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What do you order on the side with a main meal?

lisajo2016

lisajo2016

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Type of diabetes
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Tablets (oral)
Hi im going out for a curry/chinese/ wetherspoons tonight. Want to have lchf but I'm not sure what to order on the side? I've had salad with curry.
What do you have?
First time drinking since diagnosed T2. I would usually have lager/cider so I'm thinking of trying shorts and diet coke?

Thanks
 
Have a look online at the Wetherspoons menu - it lists all the nutritional content/carb content of everything, so you can pick whatever suits your carb quota.

I always have steak there, with salad (the salads are rather underwhelming).
I used to have chips and only eat 1/3 of the portion, but they are marked as not gluten free, so I have had to stop eating them
 
Brunneria said:
Have a look online at the Wetherspoons menu - it lists all the nutritional content/carb content of everything, so you can pick whatever suits your carb quota.

I always have steak there, with salad (the salads are rather underwhelming).
I used to have chips and only eat 1/3 of the portion, but they are marked as not gluten free, so I have had to stop eating them
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Thanks, I haven't learnt to look at labels yet. I just dont bother eating carbs now. What figures would I be looking at as I don't really understand what I'm looking at.
Thanks
 
Avoid chips, potatoes of any kind, noodles or rice. Google Wetherspoons as they're good about giving nutritional values online so you can make a choice. If you exclude gluten from your choices, whether or not you're intolerant, they cut out anything breaded. For a Chinese, go for dry spare ribs, vegetable stir fries or omelettes. Indian is harder but no naan, a bite of chapati, and nothing that looks, or sounds, sweet. Don't get too hung up about it, but do your best and, most of all, enjoy your meal!

Have a gin or vodka with a sugar-free mixer or a glass of wine or two. Be aware but don't let it ruin your night out. x
 
Thanks @kittypoker. I had chicken and coleslaw. Gave the chips to my m8.
Drank a couple of lagers but then went on straight shorts or mixed with diet drinks.
Checked my bg half way through night and made sure I ate again when I got in.
I was really anxious as it was my first drinking night out since diagnosis about 7 weeks ago, but it went well.
 
Lisajohann2014 said:
Thanks @kittypoker. I had chicken and coleslaw. Gave the chips to my m8.
Drank a couple of lagers but then went on straight shorts or mixed with diet drinks.
Checked my bg half way through night and made sure I ate again when I got in.
I was really anxious as it was my first drinking night out since diagnosis about 7 weeks ago, but it went well.
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Why on earth did you make sure you ate again when you got in? Your details say you are pre-diabetic on diet only. You are no more likely to hypo than any non-diabetic person is. Sure the alcohol would have helped keep your food spikes down, at least until it was out of your system, but eating again wasn't necessary.
 
No im T2 on metformin. Think I was worried about going hypo. But thanks for the advice.
 
Lisajohann2014 said:
No im T2 on metformin. Think I was worried about going hypo. But thanks for the advice.
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Sorry. Maybe you should amend your details on your profile? :)

Your liver will look after you once it has finished processing the alcohol. You are unlikely to hypo on Metformin, although it can happen on rare occasions. What were your levels before you had something to eat?
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Sorry. Maybe you should amend your details on your profile? :)

Your liver will look after you once it has finished processing the alcohol. You are unlikely to hypo on Metformin, although it can happen on rare occasions. What were your levels before you had something to eat?
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It's ok I didn't realise. I use the app. Ive logged on line and can see what you mean now. I'm editing as we speak!!
My bg was 7.7 so I wasn't sure what to do to be honest. Did feel hungry but wasn't sure wether to eat or not.
 
All I can say is that if my BG were 7.7 I would be drinking water, not eating. A lot of alcohol can do strange things, but it is only usually insulin (or insulin promoting drug) users that need to worry about hypos.

As long as you enjoyed your night out, that's all that matters :)
 
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