Meal Overlap

[mum2westiesGill]

Has anyone ever had a meal ie breakfast then just 2 hours later had lunch?

I had my breakfast along with QA, 1 slice of toast this morning then 2 hours later DD has done me 1 potato cake supposedly being my lunch. I've complained and not had it and also saying I can't have it yet for at least another hour or so 😡

 

[Northerner]

I do like to space my meals so that they are at least 4 hours apart, preferably 5, so that I'm not 'stacking' insulin i.e. still have some working from the previous meal when injecting for the second. I suppose it would depend on a couple of things - whether I was hungry, and whether I felt I could time the insulin injection for the second lot of food so that it didn't overlap too much with the first. So, in this case, I would probably eat then inject for it afterwards 🙂

Don't be mad at her if it was supposed to be a treat Gill! 🙂

 

[trophywench]

No - has it escaped you attention that it's

MOTHER'S DAY ?​

 

[Dory]

whisky: i'm a grazr so i eat litte and often a lot of the time. I rarely go more than 2 hours without eating something small (usually fruit, a few slices of cooked meat, a yoghurt). I don't really think about insulin stacking and just give normal doses, which luckily hasn't adversely affected me.

perhaps give them some slack after all they're trying to please you?? 🙂

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Ok thought I you'd all be pleased to know that i gave C some slack, I let her off the hook. I injected my normal amount of QA, ate my potato cake (17.1g cho) and thoroughly enjoyed it 🙂.
I had to make up for it though by making her a coffee with 2 spoonsful of sugar 😱

 

[sacol4940]

I'm a grazer too, have to eat every couple of hrs or I get grumpy 😛

I think this is part of the problem with my sugars, so hopefully the pump will sort that out 🙂

 

[Dory]

good on you whiskey 🙂

yes scaol, being on a pump is definitely easier for grazers - no need to inject umpteen times a day!! good luck 🙂

 

[MaryPlain]

Another grazer here. I don't have a problem with "stacking" insulin; after all, I'm "stacking" the carbs which it covers!

The only time insulin stacking is a problem, as I understand it, is if I do a blood test, get a high result and correct without taking into account that there is some insulin active.