Turkey Day BG Levels

[sweetcheeks]

so with it being turkey day, and tons of eating for most, just wondering what kind of meal did you have and what was your levels afterwards
and yes i did measure my portions lol
how many of you did??

3 oz turkey
1/2 cup mash tators
1/2 cup green beans (yummmy the kind that granny cans every year)
1/2 cup stove top
1/4 cup of gravy
1 roll
and for dessert
1 slice creamsicle pie
with a diet blackcherry/french vanilla pepsi

calories 645 with 69 carbs

120 about 30 mins before dinner
118 BG after dinner and dessert (wow) :hahaha:

[Harold]

A little turkey
A serving spoon of Stuffing
A serving spoon of Mashed Patotoes
Serving ladel of gravy over the above
A slice of Prime Rib guessing 3 oz.
Three bite size piece of some kind of cheese
Three two bite size pieces of pinapple
Two cups of coffee
Two glasses of Champagne
A slice of Pumpkin Pie
A slice of Chocolate Cake

Took a nap for an hour and a half and hour after the meal, and was asleep two hours after the meal. So no I did not test. Not a test day anyhow, but if I had been awake I would heve tested. Wanted a nap because I only had 4 hours sleep and woke up 4 hours early to go to the meal. Did not have breakfast, just a piece of toast. Not that it is reliable, but I did not feel like I had high bg's. Could have easily stayed awake, but deviating from my normal hours throws my bg's high. After i woke up peaked in here to see if everything was okay. Then went out and shot up some hedge balls. After that cut some wood, osage orange and hackberry to make grips. Threw the hackberry away because it was buggy. Then Wilbur showed up and petted him for awhile and gave him some food. Then came back in here. Know that is a lot more than anyone wanted to know, but the important thing is I was not sedentary other than the nap which is pronedentary. :sleep:

[parrotletzoo]

Oh Gosh! lol you want to know what I ate. Turkey, mashed potatos, stuffing, green beans, salad, cheese, olives, various vegs on veg tray, cheesy poofs. coffee, diet coke, diet coke,diet coke, more turkey, and cranberry walnut pie. I have no clue how many carbs I ate or how many calories. My starting bs was 110 and 2hrs post prandial 130. Yay islets!!

the foods I avoided, pumpkin pie, rolls, pumpkin muffins, sweet potatos, jello salad, and acorn squash soup. bleh, who needs them?? ik ik ik lol and they're all high carb so I have an excuse to not eat them every year. ;)

[Cinnabon]

eyeballing it all...

Gravy...
Green bean casserole - lots!
Turkey - Lots!!
Cheeses.. all kinds!
Cafe Lattes!!!! a few

97 before dinner
60 2 hrs after!! Over bolused!

I had a lots to eat throughout the day!

[David_S]

122 after dinner

[am1977]

I did horribly today :( :( :(. Stayed in the 200s for the whole day, which I'm not even completely understanding. I didn't really go overboard eating, so it's a bit peculiar. It seems to be a problem I have on most every holiday, ufortunately and I knew it was going to be that way today when I woke up. I tested this mornng at a lovely (not) 288 and whenever I start that high, I have a heck of a time trying to control things the rest of the day. Oh well, tomorrow's another day & I'm going to do my best to make it better, control wise :wink:

[Twisted]

99 before dinner.

I pretty much ate some of everything I saw.

109 after dinner.

[Gordonm]

I was doing great up until about 9PM Started going up at that time. 167 at 9 PM and was 190 at 10 PM. I thought I had everything covered. WoKe up this morning at 230. Goofed that up. Bolused for the high BG and start a new day. Less stuffing and tators next time.

[David]

We had a mid-afternoon turkeyfest. I ate lotsa the bird (went back for more), mashed taters, stuffing, gravy, a pumpkin cake for dessert and odds and ends. I figured it to be 120g of carbs.

I was 86 at the start of the meal, 114 two hours later, before bed I was 102. Not bad at all. At wake up this morning I was 206. OOPS!!! I blame all the turkey I ate. I bolused the carbs but neglected counting the turkey's protein. Thinking back, I think I gobbled at least 10 oz of turkey, an amount I'd normally have dual bolused for if it had been a nice steak. I'll do better next year.

David

[sweetcheeks]

i was at 99 before bed, and when i awoke this monring was 133 im like what the heck happend

the only thing happened was some nightly excercise if you know what i mean;) ;) ;) ;)

[ladytaz]

Well, I started out at 7 something in the morning at 156, took my meds. While preparing the stuffing I snacked a lil on it. Can't help it! LOL Besides THE cook's gotta test the food she's making ... right???? ;) I never did test to see how that affected me but by around 1 in the afternoon I was going low :( After a peice of peanut butter bread, a brownie and a light yogurt then at 1:19 pm I was finally back up to 53. But I felt like complete **** so I layed down for about 30 minutes. Then got up and went back to "work" getting everything prepared for the 15 guests I had coming!!

