Very hard week so far...

Hey @LucyM88 Well done on completing the course.

There can be alot of things to take in especially in one week, but it's effort that will be well rewarded in the long term, I know changing anything is unnerving, takes a while to bed in new insulin and new doses, but it's also great to do something positive that will help you so much in time. Keep testing tonight to see how you manage with your takeaway and hope you enjoy it

@LucyM88, there's an app called Carbs & Cals which should come in handy for when your at work or eating out, but quite a lot of food items nowadays contain the nutritional information on the packaging. Good luck and hope your new knowledge leads to better bg control.

Give the Carbs and Cals App a spin, I find the pictures of portion sizes a real help when estimating.

@noblehead timing is everything , pipped me to the post

What I find helps is working out all the carbs for a new meal, doing the insulin thing, test before, then one hour after, two hours after then three. Because I'm really boring I'd eat the same thing again the next night but adjusting then testing. I then get closer and closer til I've nailed it with the insulin.
Might be a bit difficult to eat the takeaway every night though. ( I wish!) But if you eat the same meal every time you order by testing you'll be able to get closer and closer to the dose.
Some of the set meals at home that I eat I don't carb count now because the same things are going on. So I know 2 units for a green salad with 1 unit an hour later for the chicken.
Do you know if your basal (background) insulin is right yet? This can have an affect too. But once that is sorted then you are bolusing for food rather than having to deal with using the bolus to correct and deal with the meal.