Since I have come back here following my tumble into the weeds for a number of months, I have been doing very well. I have now lost all the weight that I gained plus 1 lb more! But the best NSV I could ever hope for is that since then I have been able to reduce my basal insulin. (This is a long acting insulin that I take once every evening to give me a level of insulin in my body for 24 hours). Three weeks ago I was taking 50 units in the evening and now I am down to 36 units each evening. This is a huge difference in managing my diabetes.

Ironically, one of the reasons I fell so hard and so fast was that I felt like a failure because other diabetic bandsters were reducing and even going off completely their meds and/or insulin and it was not happening for me. I was very discouraged. But then I told myself, even if it does not happen that I reduce my insulin, I still must lose the weight. So I resigned myself to staying that way. And now...loook what happened! :biggrin:

I am so proud! Yah for the Band!

Susan, congrats. all around for the weight loss, and, most importantly for the reduction in your meds. Keep up the good work. I am so happy for you :biggrin:

Maria

Susan,

That is awesome keep up the good work

Congrats and keep up the great work.

Well done. I am very excited for you. I guess you pointed out a lesson to us all. Don't get upset about other victories just your own. We all take off weight differently. Again good going.

Congratulations Susan, that's fatastic! Way to go! :thumbup:

Thanks guys - it feels good to be back on track. It looks like I will be reducing my insulin usage even further. I am amazed!

We all do lose weight differently, that is for sure. The thing to remember is that this is not a race. A slower weight loss is often the healthiest weight loss as the body has ample time to adjust. Congratulations from Green.