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  1. doyco385

    Anyone bodybuilding and on a pump?

    Im not training professionally either @O_DP_T1 - just passing on what I do so you can take on board what you like. Honestly though make sure you are eating pre and post meals and I'd suggest talking with a dietitian around this if you haven't already. It makes a huge difference with blood...
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    Anyone bodybuilding and on a pump?

    Hey @O_DP_T1 , Im training in olympic weightlifting (snatch and clean and jerk) so similar to body building! Im using a pump, an animas vibe (soon to change though as they aren't being funded anymore) and find that it makes life incredibly easy when it comes to weightlifting. My training...
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    Controlling blood glucose levels when eating foods with large saturated fat content

    Its not that bad! Honestly its all about routine. If you can keep the same routine each day for a week to figure out how your body reacts to certain foods and then how you can change your regime according to that, then it gives you the principles to be able to do it when you need to adapt around...
  4. doyco385

    Controlling blood glucose levels when eating foods with large saturated fat content

    Good luck on your weight loss goals! I've found that the 60/40 regime works really well for anything made with regular flour pretty much. Totally agree on the 4 hour for the extended bolus, gave it ago tonight with some chips (such a good excuse to have fatty foods! :P) and it worked perfectly...
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    Unsupportive partner?

    I had the same issue. I think its an empathy issue. The fact that we all live with a ongoing condition means that we have had to adapt ourselves to make sure that we have the life that we deserve. We have it a wee bit harder than most and we appreciate things that little bit more, but also are...
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    Controlling blood glucose levels when eating foods with large saturated fat content

    So here are my results, just to let you know I actually only did a 50/50 split, I forgot to change the settings (whoops). I'd say that if I did a 60/40, or even a 65/35 split I would stop the increase over the first 2 hours pretty well and then the extended bolus would hopefully be decreased...
  7. doyco385

    Controlling blood glucose levels when eating foods with large saturated fat content

    Oh yeah for sure I totally agree, I've always had issues with foods like pizza and fish and chips, its just that with being injured and recovering from surgery, its giving me time to put all my effort into learning how to cope with them! :D. So you would say to increase your total amount of...
  8. doyco385

    Moving to New Zealand

    Hi there, I live in New Zealand in Dunedin which is in the South Island. I used to live in Christchurch and was under the care of the Canterbury District Health Board. I am now under the care of the Southern District Health Board. You definitely do not have to pay for insulin, whoever told you...
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    Controlling blood glucose levels when eating foods with large saturated fat content

    Nope I only gave 5.75U for the 115g. My insulin to carbohydrate ratio is 1u:20g of carbohydrate during the day and night, I have a different ratio for the morning. Im not up with all the lingo obviously, I did use an extended bolus, my bad! As you can, im new to these forums ! I'll put a post...
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    Controlling blood glucose levels when eating foods with large saturated fat content

    Hi Zebediah, Sorry I should have mentioned, yes all fat I eat is with carbs. I always eat carbs else I don't maintain my weight due to my physical exertion being very high (obviously not right now with my injury however). I can eat fats and proteins with no fluctuation what so ever in my blood...
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    Controlling blood glucose levels when eating foods with large saturated fat content

    Hey Ewelina, Well im currently doing it right now, had dinner of fish and chips around an hour and a half ago. I was 6.1mmol/L before dinner and ate 115g of carbohydrate. I did a bolus of 5.75U (3.45u with dinner and then 2.3u over 2.5 hours, I use novorapid as well) and an hour and a half...
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    Controlling blood glucose levels when eating foods with large saturated fat content

    Hi everyone, I am an athlete. I play football to a representative level and I love having my fatty foods before games just to help increase my calorie intake. However, I have rather big issues with controlling the spike in blood glucose that the fat causes some time after eating the food. I am...