catsbd said:How much insulin do you take for say, a chinese takeaway? In general? I had stir fry beef in yellow bean sauce with cashew nuts and boiled rice. Absolutely no idea how much short acting to take - had 22 units, total guess.
Just as well I rarely have them!
noblehead said:catsbd said:How much insulin do you take for say, a chinese takeaway? In general? I had stir fry beef in yellow bean sauce with cashew nuts and boiled rice. Absolutely no idea how much short acting to take - had 22 units, total guess.
Just as well I rarely have them!
Difficult to guess the carbs in a Chinese Takeaway as you don't know how much flour or sugar they use in the dishes, what I found easiest was to stick with the same establishment every-time, the portion sizes vary from takeaway to takeaway and the cooks use less or more of the ingredients that raise our bg, so finding one that sells good food and sticking with the same dishes you can estimate quite well the carb content of the food going by past experiences.....if that makes since!!!
I always get a chicken curry with fried rice and have a few prawn crackers that come free with the meal, as the meal is high in fat I don't inject all my insulin at once but split the dose over a period of hours, were I to inject it all at once I'd hypo soon after eating.
ElyDave said:It makes sense, but doesn't it get quite tedious eating the same thing every time?
Surely the point of a takeaway is that it's a treat, so why take that aspect of it away?
catsbd said:How much insulin do you take for say, a chinese takeaway? In general? I had stir fry beef in yellow bean sauce with cashew nuts and boiled rice. Absolutely no idea how much short acting to take - had 22 units, total guess.
Just as well I rarely have them!
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SamJB said:All this talk is making me REALLY want to get a takeaway tonight!!
noblehead said:ElyDave said:It makes sense, but doesn't it get quite tedious eating the same thing every time?
Surely the point of a takeaway is that it's a treat, so why take that aspect of it away?
No it doesn't get tedious as I happen to like the chicken curry dish and as I don't get a Chinese Takeaway too often I quite look forward to it, occasionally I'll share my takeaway with my wife who gets a Chicken Chow Mein but on the whole I much prefer the curry.
The point is if you stick to the same establishment you can vary the dishes, the key is to remember how much you ate and bolused for the last time you had it, I maybe I'm a creature of habit as when we get a Indian Takeaway I always get a Chicken Tikka Saag with a Garlic Pilau
noblehead said:SamJB said:All this talk is making me REALLY want to get a takeaway tonight!!
Tell me about it Sam :roll:
ElyDave said:I'm only allowed to go to an Indian restaurant when I'm away from home working. My wife is Indian and won't go near them without a lot of grumbling that it's not proper Indian food. If you mention curry or chicken tikka, woe betides you. :shock:
One of my biggest challenges is eating in hotels/restaurants/canteens etc, I never know what I'll find.
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