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<blockquote data-quote="becky.ford93" data-source="post: 1150882" data-attributes="member: 188162"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>I average around 180g carb a day and that seems to be working for me, though I haven't had my HBA1C done since December. I don't think there's much more advice to give here than what's been given already, but just so you know the fat in the Chinese probably aided the bedtime high you were having. The fat means the blood sugar rise is slower so often if I have a take away I'll get a bit of a spike later on in the evening even if I've worked hard to prevent it.</p><p></p><p>Because it's early days for you the best thing you can do is just keep track of all your pre-meal readings. Try whilst you're on fixed doses to eat similar amounts of carb for each meal every day, this will help show whether you need to increase the fixed dose for a certain meal, or if you find you're having hypos around the same time every day to decrease the dose for the meal you've had prior to the hypo occurring.</p><p></p><p>Carb counting gives you so much more freedom but it took me a month to get on a course, and some people have to wait way longer than that. Nonetheless it never hurts to badger your nurse/consultant to get you on one <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="becky.ford93, post: 1150882, member: 188162"] Hi there, I average around 180g carb a day and that seems to be working for me, though I haven't had my HBA1C done since December. I don't think there's much more advice to give here than what's been given already, but just so you know the fat in the Chinese probably aided the bedtime high you were having. The fat means the blood sugar rise is slower so often if I have a take away I'll get a bit of a spike later on in the evening even if I've worked hard to prevent it. Because it's early days for you the best thing you can do is just keep track of all your pre-meal readings. Try whilst you're on fixed doses to eat similar amounts of carb for each meal every day, this will help show whether you need to increase the fixed dose for a certain meal, or if you find you're having hypos around the same time every day to decrease the dose for the meal you've had prior to the hypo occurring. Carb counting gives you so much more freedom but it took me a month to get on a course, and some people have to wait way longer than that. Nonetheless it never hurts to badger your nurse/consultant to get you on one ;) [/QUOTE]
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