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Oh and by the way........yes, Edgepark sucks. They didn't use to have any issues, but in the past year their customer service has turned to hell and their entire company makes mistake after mistake and refuses to accept responsibility. They are slow and lazy and I HATE that I have to use them for my pump supplies.

I pay $10 per bottle. When I fill my RX I get 3 bottles at a time, so I pay $30. I use NovoLog

Hi everyone. Feel free to add me too - I have had Type 1 for almost 21 years and I too am struggling to lose some weight. Recently I had to increase all my insulin dosages for no reason that me or my dr. can figure out, and I gained back 4 lbs I had lost.

Hi! Just wanted to say that I am friends with Ginger Vieira on FB - if you have any questions beyond what she says in her book(s), she is very willing to answer them and help out. If you have a FB account look for her there!

Hi! I've had Type 1 for 20 years now - will be 21 years in July. I use a t:slim insulin pump (in the past I've used a Medtronic Paradigm and an Animas Ping). I've been very motivated to get things under control the past few years because in 2007 I was diagnosed with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. I've undergone dozens…

I've gone from 60+ units a day to between 40 and 45! Yay!

Actually high blood sugars often lead to weight LOSS - have you ever heard of diabulimia? It's when someone withholds insulin or doesn't give enough (thus their blood sugar goes up high) because by doing so the body can't use the glucose they are eating and has to turn to fat stores for energy - so the person can lose…

I was invited to beta test an app called mysugr (it's available outside the USA already, but can only be accessed from within the USA through private invite). I'm using it on my iPad mini. It lets me enter my blood sugars, carbs eaten (and a note about what I ate), insulin given, how I feel, what time of day it is, what…

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Proteins and fats also have insulinogenic effects, but to a lesser degree than carbohydrates. Believe me - as someone who has taken exogenous insulin for over 2 decades to control type 1 diabetes I can tell you that protein WILL raise blood glucose levels - some of it is converted by the body to glucose. Depending on the…

I gained 20lbs in 8 months after starting BC in 2010 (I use Loestrin). I believe my metabolism was already slowed by beta-blockers I take for a heart condition. With the weight packed on from the BC and my slowed metabolism....I'm in a place where I am unhappy with my weight but having difficulty losing anything more than…

This. You may be eating fast food for convenience, but try to cut down. Fast food has very little nutritional value - meaning you are still going to feel hungry because you are NOT supplying your body with the nutrients it needs. Replace some of those fast food meals with whole grains, fruits, vegetables, lean meats. You…

To be fair, fainting would require a blood glucose of somewhere under 50 in almost all cases. I have had Type 1 diabetes for over 20 years and I've seen blood sugars in the low 30s and never fainted. But yes, other symptoms are very unpleasant - loss of coordination, loss of ability to think and reason logically, lapses in…

Agreed; that makes NO sense. Your body takes any carbohydrates you consume and converts it to glucose in order to further convert it to pyruvate (which provides energy in the presence of oxygen). This pyruvate can even be converted back into glucose (along with some of the proteins and amino acids you ingest) to aid in…

I too am having difficulty losing anything more than water weight. I now believe it is my beta blocker. I began taking Atenolol in 2007 for inappropriate sinus tachycardia. In that time I've had to triple my dosage as my body has developed a tolerance. I now take 75mg a day. Since I began the med I have gained 40 pounds. I…

I too am having difficulty losing anything more than water weight. I now believe it is my beta blocker. I began taking Atenolol in 2007 for inappropriate sinus tachycardia. In that time I've had to triple my dosage as my body has developed a tolerance. I now take 75mg a day. Since I began the med I have gained 40 pounds. I…

Sometimes. My husband has a gluten intolerance and a dairy allergy. We have both agreed I should not have to give up gluten and dairy. So.....sometimes I cook things we can both eat. Sometimes we make our own meals. (And usually when he cooks I don't eat it - it's yummy food, but he reverts to a lot of staples like rice…

I've been reducing my basal rates. I used to use about 1.3 units/hour throughout most of the day. Now I'm down to 1 unit/hour throughout the day. I may need to tweak it some more. But by doing this I'm helping to curb the lows while staying away from having to correct with a lot of calories. If I do have to correct, I use…

Aww! My hubby and I have a bunny too (his name is Buster). I like the suggestion above - Hopkins.

My favorite is actually a relatively cheap Champion brand one I got at Target....D cup. Limits movement a lot better than some of the pricier brands I've tried.

No pics, but I had 1 Roma tomato, 1 zucchini, and 5 medium-sized baby bella mushrooms - sauteed and put over 3oz of whole wheat thin spaghetti, and for dessert, a Skinny Cow vanilla ice cream sandwich.

My actual list for shopping tomorrow is: spinach, zucchini, tomatoes, avocados, mushrooms, asparagus, eggplant, some kind of fish (usually do tilapia or salmon), Progresso Light Soup (usually just one or two cans in a week), tuna, Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pasta, Greek yogurt, low sodium lunchmeat, 1% milk, chicken, Triscuits

Live in Milwaukee, work in Brookfield. Raised in West Allis.

I have to work tonight so dinner will be eaten fast, on my break at work. Probably a Luna bar and a wrap (lo-carb whole wheat tortilla, mayo, ham, cheese, tomato).

What her other bills entail really isn't any of our business. Do you need her to give you a laid out budgeting plan in order to believe her that she doesn't have the money to purchase food? I think that saying that she doesn't have the financial means to do so should be good enough. Like someone else said, this is My…

pg3ibew, you said that years ago you made about $300 a week. Do you know how much that would be today? With inflation, the buying power of $300 then would require about $475 now. Now, I don't know the work situation of the OP, but, as an example what if she is working full time at a minimum wage job? That's only $290 a…

We split the cooking, but it still often results in two separate meals. My husband has a gluten intolerance and a dairy allergy. I, on the other hand, refuse to never again eat milk, yogurt, cheese, whole wheat tortillas, bread, pasta, etc. We've tried gluten free breads and pastas and neither of us like them. I think soy…

Losing without exercise is not recommended mainly because you could be losing lean mass instead of fat. With that said....I'm doing it. I have several medical conditions that make exercise difficult (extreme exercise intolerant inappropriate sinus tachycardia - a heart condition for which I am on medication and seeing a…

Not important unless you are on a ketogenic diet or have diabetes.

Fruit or veggies!