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      Multiple daily injections users: Do you use a diabetes-specific app on a smart phone to track your insulin dosing? Share what works best for you in the comments!
      I note my insulin dosage, both long and short term, using the events option in my Dexcom G6 app.
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      Multiple daily injections users: Do you use a diabetes-specific app on a smart phone to track your insulin dosing? Share what works best for you in the comments!
      I use an InPen. Tracts my doses and gives report just like a pump. IOB total insulin etc.
    • 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
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      Multiple daily injections users: Do you use a diabetes-specific app on a smart phone to track your insulin dosing? Share what works best for you in the comments!
      I’m looking for an app that reminds me of basal doses that keeps the time static as you change time zones. For example, I recently travelled to London. My normal basal dose is at 8 PM at home but currently 1 AM in the UK. The Apple Health app reminded me to take it at 8 PM London time instead of 1 AM. I really just want an app that reminds me at the same time my body is set at without making me think about it.
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      Multiple daily injections users: Do you use a diabetes-specific app on a smart phone to track your insulin dosing? Share what works best for you in the comments!
      I’m looking for an app that reminds me of basal doses that keeps the time static as you change time zones. For example, I recently travelled to London. My normal basal dose is at 8 PM at home but currently 1 AM in the UK. The Apple Health app reminded me to take it at 8 PM London time instead of 1 AM. I really just want an app that reminds me at the same time my body is set at without making me think about it.
    • 3 hours, 21 minutes ago
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      Echo Mick Martin. Gastroparesis? Try ondonestron (sp?) one of the 10 best medicines ever invented. Also, "a forever learning curve" and "If in doubt, pull it out."
    • 19 hours, 17 minutes ago
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      "It's a forever learning curve" - so very true
    • 19 hours, 24 minutes ago
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      For pump users: In the past 3 months, have you had issues with insulin delivery due to a bent cannula or occlusion?
      I hesitate to bring this up but I am quite sure this happens more than people realize. I use a tubed pump and small amounts of total daily insulin and have checked the tubing for YEARS for bubbles. YES, they are difficult to "notice" unless you have a good light behind the clear tubing because the insulin is also colorless. I detach and check the tubing in the morning and before bedtime if not before the evening meal...I'm talking about significant bubbles----8-10-or12 inches in length can appear and you would NOT notice them unless you were looking. I wonder how many people wonder why their blood sugar is occasionally high and it's being caused by a significant bubble...NO, not the champagne sized version that's often mentioned to "ignore." The pump company I deal with tried to get me to switch to injections instead but I am an EXPERT with the bubble situation. Also, comments over the years that I am probably not filling the reservoir correctly, etc....just plain silly. I am NOT new at this...LOL!!!
    • 19 hours, 50 minutes ago
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
    • 1 day ago
      Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
    • 1 day ago
      Richard Wiener likes your comment at
      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
    • 1 day ago
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I began playing Pickleball last year in March. When the temperatures started to rise the extra effort my body was experiencing because of the heat got my body hormones out of balance and I began experiencing nausea, higher heart rates and feeling very uncomfortable. I soon realized that I cannot play when is too hot or I’ll end up with ketones. Any new activity when on. Insulin requires adjustments. It’s a forever learning curve. Adding to the heat, last year I was having some absorption problems by the overuse of my abdomen. I have now move the infusion sites to my upper front side and it’s working much better.
    • 1 day ago
      Kristine Warmecke likes your comment at
      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
    • 1 day, 1 hour ago
      Becky Hertz likes your comment at
      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
    • 1 day, 17 hours ago
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      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      After 62 years I have skin issues everywhere. I am an avid at rotating every time I change my infusion set. When I was on multiple daily injections, up to 9 per day, I had massive skin hardening. Since on the pump it’s not nearly as bad that’s been 33 years. I take very little insulin my daily basal comes out to 9 units over 24 hours I eat two meals that I count carbs for and try to keep at a minimum of 30-40 per day. Everything is going well. Rotation is key
    • 1 day, 17 hours ago
      Wanacure likes your comment at
