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Having a look at what you eat, what I would suggest is this....you are having trouble with stability as the foods you are eating vary greatly in their glycaemic index and hence how long you take to peak after food, so whilst you expect to peak after the OJ etc, when you eat the cheesy fatty things and ice cream, your food takes a while to hit your system, allowing you to go low whilst your digestion catches up with your insulin....
Leading on from this Im going to say something very controversial (as ever!). Whilst your objective to gain weight, it sounds like you need to focus on figuring out a) your carb ratios at different times of day/levels of exercise etc and b)how the different foods react with your body and the timing of your rapid acting insulin relative not just to the quantity of carb but it's GI, fat content etc. To do this you will probably need to reduce what you eat in the short term, or at least eat very similar foods, in order that you can isolate the factors, see what different things do, so that you can gradually build up what you eat, and know pretty much exactly what it will do to your body...in my opinion, increasing what you eat and covering it with big boluses without being totally sure what its going to do is taking un-necessary risk of hypos and not getting good control. You need to have a clearer picture of what each thing does in isolation before you add so many factors into the mix that you cant see whats doing what. Think of your body as a bit of a science experiment, remember at school, you would isolate one factor to see how it changed the results, and keep everything else constant...ok so im a big geek, but this stuff has really helped for me.
Finally, id recommend you see a good dietician who will advise you on choices that are good for you.
Good luck!
__________________  Lizzie
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