experienced odd phenomenon that some on MFP would tell you isn't possible. For example, I had plateaus that would last for months and then end with a big "whoosh" of a lot of weight loss over a few days. Still, with meticulous calorie counting, I never lost as quickly as the CICO math would suggest.

Eventually, I decided to cut carbs during a particularly frustrating time. I figured I had little to lose and it would probably make BG easier to manage even if it did nothing for weight loss (as everyone told me calories are all that matter). Indeed, it did help. Finally, the calorie math worked! So I kept cutting carbs further and further until I got to zero (just meat). I do eat carbs if my BG gets low, but it takes usually 1 glucose tablet or maybe 2 in severe cases. Since the calorie math actually works when carbs are taken out of the equation, I can eat more and maintain... which I've been doing lately as I've been increasing running mileage.

Anyway, that is my experience. Do what you will with it, and feel free to ask questions if you would like.

T1D here! 28 now, diagnosed at 10. I wear a pump and am getting the Dexcom G6 soon. I've been logging for a week and a half now on MFP and all the lows are driving me crazy! Hate using some of my daily calories on the Capri Suns to get me back in range!

Overall, MFP has been really eye opening to start looking at the calorie count instead of just the carbs as I have only been doing in the past. I do love that eating restrictive calories does require less insulin overall. Any T1Ds feel free to add me!

T2Dm here so I have nothing to offer in the way of advice but I just wanted to tell you good luck! MFP is a really great tool to use in conjunction with the information you receive from your medical team.