I’m very new to this and had a quick question.
What would I do if I took enough insulin to cover my meal that was 60 grams of carbohydrate but only finished 3/4 of it?
Should I have something sweet?
Force myself to finish?
I know I should plan just plan better but sometimes I am more hungry before I make my meal then when I sit down to eat it.
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
Pop an appropriate amount of dinner mints (usually 5 gr) or glucose tabs to cover it so you don’t go low. This happens to me too, my eyes are always bigger than my stomach.
SuFu
My son was told by his doctor to cover any food that he took insulin for but could not eat with milk. You have to figure out how many carbs you did not eat and then make it up by drinking milk. If my son is too full to even drink milk then we make it up with skittles. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the speedy reply. I was thinking something like this might be an option, plus an excuse to eat something sweet 
Cheers
The milk thing seems like a good healthy option. I don’t always want to be popping candy because I can’t finish a meal.
Thinks for the advice,
Mike
Personally, I wouldn’t do it that way, because I am too concerned with weight gain and developing insulin resistance. In general, you want to avoid “feeding the insulin”. I am pretty used at this point to the portions I generally eat, and if I don’t finish at times it’s really very little. But if that happened to me, I would just be sure and test more frequently. You can always treat if you go low later. Covering carbs is not always such an exact science, so not eating 1/4 of the food, especially if you were at target or higher before your meal, still stands a chance of ending you up in an ok range.
I do this all the time. What I do is take a “wait and see” approach, especially if I finish more than half of the meal that I bolused for. If I finish 3/4 of a meal, for example, I will just wait and see if I go low. Many times, I don’t. That’s because I:C ratios are not an exact science. Some days you’re more resistant than others, and some days you’re more insulin sensitive. Also, sometimes I will start to go low in these situations, but if I wait, I come back up (probably the effect of the slower-digesting carbs in my meal kicking in). On more than one occassion like this, I’ve started to drop down to around 70, but then slowly come back up without treating.
This is just my own experience. Individual mileage may vary :-/
I pop jelly beans or 1 Glucose tablet. I always carry jelly beans with me as we never know when we go low. It is good you are asking questions, Here you will get fast replies. Reed,the Seagator
Hi, if you like the milk idea, you can also drink some juice (sugarfree of course 
). Or have some crackers, sugafree of course, that’s how we do it:D. Be sure to cover your carbohydrates with something, a healthy choice is always better than candy, you don’t want to be going low, aspecially now in the summer, no need for the extra sweating :).
Mike this is a great question, I have often wanted to know the answer to this myself. By the time I get done cooking I’m not as hungry to as many carb’s. to cover my plan. I’m not a night snacker so at times I find myself crashing to very low levels.
Since you’re newly diagnosed, thin, and male (less predisposed to central obesity and less sensitive to random hormones), I would probably just cover the carbs with something. Milk is fine if you like milk, but candy or glucose tabs will give you more carbs for your calorie count, if you’re worried about that. This happens to me all the time (not that I don’t finish, but that I realize that my meal probably had fewer carbs than I bolused for) and I typically just eat something small (like some berries, crackers and peanut butter, greek yogurt, etc.) to make up the extra carbs.
Sounds good, thanks.
I’ve noticed that my resistance varies, usually I am 1:15 but some days it seems closer to 1:13. This is my “honeymoon” period so I do expect these value to change.
Thanks for the reply.
I was eating cookies, but I don’t want to be eating junk all the time to make up for miscalculations on my part. I don’t like the idea of consuming 150+ calories because I didn’t finish my meal. Although jellybeans do sound tempting
Thanks for the reply,
Mike,
I would also like to add one thought. If you find that this is happening frequently, you might want to only give yourself half or 3/4ths of your insulin before eating and the rest (if needed) after eating.
Linda
I do what Mike suggested. I sometimes do half before and half after when I eat at home, but always do that when I eat out at a restaurant.
That was my thought too. Sometimes my eyes have different ideas than my stomach!
Hi Mike, I know that you are doing shots, so this answer would not be a solution directed at you. But for those who pump, you can take part of the bolus now and extend the rest over a half hour or hour and then cancel the extended (or square or dual or whatever your pump calls it) bolus for the food you do not eat.
Similarly, with shots, I guess you could take half up front and then re bolus for any additional carbs that are consumed.
Interesting quesiton, however I’m totally speechless as not finishing the meal is not in my vocabulary.
Wow, I knew this forum would be helpful but had no idea how quickly everyone would respond to my question.
I am impressed and very grateful.
Cheers,
Mike