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Christmas sweet tubs carb values

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Inka said:
Thanks @Martin62 I’ve never seen that before. Interestingly, if someone had me guess them all, I’d have been very close. Probably due to lots of practice and conscientious chocolate experimentation :D
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Do you think they might want a second opinion:rofl:?
 
helli said:
Thanks @Martin62
Nice to know my “about 5g each” hasn’t been too far off.
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I've used 5g per sweet or even a truffle for some time now but it's good to know my guesstimate wasn't too bad. I've learned to my cost to watch out for insulin stacking tho
 
Freddy2020 said:
I've used 5g per sweet or even a truffle for some time now but it's good to know my guesstimate wasn't too bad. I've learned to my cost to watch out for insulin stacking tho
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Just to clarify, if you had 3-4 sweets that you injected say 2 units for them (with a 1:10 ratio) and then half an our later you fancied another 4 sweets, you would just inject another 2 units or whatever your ratio indicated was necessary. This is not insulin stacking, just like you would go out for a meal and inject for the starter before you ate it and then inject for the main course when it arrived and then for dessert if you decided you had room for one. What you would not do is add a correction to either of the following doses regardless of what your levels were.
 
rebrascora said:
Just to clarify, if you had 3-4 sweets that you injected say 2 units for them (with a 1:10 ratio) and then half an our later you fancied another 4 sweets, you would just inject another 2 units or whatever your ratio indicated was necessary. This is not insulin stacking, just like you would go out for a meal and inject for the starter before you ate it and then inject for the main course when it arrived and then for dessert if you decided you had room for one. What you would not do is add a correction to either of the following doses regardless of what your levels were.
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Not sure what your point is . I do exactly as you've said when I'm out for a meal, but I have been caught out with injecting for sweets or chocolate thingies at Christmas. Maybe the ratio isn't quite right for them. Easier to avoid the sweeties altogether
 
Freddy2020 said:
Not sure what your point is . I do exactly as you've said when I'm out for a meal, but I have been caught out with injecting for sweets or chocolate thingies at Christmas. Maybe the ratio isn't quite right for them. Easier to avoid the sweeties altogether
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I find chocolates may have an added complexity. The problem for me is not stacking but the fat it chocolates can have the “pizza effect” - the insulin starts working before the carbs if I have a fair amount of choc and inject all up front.
 
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I’m dreading Christmas, my works Head Office has sent out “sweet baskets” to their stores for the staff. It’s sat in the office calling me, so far I’ve resisted temptation and I’m sure my sweet tooth will eventually win. Plus there will be sweet tins around the house.

What nuts are suitable and presumably only in small portions?
 
Duane62 said:
I’m dreading Christmas, my works Head Office has sent out “sweet baskets” to their stores for the staff. It’s sat in the office calling me, so far I’ve resisted temptation and I’m sure my sweet tooth will eventually win. Plus there will be sweet tins around the house.

What nuts are suitable and presumably only in small portions?
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Any nuts as long as they are not ones with various flavourings which can make them higher carb. Some are higher calorie than others if you are concerned about that. Some people also avoid salted ones.
 
So yesterday, I tried an experiment. I took a BG reading around 4:30 (10.5) and ate one of the aforementioned chocolate bars. 3 hours later my BG had gone up (14.7). When I got home from work I had my evening meal. The upshot of this experiment was that when I took my after meal reading it was 20.8 I guess I’ll be leaving the chocolates alone this Christmas.
 
snowball12 said:
No chocolate in my house this Christmas or anytime of year. No biscuits, no cake ever. I have zero willpower lol lol
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I’m very surprised that my willpower has lasted as long as it has. I have an extremely sweet tooth and was easily led into temptation
 
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