Burger King AH ....

[iDream]

Just had my biggest meal carb wise in a long, long time, 150 to be exact :eek: , I was pretty hungry and there was nothing to eat so I decided to do something I don't usually do...and get Burger King....99 pre meal number, 14 units taken...checking in an hour, I'll update then

[ant hill]

I'm with you Idream. I love hambergers and because that i'm in australia we have hungry jacks. :D

[Gordonm]

With all that fat in there the 1 and 2 hour might be oK but check at about 6 hours to be sure also.
Sometimes you just have to indulge!

[iDream]

127, not bad, not bad

[iDream]

147 3 hours out, just corrected it

[Gordonm]

That fat content delays the carbs. I will usually square wave with a higher fat content meal. There are no set rules I just do my best and try to judge the fat content vs the carb content. Sometimes it works other times I'll find 4 to 6 hours later I'm running a little high. Just correct for it.

[notme]

I usually do a dual wave for high fat meals. I take 1/2 up front and then for the second 1/2 I spread it out over 2.5 hours.

[chinku]

I usually Eat a crispy chicken sandwich (and medium fries too with lots of ketchup) at BK almost twice a week and I take 10 units humolog and 2 hrs after the mean the BG will be in 150's....

I like BK :)

[iDream]

I forgot completely about the dual wave, should have definately used that, although everything worked out perfectly....147 correction to 85 2 hours later....perfect

[someone]

150? That's nothing. Try 350 at Whataburger (2 burgers, 2 large fries and a large shake). I think that would be my record. Usually, it's 150-200 for dinner though.

[gettingby]

See everyone, it is possible to indulge every so often. :D :D

[johgn]

Next time you'll have to adjust your I:C ratio because you probably just gained 3-4 pounds!

[cheryl]

Yea, I was sitting here drooling about all the fast food I am about to eat for the next three meals LOL.....Brent and I are going out of town for the weekend, so we will be eating out tonight in the morning and then for lunch tomorrow, so three meals and I already know I want BK, for breakfast......egg and cheese crossantwich, and an order of hash rounds, now i am thinking sonic for dinner tonight, and I have no clue yet about lunch LOL>....then after that we are meeting up with his parents to eat at there room for dinner tomorrow night and Breakfast and lunch on Sunday maybe, who knows, but it going to be a grease filled yummy weekend, OH God and the fudge shops up there I am gonna die of temptation, I love rasberry filled chocolate especially at the fudge shops,,,,I am gonna flat out hit a high LOL>......

You did great with BK.......good job, mine will be horrible this weekend, I am on a weekend off Of health, and bloodsugars will monitor and correct and dose accordingly but nothing is gonna stop me LOL......

OH and weight gain I maintained weight just fine, on my horrible meal choices when I used to eat out all weekend every other weekend, and I ate out all the time, over exceeding 200 carbs a meal....

Cheryl

[bryan42]

:( Oh to be a type 1......We eat at BK, and what reading we get, is what we get..no way to correct it :(

[iDream]

:( Oh to be a type 1......We eat at BK, and what reading we get, is what we get..no way to correct it :(

The more I think of it, the more greatful I feel to have type 1.....

[NoelD]

This post bit me in the rear..... I jumped off the bandwagon for lunch today, I went to BK and consumed 120 carbs (triple whopper and king sized fries) :D mmmmmm, it was so good....... Bolused 25 units all up front about 20 minutes before I ate, and my BG peaked 1.25 hours later at 120, and now 3 hours later, I am back to target at 85. Was it worth it mentally? Yes. Physically? NO. I feel horrible, lethargic, and tired. I see now why I gave BK/McD's up entirely.

[shabbie6247]

i ate chinese meal for dinner last night, chicken szechuan and boiled rice, i bolused for 100g carbs = 20 units novorapid.
i actually turned down an individual apple and blackcurrant pie because it was 37 g carbs =another 7unit bolus. i just didnt want to have to correct that much at bedtime for such a high carb intake.

does anyone else have a different I:C ratio for a higher carb intake? my dinner is higher anyway, but i seem to always have to correct even if i calculated my carbs properly (this seems to happen for the 100g meals)

[notme]

:( Oh to be a type 1......We eat at BK, and what reading we get, is what we get..no way to correct it :(


Hey Brian,

Careful what you wish for.......

I would love to be able to control diabetes (or at least stand a chance of trying) with diet and exercise or medication. I would love not to have lows that hit the 20's.

I understand wishing you could eat normally, but the truth is, we (type ones) also have to eat properly most of the time. Yes, there are the cheating days, but you get caught many times high and correct for an entire day trying to fix it. Then you ping pong around from high to low.

Hang tough buddy. The grass is always greener.

[NoelD]

i ate chinese meal for dinner last night, chicken szechuan and boiled rice, i bolused for 100g carbs = 20 units novorapid.
i actually turned down an individual apple and blackcurrant pie because it was 37 g carbs =another 7unit bolus. i just didnt want to have to correct that much at bedtime for such a high carb intake.

does anyone else have a different I:C ratio for a higher carb intake? my dinner is higher anyway, but i seem to always have to correct even if i calculated my carbs properly (this seems to happen for the 100g meals)

Yea, for over 50 carbs I use 1:5, and for less I use 1:4. Morning hours, even though I do not eat, is 1:3.

[shabbie6247]

Yea, for over 50 carbs I use 1:5, and for less I use 1:4. Morning hours, even though I do not eat, is 1:3.

so if i read this right you actually take LESS insulin per carb when you eat more?

[Cyborg]

My I:C ratio is fixed. It does not change based on quantity of food intake or time of day. But, I do bolus for both carbs and protein (http://www.insulin-pumpers.org/howto/pfandbs.html)...

[Janet_M]

Hi I'm type 2 on Avandamet once a day. When we were on a weekend out of town about a month after my diagnosis, we stopped at a Burger King, and I had the Hamburger (with all the veggies on it) with a side salad and diet soda. It was the first time away since I was diagnosed, and I hadn't had anything that GOOD in a while. I checked my BG throughout the trip... no problems at all. I stuck to low carbs for dinners when we went to the nicer restaurants, but ate the burger lunches without the fries the rest of the trip. I still have a burger once in a while when I'm craving it... if you pass up the fries, type 2's can enjoy them too! :D