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Marianne Simpson

Marianne Simpson

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I went out for a curry last night and it was gorgeous. I always struggle with my bg during and after but I'm quite proud of myself as I started with my reading at 10 mmols had the pickle tray, starter then took 4 units then went on to the main course. I didn't go mad with the rice / nan. I then took 10 units. Pre bed I was 12.2, I didn't take any insulin but retested at 3 am and was still 12.2. I took a further 2 units and woke up at 8 am and was 8.1. You are most likely looking at these results and thinking they are all quite high but I'm really pleased with them as I am normally about 15 then 19 and usually wake up about 17 so I feel there is still room for improvement but I'm heading in the right direction. I also didn't drink alcohol as i was driving so I feel that also made a difference. I love Indian meals but do struggle with my readings. Chinese I have very rarely as it always sends my readings through the roof with all those sweet and sticky sauces ☺
 
Those results are good and steady for a meal out 🙂 If you'd started on, say, 6 mmol/l then the numbers would have looked even better! 🙂 Naan bread is something I cannot eat as it zoome my levels through the roof - OK with rice though 🙄
 
I haven't tried rice since measuring BS, but last night had a small portion of Moroccan cous cous with my turkey kebabs and my BS only went up by 1.
 
Mark Parrott said:
I haven't tried rice since measuring BS, but last night had a small portion of Moroccan cous cous with my turkey kebabs and my BS only went up by 1.
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I get on cous cous quite well too, it never seems to send my numbers up by much so it's a regular when I want something quick.
 
Yes I shouldve given myself a shot before I started but it's a lot of guess work when eating out but yeah I will do that next time if I'm out of target to begin with ☺. Rice and nan send me through the roof so I only had about a couple of table spoons of rice and a quarter of the nan. Unfortunately I'm not very keen on cous cous.
Just a quick question if I do a slow cooker meal I like to add lentils when my partner makes it he always adds plenty. I am not sure how much insulin to take with lentils with it being a pulse and slow release? I usually end up with a high reading.
 
Lentils are interesting, I have a bit of bother bolusing for those, especially if they're slow cooked (which they mostly are) because it's nigh on impossible to judge. Here's what I did. Buy tinned pre cooked lentils that have a carb value by weight (so you know the cooked weight) and have them with lunch (weigh them), I had them in my salad. I bolus based on three quarters of the carb they quote for slow release, then test and see what happens. As a rule anything that's high is slow release carb I knock 10g of carb off the total carb count, but I only know that works because I tested. Now when I use raw lentils in a dish I add by the cup, half a cup expands to roughly a cup when cooked and a cup is around 40g of carb, but for me for bolusing it's 30g. I'd use half a cup for two people so 15g of carb in a slow cooked stew for two. It's also easier to convince someone else to add lentils by the cup than weigh them because it's less faff, so they just have to let you know how many cups they've used. That sounds much more complex than it is when written down :D
 
KookyCat said:
Lentils are interesting, I have a bit of bother bolusing for those, especially if they're slow cooked (which they mostly are) because it's nigh on impossible to judge. Here's what I did. Buy tinned pre cooked lentils that have a carb value by weight (so you know the cooked weight) and have them with lunch (weigh them), I had them in my salad. I bolus based on three quarters of the carb they quote for slow release, then test and see what happens. As a rule anything that's high is slow release carb I knock 10g of carb off the total carb count, but I only know that works because I tested. Now when I use raw lentils in a dish I add by the cup, half a cup expands to roughly a cup when cooked and a cup is around 40g of carb, but for me for bolusing it's 30g. I'd use half a cup for two people so 15g of carb in a slow cooked stew for two. It's also easier to convince someone else to add lentils by the cup than weigh them because it's less faff, so they just have to let you know how many cups they've used. That sounds much more complex than it is when written down :D
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Similar for me Kooky, for all beans and pulses. I couldn't work out for ages why I'd always go low after eating beans. I had a very accurate carb count on the tin, but if I had a meal with beans I'd go low, if it had something else (but everything else the same) I'd be fine. Took me a while to cotton on to the fact that not all (unprocessed) carbs are equal, and the pulse variety for me was just different. I reduce the carb count by a quarter, and it usually works. Trial and error is the way forward!
 
Pulses seem to have little effect on me, possibly something that my still-spluttering pancreas is able to handle for me, given their slow-release 🙂
 
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