I'm type 2, controlling it with diet and exercise for nearly five years. Have brought my A1c down from 6.9 to 6.1 by eliminating all refined and processed carbs from my diet and daily exercise. I've now lost 50 lbs.
I still have another 100 lbs to lose. My excess weight has come of in batches, with long, arduous plateaus in between. My most recent weight loss success has been with additional calorie counting. I lost 20 lbs, then had some significant emotional events through which I lost focus and backslid again.
I'm trying to get on top of cutting calories again, but I'm really struggling with hunger. I did some reading and learned that hunger was a symptom of diabetes because a diabetic isn't getting proper levels of nutrients due to the insulin problems.
Did any of you experience this? Did it go away once you lost more weight, or if you were put on metformin? If I didn't get so hungry in the afternoon/evening, I'd be just fine cutting calories. It seems that I can't find satiety if I eat less than 2100 calories a day, but I don't lose weight unless I eat less than 1600 a day.
I don't generally have hunger issues in the morning. It's only the later part of the day. About half an hour ago I ate 670 calories in a balanced meal with lean protein, vegetables, fiber and healthy fats. And while my abdomen feels the pressure of being full, I still feel edgy, hypoglycemic and plain, ol' hunger. I know the difference between real hunger and wanting to eat for emotional reasons. I'm not experiencing any emotional hunger at all right now.
I'm going to just ignor it and go to my Pilates class. Sometimes I can do that, but not all the time. Just want to what others have experienced with hunger.