Buffets

[mum2westiesGill]

Don't know if this is the correct way but I usually

1. eyeball what's what ie carby foods / non carby foods
2. get my plateful of carby foods / non carby foods
3. inject according to the amount of carbs on my plate
4. I would now get a dessert (if wanted) and do a second injection for the amount of carbs in this

the problem is what would you do if you wanted to pick at anything during the evening / afternoon ie cocktail sausage rolls / vol-au-vents etc?

 

[trophywench]

Well just let the picking happen and keep a tally, then inject after on the assumption that your BG is now higher than you want. But of course if there's alcohol on board and/or dancing, you may not need to.

Suck it and see really, or go Oh sod it, I can't be arsed to pick, it just makes things too complicated. ...

 

[Caroline]

as a type 2 when faced with a buffett I was advised to keep carbs to a minimum. But I don't have to inject so it makes a difference.

 

[squeeze321]

I'm very careful with my carbs, I mean I count carbs all the time with obsessive accuracy for every meal but I like to tally it all up and OMG I do find buffets tricky. I am DAFNE trained but I'm not blessed in the carbohydrate guessing department!!!!

I always need to watch there's less carbs in crustless sarnies! I think it should be ok for diabetics so long as they don't have an accidental overdose of insulin after a buffet like the time when I went to bed and had to be woken up by paramedics, after a buffet!

 

[Caroline]

How did you get on with the buffett?

 

[mum2westiesGill]

How did you get on with the buffett?

Thanks for asking Caroline but I don't think I did really.


1. eyeball what's what ie carby foods / non carby foods
- I did this - easy
2. get my plateful of carby foods / non carby foods
- did this - easy
3. inject according to the amount of carbs on my plate
- at this point I start to panic even though I've got all the things worked out in my mind or on paper/pc due to seeing lots of different carby things on my plate ie cocktail sausage rolls 2/3 / piece of quiche - size less than a 1/4 of the quiche / 2 triangular sandwiches / asda mini haddock & cheese fishcakes 2
- injected probably 6u QA but no idea why as I'm now in my panic
4. I would now get a dessert (if wanted) and do a second injection for the amount of carbs in this
- didn't have any dessert

the problem is what would you do if you wanted to pick at anything during the evening / afternoon ie cocktail sausage rolls / vol-au-vents etc?
- didn't really pick at anything

The times we would usually but not always have a buffet are birthdays, christmas and any celebrations we've been invited to.



My thread - Eating Out - help needed please to stop my panic
Thanks to the forum although my carb guessing might not be quite right I've finally sorted my panic out re eating out