Newbie, need help and information please

HI
I am a 35 year old female. I have type 2 diabetes and I am on insulin (Humalog 16units pre meal and Lantus 60units once a day)I am convinced that the insulin is making me fat. I did gain a lot of weight when I started using insulin.

I am very overweight and exhausted most of the time. I have a bicycle that I do use, nothing major and I am sure some will laugh at this. I cycle 5km every morning. In the last year I managed to lose 35kg with the cycling, drink loads of water and cutting out all fizzy drinks.But my weight have been the same for the last three months.
I really need to lose more weight and so does my 17 year old son. He plays rugby and cycles a lot but he is over weight. We have a problem regarding allergies he can not eat chicken, fish or eggs.
I do understand that I am tired because of my weight, but how do I change this vicious cycle I am in? I do not want to spend another year of my life fat.
Any advice will really be appreciated.

Hi, Welcome and congratulations on losing so much weight already. Evidently you are committed to achieving your goals and just need a bit of direction. Yes insulin can make you fat, Type 2 insulin is an overproduction of insulin. Which often causes increased eating habits. Glucose that cells do not use accumalate as fat.
The most important thing for weight loss is Diet and weight training combined with cardio.
My best advice to you would be to get hold of DJ he could design you a great program to attain your goals. He does mine and many others on the forum and we are all more than pleased with the results.

i am gonna recommend going to a dietitian on this one,chicken fish and egg alergies is a big thing,what is the staple food source in your diet?

also what tests have you done to come to the conclusion your are allergic to fish chicken and eggs? what reactions do you get?

We did blood test. Chicken we don't see any reaction to be honest, with eggs he can have egg white but not egg yellow. Fish is bad he breaks out in hives and his face swells up, it is the Iodine in the fish that he is allergic to he can eat salmon. The only thing that I didnt add was that we dont eat nuts.

We eat a lot of ostrich, lean fat free pork and very lean beef. Breakfast is usually oats and yoghurt, lunch sandwiches with tomato, lettuce dinners are protein, brown basmati rice and a vegetable.
We do snack I am not going to lie, potato chips is our down fall. But I am managing it two small packs a week, and we are working on cutting it out completely.

I just dont know what other exercise to do, I find gym intimidating and I dont want to go jump around with a bunch of skinny girls. Fat is ugly - bouncing fat is revolting.

why can u have egg yolks? why dont you eat nuts? have u been told hat fats are bad for u?

i was once 115kgs at close on 35% body fat,get in the gym,u are there for a purpose,not all the girls that go to gym are skinny,more muscle = better fat burning...if you really are eating the way you say u are then u shouldnt have any issues with weight coming off...how often do u snack,how often do u eat take aways?

The egg yolks and nuts are allergies and it is only my son.
I haven`t always eaten like this a year ago we had take aways up to 5 times a week we lived of junk food, chocolates aqnd fizzy drinks. It took me a year to get us to eat a lot better and it is really paying off.
The problem is that I dont know what else I can do because I stopped losing weight and I still have a lot to lose. For three months now my weight has not moved. And I am so tired most of the time, I did bloodtest and there is nothing wrong according to them.
The only thing that I havent changed is exercise I do my 5km a day and that is it. I walk into a gym and it is like walking into a foreign country. I have no idea where to start?
SO what am I really asking?
1. Info on insulin and weight
2. What exercises to do in gym that will help me see result quick because I need to see something happen
3. What supplements can I use that really does work I have read up on hgh does it work?

look taking hgh without a proper diet isnt gonna help u at all. first thing you need to do is get yourself on the treadmil for 30mins a day 7 days a week,i would do incline walking,4.5km an hour at 10% incline..

write down your daily diet meal for meal for a day or 2,get yourself a food scale and weight out everything u need. i think that you need to get your diet right first.i think you need a structured diet to follow first, following a diet that lacks protein,carbohydrate and fats will cause a major drop in metabolic rate.

Just add the walking to the cycling?

also HGH can make your insulin resistant meaning that you are going to need to take more insulin...

More insulin = more fat
I will go back to doing a food journal. Add the treadmill to the cycling give it a week and see what happens.

www.bodybuilding.com/fun/womans_lean_sexy_bible.htm have a look and read that.

why dont u go back to your doctor and ask them about adding in glucophage or avandia to your mix of things,this will make the body more sensitive to the insulin u are using,that means u will use less insulin. also you can get yourself somethings that will make you more sensitive to insulin like alpha lipolic acid,chromium and cinnamon BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do not do this with out consent from your doctor! playing around with this sort've thing is not a good idea with out consultation from a medical doctor!

PixyT wrote: HI
I am a 35 year old female. I have type 2 diabetes and I am on insulin (Humalog 16units pre meal and Lantus 60units once a day)

Could it be that you are a Type 1?? When where you diagnosed and what were your predisposing factors?? Has your insulin sliding scale been worked out correctly?? The advice give here is spot on, however Type 1 or Type 2 DM = DIABETIC DIETS most of which is low glycemic index based. The advice you seek, you will not find on this forum. Attend your diabetic clinic, speak to your specialist and ask him/her to refer you to a dietician. :kiss:
Ps This advice is from a specialist