How to get rid of this belly!?

So in terms of exercise and your diet what does that look like currently on a typical day?

That’s very true lol. But when he started training he didn’t have the support he later had, but still trained and started winning.

I truly believe that improving base fitness and building muscle will help you. That can just be walking, lifting light weights, moving more.

Well the Olympian Steve Redgrave is diabetic (albeit type 2, I know) so exercise and diabetic control can be achieved.

It does take more planning and control, but it’s not a reason not to exercise. Even if you can’t achieve a big calorie deficit you’ll build muscle and muscle burns more calories at rest than fat.

I do sympathise, weight loss with diabetes is really hard.

You're right OP - and the trouble is that people don't appreciate that different people with diabetes have different difficulties. Some people with diabetes do lots of exercise, which is great for them. Others really struggle with the balancing act between exercise/food/insulin (& usually get it wrong in my case!).

Keep on doing what you're doing.

👏👏👏@trailrunner85 couldn't agree more!

I have had the advice of ‘just do’ c25k, parkruns, 10k steps weight training etc… even when I have said that I would most likely consume more calories than I would burn just to keep me in range so I don’t have a hypo

You do know lots of people with Type 1 diabetes exercise, right? And that it's actually recommended?
One of my best friends from running club is type 1 and runs ultramarathons - she writes about how she manages it, and it's really interesting from a fuelling point of view.

I know it's easier to make excuses than it is to make a change, but why start a thread if all you're going to do is end it by saying you don't eat badly anyway and you're not going to do any exercise? Especially when all the research proves that exercise can help manage diabetes.

Realise my post came just after yours about exercise OP, sorry. But you’re going to have to exercise if you want to lose.

It’s simple, just do more exercise. Looking good is 80%exercise 20% diet, just get out and do 30 mins intervals/HIIT, 10 mins stretch and 10 mins weights a day. Eat normally as it sounds like you have an ok diet anyway.

My aunt had type 1 diabetes, and whilst she was petite all her life she always commented on how much her management of it changed after 40 and then again during the menopause. She was fitted with a pump in her 50s, which changed her life!

I expect the insulin resistance you're building up is not helping your weight OP, especially if you're finding that it's creeping up even with your strict T1 diet. Could you get a second opinion about your diet and T1 management from a different consultant, and also see if they will help with an endocrinologist referral for the thyroid? It's so much more complex when you have T1 and this thread shows how little is known about it!

You have my sympathies op. If nothing else this thread is an excellent demonstration of how ignorant most people are about Type 1 diabetes. It is all consuming and affects absolutely everything you do. I don't think anyone is as food aware as a type 1. They've usually been measuring and logging all their food from a young age. There are no sneaky snacks etc, because practically everything that passes your lips has to be accounted and injected for. 😂Exercise involves careful planning and always has the risk like you say of pushing your blood sugar down so that you need to eat to fix it or risk actually having a hypo. That's not to say it can't be done, but it certainly isn't "simple" like some would think. I'm sure a lot of people are just trying to help and are saying what has worked for them but the Type 1 diabetes is important here.

Thanks, it was a painfully slow process. Sometimes nothing happened for weeks. Perseverance and patience are probably my best tips for anyone trying to lose weight. 🙂

My fitness instructor always says weight loss is 80% food, 20% exercise... well, yes and no?

In terms of weight loss alone, that might be right. But what I think it's important to remember is that the two fit together.
So for example...

You start eating healthily and want to get fitter as well, so you start doing c25k.

Then you quickly realise you feel terrible if you run after having a heavy meal, or the morning after a few glasses of wine.

So you drink less and eat better because it helps your running. Which decreases your calorie intake.

Then you find you're running faster and further, as you're lighter. So you're burning more calories AND eating less - thus losing more weight than through diet alone.

Yes, sometimes you're hungry after a longer run or tougher exercise session. But you're still not eating half as much as you were before.

And after months of this you find that you're exercising regularly and the weight stays off - whereas with no exercise and diet alone, you would struggle to stay in that calorie deficit.

Well done Lois I’d love to lose 3 inches off waist

I lost three inches from my waist by sticking to 1500 calories a day and doing my 10000 steps. It took months though.

It's not that simple in practise, but this is correct advice.
My fitness instructor always says weight loss is 80% food, 20% exercise, and the only way to be sure you're in a calorie deficit is to track everything you eat and drink.
I love the Nutracheck app as it calculates what your calorie intake should be, and you get a bigger allowance the more steps you take/exercise you do, so it's encouraging.
Agree with an earlier poster that it's really important to check for diastasis recti (ab separation), and concentrate on exercises for that and lots of walking initially.

I was the same as you. In my 40s I developed a massive belly. I got rid of most of it in a year, through fasting and walking. I'm now a size 10, still going at it as I'd like to be more trim. It really works.

Oh, and of course at the same time as eating all this protein we're meant to be going vegan too, as heavily promoted by the manufacturers of spooky fake meats.

@Fatandfedup01 have you done a daily diary of what you're eating and drinking?
Would you be willing to share it here?

Well there you have it.

It's also probably no coincidence that the fabled 2+ litres of water we must all drink per day has no scientific basis and is entirely promulgated by the bottled water industry.

@TheLeadbetterLife it may come as no surprise to you that RHFitness also market their own brand of protein shakes ;)

😂 Right.