I would like to ask a question about weight loss. I was diagnosed with type 1 in February 2004. I currently take six units of Lantus in the evening and four to six units of NovoRapid before meals. My blood glucose control has been good so far: waking--5.0 to 6.5 mmol/L [90 to 117 mg/dl]; before meals--4.5 to 5.5 mmol/L [81 to 99 mg/dl]; two hours after meals--5.0 to 7.0 mmol/L [90 to 126 mg/dl]. My last A1c reading was 5.7%. I've tried to match my carbohydrate intake to four units of NovoRapid, whilst taking six units of NovoRapid to match larger carbohydrate meals. My usual number of meals is either three or four a day. I am reasonably active, walking, cycling three times a week, and eat slightly more carbohydrates before exercise. Before I was diagnosed, my weight was 73 kg (161 pounds), which dropped to around 68 kg (150 pounds) by the time I started treatment. My weight has now dropped to 65 kg (143 pounds). I'm 1.78 m (5 feet 8 inches) tall. I wondered if my weight loss could be due to eating too few carbohydrates? I have just started trying to eat four meals every day with larger carbohydrate contents, matched by higher NovoRapid doses. Do you think that the carbohydrate issue could be the cause of my weight loss, or are there other possible reasons for weight loss with type 1?

Justin Delgado is husband to Kacie Doyle-Delgado, diagnosed at age 11. After more than a decade together, he considers himself to be an expert carb counter and Dexcom inserter. He graduated with his Master of Science in Finance from the University of Utah in 2013 and has been working in commercial banking since then. He attended his first Friends for Life conference in 2015 and is looking forward to volunteering with the teens.

Kacie Doyle-Delgado, MSN, APRN, NP-C, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 11 and attended her first Friends for Life conference in 2002. Since then, she has attended several FFL and regional conferences. She earned her BSN and her MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, UT and she is currently enrolled in a DNP program. She works for Utah Physicians Care Center in a diabetes specialty clinic. Kacie lives in Salt Lake with her husband, Justin Delgado, and their dogs. She is looking forward to volunteering with the teens again.

Marissa Town, BSN, RN, CDE, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and later earned her Certified Diabetes Educator credential. She has had type 1 diabetes since the age of two and has grown up with a passion for helping families living with diabetes. Marissa is currently working as a research nurse at Stanford University. She has always enjoyed working with families with diabetes at Children with Diabetes conferences, camps, and support groups. She and her husband Adam have two young children, Connor and Everly.