Too many carbs

[mariamack1]

My son is 13 and has been T1 for just over a year. We manage pretty well with carb counting, and every gram is counted. I believe as a growing boy he needs his carbs, and he currently has approx 180g of carbs in meals per day, with 20-30g added for snacks. Do you think this is too much? He is always hungry and I try to get him to snack on carb-free food. He had lost 1st in the few weeks before he was diagnosed, and still has not managed to put it all back on yet. Any advice greatly appreciated.

 

[czj]

This doesn't seem like too many carbs to me. I was 11 when I was diagnosed as T1, and was sent home on a diet of 180g carbs.

I'd been undiagnosed for months, as I had been hiding my symptoms. My sister had been diagnosed a year or so before me, so I knew what to expect. I had lost a lot of weight, just 3st 10 when diagnosed, and as far as I recall I put it back on fairly slowly. You'd have thought my family might have noticed, but hey!

So I think your son is probably doing just fine.