excellent blood sugar level with no particular diet

Hi Rosa - welcome to the forum I think you need to look at your diet a bit even though your levels are good as you might have problems later on. You need to cut out the junk food, with chocolate you can eat dark chocolate in very small quantities. Sorry - no sweets (except for hypo treatment). It's worth the effort in the long run and there are plenty of good things you can eat. See the Food Forum for ideas. Here is a paper the Forum Monitors wrote for newly diagnosed members - although I know you are an experienced member - which gives some information on diet which might help you. Then have a good read around as there is a lot of information that will be useful to you. Feel free to ask as many questions as you like - someone will always be there to help.

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Hi Rosa.
Welcome to the Forum. Glad to hear that you are doing well despite the junk.....

What are your blood glucose levels through the day ?

How much Insulin do you inject each day ?

Hi Rosa

What do you count as really good levels?

What is your hba1c?

I'm concerned with you saying you got really good bloods but you are having hypo's to be quite honest.

Perhaps you could give us some info as to what your levels and insulin regime is?

Your diet and foods that you describe to be quite honest, don't exactly give the mixed quantity of fat, carbs, vitamins and minerals that I thought all humans (not just diabetics) needed and I hope that this will not lead you to longer term complications.

I'm afriad even if you weren't diabetic an unhealthy junk fueled lifestyle is very likely to bite you on the bum later on in life!

Very few will get beyond 30 eating junk laidened foods and remain skinny, tend to start putting weight on around mid 20's and for females once they've hit the first baby, then it's a case of a moment on the lips a life time on the hips!

There's nothing wrong with Junk food persa, if it's eaten in moderation as treats rather than a main diet source.. And yes you can have milk chocolate but again you've got to put some thought into it, such as you'll know you are going to do some exercise so know you able to burn it off, or have a small piece with a meal etc.. Sweets really give the sugar levels a spike, so are better reserved for treating hypo's

I eat all sorts of things, but in moderation wouldn't dream of having a kitkat unless I was going to be able to burn it off.. So tends to be a snack before gardening etc...

You say that you have a lot of hypo's this sounds as though you've probably haven't got your carb to insulin ratio's right so you injecting enough insulin to cover what you are eating, with consideration of any exercise/activities you have or are going to be doing!

You do need to be monitoring, checking your BG's etc so that you can work out how to manage your diabetes without having high bg's or low bg's.. Doing this now will help to avoid problems later on, far better to avoid problems than trying to sort them out if they hit..

Hi Rosa,
Your diet maybe a bit unconventional, especially for a type-1 diabetic!! None of us are perfect, we all do things we know we shouldn't, mine is enjoying wine too much. You know you can't continue on this diet forever, even for a "normal" non-diabetic person it's not great, although no-one, not even the "experts" can say for definate how that will affect every person.
I was skinny till i was diagnosed, I have struggled with my weight(though not obsessed) since diagnosis at 19, 22 yrs ago. Your experience shows how very different we all are, and you are luckier than most, that your diabetes is not ruling your life. However when you feel you need to change things, and i'm sure you're body will give you a nudge- then i have no doubt you will.
You're obviously doing something right, so give us some tips, cause I'm soooo jealous!
Jus x

My my, haven't we met the moaning minnies!

Your blood sugar is good, that's very important. You're enjoying life too, that's also very important.

Eat some more fruits and veg, and cut down ont he cr*p,,, it's just not good for you. But you already know that lol. So, i'm glad to see you're got it working.

Personally, i love the chocolate too, especially homemade fruit dipped things. Yum.

Hi Rose,

You know that your diet isn't healthy....for all the reasons that it isn't healthy for anyone else....but your blood sugar seem to be fantastic...so you must be doing something right.

My opinion only...but you are yound, you know that what you are doing is unhealthy, but you are managing your diabetes really well.....You obviously realise that you can not continue to eat "junk" for ever....so I assume that youa re going to improve this when you get a bit older. ...so I agree with Celtic Pixie...keep an eye on your health, but enjoy being young....we are old for far too long!

I am similar, I still eat what I want but usually have BG levels within the guidelines.
You should keep an eye on all the 'other' things that are measured along with you hba1c - such as trigs, chlolesterol etc.

Eating junk food now might not be a problem for you at 22 years old, but believe me you are storing up problems for future. Junk found has high levels of salt, saturated/trans fats and artificial additives, this in turn can lead to diseases of the bowel, high blood pressure and arterial heart disease, so the sooner you adopt a healthier approach to eating the less likely you are at developing further complications later in life.

Nigel