As others have said, we are all surprised from time to time. I mostly decline the goodies at these sorts of events. I'll eat nuts, a small bit of chocolate, vegetables but don't even try to manage the cakes and cookies and other treats. I find it easier to say no. People don't care.
A few months after I started to pump I loosened up at a dinner and found myself at 255 at two hours post. I was totally freaked out. We just have to learn from the experiences.
Maurie
It's your body and your well-being, Freida. You will find as time goes on that you know much more than your doctor about the day-to-day management of your D. The only way we can determine the correct dosing for ourselves is through trial and error. Most of us have learned through out own experience and through reading the classic books mentioned on here and talking with each other. In times you will learn to "smile and nod" when your doctor makes a suggestion you know won't work or which you've worked out for yourselves weeks before!
As for the snacking, you've received some good suggestions. And I'll echo what others have said: Do not beat up on yourself. It's not about being "bad" or "good" it's about learning from our experiences of what works and what doesn't and then making choices as to whether to eat a certain food, eat a small amount or skip it if we know it's impossible to bolus for accurately. Choices; your choices of what works for you.
cupcake would of been the way to go for me. I have not had cereal in years, so yep rice krispie treat would not have worked for me. Most times, I skip sweets.
Personally I would rather go without than deal with the consequences. My motto is less carbs=less insulin=less highs,lows, and mistakes.
For snacks I stick to low carb choices: veggies, pork rinds, atkins bars, cheese, deli meat,nuts, etc.
So for me it's remembering fat content. Rice krispie treats are carb no fat so will load very fast. I go for something chocolate or peanut butter.
Define "normal people"! Some of the crap people eat isn't good for anyone, D or no!
Sometimes I treat myself to a diet coke or a cup of decaf coffee while everyone else eats.
I don't feel deprived that way and know that I won't be paying the consequences later.
Didn't read through all the posts so maybe it's been mentioned but the best thing I've discovered is MyFitness Pal, an app on my phone. You can punch in pretty much any food and it will give you complete nutritional information. Even if you are guessing it can really help with a starting point when eating out. You are new but it will always be a guessing game. You'll get better at it over time. There's usually something you can eat. After 40 years, I still mess up regularly, don't beat yourself up.
You do understand why the Rice Krispie treat made you go sky high, right? Rice Krispies are basically pure carbohydrate. And what's added to make them into a treat, marshmallows, is almost pure carbohydrate, too. You're basically just eating a big lump of sugar.
I can't tell from the thread whether you're carb counting, but it's the obvious answer. If you want to eat, say, 60g of carbs in a Rice Krispie treat, you're going to need to figure out your insulin:carb ratio and then inject the right amount of rapid-acting insulin, timed appropriately (probably about half an hour in advance). But note the law of big inputs and outputs, i.e. the reason many of us avoid foods like this is that a small error, in either direction, can leave you very high or very low, or both.
Honestly, you may come to realize, as some of us have, that a lot of the food "normal" people eat is pretty disgusting, and not that much better for those people than for us. In some respects we're lucky, because our condition forces us to be a bit more responsible. Don't get me wrong, I like the occasional sweet treat, but I find the way many people eat--for example, pure carbohydrate breakfasts, e.g. glass of orange juice, bowl of sugary cereal or even supposedly "healthy" oatmeal, piece of fruit, muffin (which should really be called "little cake," pancakes with syrup--to be pretty scary. It's no wonder Type 2 diabetes is exploding.
Potlucks are insidious...I don't know why, but I always end up eating more than I think I do. Just do the best you can. If you're invited to bring something (or even if you aren't), bring a yummy salad, veggie dish, or meatballs that you can devour. People often appreciate having that stuff to balance the sweets. I try to focus on the veggie and cheese trays of course, and for the sweets I look for nuttier and fattier things so I don't spike so high. Cheesecake, peanut buttery things, and sweet nuts are always better choices. But sometimes there's only pure junk, so I just try to eat a little piece and bolus as needed, then check myself an hour or two later. It also helps to not hang around the food table and drift toward the back. You might end up having an interesting conversation away from the food!
I pretty much enjoy at least a little bit of any food I want and am open to trying anything. I've learned to stay away from certain things if I don't want high BG. I remember it took me a few tries to realise I had to bolus quite a bit more than I thought for a large apple, so it's not just treats.
So true...I had an Asian pear the other day that was totally enormous. I thought I would be OK bolusing for 18g, but I think it turned out to be about 25g worth! The occasional donut or bagel always fools me, too. Those things seem to keep getting bigger and bigger, so I avoid them now because it's just not worth the stress. And those Costco muffins? HA! They are like eating a whole cake! If I'm really jonesing for one I will have half...even a quarter of one of those is plenty :)
Forget blending in - it's better to stand out, for the right things.
I remember myself when i was overweight and not diabetic, and I hated myself for eating that gooey birthday cake that my body definitely did not need. I envied the svelte woman who could say 'no thanks'; I envied her self-control and her figure.
So now, WE can be the ones who the "normal folk" will envy, for our self-control and in-shape bodies. And its not necessary to announce 'diabetes'.
Well put, Negg; not sure who these "normal people" are; some of the stuff they eat doesn't seem so normal to me!
I second this -- my son's endocrinologist emphasized just yesterday that he needs to learn that insulin accompanies ALL carbs [I forbore to remind him that we often don't bolus lows]. So, eating anything means an insulin dose is required. And over time, you'll learn to guesstimate carbs. Even after 6 years of managing my son's T1D, I'm still figuring that part out. I have consistently underestimated for years, but now I usually make a guesstimate then take a deep breath and add 1/3 to 1/2 again the number of carbs I initially guessed... and that generally works.