It's a mystery!

[Bluenosesol]

Folks,

I have a little confession to make.....

I never eat food on my nogo list and I havent "binged" on alcohol since diagnosis. Well a new hotel opened up in our town and they had a 24 hour special offer - Xmas party with 3 course meal, band and DJ all for £15, so I arranged a family party!.
The "do" was last night. I arrived fully intending to eat and drink selectively, when something triggered in my head and my guard dropped. I ate everything on my plate, spuds, parsnips, carrots, turkey, cranberry sauce, mince pies, quiche starter and cheese and biscuits. I drank 5 pints of Coors Light a large glass of red and a double gin and tonic!!......just like in the bad old days and I wont be doing it again for a long time....honest
However, I have been experimenting with breads lately and even one slice of any bread sends my BG into the 8's (usually around 5 or 6 post meal), so I did a test on my return home fully expecting a 12, 15 or whatever. I winced as my Aviva Nano commenced its 5 second countdown. And the result??
6.1 :shock: . I retested to confirm and this morning my fasting BG was 5.4. Bear in mind that I am off medication as my HBA1C last month had dropped to 5.6.
I am totally ashamed of myself for last nights events, but delighted that my diabetic pancreas looked after me so efficiently!. I would however love to understand the mechanics of how a couple of hundred grams of carbs didnt send my BG into the stratosphere!.

All the best - Steve.

 

[cugila]

Hi Steve.

Well.....what a night you had. Great to hear your Bg was fine after all that. I think because you have lost so much weight you are able to handle more carbs now. That's basically what has happened to me....lost nearly 5 stone and can now eat pasta, bread and various other forbidden fruits, fish/chips etc.

Look on the bright side, you might not do it every week.....but what the hell....at least you know you can.

Enjoy your Christmas mate.

 

[noblehead]

Steve,

Did well to get such low results after a carb feast! :shock:

I would have been in double figures without a doubt; it would seem your pancress is still serving you well. Use to enjoy a Gin and tonic many years back when I was courting my good lady, now my tipple to round the night off is a nice cognac, even more pleasing when it is bought for you!

Regards

Nigel

 

[hanadr]

WEll done Steve.
Hana

 

[Sweet enough]

lost nearly 5 stone and can now eat pasta, bread and various other forbidden fruits, fish/chips etc.

Ahhh Grasshopper the complexities of life....In order to be able to eat and enjoy these forbidden fruits, we must first not eat them !

Look on the bright side, you might not do it every week.....but what the hell....at least you know you can.

Spot on, which for me is when Diabetes becomes less of an inconvenience and more of a nudging elbow to keep tabs on our health.