      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      I use a pump and have had issues with insulin absorbtion. It seems I have a lot of them on the side I primarily use for infusion sets. I recently switched to the other side of my abdomen and dropped more than one point on my a1c.
    • 1 day, 18 hours ago
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      When I first started with my current Endo we would discuss the released and upcoming products and I would tell her about the 'off-market' applications and devices, we both learned from each other. But she was so good with helping me transition to the Dexcom and then the Tandem after Animas was pulled from the Market. She followed my Dex and even finer tuned my Basals and early this year I got an "unbeleivable" 5.4 A1c and we are both extremely happy!
    • 1 day, 18 hours ago
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      Yes. But then I self-selected when choosing an endocrinology clinic that pursues cutting-edge advances 40 years ago. Cutting-edge is a phrase that is also often called bleeding-edge because it is often experimental, hit or miss on results, and very expensive. I am convinced the “bleeding” refers to $$$.
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      not anymore, and I am happy about it! Most of the time they were recommending things that had been recently pitched to them by a pharmaceutical salesperson or a durable medical supplier. The doctors would give patients the "free samples" and it was often not the best fit, then after the "free" supply ran out, the prices were exorbitant. Maybe it still happens, but I haven't seen it for a while.
    • 1 day, 19 hours ago
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      If you have never used an insulin pump with automated insulin delivery (also known as a hybrid closed-loop pump), what are some of the reasons you’re reluctant, or obstacles you’ve encountered? Please select all that apply.
      The need for better CGM accuracy is a big consideration for me. Also my control is pretty good right now (a1c in the low 6 range). Although I am tempted by the sleep and exercise modes which would be very helpful since I’m getting back in to exercise. So…I keep sitting on the fence…
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      If you have never used an insulin pump with automated insulin delivery (also known as a hybrid closed-loop pump), what are some of the reasons you’re reluctant, or obstacles you’ve encountered? Please select all that apply.
      I don’t want to change from the Omnipod Dash to Omnipod 5 because the minimum target blood glucose is level is higher than where I like to keep it. My A1C is currently 5.0.
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      If you have never used an insulin pump with automated insulin delivery (also known as a hybrid closed-loop pump), what are some of the reasons you’re reluctant, or obstacles you’ve encountered? Please select all that apply.
      For the last 5 years, the highest HbA1C I've had was 5.3. For the last 3 years the high, low, & average have been 5.2, 4.7, & 4.9. I'm not willing to go to an AID that sets a target of 6 to 7.
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      If you have never used an insulin pump with automated insulin delivery (also known as a hybrid closed-loop pump), what are some of the reasons you’re reluctant, or obstacles you’ve encountered? Please select all that apply.
      I do MDI. For the last 7 years my A1C has averaged around 4.8. I have no reason to believe that a closed loop automated system could do that well.
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      If you have never used an insulin pump with automated insulin delivery (also known as a hybrid closed-loop pump), what are some of the reasons you’re reluctant, or obstacles you’ve encountered? Please select all that apply.
      There are many reasons, as well as "something else." My arthritic fingers do not serve me well with a cell phone. I have trouble putting the needle covers back on to my insulin pen needles. If I had to take care of all the fine muscle issues associated with setting a pump up, I would probably require assistance. I am also not drawn to the issues I hear about tissue damage at the infusion sites, or knowing whether everything is seated properly and the insulin is actually flowing. Finally, I just have some kind of negative karma with electronics. I have worked as a lab biochemist. Somehow, I find the weaknesses of every machine in the lab. (the ideal industrial beta-tester) Having said that, what I hear about the numbers achieved with the tandem CIQ gives me pause to consider.
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      Like others, the "closed loop" runs me too high - even the target bg is too high for me. I use the TandemX2 with BIQ integrated wqith my Dexcom G6. I also appreciate - and use - the temp basal function often. I would lose that with CIQ. L:ike Nilla Eckstrom (I think?) I like to be between 80-90, with maybe up to 120 after I eat.
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      The constant refilling and site changes...doesn't seem worth it.
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    As an adult with T1D, have you ever followed an intermittent fasting routine? What is your primary reason for starting, stopping, or never starting? Share your experiences in the comments!

