Weight Gain After Type 1 Diagnosis
Hi,
My daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes on Nov 29, right after Thanksgiving. She is 5' 7" and weighed 125 before the diagnosis. She was pretty thin. Over the last month, she has put on 15 pounds. She is checking her blood sugar & gives herself insulin to cover the carbs she eat. I told her the weight gain would probably level off soon, because she was a little underweight. I also think we need to pay more attention to how many daily carbs she eats. Is that right? She is also very active & plays 3 sports.
Tags: carbohydrates, gain, insulin, weight
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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on -
Woah, gaining 30 lbs from hospital food (blech) is almost more alarming than losing 40 lbs due to diabetes! I'm glad you've recovered!
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Permalink Reply by samsmom on
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She's not on here yet, but I may get her started! She is 14 right now, just diagnosed. In 9th grade, so just started high school. She is the only student at her school with Type 1 (1500 kids there). The school seems a bit apprehensive. I'm working on that stuff too. She is on facebook & I'd love to have you talk to her if you can send her a message that way.
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Permalink Reply by Jessica on
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I was diagnosed at 11 and I'm 28 now. Get her a 504 for her school so she can check her blood, give her insulin, eat snacks, etc. Yeah, she'll gain weight (I went from 80 lbs to 60 lbs in like a month before my diagnosis and then "blossomed" to around 100 and maintained that through high school). When I went on a pump senior year which eliminated the need for snacks, I shrank to around 96 and my team was trying to get me to gain weight with butter!!!! Of course college and having a baby erased all that good metabolism (I need to lose about 30)...but tell her not to worry about anything but being "healthy". It is much more important to watch carbs, eat healthy protein, "good" fats, whole grains, fruits, and veggies, lowfat dairy, etc., and keep her blood sugar under control than to worry about her weight at her age. I recommend the ADA cookbooks, my mom always cooked with those.
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Permalink Reply by djl on -
Most people tend to lose weight before their Type 1 dx because your body is not properly absorbing the calories and nutrients from the food you eat. Your daughter's weight gain is normal, and should level off soon.
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