I am new to this on-line thing! Gliclizide and weight gain anyone?

[Jennie1]

🙂 I have had a gastric sleeve to aid weight loss, and am now on gliclazide and have put back on nearly all the weight I lost. Is there anyone out there struggling like this.
Type 2, Metformin 2000 per day Gliclazide 80mg per day

 

[Copepod]

Welcome to the forum, Jennie.

I'm not sure if there's anyone else with experience of a gastric sleeve (or other forms of gastric surgery for weight loss). However, there is a very active "Weight Loss Group" section of the forum - lots of advice, encouragement etc for both food intake and exercise.

 

[Northerner]

Hi Jennie, welcome to the forum 🙂 Very sorry to hear that you are struggling with your weight. Have you spoken to your doctor about it? Gliclazide encourages your pancreas to produce more insulin to try and lower your blood sugar levels, but unfortunately this can have the side-effect of making you gain weight. What are your blood sugar levels like generally? Are you able to test your blood at home so you can tell how different foods affect you? The key to losing that weight again may lie in adjusting your diet so that it raises your levels less, and this in turn will mean less insulin from your pancreas.

I would suggest starting a food diary, recording everything you eat and drink each day and noting down the carbohydrate content of everything. You might find something like Collins Gem - Carb Counter useful for fresh ingredients where you don't have a packet or to refer to. Just stick to your normal diet and see what it reveals. This can help you identify areas where you might be able to substitute high carb items with lower carb alternatives, or perhaps reduce portion sizes and increase portions of lower carb items - e.g. less potatoes, more carrots and green veg. Lowering your overall carb intake will mean less insulin and hopefully a halt to the weight gain.

Another thing that might help if your doctor has not yet considered it is something called Byetta or Victoza. These products will help to lower your blood sugar levels and often also help with weight loss. They are injected once or twice a day, rather than taken as pills.

I'll move this to the General section as more people might see it there 🙂

 

[Mark T]

Welcome to the forum Jennie1 🙂

 

[PattiEvans]

I would suggest starting a food diary, recording everything you eat and drink each day and noting down the carbohydrate content of everything. You might find something like Collins Gem - Carb Counter useful for fresh ingredients where you don't have a packet or to refer to. Just stick to your normal diet and see what it reveals. This can help you identify areas where you might be able to substitute high carb items with lower carb alternatives, or perhaps reduce portion sizes and increase portions of lower carb items - e.g. less potatoes, more carrots and green veg. Lowering your overall carb intake will mean less insulin and hopefully a halt to the weight gain.

I have both The Collins Gem Carbohydrate counter and the Collins Gem Calorie counter and find the Calorie counter much more useful as it gives carbs per 100g unlike the Carb counter which states things like "half a baguette" without giving the size of the baguette e.g. is it a foot long or one of those really long French ones?

 

[Northerner]

I have both The Collins Gem Carbohydrate counter and the Collins Gem Calorie counter and find the Calorie counter much more useful as it gives carbs per 100g unlike the Carb counter which states things like "half a baguette" without giving the size of the baguette e.g. is it a foot long or one of those really long French ones?

I will amend my future recommendations appropriately Patti, thank you! 🙂

 

[Caroline]

Can't add to advice given but welcome to the forum.