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Message: <blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 612585" data-attributes="member: 17713">DodgeWell done on marriage.I been diabetic t1 for 30 years. Nothing is off limits for me, so long as I have insulin to cover it. Last week after a exhausting hot day, I had a mcflurry (crunchie) one. Ok, I can't remember the last time I have had a McDonald's, but I fancied it.For the vast majority of my life I have been a low carber (without realising it) but at certain times of year (all December) I have real carb binges...as long as I manage my levels and stay slim and with good exercise I don't care. If I'm out with friends I eat and drink the same as anybody else.However, the lovely meals out or McDonald's are treats. I cook beautiful low carb meals and eat more fat like cheese and walnuts and paleo recipe blueberry muffins etc. I encouraged my hubby to try lower carb and higher fat and he has now got to his deal bmi at 12st 7lb. He says that the food I make nowadays that he just isn't hungry to binge anymore. He would eat a pack of crisps, chocolate and a flapjack daily (out of my sight, from pesky vending machines at his work or from garages when buying petrol. We love it when he comes home from his early shifts to have what I call a lovely 3 course meal each night... Eg salmon fish cake (homemade and huge) plus heaps of salad with homemade vinaigrette oil dressing, lemon, vanilla mascarpone and fruit pudding in a ramekin (home made) followed later by Brie cheese and nuts and a lovely cafetiere coffee with cream. We stretch this from 5pm through to about 8pm. On a early shift he takes a ramekin of mixed fruits (Lidls frozen) with chia seeds, flax seed and Greek yogurt and a blueberry muffin. He's not diabetic... But he counts his carbs the same as I do now. He's lost loads of weight, and my weight remains evenly slim.He just says that he loves my home made foods and he doesn't need to look at the rest of the **** now.It's tough being a youngster, and I've not been an angel. I think the best example of this was at meetings I used to go to every morning for years... There was always sausage n egg sandwich platters or bacon sandwiches brought in. Everyday for free. Everybody else used to take two or three small 1/4 sandwiches. For a very long time I had a whole platter to myself!!! However, I was very slim then, huge amounts of walking and physical work and I always injected. However, at this point in my life which was ****, I rarely ever had other food in 24 hours....so I not been an angel....I used to get told a lot "you can't eat that" - and I would say "well, actually I can eat anything I want...so long as my meter tells me I'm ok". You are young and still learning, but a type 1 needs to feel included with all foods, needs to bolus and basal correctly and LIVE.......it takes a while to master it and feel comfy... And one thing is important though... If your meter readings are good but you put weight on or go up in trouser size...then you have to refocus your eating plans, despite having good levels....Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></blockquote>

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