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    49 Comments

    1. LizB

      I started intermittent fasting maybe 3 months ago, eating between noon-8pm. I do sometimes need fast acting carbs outside those hours but I just use glucose tablets and don’t use it as an excuse for junk food.
      My TIR has increased, my insulin use has decreased and I’ve lost 20 pounds in this time. I don’t miss having breakfast, and the crazy effects it can have on my BG, at all.

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      1. RobbyLee

        Have you considered adjusting your basal rate during fasting?

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    2. Britni

      My answer is “no,” but not for any of the reasons listed above. I just don’t want to. I’m not crazy about diets in general.

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      1. Karen Brady

        Wish I could say the same but I unfortunately fell prey to the diet trend… not anymore!

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    3. Sahran Holiday

      Don’t deliberately fast. Sometimes go a day or more without eating cause I don’t feel like it. Or for a lab test. Just watch blood glucose and adjust basal rates.

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    4. gary rind

      I’ve been doing a 500 calorie day one day per week. It’s dropped my A1C from 6.8-7.0 to 6.0-6.2. TIR is 90%+

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    5. GLORIA MILLER

      I have not eaten breakfast since I got on the pump in the 1990s so I was doing intermittent fasting before the name became popular. I didn’t do this for my diabetes but just because I was finally free to eat when I wanted.

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    6. Sherolyn Newell

      After reading the comments, I guess I have done it. I don’t eat if I’m not hungry, so most days that means I skip breakfast. If I have a big lunch, I might skip dinner. It’s not any kind of a plan though, it’s just based on whether I am hungry or not.

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    7. Kristen Clifford

      No, but I’ve seriously considered it!

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    8. Ernie Richmann

      I sometimes miss a meal. Skipping breakfast has resulted in a significant increase in bg. My goal is to exercise everyday and eat sensibly with an emphasis on plants and avoiding highly processed food products- wild thinking?

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    9. brettsmith115

      Haven’t formally tried it, but would certainly be willing to if there were a recommended approach. Skip a particular meal per day? Do one 500 calorie day per week? Any suggestions?

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      1. P-O Heidling

        Once you have adopted to a LCHF/keto diet (i.e bg is stable, insulin doses are set and diet feels fine), it’s easy to skip breakfast. Or have the breakfast and skip lunch.

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    10. Karen Brady

      I did IF for a few months years ago, for weight loss.
      I don’t believe the science behind it; I think that if it “works” for weight loss it’s simply due to caloric restriction. Which for the vast majority of folks is not sustainable (like all diets, most people won’t keep the weight off long-term)

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    11. rick phillips

      I did under doctors supervision to lose weight. It worked. But I would never do it without being closely followed.

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    12. Henry Renn

      As a hard to control Type 1 for 65 years I do question whether or not fasting routine would mess up the bg control which I do have. My bgs are largely in bg target range & wouldn’t want to mess with that %.

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    13. Amanda Barras

      Low carb and fasting have proven to cut my insulin intake and half and allow me a lot tighter control. However I miss all those comfort foods and always fall back into my old habits. It’s honestly all about will power for me.

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    14. Judy Hampton

      I did it as a part of a Keto diet. No eating between 8 p.m. and 10 a.m. I adjusted my insulin as needed. After I lost 5 pounds I gave it all up due to lack of self-discipline. LOL My A1c stayed in the 6 range.

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      1. Karen Brady

        Judy I’d say it’s less about self-discipline than simply the nature of diets being unrealistic to maintain for long periods of time! Everyone I know who’s done keto has eventually stopped! 🙂

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    15. Greg Felton

      I have not done it for long periods of time, but periodically to check my basal rates. I felt tired throughout, and I feel that eating less but more often is probably more beneficial than skipping meals for 24 hours.

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    16. Mick Martin

      Intermittent fasting has never interested me since giving up my boxing ‘career’.

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    17. P-O Heidling

      T1D since 1981, eating LCHF/keto (< 20 grams of carb/day) since 2010 and also eating a 16:8 intermittent fasting routine every day since about 5 years back. Skipping breakfast and eating my meals between 12 PM and 8 PM.
      Eating about 2200 calories (75-80 E% fat, 15-20 E% protein, 5 E% carbs) per day.

