Hi everyone. I'm new here - I've been reading/hearing about this diet for a while now and am really keen to try it (or at least a version of it) but I am a type 1 diabetic and - surprise, surprise - it is 'not recommended' for me to do this diet.
The thing is that I used to love fasting, I used to enjoy the focus it gave and also watching the hunger pangs come and go was quite interesting. When I became diabetic (quite late for a type 1 at 15 years old) I had to eat whether I wanted to or not... 3 meals a day, compulsory snacks if I have a hypo... which I hate. Don't get me wrong - I will eat bad foods far too often just like any ordinary person, but then I'll get days when I just don't want to eat much, if anything.
As well as this, and prob the main reasons I want to do it, I am a bit overweight since having kids (particularly my twins 11 months ago - I'ma whole dress size up) and my blood sugar control is really not great. So I feel rubbish all the time. I really want to feel better, fitter and have more energy. It's a bonus to look slim, but it's much more about feeling healthy.
So anyway, I was wondering if there were any diabetics out there who had any experience with this, or anyone else who'd like to offer some advice? I reckon it shouldn't be too hard to work out a way of reducing my medication on fast days.
Thanks in advance
The thing is that I used to love fasting, I used to enjoy the focus it gave and also watching the hunger pangs come and go was quite interesting. When I became diabetic (quite late for a type 1 at 15 years old) I had to eat whether I wanted to or not... 3 meals a day, compulsory snacks if I have a hypo... which I hate. Don't get me wrong - I will eat bad foods far too often just like any ordinary person, but then I'll get days when I just don't want to eat much, if anything.
As well as this, and prob the main reasons I want to do it, I am a bit overweight since having kids (particularly my twins 11 months ago - I'ma whole dress size up) and my blood sugar control is really not great. So I feel rubbish all the time. I really want to feel better, fitter and have more energy. It's a bonus to look slim, but it's much more about feeling healthy.
So anyway, I was wondering if there were any diabetics out there who had any experience with this, or anyone else who'd like to offer some advice? I reckon it shouldn't be too hard to work out a way of reducing my medication on fast days.
Thanks in advance