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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2171499" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>It's hard isn't it when you are eating a healthy diet and you are still having the ups and downs. I found at the start that even a meal of around 30/40 carbs was hard for me to manage and hard for me to match with the insulin amounts they had put me on, even though the meal was 'healthy', I found that a snack of an apple (15 to 20 carbs) also required 1 unit of insulin, porridge was even more problematic bearing in mind I was then on a fixed dose and needed to eat to the insulin. Now I am NOT saying don't eat them because when you have more experience in dosage and can factor in things like exercise then yes you definitely can eat them. With how you describe the swings (especially following breakfast) I would have said try some very low carb options just to experiment with. Normally I would say don't forget to adjust your insulin accordingly but it looks as though you are on a fixed dose of insulin? If this is the case you MUST seek advice from your diabetes team before you make any changes because if you change your 'normal' food then the insulin must be changed also. I imagine they have started you off like this to try and monitor how you are reacting (they do that over here too) but it does make it hard to manage any swings. Don't be in a rush, speak to your team and when you are able to adjust insulin yourself you will probably find it a lot easier to manage. Once I was on a flexible regime, I did try very low carb meals which made it easier to calculate the insulin dose, then gradually I upped the carbs in some meals and tested, tested, tested so eventually after 2 years I at least had a good idea of how certain carbs affected me, I learnt also that just because a carb is deemed healthy (apple/porridge/wholemeal bread) they STILL had the exact same affect on my levels as a chocolate éclair or bag of crisps so try to think in terms of the amount of carbs rather than the food itself. This might stop the swings which seem to be showing you that you haven't been able to match the carbs you are eating with the insulin you are taking (that's simplistic because many other things come into it but those two things are the ones that are under your control). The potatoes in the evening, well potato for me sends me up like a rocket so if I have them (and I tend not to) then I need more insulin and possible a split dose (but you are not at the stage by the sounds of it to implement that which is probably why you are high in the evenings).Of course I haven't even mentioned basal!! x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2171499, member: 451727"] It's hard isn't it when you are eating a healthy diet and you are still having the ups and downs. I found at the start that even a meal of around 30/40 carbs was hard for me to manage and hard for me to match with the insulin amounts they had put me on, even though the meal was 'healthy', I found that a snack of an apple (15 to 20 carbs) also required 1 unit of insulin, porridge was even more problematic bearing in mind I was then on a fixed dose and needed to eat to the insulin. Now I am NOT saying don't eat them because when you have more experience in dosage and can factor in things like exercise then yes you definitely can eat them. With how you describe the swings (especially following breakfast) I would have said try some very low carb options just to experiment with. Normally I would say don't forget to adjust your insulin accordingly but it looks as though you are on a fixed dose of insulin? If this is the case you MUST seek advice from your diabetes team before you make any changes because if you change your 'normal' food then the insulin must be changed also. I imagine they have started you off like this to try and monitor how you are reacting (they do that over here too) but it does make it hard to manage any swings. Don't be in a rush, speak to your team and when you are able to adjust insulin yourself you will probably find it a lot easier to manage. Once I was on a flexible regime, I did try very low carb meals which made it easier to calculate the insulin dose, then gradually I upped the carbs in some meals and tested, tested, tested so eventually after 2 years I at least had a good idea of how certain carbs affected me, I learnt also that just because a carb is deemed healthy (apple/porridge/wholemeal bread) they STILL had the exact same affect on my levels as a chocolate éclair or bag of crisps so try to think in terms of the amount of carbs rather than the food itself. This might stop the swings which seem to be showing you that you haven't been able to match the carbs you are eating with the insulin you are taking (that's simplistic because many other things come into it but those two things are the ones that are under your control). The potatoes in the evening, well potato for me sends me up like a rocket so if I have them (and I tend not to) then I need more insulin and possible a split dose (but you are not at the stage by the sounds of it to implement that which is probably why you are high in the evenings).Of course I haven't even mentioned basal!! x [/QUOTE]
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