Dietician

We are doing our last meeting with the dietician today.  It's been *very* helpful for us to learn all the ins and outs of this disease.  We've learned about counting carbs and good meal choices but most importantly as a parent- it's enabled me to not have to be the HEAVY on everything.

Katie still eats sugar.  Please don't think she doesn't.  She gets cravings like any other kid out there. We just ask her to limit that sugar and to make choices about carbs by choosing good carbs.  She knows how she feels when she eats candy or has ice cream.  But I don't see her giving it up forever.  So now when she has a Blizzard from DQ it's a small one and only when her numbers are running lower.  She has to drink water to bring her sugars down.  Exercise also is excellent for it.

Which is excellent because I need to exercise anyway.  Fruits and veggies are better choices.  Fruits are a better choice for carbs than ice cream or sugar.  But she also needs to avoid the sugar-free options that are great for type 2 diabetics if that is their choice.  Katie has a mom and dad who are educated in science.  I have a BS in Biology and a minor in Chemistry.  I'm getting my masters in Environmental Biology.  Needless to say I have opinions on aspartame and other poisons out there.  But this is our personal choice.  Plus sugar-free foods we found out have a lot of fat and other additives in them added in to make them more palatable.

We try and live more on fresh foods and eat that way.  We aren't perfect- no one is.  But these classes have given us a way to learn about what we need to do to keep Katie's organs as healthy as possible.  And she's handling it like a pro.

She wants to be a doctor or a personal trainer and she's all about health.  I see her easily getting her degrees and then going on to help find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.  She's going to be passionate about it because she's living it.  Go get 'em honey- we are behind you 100% all the way!  So, so proud of our girl!