shedges
Well-Known Member
Soooo... before Christmas you might have seen a really enthusiastic post or two from me about lo-carbing. And for a few days it was great. Until the season of mince pies, socialising, excess alcohol, etc, kicked in. So I didn't beat myself up, I just said I need to find a more suitable time to start over.
And that time happened to be Monday 2nd Feb. (I had to get my birthday out of the way first)
My wife and I have embarked upon it jointly... meal plan in advance, cooking everything from scratch, all of the ****** cakes, biscuits, crisps and other processed stuff gone. And again I find myself in a good state half way through the third day. I was tempted by a packet of crisps yesterday; "it's only 13g of carbohydrate... what difference will that make?" the devil on my shoulder said. Fortunately for me the angel spoke stronger and I went home having snacked on mixed nuts.
Whilst I'm managing on ~50g of carbs per (with protein adjustment taking insulin up to equivalent of 90g carbs), my blood sugar numbers are struggling. 4 hours post prandial and I'm up in the 10's. Last night it was 16.7! This morning back to 10.4. Did any other T1s find this after converting from high to lo-carb?
What's the advice for someone getting numbers like this? Do I need to alter my carb ratios? Or be even more thorough on bolusing for every last gram of carbs? Should I even start bolusing for fat content? I'm working on protein value x 50% for conversion to carbs. Not really sure what to do...
Any help much appreciated.
Sam.
And that time happened to be Monday 2nd Feb. (I had to get my birthday out of the way first)
My wife and I have embarked upon it jointly... meal plan in advance, cooking everything from scratch, all of the ****** cakes, biscuits, crisps and other processed stuff gone. And again I find myself in a good state half way through the third day. I was tempted by a packet of crisps yesterday; "it's only 13g of carbohydrate... what difference will that make?" the devil on my shoulder said. Fortunately for me the angel spoke stronger and I went home having snacked on mixed nuts.
Whilst I'm managing on ~50g of carbs per (with protein adjustment taking insulin up to equivalent of 90g carbs), my blood sugar numbers are struggling. 4 hours post prandial and I'm up in the 10's. Last night it was 16.7! This morning back to 10.4. Did any other T1s find this after converting from high to lo-carb?
What's the advice for someone getting numbers like this? Do I need to alter my carb ratios? Or be even more thorough on bolusing for every last gram of carbs? Should I even start bolusing for fat content? I'm working on protein value x 50% for conversion to carbs. Not really sure what to do...
Any help much appreciated.
Sam.