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Carb counting - what did I do wrong?

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Haha you're talking to someone who ate cheese and onion crisps dipped in salad cream when I was pregnant...no judgement here!! 😉
Ermm there's nothing wrong with that I used to be quite bad for having just salad cream between 2 slices of bread and even worse when I was a kid I could eat an onion like it was an apple literally stand and just bite chunks out of it 😱 x
 
Well considering I used to adore salad cream sandwiches as a child (since 'adultery' I've given them up and anyway, mayo just isn't as nice on a sandwich LOL) and I still love a crisp sandwich - I don't consider that odd at all. However - MacRae kipper fillets with a strawberry jam sandwich (one of first husband's aunties) even when pregnant, is exceedingly weird !
Omg I just can't believe you said that at basically the same time, I'm glad I'm not the only one that ate salad cream sandwiches haha 🙂 x
 
Novorapid is at its most active peak between 1 and 2 hours see graph http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/info/?page_id=408
I've been using the stuff since 1998 though and nobody could expect you to know stuff like this after the first 5 minutes so I wouldn't think about it too much - and certainly until you know whether your basal keeps you steady in the background - you can't possibly nail it all down properly anyway. What you are looking for at the moment is, does the Novorapid bring me down to what it was just after 4 hours ago, and that's that.
Not sure what sort of place you work, but - can you not vary your lunch hour - even just occasionally for something special - like going without eating lunch for an extra hour or eat something not messy, at your desk? Or do without breakfast entirely and do the morning basal test at work?

Thank you @trophywench that's pretty much the basis I am operating on at the moment. I work at a recruitment firm, it goes through manic and dead phases - at the moment we are in a manic phase so I'm not sure I could give this the attention it needs while I am at work and I'd much rather just do it once and do it properly (notwithstanding that I might need to make adjustments and do it again!). I can vary my lunch hour. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure there is a starving child living in my stomach and I really really struggle to make it to 1pm lol!
 
Lol I never ate salad cream sandwiches! Maybe that's why I think it's weird hahaha!
 
Lol I never ate salad cream sandwiches! Maybe that's why I think it's weird hahaha!
They were delish haha well my post meal was 7.0, higher than I like but not too bad x
 
Sounds like it's going pretty well sprogladite! Glad it seems to be coming together. Go on, try a bit of yoghurt, it'll be fun (honest 😛). For me the novorapid is done and dusted at the three hour mark but I'm told that's because I'm a sensitive little flower 😉, but like TW I'd just knock a bit off my next bolus if I was below 5. I think you're doing really well considering how frustrated you were last week, you should be proud of yourself 🙂
 
Unfortunately I'm pretty sure there is a starving child living in my stomach and I really really struggle to make it to 1pm lol!

My starving child disappeared about 1980 and hasn't been seen or heard of since. I can't recall having had a hunger pangs since my childhood, truth to tell.

Do you eat protein for brekkie? - I ask cos it automatically 'fills you up' and that satisfied feeling lasts a lot longer, than if you eat carbs, eg cereal or toast. Big fat frittata made at the weekend, throw in what the heck you want - ham, bacon, other cooked meat, any veg you want, whatever you fancy - cut it into wedges and have a slice every day. You can put it in Tupperware and stick in the fridge at work, if you don't want it left at home.

Or - eg cheese and boiled ham - and just not involve 'home' at all.
 
My starving child disappeared about 1980 and hasn't been seen or heard of since. I can't recall having had a hunger pangs since my childhood, truth to tell.

Do you eat protein for brekkie? - I ask cos it automatically 'fills you up' and that satisfied feeling lasts a lot longer, than if you eat carbs, eg cereal or toast. Big fat frittata made at the weekend, throw in what the heck you want - ham, bacon, other cooked meat, any veg you want, whatever you fancy - cut it into wedges and have a slice every day. You can put it in Tupperware and stick in the fridge at work, if you don't want it left at home.

Or - eg cheese and boiled ham - and just not involve 'home' at all.

Yes I've switched from cereal (which I now know is bad) to scrambled eggs with ham for breakfast in the mornings. Unfortunately it hasn't done anything to stave off the starving child lol!
 
Hypo this morning after breakfast and still feeling ropey today. Will have to keep an eye on the sugars, have already had a hypo which is odd for me, I tend to have them after lunch if I have them at all!

EDIT: clearly my brain hasn't switched back on yet from the hypo, I try to avoid repeating myself usually haha!
 
I had a yoghurt with lunch today. Confession time, I was an idiot. Wasn't wearing my glasses and totally missed a decimal point (as in, I thought there was one there but there wasn't) so severely under dosed and now my sugar is 14.0. I guess it's a good lesson on paying attention but I'm pretty annoyed at myself! I'm also starting to have nightmares about pea and ham soup lol...
 
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Sugar 4 hours after eating is 11.1 (from 10.2 before lunch) so that's not too bad. Does it matter how high I go before the 4 hour mark if I've come back down to within a point or two by 4 hours?
 
Sugar 4 hours after eating is 11.1 (from 10.2 before lunch) so that's not too bad. Does it matter how high I go before the 4 hour mark if I've come back down to within a point or two by 4 hours?
I believe that there is to be no more than a 2/3 mmol rise at the 2 hour mark but I may be wrong someone with much more experience will no doubt be along to help soon 🙂 x
 
I believe that there is to be no more than a 2/3 mmol rise at the 2 hour mark but I may be wrong someone with much more experience will no doubt be along to help soon 🙂 x
Yes, that's right, Kaylz, it's what we are aiming for, (but sometimes it's easier said than done!)
 
Yes, that's right, Kaylz, it's what we are aiming for, (but sometimes it's easier said than done!)
Yay I'm learning haha 🙂 x
 
I believe that there is to be no more than a 2/3 mmol rise at the 2 hour mark but I may be wrong someone with much more experience will no doubt be along to help soon 🙂 x
Nobody has ever told me that officially! And I very, very, very rarely manage it.
 
Hey @Sprogladite how you doing today notice you haven't checked in x
 
Hey! Had my appointment with the nurse this morning. I had a breakdown of my hba1c's over the year - 12 months ago it was 107, went down to 73, then 57, and am currently at 56 so quite pleased with that considering where I started from. I'm hoping the carb counting will help to get this down that little bit more.
I've had a couple of bad hypos upon waking; ironically both times was after eating pasta (and after having my sugars only 1-2 higher after 4 hours! Yay!) and then I went low overnight. The lady I saw this morning was a practice nurse rather than the DN (which I was surprised about, I thought I was seeing the DN). I am being referred to the DN care team so they can take me through carb counting/discuss options for doing the DAFNE course.
Meal times are going well, I think I pretty much have "simple" meals nailed now, it's time to start being more adventurous lol 🙂
 
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