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It's frustrating, but you have to look at the long game - exercising and clean eating lowers your basal rates which makes you eat more when you go low - but stick with it! After you sort out the insulin, your body will respond with weight loss. I hit a plateau at about 15 lbs gone when my entire metabolic profile seemed to…
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At what age and what year were you diagnosed with T1? 1986 at age 12. What is your best A1c to date? Gosh - high 6 or low 7 in the first year of my diagnosis, and when I was pregnant. What's your lowest recorded blood sugar? 15-20 - don't remember much of the occasional bad lows Have you ever been hospitalized due to…
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Wow - sounds like a better question for your endo! Multiple issues like gastro and type 1 and regular insulin shock are probably not something most of us should advise you on? But hang in there - and see an endo and a decent dietician! Good luck.
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Thanks for all the feedback, everybody! I guess as T1s we just have a more complicated weight loss cycle than most. I figure as long as I'm making positive progress on some front, weight isn't the only measure - and right now my insulin needs are decreasing, my weight is decreasing, and my blood pressure is decreasing,…
