I cannot eat my favorite food anymore.

My choice is eat less carbs and require less insulin all the way!! It’s so simple and requires very little though and calculating. Also rarely do I have a surprise on my meter. I don’t often need to correct one way or another unless I’m sick or go off plan

I used to like sushi, too. I also used to like Indian (proper Indian, not this Bangladeshi meat overload you get in the UK), I used to like pizza and pasta and subway and stuff.

Emphasis on the "used to."

Frankly it is nice to see someone like Scott admitting that yes, you can in theory eat what you like, just like you can in theory jump out of a plane without a parachute and maybe find a soft enough spot to land in.

NoKindOfSusie said:

I used to like sushi, too. I also used to like Indian (proper Indian, not this Bangladeshi meat overload you get in the UK), I used to like pizza and pasta and subway and stuff.

Emphasis on the "used to."

Frankly it is nice to see someone like Scott admitting that yes, you can in theory eat what you like, just like you can in theory jump out of a plane without a parachute and maybe find a soft enough spot to land in.

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not really a "fair" comment in my opinion-- I have done this T1D thing for 45 years and throughout -- moderation has always been a key
@NoKindOfSusie -- you definitely need to allow yourself some time to accept your D -- it won't be easy , or a lot of fun , but getting to an "accceptance" of your diagnosis is crucial to moving forward and living with it -- I truly wish you the best of luck.

I am conscious of not making myself very popular here but I would like to know what will change about the relationship between eating fast carbs and blood sugar based on my mental state...

NewTD2 said:

I would like to know how T1 deals with exercise.

How much basal insulin do you need to take (or reduce) say for a 2 hour gym or playing sports?

And do you eat bread/carb to increase energy beforehand?

How do you avoid hypos afterwards?

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Everyone is different, but for me: I wouldn't exercise for 2 hours since I usually don't exercise that long and therefore would almost certainly get low in my sleep. My usual exercise is around 30min per day so even 1 hour is enough to send me low. However, if I were to do 2 hours: turn on a temp basal of -100% (that means no insulin at all) for about 60-90min beforehand, leave it on until I have finished, set a temp basal before I go to bed (I'm guessing maybe -20% but I'm not sure since I haven't done this before). I don't usually eat before exercise unless I want to have a treat (eg sushi) that I wouldn't otherwise eat.

Personally I avoid sushi as it contains sugar so will always cause a spike, I only understood this when I saw bags of this being delivered to a Japanese restaurant once so not as healthy as people believe.

NoKindOfSusie said:

Frankly it is nice to see someone like Scott admitting that yes, you can in theory eat what you like, just like you can in theory jump out of a plane without a parachute and maybe find a soft enough spot to land in.

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I think you misunderstood the post. It was saying that it is perfectly possible for a T1 to eat a bowl of tortellini without going to hell.

NoKindOfSusie said:

I am conscious of not making myself very popular here but I would like to know what will change about the relationship between eating fast carbs and blood sugar based on my mental state...

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What will change your mental state and your attitude to food is the passage of time.

Sure, T1 and the fear of complications is terrifying to start with, but that's because it's all so new, and you currently know little about it.

Give it time, you'll pick up knowledge about it, and it will be less scary.

All of us have been angry and combative about dx to varying degrees, but it fades. You seem to be still in that zone, but extending it to people who are genuinely trying to give pointers about ways to manage it, and flipping them off is almost as annoying as, erm...picking chia and flax seeds out of teeth...

phdiabetic said:

Everyone is different, but for me: I wouldn't exercise for 2 hours since I usually don't exercise that long and therefore would almost certainly get low in my sleep. My usual exercise is around 30min per day so even 1 hour is enough to send me low. However, if I were to do 2 hours: turn on a temp basal of -100% (that means no insulin at all) for about 60-90min beforehand, leave it on until I have finished, set a temp basal before I go to bed (I'm guessing maybe -20% but I'm not sure since I haven't done this before). I don't usually eat before exercise unless I want to have a treat (eg sushi) that I wouldn't otherwise eat.

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Thank you for this info!

Do you mean to say that you don’t inject basal insulin at all before exercising for say, 2 hours?

Kristin251 said:

My choice is eat less carbs and require less insulin all the way!! It’s so simple and requires very little though and calculating. Also rarely do I have a surprise on my meter. I don’t often need to correct one way or another unless I’m sick or go off plan

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Thank you for this info.

So how much and what sort of carbs do you eat?

And how much insulin is it equivalent to?

NoKindOfSusie said:

I am conscious of not making myself very popular here but I would like to know what will change about the relationship between eating fast carbs and blood sugar based on my mental state...

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hi there lovely !!
I am not worried about your popularity -- I am concerned about you getting an acceptance of your D ( i know it takes time )
until you do -- you are constantly at war with your own body --- both physically and mentally !!

perhaps you could PM me and we could discuss some ways forward for you.
I truly want you to feel better in yourself
xx

NewTD2 said:

Thank you for this info.

So how much and what sort of carbs do you eat?

And how much insulin is it equivalent to?

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I eat avocado , nuts and some green veggies for carbs. Less than 20 total, not net. I bolus for half my Protein as if it were a carb. I eat 5 small meals a day and take 1/2 uti with each. Since I take small doses they run out around -2.5 hours and if I don’t take insulin I rise. So I eat a snacky meal. An egg with mayo, some chicken or turkey with a few veggies.
I am ultra low carb, moderate protein, as it raises me as fast and hard as carbs and just enough fat to satisfy.
I eat moderate protein as I BELIEVE it turns on the mTOR pathway which is rhebpathway to disease. I also have kidney stones and high protein is no bueno. And I don’t feel well with lots of protein.

NewTD2 said:

Thank you for this info!

Do you mean to say that you don’t inject basal insulin at all before exercising for say, 2 hours?

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I have a pump, which means my basal (or background) insulin is infused continuously (every few minutes). What I meant was that I would allow the pump to give me my basal as usual until 60-90min before the start of exercise. At that point, I would tell my pump to stop giving me basal (so I am receiving no insulin). After the 60-90 min (depending on my blood sugar) I would exercise. Assuming I did not go low during exercise, when I finished I would tell my pump to start giving (basal) insulin again. If I did go low, I would treat with sugar, stop exercising, and only turn the pump back on once I saw my blood sugar had increased to a safe level.