Hi, I need urgent advice and I hope some of you lovely people might be able to help.
I'm type 2, and through diet and metformin have kept my blood sugars relatively level. Never gave it a thought when I booked a 2 week trip to China. Arrived in China this morning, the inflight meals should have made me realise how little control I was going to have on what will be available to eat whilst away.
On arrival we were all advised to buy food from hotel on first day because for the rest of the 2 wks we'll be travelling all over the country visiting various sites and the meals are to be included.
I went to a nice cafe for lunch. Because of the language barrier I had duck in sauce, chicken in peanut sauce and egg fried rice as it was the only thing I could recognise from the photographic menu they had. Then had the set meal in the hotel in evening which was a small spicy veg soup followed by a bowl of special fried rice. Took my blood sugars 2hrs later (using the only test strip I brought with me (*another story) and it was 15.6!!!
So my question is how do I cut down on the carb intake for the rest of my holiday, what can I ask for instead of the ice etc, or is there something I can do to help lower my bs? None of my phrase book apps have the phrase 'Can you tell me how many carbs are in that meal'. Even if I did know how to say it, I am certain the waitress would have no idea what the carb count is in the food they serve (not that I would understand the answer anyway) and as I said earlier, the meals will be included for the rest of the holiday.
* I brought the wrong test strips I holiday. I just opened the container and thought 'oh, that's a full one, I'll take that'. Only realising they were for another tester I keep upstairs at home and they are not compatible with the tester I brought on holiday.
I'm type 2, and through diet and metformin have kept my blood sugars relatively level. Never gave it a thought when I booked a 2 week trip to China. Arrived in China this morning, the inflight meals should have made me realise how little control I was going to have on what will be available to eat whilst away.
On arrival we were all advised to buy food from hotel on first day because for the rest of the 2 wks we'll be travelling all over the country visiting various sites and the meals are to be included.
I went to a nice cafe for lunch. Because of the language barrier I had duck in sauce, chicken in peanut sauce and egg fried rice as it was the only thing I could recognise from the photographic menu they had. Then had the set meal in the hotel in evening which was a small spicy veg soup followed by a bowl of special fried rice. Took my blood sugars 2hrs later (using the only test strip I brought with me (*another story) and it was 15.6!!!
So my question is how do I cut down on the carb intake for the rest of my holiday, what can I ask for instead of the ice etc, or is there something I can do to help lower my bs? None of my phrase book apps have the phrase 'Can you tell me how many carbs are in that meal'. Even if I did know how to say it, I am certain the waitress would have no idea what the carb count is in the food they serve (not that I would understand the answer anyway) and as I said earlier, the meals will be included for the rest of the holiday.
* I brought the wrong test strips I holiday. I just opened the container and thought 'oh, that's a full one, I'll take that'. Only realising they were for another tester I keep upstairs at home and they are not compatible with the tester I brought on holiday.