@pm133 My comment about some people implying carbs are evil wasn’t aimed at you. I almost clarified that it wasn’t last night, but didn’t. I should have done. Sorry.
Yes, some carbs are definitely harder to handle than others. I’d also add that eating more than a person’s individual tolerance is harder. That is, if I eat more than, say 100g carbs per meal, I have to split my bolus and often do a bolus after eating.
I tend to eat similar amounts of carbs for breakfast and lunch just to remove some of the mental load of Type 1. But gradually we learn what works for us and kind of get an intuition about how a meal is going to go. I do aim to stop spikes but sometimes things beyond my control thwart me eg my predicted routine changes and I’m sitting down rather than out walking as I planned, or my pump site decided to go ‘bad’. On those occasions I correct to deal with any spike. I see that as another strategy rather than a failure.
The hardest thing about Type 1, in my opinion, is the need to be watching and changing things so often. It’s very frustrating. Sometimes I do just leave moderate spikes because I can’t be arsed, and my control is excellent overall.
