it appears you are a grazer. While this is OK, the modern insulins like humalog work better with distinct meals, and a period of fasting afterwards - this gives your insulin a chance to bring your blood sugar back down again.
breakfast - you appear to spike a bit afterwards - you may be better having less orange juice and substituting something else - as Xmenace suggested.
I think you hit the nail on the head - working out your carb/insulin ratios, will help enormously with your control.
I agree with Evermont about the muscle issue - if you want to build muscle then you need to exercise them. You will get muscle growth when you put on weight, simply because they have to carry more weight, but it's not as much as if you exercise them. However if you are very thin, then there is nothing wrong with putting on more subcutaneous fat (fat stored beneath the skin) - it is believed to help you recover faster from illnesses.
There seems to be some criticism of your actual diet. Personally I think it sucks. Too much processed food - but I only say it sucks from a taste perspective not a health one.
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Hamburger, chips, lemon pie - Sugarwise ok, but it is guaranteed to help the heart disease.
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actually there is no relationship between consumption of saturated fats (i.e. fats from animals), and incidence of heart disease. There was only one study that showed such a relationship - Ancel Keys and the Seven Countries Study. In it he showed that rising fat intake was associated with increased risk of heart disease. There was only one flaw - he could have chosen 7 other countries and shown the exact reverse! Generally most studies appear to show that higher fat intakes are associated with lower rates of heart disease - the effect however is quite small, and probably not significant.
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Diabetes is a high risk factor for heart disease. High salt is throwing more gas on the fire.
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first statement is true, but I believe (but don't have any proof) in type 1 is linked to the high risk of kidney disease (which is caused by persistent high BG). The second statement is a popular myth. In clinical studies of people with hypertension, dietary salt reduction will typically produce a drop in blood pressure of between 1 and 2 mmHg (some studies have produced as much as 4 mmHg). A typical BP monitor can not detect a change in BP that small - (typical accuracy levels are +/- 2 mmHg). There are a group of people with a genetic variation that have what is known as salt sensitive hypertension, but they comprise a very small subset of the population.
on the chips and fat issue - I eat chips without too many problems. The fat slows down the absorption of carbs, which helps my insulin work better. If you do experience problems - usually you get a hypo (fat slows down carb absorption so much that the insulin has nothing to work against), followed by a prolonged high - I find splitting my dose works pretty well. Take half the dose as normal, and then take the other half later - typically I find the hour mark about right for things like pizza.
What matters most about your diet is not so much what you eat, but that you eat as wide a variety of foods as possible. A bit of everything. And try some of the non-processed stuff - it does taste nicer - honestly
