Had a good morning with a fasting level of 4.8. Had breakfast of an omelette and a toast and had a 40 min run and level was and 5.1 after 2 hours. Went into town for shopping and thought would be back soon but got severely delayed. Looked around for low carb food but could not find anything other than fast food joints and baguette shops. Started sweating and feeling weak and by the time I got home it was after 4pm. Had half a can of soup, some chicken pieces and a coffee but still felt terrible. Used my will power to not be tempted by the hunger cravings. 6.30pm now and feeling a bit more stable.
What do people do when they are out an about and need to find low carb food?
Oh my goodness. How many times has this happened to me?
Good for you for hanging on to your will power!
Sometimes it's not possible to find anything, but if I was out in
our town centre, these would be my options:
(I'm assuming that I had reached the 'don't-get-between-me-and-the-food-or-I-will-rip-your-throat-out' stage
- M&S : cold meat, cheese,
- MacDonalds: biggest burger they do, minus bap, maybe half the chips
- Wetherspoons: all day breakfast or mixed grill
- Holland&Barratt: nuts, almond milk, 9bars,
A coffee with cream would work, but is fairly slow release, so definitely not a last resort.
Please don't assume that I would actually have the good sense to obtain these foods!
Depending on my, er... desperation, I could eat ANYTHING including icing sugar and available toddlers.
But those would be acceptable options.
I try and carry a 9bar in my bag
just in case.
(By the way, that tired, achy, heavy limbed, depressed, possibly weepy feeling you may be feeling now? That is the delightful after effects of the hypo/adrenalin combo. The low BG sets off a complex hormone adrenalin surge which gets the liver to dump glucose into the blood stream to bring your sugar back up. You should feel better in the morning. Sorry if you knew that already. But if you didn't, it's nice to know WHY you feel so miserable. And that it WILL pass. Soon.
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