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Permalink Reply by Jim on December 10, 2012 at 7:24pm

it could be the carb count is not accurate. chicken strips are especially hard because there size is not uniform. you could have got three large pieces and maybe the count was 38 carbs.

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on December 10, 2012 at 7:36pm

I worked in bunches of restaurants and most of them portion stuff out with scales, this is 4 oz, that is 6 oz, etc. Sort of like I do!

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Permalink Reply by Jim on December 11, 2012 at 4:41pm

i worked in a bunch as well and in my experience there are different rules that are usually followed...is the manager watching, is it rush hour, this is for my coworkers lunch break:)

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Permalink Reply by tyler on December 11, 2012 at 3:17am

Thanks guys ,I don't eat fast food much but when I am stuck there with no microwave to heat anything if I bring it . I just don't have many choices . I will just eat my bacon and then eat my big real food meal when I get home . I think thatthe answer to the question is in a lot of the replies mixed together we have always said that we thought the carb count was off . All the crap you can't even pronounce that is in the food ,even in the grilled ! I can get away with the grilled nuggets if. Take a unit and eat no sauce ,my mom says to stay away from all the crap they but in food ,making real healthy food not healthy !
Any fast food breakfast is out of he question for me except the low carb bowls .
Thanks again !

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Permalink Reply by Spock on December 11, 2012 at 5:27am

For breakfast--the sausage burrito (the small one, not the breakfast burrito) from McDonalds is always my breakfast choice. The tortilla wrapper is easy to blous for.

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Permalink Reply by Black Llama on December 11, 2012 at 8:19am

I have similar issues with any high fat or protein foods. Question, when you are dosing for the carbs in your meal, are you also dosing for what the fat and protein will do a few hours down the road? If I'm eating a high fat meal like that, I bolus half up front, and then more an hour or two later in order to cover the late spike from the absorption.

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Permalink Reply by Capin101 on December 11, 2012 at 9:07am

Fast food is tricky and the best advise I have is that if you have to eat it avoid the fries and learn 1 or 2 menu items and stick with it. If you always eat the chicken strips, then eventually you will figure out how to bolus for them. Good luck

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Permalink Reply by jean on December 13, 2012 at 6:44am

remember anything with high fat in it like fried foods is hard to metabolize so it actually causes high blood sugars once the fat gets thru if that makes sense thats why you are probably having highs even after you dose high just stay away its crap food bring in your own

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