Hedonista
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- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
It was my birthday recently and someone who doesn't know me well baked me a cake. I had a piece on the day and froze the rest to give to friends and neighbours. Yesterday I took some out of the freezer to make room for actual food and of course it called my name. This is how I got myself into this predicament in the first place!
So I decided to see how it would affect me, and ate a fairly large chunk (as I said, how I got here...)
Before I ate it, my BG was 5.9. After 30 minutes it was at 9.1, after an hour, 8.9, after ninety minutes, 11.3 (Dear God). After two hours is was 8.6 and two hours forty-five minutes after I'd had the first mouthful I was back to the high 5s.
Learned my lesson, but it was an interesting experiment. I've been low carbing since diagnosis about four years ago, and don't usually lapse, and this has reinforced my resolve!
So I decided to see how it would affect me, and ate a fairly large chunk (as I said, how I got here...)
Before I ate it, my BG was 5.9. After 30 minutes it was at 9.1, after an hour, 8.9, after ninety minutes, 11.3 (Dear God). After two hours is was 8.6 and two hours forty-five minutes after I'd had the first mouthful I was back to the high 5s.
Learned my lesson, but it was an interesting experiment. I've been low carbing since diagnosis about four years ago, and don't usually lapse, and this has reinforced my resolve!