I wish I was fat....

[MinimedPumper07]

I don't get it, I sit on my but all day watch TV eat like 150 carbs a day do little exercise, manage good bg numbers and I can't get above the 145 lb mark. wtf! I eat so many snacks and nothing works! Is this something other than diabetes?

[JediSkipdogg]

When's the last time you had your thyroid checked? If the levels are off, it can either cause you to gain weight or lose it no matter what you do.

And FYI...carbs mean nothing in weight gain, calories do.

[MinimedPumper07]

I never had my thyroid checked :(

[Oradev]

I don't get it, I sit on my but all day watch TV eat like 150 carbs a day do little exercise, manage good bg numbers and I can't get above the 145 lb mark. wtf! I eat so many snacks and nothing works! Is this something other than diabetes?

Why do you want to gain weight?

[sugardumplin]

how tall are you? i would love to be 145. i am 5'7.

[MinimedPumper07]

im like 5'10. I want to gain weight because for some reason I feel unhealthily skinny. I eat so much every day and every day the dam scale reads 144. I am going to the doc dec 17, and it seems so far away :( 20 more days...

[Scratch]

If it's not a thyroid issue, I'd suggest that if you're going to gain weight, it's far better to gain useful weight like muscle.

I'm 5'9" and 140 pounds, which makes me skinny or slender however one chooses to see it, but I wouldn't want to put any more fat on me than I already have. It's plenty enough. Muscle, on the other hand, is useful both for moving the body and other things around and is also useful to the metabolic composition of the body. Muscles use insulin and glucose. Fat doesn't.

[peej07]

I do the same as you but eat about 300 carbs a day and gained about 20 too many pounds.:)

[cheryl]

You have to do what's right for you, not all people feel good when they are skinny, for me it sickens me to death, I never witched and moaned at all when I was a bit heavier, I just wanted about 10 pounds off, so I could have a healthier Bmi, and be in range, I was 137, all I wanted was to be in the 120's fine with the lower 130's but nope I am sitting at 105 pounds and getting jealous of woman with curves and what not, I feel very unhealthy and sickly.....this is not what I want'

If you feel unhealthy at your weight you go with your instincts and get your thyroid checked, if you know something is not right, then your probably right.....and you gain weight from carbs and calories,

Have you always been this way? If you haven't then something is up, because I was not ever this thin before in my life...

Cheryl

[BlueSky]

... I sit on my but all day watch TV eat like 150 carbs a day do little exercise, manage good bg numbers and I can't get above the 145 lb mark. ...
Join a gym and get a trainer to give you a program for building muscle. Ensure that you are getting enough protein, especially after workouts, and you should put on some muscle. Being more active will also increase your appetite. Eat food with a high energy content, like cheese, nuts, eggs, full cream milk etc.

[MinimedPumper07]

I have just felt this crappy and tired for 4 months. My parents think i'm kidding so they just made an appointment for "a few months down the road"....

Here is my symptoms

I am tired all day. I get 7-10 hrs of sleep, but within 2 hrs im tired again

At times I feel really dizzy lightheaded like I'm drunk

Sometimes I get a crazy intolerance to heat

I see tons of floaters lately and even the odd flash of light

I can't seem to gain weight no matter what. I do exercise and I eat all kinds of food, cheese, milk, vegetables, sugar, meats fishes, juices...

This is all depressing me because I used to be so energetic. My life feels like a pos right now and all I do is think about when I'm gonna see a doctor. I am currently in school and this is my last quarter so I need really good grades so imagine having to study your butt off but always being tired... 20 more days until i see the doc and prove my parents wrong...

[Who?]

All I can say is "Be careful what you wish for."

[ultrafine]

This sounds very very similar to my case a few years ago. I was told that my situation was a form of a eating disorder. I didn't think so then but reflecting back on it, i realise that it was a eating disorder...self abuse. I am not diagnosing you with eating disorder because I am definatly not a Dr. nor am i close to being one...:P ...but could this be a possiblity?

How are your BS? Are they on the high side? The symptoms you have are what i had, light headedness, intolerance to heat, odd flashes of light and more. No matter how much i ate, i would never gain weight, just like you. I just kept losing weight. Seeing the pounds go down for me was great! I thought i looked better and better each day. I wasn't intentionally cutting back on my insulin and i didn't realise how messed up my body was getting until I had to be rushed into emergency for extreme ketoacidosis. I was in the hospital for quite some time.


When you eat whatever you want, not exercise much, and sleep for hours and hours without backing it up with enough insulin, your sugars will spill over into your urine and therefore you will lose weight. By not supporting your body with enough insulin causes body tissues to dissolve and be flushed out in urination. This is extremly dangerous!

IF this is the case PLEASE becareful and you MUST seek help ASAP and you must improve on your lifestyle.

I hope you find out what is going on with your health. I hope what i went through is not what you are going through right now. I wish you the very best! :) If there anything i can do to help please let me know!

[Olidus]

Not sure if this was asked or covered?
But how old are you? Still in school means somewhat young.
I bet your really "REGULAR" as well - the poop fairy visits you often.
May just be normal case of high metabolism.
The tires all the time could be related to the foods you eat, but could also mean something out. Check with your doc and rule out as much as you can.
And I have to agree with "Who?" careful what you do wish for, it’s not often you hear people say that they wish that they were fat. So many overweight people with the complete opposite.

