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Skipping insulin for weight risky

Like many teenage girls, Lee Ann Thill was obsessed with her appearance. A diabetic, she was already suffering from bulimia - forcing herself to throw up to lose weight. But it wasn't enough, and she'd recently put on 20 pounds.


Then one day at a camp for diabetic teens, she heard counselors chew out two girls for practicing "diabulimia" - not taking their insulin so they could lose weight, one of the consequences of uncontrolled diabetes.


Don't you realize you could die if you skip your insulin? the counselor scolded. Don't you know you could fall into a coma or damage your kidneys or your eyes?


But that's not what registered with Thill, who has Type 1, or juvenile diabetes. Instead, she focused on this: Skipping insulin equals weight loss. For the next 17 years, diabulimia was her compulsion.


"I took just enough insulin to function," said Thill, now 34, of Magnolia, N.J.


Today, she worries about the long-term damage that may have come from her weight obsession. At 25, a blood vessel hemorrhage in her eye required surgery. At 28, doctors told her she had damaged kidneys.


"I'm fearful for the future," Thill said. "I feel very strongly that had I taken care of myself, I could have lived as long as anyone without diabetes. I don't think that's going to happen now."


Diabulimia is usually practiced by teenage girls and young women, and it may be growing more common as the secret is exchanged on Internet bulletin boards for diabetics and those with eating disorders. One expert who has studied the phenomenon estimates that 450,000 Type 1 diabetic women in the United States - one-third of the total - have skipped or shortchanged their insulin to lose weight and are risking a coma and an early death.

"People who do this behavior wind up with severe diabetic complications much earlier," said Ann Goebel-Fabbri, a clinical psychologist at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.


The American Diabetes Association has long known about insulin omission as a tactic to lose weight. But "diabulimia" is a term that has only cropped up in recent years and is not a recognized medical condition, said Barbara Anderson, a pediatrics professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.


Type 1 diabetes is a disorder in which the body's own immune system attacks insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. People with this disease produce little or no insulin, so they take shots of the hormone daily.


It differs from Type 2, the form associated with obesity and which accounts for about 90 to 95 percent of all diabetes.


Insulin is vital for delivering glucose from the bloodstream to the body's cells. Without insulin, cells starve even while the bloodstream becomes burdened with too much glucose.


When Type 1 diabetics skip or reduce their insulin, they risk falling into a coma or even dying. Blindness, amputations and kidney failure are some of the long-term complications that can develop.


Warning signs for diabulimia include a change in eating habits - typically someone who eats more but still loses weight - low energy and high blood-sugar levels, Goebel-Fabbri said. Frequent urination is another signal. When sugars are high, the kidneys work overtime to filter the excess glucose from the blood.


This purging of sugar from the body through the kidneys is similar to someone with bulimia, who binges and then purges, or vomits, Anderson said.

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31. Stay busy. Do something that's not conducive to eating. The folks we talked to aren't sitting around thinking of hot chocolate fudge. They're learning BharatNatyam, taking classes, Briskwalking, leading weight loss groups, and more.

32. Keep 'em out of sight. Overwhelmingly, weight loss vets control foods like chocolate, ice cream, and potato chips by not having them around.

33. Moderation is key. But they're not depriving themselves, either. "If I want a piece of cake, I'll have one," says Meeta. "Then I just won't have another one for a week or so. Knowing that I can eat something and no one's going to say 'you can't' works for me."

34. Indulge and enjoy! Go for the best brand of ice cream or the best punjabi dish paneer kofta. "If I'm going to blow 500 or 600 calories, I want to make sure that I'm enjoying it to the max," says Mamata. "Often desserts look much better than they taste. If it tastes like cardboard, forget it. It's not worth it."

35. Limit portions. "When I have to snack,I put my hand in the bag or box and whatever I can grab, that's what I eat -- only a handful," says Rashmi.

36. Buy individually packaged snacks. Cookies, chips, even ice cream come in single serving sizes. "If I want some cookies or chips, I grab one little bag instead of a whole box," says Ritu.


37. Keep reminders around. A note on the refrigerator reading "Stop" kept Ritu from raiding it. Underneath she listed other things to do, like "take a drink of water" and questions such as"Are you really hungry?"

38. Find alternatives. Chocolate is still a favorite even for successful dieters. But they've found ways to enjoy it and still keep their waistlines. Beena makes fat-free eggless cake. For Sitara, who lost 16 kgs and has kept it off for two years, a cup of sugar-free hot coffee topped with a little fat-free whipped cream does the trick.

39. Don't give in to peer pressure. If the cookies, chips, or ice cream you buy for the rest of the family is sabotaging your efforts, stop buying it. "My daughters carried on for about a month, but after that they got used to the change," says Beena.


40. Know your triggers. You have to know which moods send you to the toffee jar before you can do anything about it. Once you know your triggers, have a list of alternate things to do when the mood strikes. "When I get tired or discouraged, I get an 'I don't care attitude,'" says Reena. For those times, taking a walk or reading affirmations can help.

