Testing porridge

[Kaylz]

Very interested to hear how you get on Kaylz! I adore porridge but havent managed to crack the whole bolusing for it. Doesn't help that I'm a lot more insulin resistant on a morning!

I love it too so really hoping it agrees with me will post my 2 and 4 hour readings on Friday afternoon fingers crossed 🙂 x

 

[Anthony Stirrat]

When I'm home I have 50grm of porridge and oat bran made with 200ml of semi skimmed milk and 50-80grm of raspberries. I'm lucky that it has little effect on me

 

[Kaylz]

Well I am so disappointed and sounds stupid but now sitting nearly crying, started at 6.0, 2 hours later - 4.7, 3 hours later 4.7 I would normally eat then but wanted to do a 4 hour so 4 hours later - 8.4 really upset with myself and didn't even want to eat anything after seeing that x

 

[Robin]

Kaylz! Don't worry! 8.4 is still a safe level to be at, even though it wasn't quite what you were looking for, long term, just before lunch.

Several things could be going on here, and you can't tell much from a one off experiment. Maybe your body treats porridge as a particularly slow release form of carb, so you need to bolus a bit later. Maybe your bolus was all used up after three hours, and your basal wasn't quite covering the gap. Who knows?

I couldn't possibly work out which was causing the late rise, until I'd eaten porridge for several days, recorded the results, and looked for a pattern emerging.

As to not daring to eat because you're in the 8s - this is what a correction dose is for, just let your meter work out what you need, and it will take into account what your starting level is.

 

[grovesy]

Sorry to hear you feeling disappointed.
I found I were you I would bear in mind what Robin has sadi and take time to think it over.

 

[Kaylz]

Kaylz! Don't worry! 8.4 is still a safe level to be at, even though it wasn't quite what you were looking for, long term, just before lunch.

Several things could be going on here, and you can't tell much from a one off experiment. Maybe your body treats porridge as a particularly slow release form of carb, so you need to bolus a bit later. Maybe your bolus was all used up after three hours, and your basal wasn't quite covering the gap. Who knows?

I couldn't possibly work out which was causing the late rise, until I'd eaten porridge for several days, recorded the results, and looked for a pattern emerging.

As to not daring to eat because you're in the 8s - this is what a correction dose is for, just let your meter work out what you need, and it will take into account what your starting level is.

Is it safe to try it again though that probably sounds like the most stupid thing to ask but I dunno x

 

[Lucy Honeychurch]

Is it safe to try it again though that probably sounds like the most stupid thing to ask but I dunno x

Sorry you're so upset (((hugs))) I sometimes go up 10 or 11 after some foods and correct. Its all a massive learning curve xx

 

[Robin]

Is it safe to try it again though that probably sounds like the most stupid thing to ask but I dunno x

Personally, if I'd had results like that, I'd think, well, it shows promise, I'll give it another go.

 

[HOBIE]

It defiantly agrees with me. SLOW release & keeps bg stable 🙂. Good luck 😎

 

[Kaylz]

Personally, if I'd had results like that, I'd think, well, it shows promise, I'll give it another go.

Would you suggest changing anything, i bolused 10 minutes before eating it x

 

[Kaylz]

It defiantly agrees with me. SLOW release & keeps bg stable 🙂. Good luck 😎

Thanks @HOBIE I really hope I can find a way to make it work as I love porridge x

 

[Robin]

I'd do everything the same for the next couple of goes ( unless you get a complete nightmare), otherwise if you get a different result, you won't know whether it was because you altered something, or just random variation.

 

[Kaylz]

and yeah Robin i had a 1 unit correction with lunch that brought me down to a .5.2 for tea x

 

[Kaylz]

I'd do everything the same for the next couple of goes ( unless you get a complete nightmare), otherwise if you get a different result, you won't know whether it was because you altered something, or just random variation.

Ok thanks will mean borrowing more porridge off my grandad but he doesn't mind thank god lol x

 

[Stitch147]

I'm lucky and can tolerate porridge so have it most days. It sometimes lowers my waking numbers. I sometimes use almond milk instead of normal milk.

 

[Kaylz]

I'm lucky and can tolerate porridge so have it most days. It sometimes lowers my waking numbers. I sometimes use almond milk instead of normal milk.

I used water and got that awful result x

 

[Radders]

I used water and got that awful result x

Did you add the peanut butter Kaylz? If so that might be the reason you had such a late spike. As Robin said though it could be a random blip. I wouldn't decide to give up on porridge on the basis of one test, that's for sure. Even if the pattern repeats, it might just be a case of going for a brisk walk or a few flights of stairs to head off the spike!

 

[Kaylz]

Did you add the peanut butter Kaylz? If so that might be the reason you had such a late spike. As Robin said though it could be a random blip. I wouldn't decide to give up on porridge on the basis of one test, that's for sure. Even if the pattern repeats, it might just be a case of going for a brisk walk or a few flights of stairs to head off the spike!

Yeah but it was only 15g of peanut butter, do you think next time I should miss the peanut butter out and see what happens, and hey I live in a middle flat so could easy do the stairs thing haha 🙂 x

 

[Stitch147]

Give almond milk a try, lower in carbs than normal milk. I don't like porridge made with water.

 

[Radders]

Yeah but it was only 15g of peanut butter, do you think next time I should miss the peanut butter out and see what happens, and hey I live in a middle flat so could easy do the stairs thing haha 🙂 x

Depends: did you like it? If not, leave it out, but if you did, keep it in and see what happens next time.