I have lost 5 pounds since going on the pump about a year or so
ago (from 130 to 125).  In that time HbA1s went from 10s to 7s.
I attribute the weight loss to:
 - MANY fewer hypos, and the hypos I get on the pump are easily
        treated with one or two glucose tabs. My NPH lows required
        a full snack  or I’d just go low again.
 - I can skip meals so easily! I NEVER eat breakfast now that I’m
        on the pump, and skip other meals maybe once a week.

        For me, these must have been enough to compensate for
        the "extra" calories I was eating that were lost in
        my urine.

For some people, the pump is a joy because you can eat extra things.
For me, it is a joy because I never HAVE to eat. After 22 years
of a regular ADA diet, skipping meals and eating less is such
a wonderful thing!

Betsy

>    I so hope there’s a response.  This disease is such a robber, I hated
>to think it was robbing my slimness too.      :-)

Ok, I’m one.  My weight tends to drift down toward 150 and somewhat
before that my wife starts complaining that I am getting too skinny.
Then I make an effort to eat a little more, increasing my insulin
to compensate, and get it back up toward 160.  I am well controlled
on 5 shots/day.  My last A1c was in the normal range, which I
actually think is over controlled and I have backed off some.

You said you are walking more now.  Are you sure  your weight gain
isn’t mussle replacing fat?  Percent body fat is a much better measure
of health than weight.  In any event, you should be able to loose
weight by adjusting diet and insulin if it is really that important
to you.  Remember that as we age weight tends to go up and calorie
requirements tend to go down so it gets harder to do as years go by.

As an alternative, I just lost 6-8 pounds in a couple of weeks by
knocking around Indonesia.  Most of the loss is accounted for by
only having a couple meals most days of rice, some side dish, and
water, lots of water.  It was hot!  Very little protein and fat.
Reduction in fat is probably the easiest way to cut calories since
it has a minor impact on insulin requirements.

–
Charles Coughran
ccough…@ucsd.edu

=       I am very encouraged by your post.  Two years of Type Oneing have
=added a 3-5 lb margin to my weight that I haven’t been able to shed.  I’ve
=been thin all my life and I doubt that anyone has noticed the small weight
=gain, but I kind of had in mind weighing the same for all my adult life.  And
=I had managed very well until Type I rolled around.  I have always been
=active, but now I walk and hike for over an hour almost every day.  So I’m
=doing fine in the exercise dept.  I’m fit and healthy but I would still like
=to get back down to the ol’ 110.  Reducing calories sounds so simple, but not
=so with well controlled intensive therapy.  Just when I’m eating light, an
=unavoidable hypo comes down on me sending me to the fridge where I must shovel
=it in with both hands!  

Sounds as if you’re not reducing your insulin dosage enough to compensate for
eating less.
—————————————————————————
I  try  very  hard  to say exactly what I mean.  I’d appreciate it if you’d
bear that in mind and not try to "interpret"  my  posts  to  fit  your  own
preconceived notions if I’m posting in a serious thread.  Remember:  If you
throw a strawman into a heated debate, flames are likely to be the result.

I was diagnosed as type 1 twenty-five years ago, when I was 7.
Naturally, I’ve gained weight since then

I _have_ however lost weight.  I get calories from three sources:
fats, cho and alcahol.  Reducing the first and eliminating the third
makes the second more peaky.  So I had to eat more meals, and
reduce the insulin.

Turning down the heating at home, and wearing less clothes out
also helped.

–
Patricia Reynolds
p…@caerlas.demon.co.uk

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>From: ar…@lafn.org (David Cohler)
>Subject: Re: Weight gain

>In a previous article, al…@primenet.com (Sue LaVergne) says:

>>Many years ago, I read an article on diabetes that stated that a
>>well-controlled diabetic will gain weight–no matter what they do to try not
>>to.  If it is only a few pounds, I would not worry about it.  Exercise is
>>still a diabetic’s best friend, and if you get any kind of good exercise, a
>>few extra pounds aren’t going to hurt.  BUT, if you start losing a lot of
>>weight, that means you are out of control–and that is worse than carrying
>>around a few pounds.  I have been carrying around an extra 5 pounds and have
>>never been able to lose it; but my weight has stayed the same since then.  
My
>>physician is happy, and so am I.

>Perhaps the article misstated the case, or perhaps you misread it.  
>Well-controlled Type Ones *may* gain weight…but then again they may
>*not.*  You state it as if *all* well-controlled Type Ones will gain
>weight.  Not true.

Hi David,

        I am very encouraged by your post.  Two years of Type Oneing have
added a 3-5 lb margin to my weight that I haven’t been able to shed.  I’ve
been thin all my life and I doubt that anyone has noticed the small weight
gain, but I kind of had in mind weighing the same for all my adult life.  And
I had managed very well until Type I rolled around.  I have always been
active, but now I walk and hike for over an hour almost every day.  So I’m
doing fine in the exercise dept.  I’m fit and healthy but I would still like
to get back down to the ol’ 110.  Reducing calories sounds so simple, but not
so with well controlled intensive therapy.  Just when I’m eating light, an
unavoidable hypo comes down on me sending me to the fridge where I must shovel
it in with both hands!  

        I had begun to resign myself to the weight gain like Sue til I saw
your post.  Would someone out there who has NOT experienced a weight gain with
well controlled intensive therapy PLEASE POST (or e-mail) it so that I can see
that it’s possible?  I would really be heartened and aim again for 110 rather
than settle.

        I so hope there’s a response.  This disease is such a robber, I hated
to think it was robbing my slimness too.      :-)
                                        Thanks pals,    cindy

>Many years ago, I read an article on diabetes that stated that a
>well-controlled diabetic will gain weight–no matter what they do to try not
>to.  If it is only a few pounds, I would not worry about it.  Exercise is
>still a diabetic’s best friend, and if you get any kind of good exercise, a
>few extra pounds aren’t going to hurt.  BUT, if you start losing a lot of
>weight, that means you are out of control–and that is worse than carrying
>around a few pounds.  I have been carrying around an extra 5 pounds and have
>never been able to lose it; but my weight has stayed the same since then.  My
>physician is happy, and so am I.

Perhaps the article misstated the case, or perhaps you misread it.  
Well-controlled Type Ones *may* gain weight…but then again they may
*not.*  You state it as if *all* well-controlled Type Ones will gain
weight.  Not true.

–
David Cohler, South Pasadena

Sue