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here goes mee!

31. Stay busy. Do something that's not conducive to eating. The folks we talked to aren't sitting around thinking of hot chocolate fudge. They're learning BharatNatyam, taking classes, Briskwalking, leading weight loss groups, and more.

32. Keep 'em out of sight. Overwhelmingly, weight loss vets control foods like chocolate, ice cream, and potato chips by not having them around.

33. Moderation is key. But they're not depriving themselves, either. "If I want a piece of cake, I'll have one," says Meeta. "Then I just won't have another one for a week or so. Knowing that I can eat something and no one's going to say 'you can't' works for me."

34. Indulge and enjoy! Go for the best brand of ice cream or the best punjabi dish paneer kofta. "If I'm going to blow 500 or 600 calories, I want to make sure that I'm enjoying it to the max," says Mamata. "Often desserts look much better than they taste. If it tastes like cardboard, forget it. It's not worth it."

35. Limit portions. "When I have to snack,I put my hand in the bag or box and whatever I can grab, that's what I eat -- only a handful," says Rashmi.

36. Buy individually packaged snacks. Cookies, chips, even ice cream come in single serving sizes. "If I want some cookies or chips, I grab one little bag instead of a whole box," says Ritu.


37. Keep reminders around. A note on the refrigerator reading "Stop" kept Ritu from raiding it. Underneath she listed other things to do, like "take a drink of water" and questions such as"Are you really hungry?"

38. Find alternatives. Chocolate is still a favorite even for successful dieters. But they've found ways to enjoy it and still keep their waistlines. Beena makes fat-free eggless cake. For Sitara, who lost 16 kgs and has kept it off for two years, a cup of sugar-free hot coffee topped with a little fat-free whipped cream does the trick.

39. Don't give in to peer pressure. If the cookies, chips, or ice cream you buy for the rest of the family is sabotaging your efforts, stop buying it. "My daughters carried on for about a month, but after that they got used to the change," says Beena.


40. Know your triggers. You have to know which moods send you to the toffee jar before you can do anything about it. Once you know your triggers, have a list of alternate things to do when the mood strikes. "When I get tired or discouraged, I get an 'I don't care attitude,'" says Reena. For those times, taking a walk or reading affirmations can help.

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Dealing With Cravings
[12 Jul 2007]


You’ve tossed all the takeout menus, avoided bhelpuri stalls and turned down party invitations because pizza, candy and cake aren’t allowed in your diet plan. The trouble is, everywhere you look, you see pizza, candy and cake…the bottomline? If you want a food to take centre stage in life…ban it. Worst is you may end up eating around the food and taking in even more calories.

Prevent it:
Lift the ban. If you like pizza...have one, but make it with less meat and reduced cheese in order to stay within your calorie budget. If French fries are an absolute must…include them, but have a maller portion and account for the additional calories and fat grams by scaling back elsewhere. Whatever you do, don’t feel guilty. Guilt is a powerfully destructive emotion that spells certain death for any diet. It crushes your confidence and encourages self-doubt, so you’re less able to stick with your goals while you ride out the inevitable rough spots.

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41. Quiz yourself. Determine if you're really hungry or eating for other reasons. "I'll ask myself 'Do you really want this, or is it something else, like boredom or depression?' About 80% of the time it's not hunger," says Girija.

42. Call a friend. Talking about what's eating you can keep you from eating. "I had to be willing to call my support people at 9 o'clock on a Friday night," says Beena, 46, who's kept off 19 kgs for more than 15 years.

43. Stop worrying. Remind yourself that you only have control over you -- not your spouse, boss, parents, or friends. If you can't do anything about it, just let it go, several people suggested.

44. Take an emotional inventory. Ask yourself: "What do you feel guilty about? resent? fear? regret? What are you angry about?" Then deal with it, says Beena. Confront the person involved, talk to others, or write a letter -- even if you don't send it.

45. Get spiritual. If religion isn't for you, try yoga, meditation, or relaxation exercises. These are especially helpful if you tend to eat when you're stressed, says Beena.


46. Challenge the power of food. Ice cream is a poor companion if you're lonely. "If I eat the whole bag of potato chips, am I going to be any happier? Probably not," says Jaya.


47. Look how far you've come. "By keeping a graph of my weight, I could see that the line would go up and down and up and down, but overall it was going down, so there was no reason to throw my progress away," says Ritu.


48. Don't give up. "There are plenty of times when I've wanted to give up, but I didn't," says Meeta. "I realized a long time ago that entrepreneurs fall and rise up every time they lose a venture, but they just keep getting up." The same is true for weight loss.

49. "You can do it." Repeat this to yourself. Many people post affirmations around their homes or offices as constant reminders. One dieter even programmed her computer screen to keep her on the right track.

50. Get inspired. "I read a lot about other people who have come back from obstacles and really made it," says Meeta. Their determination can make you feel like you can succeed too.

