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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scotteric" data-source="post: 1859423" data-attributes="member: 453103"><p>Yeah, but it's good to learn how to eat these foods because you will want to eat them now and then and it's better to know how to deal with them than to avoid them forever I think. If you're able to get Actrapid/Regular insulin it has a profile that works better for foods high in protein/fat. If I was eating pizza for example I would take a few units of NovoRapid to cover the initial spike and a few units of Regular at the same time to cover the spike that will happen 2-3 hours later. The actual doses are trial and error of course and will be low for you since you are honeymooning. You might not even need the NovoRapid up front for now, just the Regular. This is what people on insulin pumps are taught to do, take insulin up front and then set a program to extend a dose over a few hours. It's not taught as well on MDI which I think is a shame. Some people are taught to take a split dose of NovoRapid/Humalog, and this can work, but not as well in my opinion and not always possible if you eat a late dinner before going to sleep for example. There are certain foods that will spike 6-8 hours later and these can be dealt with by taking more Regular before going to sleep and increasing the nighttime Levemir dose, similar to how pump users set a temporary basal increase.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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