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Nothing serious just wondering what you would do...

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rossi_mac

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Hi folks,

Be active like a fool all day/weekend so levels be award winning, tested before tea 4.9. Food was chicken with some tatties corgettes green beans, all veg from garden! So really a low carb meal? as I'm 4.9 I'm not going to inject 'owt.

What would you do?

My ratio for dinner is normally 15grams to 1 unit.

Cheers,

(A warn out) Rossi 🙂
 
Hi Rossi. Well done on the results. Spot on.🙂

As you're having tatties and some veg, there's potentially a fair bit of carb there. Maybe 30 or 40 grams.

I'd do a couple of units at least, depending on how much of a plateful you're having. Only you know how your body will react to the post-exercise. But you'll need something bolus wise unless you're literally only having a couple of small potatoes.

Rob
 
Me I still would inject taddies are taddie and depending on how much veg you having.. I might leave it until after I've eaten if I been doing a lot of exercise, and perhaps shave a little of my dose off the total..
 
I have done this before, but it was mashed tatters.
And as I have the body of a child, (No offence, I'm assuming your slightly larger) I would say 2 maybe 3 units to be safe.

You could always have pudding! 😛
 
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I don't inject, but in a similar position I think I'd wait and check to see how the numbers respond later.
 
Hi folk,

Well normally for that meal I would only inject 2 or 3, but decause of pre meal levels and activity I didn't I was tempted to put 1 unit in but sometimes 1 units doesn't do anything, or kicks me down!

So tested at 11pm and was 6.9 and this morning 5.7, so all good.

Cheers for all your comments, appreciated.

Rossi
 
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