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Tips for Weightloss



We went to the real weight loss experts -- folks who've been there, done that -- to get their tips for taking it off and keeping it off. We wanted to know what really worked for folks who'd not only lost big kgs (more than 12), but who'd kept it off for more than a year.
Not surprisingly, they changed their eating habits and increased their activity levels. But haven't we all tried that? Why did it work for them and not others? What follows are their inspirational, sensible, tough -- yet doable -- tips. We suggest printing out each page and hanging them on your fridge, desk or other prominent place. next Get moving
The tough part with exercise, of course, is getting out there and doing it. Here's how the successful get going:
1. Prioritize. The beds might not get made, but Reema, 36, still makes time for exercise. That's how she's kept off more than 32 kgs for 13 years. "I have to schedule it in and let go of other things -- like a perfectly clean house," she says.
2. Find a passion. "I have a dance background and when I found Aerobics, I said, 'Thank God.' If somebody told me I had to go out and run five days a week, I'd still weigh 74 kgs," says Madhu, 41, who lost 22 kgs and has kept it off for 13 years.
3. Keep an exercise log. It makes you more accountable.Tina from Delhi, who hangs hers on the refrigerator, checks off six workouts a week dutifully. "If I miss one day, I make that my day off for the week."
4. Set a goal. "Try to improve your times.Earlier when i started, i used to be exhausted in 5 minutes doing Aerobics. But gradually, i could do 20 minutes and was getting fitter and losing more weight" says Neeta 34, who lost 22 kgs and now easily does a 45 minutes hectic Aerobics non-stop."
5. Get pumped. "It wasn't until I put on more muscle through resistance training that I was able to keep the weight off -- almost effortlessly," says Madhumati, 37, who went from a size 18 to an 8. The reason? Muscle burns more calories around the clock.
6. Make changes for the long haul. "I learned how to eat and live with it for the rest of my life," says Tina, 42, who lost more than 16 kgs and hasn't seen any come back in three years.
7. Stop dieting. "The best thing I did was quit dieting," says Ritu. On average, weight loss winners eat five times a day.
8. Follow the 90% to 10% rule. "If you watch what you eat 90% of the time, the other 10% is not a problem," says Meeta who learned this tip from a fitness professional.
9. Dine at the dinner table only. If you eat in front of the TV, then every time you nestle in with the remote control, it's a cue to eat. Instead, designate an eating spot for all meals and snacks. "Even when I want potato chips, I set the table just like I was going to sit down for a full course meal," says Keerthi, 47, who took off more than 40 kgs. "It also stopped what I thought were hunger headaches, which were probably due to dehydration. "

10. Do it for yourself. "My doctor told me for years that I had to take the weight off. But you've got to want it yourself," says Jaya. "As long as somebody else is pushing you, no matter what you do or what you try, it'll never work," adds Shaila, 39, who shed 24 kgs and has kept them off for five years.



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51. Envision your svelte self. "If you can actually visualize yourself as the person you

want to be, you'll become it," says Meeta. "When I felt like I couldn't do this one more

minute, I slipped in a motivational tape. Step by step, it would walk me through a

visualization exercise so I could see myself as I wanted to be."

52. Find new measures of success. When she lost some weight, trying on her old,

too-big clothes further motivated Sheela. "I also bought myself a size below what I was

wearing," she says. "I'd see if I could get the pants on, then if I could zip them, and finally

when I could wear them comfortably."


53. Learn to like your trouble spots. Mala, who's lost about 30 kgs, dresses in a salwar

and, standing in front of a mirror, she points out everything about herself that she doesn't

like. Then she counters that. For instance, "I hate my legs, but they work," she says. "I

can walk and dance. I have no control over the way they look, so it's silly to obsess over

them. Don't dwell on it."

54. Pamper yourself. Take baths and get massages, facials, manicures, and pedicures.

"They make me look good and feel good," says Meeta.

55. Stop negative talk. "If you make positive speech a long-term goal and stop using 'I

was bad (or good) today,' you'll begin to feel better about yourself," says Meeta.

56. Don't compare yourself to others. Instead, think "I'm better or just as good as anyone

else is. Once you start thinking that about yourself, believe me, you get real cocky,"

says Meeta.

57. Look in the mirror and say, "I look good." You may not believe it now, but you will.

"When I first started this, I avoided mirrors," says Beena. "I never wanted to go into a

dressing room, so I'd get various sizes, take them home, and then try them on. If they

didn't fit, then I took them back. But now I'll look in every mirror."


58. Stay flexible. Many people who have kept the weight off never reached their initial

goal weights. Instead, they've gotten to a realistic weight that they can maintain. "In 13

years, I've never gotten down to my initial goal weight, but I'm very happy and feel very

good even though I didn't reach it," says Ritu.

59. Quit the numbers game. Mala is 5' 5 1/2" tall and weighs 68 kgs -- by society's

standards she's heavy. However, she can slip into a size 8 thanks to the fact that most of

her weight is muscle. "It doesn't matter what the scale says, it matters how I look," she

says.

60. Reject others standards. "Thin is whatever you think thin is. Next to Reena, I'm thin.

Next to Tina, I'm fat," says Meeta.

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