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Thread: insulin and weight gain

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04-25-2008, 06:24 AM

kgm0612

Senior Member

I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Jan 2006

Location: Rhode Island

Posts: 4,367

Kara............I truly believe a lot has to do with genetics as to whether or not you gain weight from being on insulin.

One suggestion would be to add 500-mg of Metformin twice a day. I'm a type 1 pumper and take Metformin with breakfast & dinner. My endo believes (and there have been articles written on this) that it helps to keep the weight off. I've been the same weight (give or take a pound or two) for the last 5 years. I walk almost every night, 3 to 3-1/2 miles, and I limit my carb intake to under 100g a day.

Karen