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    18. connie ker

      This month I had a colonoscopy scheduled and the prep day before was a day of only clear liquids. I felt terrible for 24 hours until the procedure was over and I could eat solid food again with short acting insulin to cover. I don’t want to fast ever and I don’t want to have another colonoscopy again either!

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    19. Sue Martin

      T1D, 36 yrs. I was skipping breakfast for a while but on dialysis, I need to eat protein with every meal and have been advised not to skip meals. It’s been a challenge to lose weight and I’m frustrated that I don’t seem to be getting help from medical staff. I keep getting conflicting recommendations.

      I did notice that with fewer meals, I didn’t need as much insulin. My bg was still (sort-of) under control.

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    20. Tod Herman

      I put other. The only “fasting” that was ever recommend to me was for the use of checking my background basal rates. If you skip a meal and your glucose levels stay constant, you’re good. If they drop, then the basal rates were too high… and so on. However, my endos have never suggested that I try fasting to maintain my health in some way. Interesting.

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    21. Stacey Rose

      As a T1D for 43 years, I went through my teens with T1D. There is so much emphasis on what we put in our mouths, it is no wonder T1Ds have such a high rate of suffering from eating disorders – myself included. Because of that, I now won’t eliminate any food group or go on any “diet” now. I eat. I exercise. That works for me.

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      1. Karen Brady

        same!

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    22. Natalie Daley

      I eat a hardy breakfast and a light dinner. Coffee and a handful of almonds if I’m hungry in between. I started this three years ago. I lost 25 lbs and eliminated lunch insulin and lowered my Tresciba. I started this because my copay for the two insulins had risen to over $700 and that’s with Medicare and good bridge insurance. I’m 75 and feel strong and energetic.

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    23. Pauline M Reynolds

      No, because of possibility of serious health risks. I have multiple diseases/conditions, most of which are under control. Wouldn’t want to “rock the boat” and cause an imbalance issue.

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    24. Lance Prince

      Time-restricted feedings is easier to manage with my current regimen. But I have experienced real benefits from intermittent fasting. Just need to reduce basal insulin levels slightly during the fast.

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    25. Kristina Sanders

      I tried intermittent fasting, and while I thought it helped glucose levels in the beginning, once my body got used to it, my levels actually wanted to get higher. Then when I did eat, I had trouble getting in all the calories I needed. It also made me feel foggy and anxious. Definitely NOT for me, although I have a friend who does intermittent fasting, has been for about a year now, and it works great for him! Granted – he is a tall, big-build guy, and I am a 5’6 small-framed girl – so maybe that makes a difference!

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    26. Ashley Ulman

      Intermittent fasting = diet culture, fatphobia, & disordered eating. NO THANKS!

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    27. Becky Hertz

      Yes, in the past to try to help lose weight. Don’t remember why I stopped as it worked for me. I followed the eating in an 8 hour window recommended by the endocrinologist from Vancouver, BC.

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    28. Marie Cardinell-Daldry

      I’ve had long term-eating disorder so I try not to get back into a fasting regimen.

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    29. HMW

      I have not purposely followed intermittent fasting, but I have been asked if I do because I was avoiding snacks between meals.

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    30. Christina Trudo

      I slipped into doing this before I knew it was a “thing”, and lost weight, though at the time had some other issues going on that might have helped account for that. (After retirement I ended up going to bed late and sleeping in, and when I got up I puttered around the house and didn’t feel like eating right away. This resulted in 12 hour fasting periods.) I can still slip into this habit if I don’t watch it and it is definitely not good for me to try to push all of my day’s eating into a shorter period. I don’t know if the fasting itself is harmful. but it no longer achieves weight loss anyway, perhaps it needs to be consistent to do so.

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    31. Brandon Denson

      I have never thought about doing an intermittent fasting routine. It sounds a bit challenging but I guess with the right education and knowledge it could be useful.

