The exercise may be building muscle which weighs more than fat. Is your
body looking different? Are your clothes getting looser? Do you do
strength training with all the cardio? building muscle burns more
calories as fat burns calories faster than fat does.

Just some suggestions

Are you gaining weight at all? I couldn’t chalk my early weight-loss
to nausea because there was none.
During the first Byetta weeks, I had no appetite at all!! Tonight I
went to a cafeteria with a friend and was astounded at how much I ate
– although, my friend pointed out, I did skip dessert. I wouldn’t
have skipped anything pre-Byetta. Are you gaining weight? I got
through the holidays without gaining an ounce. In the past, I could
count on six to eight pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas so
this is certainly positive. I’ve been wondering if a few days off
Byetta would renew the appetite suppression effect.

A "TV" doctor said last week that the size of the waist is more
important than bmi. Waist size should be no more than half of height

in inches, in which case my waist is 5" on the plus side.

Gail

On a blog site, someone said they changed injection sites and started
to really lose weight. Possibly this is still so relatively new that
it’s still evolving. So, did your doctor give you the larger needles
and did the doc think the size might be a factor?

Gail

Signe,

I am using NovoFine 30 (30 gauge x 1/3" (8mm)

The only problem is it does not fit my lantus pen. I do not know why,
but it seems to be too big.

Dale

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Hi Guys,

New to the group. I started Byetta November 11 and lost about seven
pounds really quickly, but nothing since. Of course, when you consider
my usual six to eight pound gain between Thanksgiving and Christmas,
this is huge.

I’m thrilled by ANY weight loss and am curious about whether you folks

have lost weight and over what time-span.

Gail

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New to the group. I started Byetta November 11 and lost about seven
pounds really quickly, but nothing since. Of course, when you consider
my usual six to eight pound gain between Thanksgiving and Christmas,
this is huge.

I’m thrilled by ANY weight loss and am curious about whether you folks
have lost weight and over what time-span.

Gail

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There is a test called the GAD test that measures antibodies in you
blood. This can help distinguish what type of Diabetes you have.

Aloha, Marge

I live in the Southern part of New Jersey. In a little town called Riverside.

——-Original Message——-

Hi Tammy, I am Marsha. I’m 56, have been doing my best to fight off this
problem of diabetes for about 5 years ago - maybe 6, can’t quite remember.
At first I controlled with just diet and exercise and did well. Later I
needed oral meds and could not tolerate metformin - the med of choice. So I
was on glucotrol extended release for a few years and that went very well
until the end of last year when I began experiencing medication failure.

I’ve been on Byetta since the 22nd of the month - 9 days. I have seen some
changes in BG down, but not as much as I had hoped. I plan to ask my doctor
on Friday if I can up the dose early. At present I am on no other
medication because of side-effects ranging from edema to anaphylaxis.

I am a full time law student, wife, mother of a 27 year old who lives next
door with her children and husband. We live in the greater Boston area.

From dear Janie in this group I discovered something called Emotional
Freedom Therapy which I have combined with Neuro Linguistic Programming
techniques to help me deal with my stress levels, which have been
considerable as of late.

Greetings,
Marsha

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