Type 1 - is it ok / not too bad to have a whole ( medium ) dominoes pizza ?

[Grumpy Porridge]

Also have heard fatty foods tend to spike blood sugar a few hours after , so as well as doing the dose for the pizza, is it advisable to add a few on a couple of hours later to prevent the big spike ??

Thank you !

 

[Rokaab]

I think many T1's have to split bolus for things like pizza, ie,. take some percentage at at the time you normally would and the rest after some amount of times, though how you split it and at what point you ned the second half will be very dependent on you, so you would need to trial and error to work it out.

For instance if I bolus for the whole lot at the beginning I know I will hypo and then there will be an impending rollercoaster ride for my blood sugar level.

Edit: In other words if you can work out how you need to bolus for it, its fine

 

[Deleted member 527103]

It is perfectly ok for someone with Type 1 to eat pizza.
I make my own about every 6 weeks and have a good idea how to bolus for one and a half home made full fat, full carb thin crust pizza.
Having a pump makes dosing easier but it’s not impossible without.
I would definitely recommend split bolusing due to the high carb high fat content.
For me, I need half up front and half a few hours later.

We are all different and pizzas are different so I recommend lots of testing.
And, of course, lots of practice
To work out what works for you.

To answer your question, it is ok and definitely not bad.
Some food is harder to bolus for than others but I chose not never think of food as “bad”. Thinking of food in that way leads me to feel guilty which I do not think is the right way to think about food.

 

[searley]

As T1 you can pretty much eat what anyone else can.. but just be aware that you can become insulin resistant like a T2 over time with bad diet and poor lifestyle. If you generally live a good life then treats are ok.. if I have a lot of pizza which I have done from time to time I need to split my dose. When on injection I used to split it into 4 injections over about 4 hours depending on what my bag was doing… I’m on a pump now so split the dose with that..