Re: My theory on weight and drugs

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing this . I just started on Metaformin and am hungry a lot

more than I used to be. I also am doing South Beach diet and havent lost

any wt am wondering if drugs have anything to do with it. Drugs dont seem

to be helping with my morning readings either.

sharon

My theory on weight and drugs

My theory on weight gain and diabetes drugs. After almost 3 years of

being diagnosed with diabetes and steadily gaining weight, I am

starting to figure this out.

I was not overweight when I was diagnosed. Since taking the diabetes

drugs, all I do is gain weight or fight gaining weight. I take

metformin and Prandin. I have tried almost all of the other

diabetes drugs and decided these 2 made me the least hungry. I have

figured out that when I take the drugs, it lowers my BS level, when

my BS is lower, it makes me feel like I need to eat. They give you

drugs that cause you to gain weight but then tell you you need to

lose weight. ugh It's a vicious cycle.

I have found that if I don't eat in the morning and don't take any

drugs, I am not hungry. Once I eat and start taking the drugs, the

eating/hunger cycle starts.

Kat

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing this . I just started on Metaformin and am hungry a lot

more than I used to be. I also am doing South Beach diet and havent lost

any wt am wondering if drugs have anything to do with it. Drugs dont seem

to be helping with my morning readings either.

sharon

My theory on weight and drugs

My theory on weight gain and diabetes drugs. After almost 3 years of

being diagnosed with diabetes and steadily gaining weight, I am

starting to figure this out.

I was not overweight when I was diagnosed. Since taking the diabetes

drugs, all I do is gain weight or fight gaining weight. I take

metformin and Prandin. I have tried almost all of the other

diabetes drugs and decided these 2 made me the least hungry. I have

figured out that when I take the drugs, it lowers my BS level, when

my BS is lower, it makes me feel like I need to eat. They give you

drugs that cause you to gain weight but then tell you you need to

lose weight. ugh It's a vicious cycle.

I have found that if I don't eat in the morning and don't take any

drugs, I am not hungry. Once I eat and start taking the drugs, the

eating/hunger cycle starts.

Kat

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[Guest guest]

> My theory on weight gain and diabetes drugs.I have found that if I

don't eat in the morning and don't take any

> drugs, I am not hungry. Once I eat and start taking the drugs, the

> eating/hunger cycle starts.

>

> Kat

It's interesting that you mention hunger as part of the drug cycle.

I have been on Avandia since November 2002- and this is the only

diabetic medication I have ever taken. I am often incredibly hungry,

but had assumed that this was due to the fact that I had been very

overweight (over 300 pounds), and had drastically cut my calorie

consumption, and my body was adjusting. But my weight has been in

the " high normal " range for months now, and my body has had plenty of

time to adjust to the reduced calories, and I am hungrier than ever,

and not even losing much anymore, basically maintaining. So I wonder

to, if the Avandia is a partial cause,

gail

[Guest guest]

> My theory on weight gain and diabetes drugs.I have found that if I

don't eat in the morning and don't take any

> drugs, I am not hungry. Once I eat and start taking the drugs, the

> eating/hunger cycle starts.

>

> Kat

It's interesting that you mention hunger as part of the drug cycle.

I have been on Avandia since November 2002- and this is the only

diabetic medication I have ever taken. I am often incredibly hungry,

but had assumed that this was due to the fact that I had been very

overweight (over 300 pounds), and had drastically cut my calorie

consumption, and my body was adjusting. But my weight has been in

the " high normal " range for months now, and my body has had plenty of

time to adjust to the reduced calories, and I am hungrier than ever,

and not even losing much anymore, basically maintaining. So I wonder

to, if the Avandia is a partial cause,

gail