Food isn’t just fuel - it’s a cultural and sociable bonding tool.
So... sometimes we choose to eat the same as everybody else at an event, a wedding, a funeral etc. If I can, I try to eat vege/pescatarian low carb food, but it’s not always possible. Obviously I have to avoid meat/dairy because I’m so allergic to it - and the low carb options of many meals away from home are very meat based. So sometimes I might need to eat more carbohydrate than I usually would, and I
need to know how to dose for it. I still need that skill. So threads like this are spectacularly useful, thank you for starting it,
@porl69
“Just fast” isn’t always the answer either. The NE in DAFNE stands for “Normal Eating”, let’s not forget. Not “healthy eating”. It means we can join in and not suffer horrendous glycemic excursions because we can Dose Adjust. Pizzas and takeaway curries are a treat, not an everyday food (that’s where the trouble is - when a treat becomes an everyday food) - nobody should be living off them, after all. But it’s an essential part of our skill set as a T1 to be able to adapt and adjust and sometimes just have the unhealthy option for the sheer heck of it. I refuse to turn into a sanctimonious fun-sponge just because it’s easier for me insulin-wise not to eat carbs. It’s bad enough that I can’t eat meat.
I had a jam doughnut the other day. Spiked to 8.4, was back to normal in two hours - so it looks like I managed to Dose Adjust For Normal Eating there