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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SWUSA_" data-source="post: 1315707" data-attributes="member: 337910">No, the buns, oats, and corn chips all come in packages that give you carb and calorie amounts by quantity-like one whole wheat bun is 20 carbs, 1 packet of oatmeal is 24 carbs, 15 corn chips =24 carbs and like that. The french fries I count how many I eat and look it up on McDonald's website-I think I ate half an order of small fries so I just divided the carb and calories amounts in half to get the values I ate. By the way those were not my best dietary choices and except for the oatmeal I rarely eat them anymore.I can eat 80-100 carbs over a day with no problem the next morning. I am on metformin and lantus currently.  My BG skyrockets even if I eat nothing without these medications. If  I exercise more than usual I can occasionally eat up to 130 carbs per day, about 45 at one time and still stay below 7.0 fasting if I am well. The whole reason I began counting carbs and calories again though was because I was having too many BG readings over 7.0 fasting and over 8.6 two hours after meals. I felt I needed to go back to basics to get a handle on it again.I do not actually weigh anything but I do measure volumes of things-like 1 cup or 1 Tablespoon. Today was our Thanksgiving Day which I spent with family I do not see very often-I tried to eat sensibly but I ended up at the end of the day home again with a much higher than usual BG reading at this time of the evening. I am a caregiver so can not go out to exercise, and my gym is closed on this holiday anyway, but will do some extra exercise here at home to try to bring my BG down. If my BG readings are decent over the next few days I will only count and measure for new foods but I already know what my standard foods do to my BG with my current medication at my current weight so do not need to pay so close attention to them. I hope that helps clarify for you-if you have further questions please ask me.</blockquote>

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