Feeling Guilty About Carbs and Insulin

I wouldn’t feel bad about taking any fixed amount of insulin just because you don’t want to take that number. You need the amount of insulin you need. I think it’s a natural feeling because it seems that there is a societal understanding that more insulin/medicine = bad diabetic. But that’s not true! If you think the food you’re eating is too much or not healthy, then an adjustment can be made there, but I try to avoid language that insinuates limiting based on being T1. If it’s helpful, think of it this way; a large banana is ~30g and a chocolate chip cookie is ~15g. Most would say it’s ‘healthier’ to eat a banana over a cookie. Even though according to your carb ratio, you’d take 3 units for a banana and 1.5 for a cookie. Requiring less insulin doesn’t make the cookie healthier than the banana!

Sometimes I feel bed when I eat unhealthy food. But you know what I think it is good to feel bad when you eat something that you not supposed to eat why? Because you will live a healthy life 👍

i believe this is normal as i also experience this. i’m on a 6.5 carbs : 1 unit of insulin ratio, i’m a little bit more insulin resistant, but anytime i have to give more than 15 units i get kind of embarrassed.