[TenderVittleS]

The heavier you get the more you need to eat and adjust your insulin levels accordingly. I do feel much better than being skinny but it also requires more adjusting. With this disease you can not have your cake and eat it too, no pun intended!:)

[NoraWI]

Sounds to me as though you are still growing. You have a relatively recent DM diagnosis and have been pumping for under a year. It is also probable that your insulin needs to be readjusted. A pump regimen is a work in progress and needs to be reevaluated and "tweaked" frequently, especially if you are in your teens. Male teenagers normally eat a LOT. 150 daily carbs is probably not enough for you. December 17 is just around the corner. Let us know what your doctor does and what advice you get.

[NoraWI]

I have just felt this crappy and tired for 4 months. My parents think i'm kidding so they just made an appointment for "a few months down the road"....

Here is my symptoms

I am tired all day. I get 7-10 hrs of sleep, but within 2 hrs im tired again

At times I feel really dizzy lightheaded like I'm drunk

Sometimes I get a crazy intolerance to heat

I see tons of floaters lately and even the odd flash of light


I have to add that with these symptoms you HAVE to have your insulin pump readjusted. Who does that? Your doctor? The MiniMed people? Your parents? You? Sounds to me as though you are having both highs and lows. Not good at all. Address these issues with your doctor. YOU should be taught to adjust your pump so you can do it yourself and not need to wait "for months" for a doctor's appointment!

[Gordonm]

I suggest as others have if you can go to a gym and get some excercise. If you can get some training advice and nutrition advice. You should not be tired all day. If you sit around and do nothing that is what your body expects and will do. I'm 5'7" and stay right around 140 pounds. I eat about 200g of carbs and excercise when time allows me. I sleep maybe 8 hours a night and have plenty of energy, I'm also 44 years young. Get out and get moving and eat right. Be thankful of your weight. Hopefully you will be thin your whole life, a lot healthier to be thin than overweight.

[MinimedPumper07]

Maybe its an eating disorder but the thing is I have been eating the same way for over a year and only a few months ago I started getting tired all the time. My bg is under control. 90% of the time im between 80-160. I was looking at iron deficiency anemia too. Those seem to be almost the same symptoms as the thyroid ones, weak,tired dizzy, grumpy. I hope for god sake i just need to take an iron tablet once a day and i will start feeling better. I will let u all know on the 17th, 15 more days...

[duck]

Be careful what you wish for...

[BriOnH]

Saying you wish you were fat is rather offensive. I know it wasn't meant that way at all, but you have to remember that 80% of type 2 diabetics are overweight, and there are many type 2 diabetics here that are struggling with being overweight. I feel your pain, but please try to remember others pains as well komrade.

[shockme]

.........and i wish i was thin.......too bad we can't trade..........trish

[cheryl]

Saying you wish you were fat is rather offensive. I know it wasn't meant that way at all, but you have to remember that 80% of type 2 diabetics are overweight, and there are many type 2 diabetics here that are struggling with being overweight. I feel your pain, but please try to remember others pains as well komrade.

I have been now on both sides of the coin, overweight child, called fat, and felt horrible. Now i am really thin, and peple saying skinny and no butt and just all that is offensive too. I hate being called thin, or skinny or a bone. Both extremely hurt and I have been on both sides now.....

Cheryl

[MinimedPumper07]

sorry brion, how about this, i wish i was average. I dont wanna be fat, and i dont wanna be able to see my ribs stick out

[type1since82]

So what did you find out after your doctor's appointment? I hope you got an answer or at least a possibility.

[Bivry]

I have a generally good control of my sugars. People comment on how thin I am and tht i need to put on some weight just like so many people in this forum have mentioned. Now I work in a restaurant called Gourment Burger Kitchen so I eat at least one or two high calorie beef or chicken burgers a day. Still I am 6 ft tall and weigh 142 pounds. I think I have lost weight recebtly because I remember being 146 pounds at some point. Is going to the gym the only way to put healthy weight for me because i don't have the time to go to the gym!

[R2112]

I have just felt this crappy and tired for 4 months. My parents think i'm kidding so they just made an appointment for "a few months down the road"....

Here is my symptoms

I am tired all day. I get 7-10 hrs of sleep, but within 2 hrs im tired again

At times I feel really dizzy lightheaded like I'm drunk

Sometimes I get a crazy intolerance to heat

I see tons of floaters lately and even the odd flash of light

I can't seem to gain weight no matter what. I do exercise and I eat all kinds of food, cheese, milk, vegetables, sugar, meats fishes, juices...

This is all depressing me because I used to be so energetic. My life feels like a pos right now and all I do is think about when I'm gonna see a doctor. I am currently in school and this is my last quarter so I need really good grades so imagine having to study your butt off but always being tired... 20 more days until i see the doc and prove my parents wrong...

That's a lot of issues...

Did you finally see a doctor about all this?

You know the irony about this... is that "dumb" BMI index chart thing. Your 5-10 and 145 lbs, according to the BMI table, your weight is perfect yet you feel under-weight. Compare myself, I'm 6' and my weight is 190 lbs. and I feel pretty darn good at this weight but according to the BMI table I should be no more than 175 lbs. Now I don't consider myself overweight but I am according to the table. I don't want to weigh 175 because I feel (for myself) I wouldn't feel healthy. Who came upwith this chart anyway?

Sorry to veer off topic a bit but like others said, it's how you feel with about your weight too.

Hope things are getting better.