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[jaa7]

Hi everyone, I'm type 2 on 2 x insulins and metformin, diagnosed about 15 years ago. 5 injections a day but I'm fine with it, just trying the flexibility of carb counting and insulin adjustments now. Am getting better, just need to get my hb1ac down a bit more. My problem seems to be mid morning munchies when I am at work, so when I get to lunch my pre lunch readings are always too high. Any suggestions for snacks that are low carbohydrate, but not fruit as I eat lots at other times. Thanks

 

[Northerner]

Hi jaa7, welcome to the forum 🙂 How about nuts, cheese or a slice of ham? Crispbreads are only about 6g carbs, so shouldn't have too big an impact - what sort of things are you eating at the moment when snacking?

 

[shiv]

Hey, do you take insulin with those mid morning snacks?

Nuts/seeds, jelly?

 

[Mark T]

Hi jaa7 and welcome to the forum 🙂

My snack box is usually filled with some chunks of courgette, celery, chinese leaf lettuce and broccoli/cauliflower stalk. Usually I add nuts (hazelnuts, walnut, brazil, almonds) into the mix as well.

I think most of those are fairly low carb.

 

[jaa7]

If my snack is over 10g of carbohydrate under my new regime I should inject (on top of the 5 I do already), so I am trying to keep them down, but in the morning I need a couple of snacks, I eat brekkie at 6am (usually porridge and fruit) then seem to need food at 8am and 10am before lunch around 12. I might have a medium banana first. I do eat nuts, carrot sticks, sometimes cereal bars, crispbreads, 1 slice bread but it never feels enough as it seems I am feeding the insulin, and hungry.

 

[Steff]

Jaa hi and a warm welcome to the forum.

 

[jaa7]

Thanks. I like the idea of a snack box, usually my snacks are the same thing. My dietician just gave me a good idea though as I do have chocolate cravings. She said get a bar of chocolate, cut it into chunks and freeze them, and when I get a chocolate craving, just get one of the pieces from the freezer and enjoy with no guilt.

 

[Old Holborn]

Hi Jaa7 and welcome. 🙂

 

[Robster65]

Hi Jaa. Welcome 🙂

Rob

 

[gail2]

hi welcome to the site

 

[am64]

Thanks. I like the idea of a snack box, usually my snacks are the same thing. My dietician just gave me a good idea though as I do have chocolate cravings. She said get a bar of chocolate, cut it into chunks and freeze them, and when I get a chocolate craving, just get one of the pieces from the freezer and enjoy with no guilt.

like the idea of freezing the chocolate ...also get the darkest chocolate you can and 'savour' it .... lovely ....welcome to the forum x🙂

 

[Sheilagh1958]

Welcome to the forum

 

[jaa7]

Thanks to everyone for all the nice welcomes to the forum