Phew! 4 days into your diagnosis
@Lydiagoodman93 and probably even more confused than ever!
So many contradictory views, even here.
I don’t know whether you are reading the forum on a phone, or a tablet or a bigger machine, but some of those allow you to see what type of diabetes each poster has. Have a look at the avatar pictures. Can you see Type 1 or Type 2 under each person’s name?
If you can, it is always worth noting this when taking advice from that person, simply because of the amount of experience they have to offer.
So far, on this thread you have had comments from 3 very experienced type 1 diabetics.
@Mel dCP @Scott-C @donnellysdogs and
@Japes who is Late Onset type 1, all of whom have masses of experience with insulin. They also have varying experience of lowering their carbs, and manage their type 1 with different levels of carb intake - which just goes to show how it is possible to manage type 1 on various different ways of eating - once you have settled in to carb counting and insulin dosing.
Regarding low carb... take your time. Changing the eating habits of a lifetime at the same time as getting a lifechanging diagnosis is a double whammy. You already have a huge amount to take on board. Switching to low carb is more complicated for a type1 than for a type 2, with more factors in play. And of course,as you learn carb counting and blood glucose management, you will very quickly see whether your current carb intake is working for you, or not.
If you lost weight before diagnosis, then your body will naturally replace that weight as a priority, now that it can get energy to where it needs to again, with insulin. But your priority is always going to be blood glucose management.
Welcome to the forum.
Edited for typos.