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Pizza Bolus

Its a leap of faith

I worked in Naples for a bit - boy was that hard to get through - every meal is carbs-with additional carbs (pizza, pasta, fritti etc)

I tend to pre-bolus (with Fiasp so very fast acting) about a 1/3 of Insulin Carb ratio for the whole meal - then let my loop handle the rest - avoids a low before the fat/carb digestion peak and takes the edge off for when the carbs hit the blood stream.

Not perfect but I get through without it being too rough. Next version of the loop should start to remove that so I don't need to touch it at all - but still testing off-body at the moment.
 
Hi,

The only times I can say it’s worked for me is around 1 or 2am when home after a gig.
Novorapid for the carbs upfront along with my Lantus (taken around 4 hours late.)
With a vodka & D-coke accompaniment. (Or 3?)
 
Okay, could anyone guess the carbs?

Just after an idea not going to hold you to it.

Thx
 
Thx, tried chat gpt, it reckons 85-100g + another 5g for the honey one. I'll go with that.
 
Richard F said:
Okay, could anyone guess the carbs?

Just after an idea not going to hold you to it.

Thx
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To be honest with you the ones I (we.) occasionally have after a gig at 2am are boxed.
I just flip it over for the nutritional value.
 
I definitely wouldn’t follow chat gp that sounds quite low. I think only you can estimate it as you know what size/crust their pizzas are. I’d think about eating just half of the pizza and adding some salad like @EllieM says.

Nutracheck is telling me a dominos ham and pineapple (closest could find to ham, pear and honey) classic crust is 207g of carbs, and a thin and crispy crust is 137g.
 
I’d have to see the size before I could begin to guess
 
Split bolus?

Yes chat gpt estimate for a whole pizza, but I'll be having 1/2.
 
Don’t anyone use The Carbs and Cals App by NHS it has Pictures/ Weight tell how many Carbs food is
Also if eating out need to know how many carbs ur eating has all info on App .
 
Do you have a link? I've found one but its quite a dear subscription.
 
No link sorry it is dear £35 a Year for life Membership but if you Count Carbs it’s really Worth it I think I use it has all Supermarket items that you can Scan Bar Code also has lots of Restaurants foods etc. It really depends on how much you want to use it.
 
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