Hi All,

Just starting off on this WOE and juggling insulin (T1). How did any other T1 here manage this when just starting, what where the best food choices for hypos on LCHF?
Thanks:-)

Thanks so much for your effort to find out this information. That sounds completely do-able will let you know it how goes.

So excited my BSL was perfect before I went to bed last night and perfect this morning! I have ALWAYS struggled with morning BSL readings so this is just awesome. Also my evening pre dinner insulin was completely dropped. YAY

These glucodin powders/tablets work a treat.

It is true that the 4gms will raise BSLjust enough. In the end the difference between a hypo and a good BSL is usually about 2 mmol. I used to have lollies everywhere for a hypo (car,work,home,handbag) but any T1 D would know that when you are hypo it is very hard to stop at the carb limit you actually need to raise your BSl's. For me it was nearly bingeing in a way.

I did use these a long time ago (and to be honest can't remember why I stopped) but now have this stocked up everywhere. Their beauty is they act really fast and are pleasant enough to eat, but not too pleasant that you will keep on going!

For anyone that is T1 and reading make sure you test, test, test, those BSL's!! I am testing more than ever but that is OK as I feel great.

Awesome that I haven't had any hypos for a little over a week now:-)

And the carbs that caught me out; milk, milk, milk!!! Tricky (for me ).


This is ONLY my opinion, lucky for me I have an awesome GP who is very open to LCHF.

I am feeling really great, Kel.

It is scary to change diet when you are T1D and have been drilled into what too eat for 35 years! My GP is great but at the moment I know he is going against all the dietary advice for T1D and is really just being supportive rather than advocating this as a WOE. Hopefully times will change soon.

I am trying to diarise the good and bad here so that other T1 may also learn and share from my experiences. How amazing if I can have a diary in years to come that could provide some support to others.

Bye:-)

I am so happy today:-)

Morning BSL 4.1
Breakfast - couple of Oopsie rolls, some bacon and avocado.

2 1/2 hour bike ride.
BSL 1/2 hour in = 4.8
1 hour in = 5.2
2 hours in = 5.0
Finish = 5.4.

That is with NO Hypo's and no carbs!! That is pretty amazing for me .

Still recovering from that bike ride!!! (Sore muscle wise that is)

Had a low early in the morning; nothing severe but just a reminder to test my BSL's a little more often over night. For me the times to test are 1:00 am and 3:00am.

Reading some posts in a FB group about T1D's and so may people struggling with carbs and insulin dosage. So want to say "don't do that"!! (I won't) it is all a journey in the end and I just very grateful my journey led me here. This WOE makes SO much sense; google what T1 D ate before the discovery of insulin and you will see lots of similarities to LCHF.

The other really interesting thing for me is regarding cholesterol. T1D have a tendency to have high cholesterol (the supposed "bad kind" sorry get the whole LSL and HDL mixed up). My cholesterol was "high" and I couldn't figure out why this would be when I was following the "prescribed diet". I practically had Dr's tell me I must be "eating wrong" or even lying about what I was eating to have such high cholesterol! This was really upsetting to me, as hand on heart I knew I was eating what I was told too eat; another thing to make me feel a failure.

The cholesterol issue makes so much more sense to me now!!! My grandmother followed a low cholesterol diet for well on 40 years; to her dying day she wouldn't eat an egg (which she loved) , or prawns or a glass of full cream milk! She sacrificed so much enjoyment in simple healthy foods for...nothing really.

I have struggled for SO many years trying to balance carbs/insulin/exercise. It is VERY hard to get a good balance, and eating LCHF doesn't change that as TID will be tough until a cure is found, but for me this WOE has had a profound impact on my very existence.

I eat rich, filling delicious foods and have just calculated that my insulin dosage has dropped by 36 units a day!! Amazing stuff in 2 weeks !!!!!
In the future and not to far from now that the recommended diet for T1 D will change to LCHF or something very similar.

These are just my thoughts today peeps.

Sorry for the emotional rant everyone just had to let that out!!!

PS Sherrie, is there some way to move my whole thread to my Diary? This and my diary have sort of morphed into the same thing?