For some reason on the holidays I tend to run low (after my initial morning high) I think it's the stress of it all?? I DO eat during that day before the holiday supper so .. *shrugs* I dunno, baffles me!

For supper, Lord I ate WAY too much of things I shouldn't have eaten!! I had turkey, just a tiny piece of ham, home made mashed taters (I made 10 pounds of them suckers!!), sweet potatoe souffle, sweet potatoe pattie, gravy, stuffing, boiled cabbage and a dinner roll. I didn't "clean" my plate tho, as my eyes are always bigger than my stomach anymore. Then a while later after my tummy settled a bit, I ate a piece of pumpkin pie cake and a piece of pumpkin cheesecake bar. Then just before bed I at about 1:00 am, another piece of pumpkin pie cake! LOL

I never tested after that low tho, cuz I didn't even wanna know!! LOL I go hog wild twice a year, Thanksgiving and Christmas .... I work so hard the rest of the year, and do pretty good! I think I deserve to let loose on those two days ;)

This morning at 9:35 am .... 122!! (VERY good morning number for me!!) Surprised me!! I thought for sure I'd be thru the roof!!

I sure hope everyone had a SUPERIFFIC day with their famlies!! I know I did!! Even tho I am slap wore out and feel like I've been hit by a Mac truck! LOL

[ladytaz]

the only thing happened was some nightly excercise if you know what i mean;) ;) ;) ;)

LOLOL Stacey!!!

[Amanda_Jo22]

It was one of those days where my blood sugar wasn't going down no matter what I did...I hate that. I couldn't get it to stay under 170 the whole day (even before the meal) Was 370 after dinner (yikes), finally brought it down to 180. I think it's time to start a new infusion set/bottle of insulin.

[jen_slc]

I didn't do so well yesterday, was hovering in the 200s most of the day (fighting an infection and my Lantus is peetering out), but got it down to 143 before the big dinner. Eyeballed my food (tons of turkey, quite a bit of mashed potatoes, bit of stuffing), took more insulin than I ever do, and still ended up at 365 5 hours later. I'm blaming the turkey... and possibly the Jack Daniels and gingerales that I most likely forgot to bolus for. :D It might screw up my averages for a little while, but oh well, it's only one day. Feeling better today, think I averted the cold, got a new bottle of Lantus out, in the process of detoxing by juicing and my bg is 96. I'm happy.

[MJB]

Turkey, mashed taters, stuffing, gravy, cranberry salsa, green beans almondine w/French's fried onions, dinner roll, 2 bloody Mary's.

98 2 hrs. after dinner.

Slice of pumpkin pie w/whip cream.

104 this morning, woohoo!

[JanTx]

99 pre-meal
183 post meal
133 this morning.

Not too bad. Not really great, but not too bad.

Had 1/2 a restaurant meal - tortilla soup, turkey, baked sweet potato, stuffing. Had that around 1:00 then had the leftovers around 7 PM and again was 99 pre-meal and 188 post.

Restaurant meal? stupid, stupid kids' in-laws! Stupid, stupid, stupid kids' in-laws. They were SUPPOSED to marry orphans!

Oh well - this means we'll get them all for Christmas. Doesn't it? :confused:

[ladytaz]

99 pre-meal
183 post meal
133 this morning.

Not too bad. Not really great, but not too bad.

Had 1/2 a restaurant meal - tortilla soup, turkey, baked sweet potato, stuffing. Had that around 1:00 then had the leftovers around 7 PM and again was 99 pre-meal and 188 post.

Restaurant meal? stupid, stupid kids' in-laws! Stupid, stupid, stupid kids' in-laws. They were SUPPOSED to marry orphans!

Oh well - this means we'll get them all for Christmas. Doesn't it? :confused:

LOL ... welll I think ya did pretty darn good!!! Pat yerself on the back!!! ;0)

[w5wjp]

Before meal: 85 Took 120u Humalog

Meal:
Turkey drumstick
Serving spoon of mashed tators withe a little gravy
Serving spoon of squash
Teaspoon of cranberry sauce
Serving spoon candied yams

2hr: 268 took 60u Humalog

Kept creeping up, maxed out at 304 took 60 u Humalog plus night time 120u Lantus

Fasting next day: 120

And you think you have insulin resistance......lol

[xMenace]

I went up to 18.6/335 just thinking about it all. (Of course we do our TG while we still have colored leaves on the trees)