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    32. Janice B

      I do intermittent fasting during the week. I eat breakfast around 5:30 a.m. and then do not eat again until I get home from work at 6:00 p.m. Then I do not eat again until 5:30 the next morning.
      I only do this because there is no time to eat at my job. Thank goodness for my pump! I used to have to eat while driving or quickly before client meetings. What I do now is much less stressful.

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    33. ConnieT1D62

      Occasionally I do modified fasting for inner discipline and spiritual awareness reasons.

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    34. Randi Niemer

      Not a fan of eating fad diets.

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    35. Carol Meares

      Just, no. I don’t see how fasting would help me.

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    36. Lisa La Nasa

      Since focusing on protein nutrition instead of carbs, I’m not nearly as hungry and came to a 16:8 time restricted feeding schedule naturally. Now I often don’t eat until 2 PM, making it closer to 18 hours. My blood sugar levels are incredible (steady and between 80-100 mg/dl) and I feel incredible. I could have never done this while eating high carb, though. I was always hungry!

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      1. Sasha Wooldridge

        Out of curiosity, are you following Bernstein or just tending toward protein? I recently cut down carbs trying to get closer to Bernstein’s diet, but things are already so much better I’m not sure I would need to go all the way down that rabbit hole. 😉

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    37. Jneticdiabetic

      I put “Other” because I didn’t intentionally set out to intermittently fast. It started by skipping breakfast, mostly because I didn’t have time between getting my kids and myself ready for school/work in the morning and then getting busy at work. This habit persisted during quarantine. Unless I wake up on the low side, I generally just have coffee in the morning, get busy working, and eat a first meal around 2-4pm. I’m on a pump, so that helps control my basals. My BGs are generally good while fasting, but dinginess sometimes spike after I eat. This is often user error though. By the time I realize I’m hungry, I’m HUNGRY, and sometimes get excited and forget to bolus. Or I start off with something sensible and then decide to have something sweet and overdue it. I guess that would be a drawback. However, because so much of the challenge of trying to maintain good BG control revolves around the guesswork of meals (how many carbs am I eating, how quick will they absorb, how insulin responsive am I i that particular day /hour, how much and how soon should I bolus, etc???), I can see how reducing the time spent actively eating (or at least actively eating carbs) could help increase time in range -simply by reducing the # of post meal peaks and valleys. Part of what I most enjoy about this forum, is being able to read the many diverse and creative ways others are living well with (and despite of) T1D.

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    38. AnitaS

      I don’t conscientiously follow a fasting schedule, but there are definitely days when I eat an early dinner (4pm) and then don’t eat until 7:30 at breakfast the next morning.

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    39. NAK Marshall

      I do it now that I am retired and don’t have to be up so early, which makes it easy. But obviously will eat for lows! I have lost about 10 lbs, which feels great.

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      1. NAK Marshall

        Also it wasn’t a focused thing, it just sort of happened as another person mentioned, where I’m sleeping later and don’t eat until later morning.

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    40. marmcs@yahoo.com

      I began low carb/intermittent fasting to lose weight on March 1 but now just to maintain my weight. I feel great, it keeps the weight off, has cut my insulin usage in half and lowered my A1c. It lowered it by .6 pts in 6 weeks. Go back in September and hope I will see an additional reduction. I typically eat 2 meals a day. Breakfast is the meal I skip only water and coffee until around 1:00 then like to eat again around 6:00. Best part I’m not nearly as hungry since I’m not eating as much.

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    41. PamK

      I tend to skip breakfast and have “brunch” or lunch as my first meal. I believe this is considered a form of intermittent fasting. For me, it is simply because I am not hungry in the morning, but it does also help me cut my total caloric intake and carb intake which I believe helps me to lose some excess weight.

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    42. Cheryl Seibert

      No, absolutely not. Intermittent fasting sounds like the newest “healthy” fad. Just like fad dieting, fasting can throw off your body’s normal metabolism. Your body thinks it is starving, so it will then conserve and store more fat when you do begin to eat. T1Ds don’t need more fat to be stored. Just my opinion….. eat balanced meals and exercise regularly. Stay away from the latest ‘fad’.

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