Hi my names kwisj and i am a 50 year old type 1 diabetic…..the type that has to inject insulin. I’ve been reading about the fast diet and its not recommended for people like me, but not recommended is not prohibited!!! So i’ve just started the diet today….already hit all sorts of diabetic bumps: nothing serious but very annoying.
I am fit and healthy diabetic with 30 years of diabetes under my belt and no complications so far. My last Hb1ac test was 6,2 which means I’m nearly normal. I’m a regular excercise taker: five times a week for an hour each session. However; having reached 50 years old last year I have noticed the weight slowly creeping up, despite taking regular exercise and not eating excessively. That’s all really. I guess I will keep a regular update on the diet forum just in case there are folks in a similar condition as I and who might be interested to see if a type 1 diabetic can benefit from the fast diet.
cheers
Kwisj

Hi there Cinque…..well that’s the end of the first fast day….and it was a bit of a chore. Not for the 600 calories but for the diabetes…As the book says it lowers your blood sugar: which it did, but of course my sugar regulation does not work so I had low blood sugar all day….which I had to tend to. I injected half the insulin that I normally inject, but still had low blood sugar all day and throughout the night. On my next fast day I will not inject any insulin and see how that works out. In the short term its better to have high blood sugar than low….as you can faint.
On the positive side I appear to have lost a kilo…which I cant believe. My wife who started with me lost 300grammes: which is nearly a pound in weight.
I will join you on the mid fifties forum later on.
Thanks for the reply
Kwisj

thank you
kwisj