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Zero carb lunch

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khskel

khskel

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I appreciate I won't be the first to have had a zero carb lunch but today I decided to have an insulin free, zero carb lunch. Well actually I forgot my sandwiches. Doh!!

Before lunch I was 5.4 and had a nice meal of gammon and egg.
1hr plus 4.9
2hr 4.8
3hr 5.6
4hr 4.7

I then had to have a snack of oatcake and peanut butter to get myself above 5 to drive home.

5.5hrs back down to 4.4

I've always wondered if the dip in BG levels between 16:30 and 17:30 was due to over bolusing for lunch but apparently not.
 
Not much wrong with the numbers at all. More importantly I think you have just picked tomorrow's lunch for me. Not had gammon and eggs for ages. Hmmmmmm...........makes me hungry just writing it gammon and eggs yummy yummy 🙂
 
Diabeticliberty said:
Not much wrong with the numbers at all. More importantly I think you have just picked tomorrow's lunch for me. Not had gammon and eggs for ages. Hmmmmmm...........makes me hungry just writing it gammon and eggs yummy yummy 🙂
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Must admit it was rather a pleasant change from my usual cheese salad
 
you manage protein without getting a rise in blood glucose- that's a plus. I find if I have a cheese salad for example or anything other than a very small portion of meat or fish- my level rises and it's harder to bolus for regarding timing as it rises slowly so would need to bolus some time after the meal and risk forgetting it.
 
Abi said:
you manage protein without getting a rise in blood glucose- that's a plus. I find if I have a cheese salad for example or anything other than a very small portion of meat or fish- my level rises and it's harder to bolus for regarding timing as it rises slowly so would need to bolus some time after the meal and risk forgetting it.
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That was one thing I wanted to find out how I would react to the protein in the absence of carbs and insulin
 
I had a 'Day without Diabetes' for my 7th Diaversary last year 🙂 No insulin all day, and tried to stick to carb-free, although I didn't plan well and ended up with 25g carbs for lunch. My levels started at 5.6 and hovered around the 8s all day, with a 'spike' up to 9.3 after lunch due to the carbs (although that was only a rise of 1-2 mmol/l from my pre-lunch reading). Might try it again one day 🙂
 
Smoked salmon omelette for lunch for me today:D and no humalog
 
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