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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hello everyone,
Happy Friday (OMG, at last..)
I hope that you are all very well and that you are getting ready for a beautiful weekend!
My nutritionist and diabetes educator during DAFNE course told me to eat, at least 30 grams of carbs per meal x 3 meals = 90 grams per day aiming to the minimum required quantity of 120 grams per day. She insists that our brains function properly at 120 grams carbs per day.
So here I am, following her guideline religiously, bolusing with every meal (and correcting if I have to).
So far so good.
Life is life however, things need to be done. So, I am caught in the following difficulty:
I am at a nice pre-lunch 6.5.
I am supposed to eat for 30 grams of carbs.
I know I will have to drive, go to the banks, meet with my clients, do grocery shopping, have a yoga session and walk Charlie for 45 minutes prior dinner.
I have to either under-inject for the 30 grams of carbs or inject my usual 3 units (on a 1:1 ratio) and treat later (because the estimated activity will bring my BG lower than what I want it to be).
Here is me being a bad diabetic: Every time I have to do this, I am thinking “Why don’t I just have 10-15 grams of carbs – like an orange or a slice of bread with a carbs free meal- don’t bolus at all as I will need the energy to get me through the afternoon and skip an injection? I can always eat and bolus for breakfast or dinner… why cant I make things easier during the hours of the day that are most active for me so that I don’t have to keep wondering “Is my BG high enough? Am I walking too fast during the time that my Novorapid is peaking? I had lunch at 13:00 so my Novorapid should be peaking 14:30 – 16:00, better slow down a bit. What is this dizzy spell, shall I pull over and treat?"
Why don’t I save myself the headache?
What is this thing with the 30 grams in each meal as if it’s a religious matra that I cannot skip…
Please can I have your thoughts as, sometimes I feel that the guidelines I am given just don't work with my lifestyle or make things way more complicated than they should be.
Thank you so much!
Regards
Josephine
Happy Friday (OMG, at last..)
I hope that you are all very well and that you are getting ready for a beautiful weekend!
My nutritionist and diabetes educator during DAFNE course told me to eat, at least 30 grams of carbs per meal x 3 meals = 90 grams per day aiming to the minimum required quantity of 120 grams per day. She insists that our brains function properly at 120 grams carbs per day.
So here I am, following her guideline religiously, bolusing with every meal (and correcting if I have to).
So far so good.
Life is life however, things need to be done. So, I am caught in the following difficulty:
I am at a nice pre-lunch 6.5.
I am supposed to eat for 30 grams of carbs.
I know I will have to drive, go to the banks, meet with my clients, do grocery shopping, have a yoga session and walk Charlie for 45 minutes prior dinner.
I have to either under-inject for the 30 grams of carbs or inject my usual 3 units (on a 1:1 ratio) and treat later (because the estimated activity will bring my BG lower than what I want it to be).
Here is me being a bad diabetic: Every time I have to do this, I am thinking “Why don’t I just have 10-15 grams of carbs – like an orange or a slice of bread with a carbs free meal- don’t bolus at all as I will need the energy to get me through the afternoon and skip an injection? I can always eat and bolus for breakfast or dinner… why cant I make things easier during the hours of the day that are most active for me so that I don’t have to keep wondering “Is my BG high enough? Am I walking too fast during the time that my Novorapid is peaking? I had lunch at 13:00 so my Novorapid should be peaking 14:30 – 16:00, better slow down a bit. What is this dizzy spell, shall I pull over and treat?"
Why don’t I save myself the headache?
What is this thing with the 30 grams in each meal as if it’s a religious matra that I cannot skip…
Please can I have your thoughts as, sometimes I feel that the guidelines I am given just don't work with my lifestyle or make things way more complicated than they should be.
Thank you so much!
Regards
Josephine