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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
I'm very excited to be recieving my first pump next week. I've been working g hard to master carb counting, and it's starting to become easier. I just wanted to ask a few questions to experienced counters/pumpers just to see if what I'm doing is normal.
1) I'm using carbs and cals. At the moment, at home I'm weighing most of my food which doesn't have a carb value on a packet. Eg spuds, pasta as opposed to 'this lot of yogurt contains this many carbs'. This is fine until I eat outside of the home. I did ask the for the mass of linguine in a restaurant the other day. Also fine. But what do you do when your mother serves you up a dollop of something? How would you estimate carbs for example, in a bowl of stew that you haven't made? Does this just come with experience?
When out and about do you just get better at estimating the size of the portions you are served? I've tried with the carbs and cals pictures but have found I've often underestimated the portion size. I feel like I want to take a set of kitchen scales in my handbag with me wherever I go! What's normal??
I do understand that I need to be accurate when pumping, so just want to get it right. Is this just another thing I'm obsessing about???
1) I'm using carbs and cals. At the moment, at home I'm weighing most of my food which doesn't have a carb value on a packet. Eg spuds, pasta as opposed to 'this lot of yogurt contains this many carbs'. This is fine until I eat outside of the home. I did ask the for the mass of linguine in a restaurant the other day. Also fine. But what do you do when your mother serves you up a dollop of something? How would you estimate carbs for example, in a bowl of stew that you haven't made? Does this just come with experience?
When out and about do you just get better at estimating the size of the portions you are served? I've tried with the carbs and cals pictures but have found I've often underestimated the portion size. I feel like I want to take a set of kitchen scales in my handbag with me wherever I go! What's normal??
I do understand that I need to be accurate when pumping, so just want to get it right. Is this just another thing I'm obsessing about???