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<blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 100641" data-attributes="member: 8799"><p>Hi Scothpie</p><p></p><p>The term 'little and often' can be applied to most insulin regimes and is a very tried and tested way of controlling bg levels without too much effort. </p><p></p><p>In simple terms if you for instance eat 100g of carb per day, instead of eating 30g at BR, 30g lunch and then 40g for evening meal, you space your carb intake out over 5-6 meals something similar to this: 20g BR, 10g snack mid morning, 20g lunch, 10g snack mid afternoon, 30g evening meal and then 10g before bed. The amount of carb that you eat can be varied according to how much insulin you bolus but doing this often allows people to keep their bg more level. You need to try and get your bg levels to be around 4-5 before you eat and then 2hrs later be somewhere no higher than 7 or 8.</p><p></p><p>Sadly MDI has its limitations and many bolus insulins do not finish their action within 2.5hrs, they carry on going for some time. Its often easier to bolus and 'feed your insulin some carb', than to have a row with it every day :wink: </p><p></p><p>Regarding your snack of a sandwich, two slices of bread is about 30g carb, so that is a bit too much carb to eat for a snack <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> :lol:</p><p></p><p>If the pounds are piling on, you are injecting and eating too much so if you want to lose weight, inject less bolus and eat less carb but still space it out. Your bg meter is going to be your best friend as you should be able work out your insulin doses from those readings.</p><p></p><p>Have a google for BDEC diabetes and you will hit on a good explanation of how to get your insulin to carb ratios better sorted, also it will tell you roughly how much insulin you will need to use as a correction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iHs, post: 100641, member: 8799"] Hi Scothpie The term 'little and often' can be applied to most insulin regimes and is a very tried and tested way of controlling bg levels without too much effort. In simple terms if you for instance eat 100g of carb per day, instead of eating 30g at BR, 30g lunch and then 40g for evening meal, you space your carb intake out over 5-6 meals something similar to this: 20g BR, 10g snack mid morning, 20g lunch, 10g snack mid afternoon, 30g evening meal and then 10g before bed. The amount of carb that you eat can be varied according to how much insulin you bolus but doing this often allows people to keep their bg more level. You need to try and get your bg levels to be around 4-5 before you eat and then 2hrs later be somewhere no higher than 7 or 8. Sadly MDI has its limitations and many bolus insulins do not finish their action within 2.5hrs, they carry on going for some time. Its often easier to bolus and 'feed your insulin some carb', than to have a row with it every day :wink: Regarding your snack of a sandwich, two slices of bread is about 30g carb, so that is a bit too much carb to eat for a snack :( :lol: If the pounds are piling on, you are injecting and eating too much so if you want to lose weight, inject less bolus and eat less carb but still space it out. Your bg meter is going to be your best friend as you should be able work out your insulin doses from those readings. Have a google for BDEC diabetes and you will hit on a good explanation of how to get your insulin to carb ratios better sorted, also it will tell you roughly how much insulin you will need to use as a correction. [/QUOTE]
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