cugila said:
wallycorker said:
Yesterday, I just happened to eat 220g of carbohydrate (quite a lot more than usual) and my readings were as follows: 4.4 on rising, 6.4 one hour after eating lunch and 7.1 one hour after eating evening meal. Quite remarkable and unexpected results!
I never follow any diet or menu plans - I simply keep adjusting my diet in a direction that gives further improves to my blood glucose control
John.
I am interested to know what your 2 hr post meal readings were and also what sort of food you ate to give you the 220g carbohydrate figure.
Hi Ken,
I didn't do any two hour readings - I rarely do these days. Extensive testing has shown that one hour after finishing eating is much more relevant to my situation these days.
On rising - 4.4
Breakfast
Bacon (145 cals, 0g carbs)
Tomatoes fried (24 cals, 4.6g carbs)
Olive Oil - (23 cals, 0g carbs)
Burgen bread (1/2 slice) (55 cals, 6.0g carb)
Lunch
Jacket potato - Large (272 cals, 63.4g carb - estimated)
Baked Beans (150 cals, 25.5g carb - estimated)
Butter (100 cals, 0 g carb - estimated)
6.4 - one hour after eating
Apple (Cals 62, 15g carb)
Orange (Cals 30, 7g carb)
Evening Meal
Braised Beef in Ale - M&S Ready Meal (220 cals, 11.5 carb)
Green beans in caramelised onions & almonds - M&S Ready Meal (85 cals, 5.3 carb)
Oven Chips - very small (112 cals, 21.0 carb)
Yoghurt Muller Light (100 Cals, 15.0 carb)
7.1 - one hour after eating
Nuts and dried fruit - 20g (100 Cals, 9.0g carb)
Orange (30 cals, 7.0g carb)
Apple (62 cals, 15.0 g carb)
Supper
Oatcake - Tesco (45 cals, 5.6 carb)
Soft cheese - Laughing Cow Extra Light (20 cals, 0 carb)
Re-checked my mental arithmetic and found that I'd made a small mistake. I make that 210.9g of carb in a daily intake of 1635 calories - i.e. more than 50% of calories as carbohydrate.
It's a fairly typical day apart from lunch. I usually eat salad with meat or fish at lunchtime but on this particular day I bought the jacket potato and baked beans from a local bakery shop. I really was expecting a much higher reading from that meal. Everything else is quite typical breakfast, evening meal , supper and snacks.
Hope that might be of interest to you.
John