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Permalink Reply by Jen on October 19, 2011 at 12:07am

Don't mean to hijack the thread, but for some reason I have been WAY hungrier eating less carbs, especially later in the day and at night. Even when I eat other foods, I'm still hungry. It's been really hard to stick to the past few days. I'm sure my blood sugars going high or low every day doesn't help, but in the meantime it drives me crazy.

Permalink Reply by Peetie on October 19, 2011 at 2:46am

Oh oh ... I still do the multi-snack thing in order to keep the numbers stable. It seems to work better than meds to stop the liver from pumping out sugar. A spoonful of PB or some cheese will keep the numbers from rising. I often have to choke it down but... it works. Joanne

Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on October 19, 2011 at 3:23am

To help Jen hijack the expired backfill...

I think the snacking becomes sort of habitual after a while? I have been cutting carbs back, not "officially" low but around 80ish, and am pretty much replacing small carbs with veggies and small servings of nuts, leaving the toast out at breakfast, etc. .I am not sure I'd say my control has "improved" but it's less work to get a decent result? I had some wierd patches over the summer but I sort of think that it may have been due to pushing myself to run more as since I've cut back to "normal" amounts for a while, things seem really easy to control? I still like snacks though!

Permalink Reply by jrtpup on October 19, 2011 at 5:10am

I was horrified at the meal plan I was given - 45 carbs 3x a day and 2 15 carb snacks.No way could I have eaten that often, nevermind keep anything in control! Just looked at my pump data, I averaged 29 carbs a day over the last month. If I'm hungry,I eat something, but tend to graze most of the time and have one meal.

Permalink Reply by jrtpup on October 19, 2011 at 5:12am

I don't know where this post will end up LOL

Jen, are you eating enough fat? When you eat low carb fat doesn't metabolize the same way. Try adding peanut butter (I'm an addict), cheese, whatever you like.

Permalink Reply by dxclancy on December 1, 2011 at 8:32pm

I was eating 15 carbs each time. My I:C ration is 1:5, so that's 3 units. My ISF is 20, so basically 15 carbs would raise me 60 points.

Look at worst case scenario: let's say my BG is 100 and i eat 15 carbs and FORGET TO TAKE A SHOT. My BG will end up at 160. Which is still not so bad.

And the margin of error is so much better. There's no huge carb bomb delayed by fat and protein that hits you at 3am. There's no huge dose of insulin to combat a huge meal that then drops you like a rock because you go for a walk or do some exercise.

Course, eating was not very much fun.

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Permalink Reply by Ronnie Gregory M on October 18, 2011 at 6:39am

Diabetes has always been controllable it is the obvious human factor that has always been the x factor. All these gadgets and apps are not basic necessities, just add-onn to make management easier. Show me some Insulin, a syringe to Inject it with and a meter to test my blood sugar levels and I will show you a case of controlled diabetes.....

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Permalink Reply by Kelly WPA on October 18, 2011 at 6:52am

Agreed Ronnie!

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Permalink Reply by jrtpup on October 18, 2011 at 8:45am

+1

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Permalink Reply by karen on October 18, 2011 at 11:02am

+2

And adding, even the controlled diabetics have bad days, hours, whatever.

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Permalink Reply by Judith on October 18, 2011 at 12:15pm

+3

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Permalink Reply by Leo2 on October 18, 2011 at 9:32am

Dickrichard, I think you mentioned technical items, and if one has a brain like a computer, one can operate them like computers, but humans are built of other things: hormones, emotions when seeing favorite foods, math ability, enjoyment levels at having constant challenge, levels of other substances in the body, persistence levels, level of being worn down or alertness, drive, closeness of a mentor or coach. I could go on and on with other modalities affecting control. No, though a PWD must learn how to work it, even after you learn how, you may despair, feelings of overwhelmingness, and these may recur to prevent enjoying life. Yes, everyone theoretically can work to gain control, but there are many factors in the situation that may prevent a PWD gaining and keeping control all the time. Your Good News has some parameters that darken the situation once in a while. Your realistic respondent.

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