I hate carb counting....*vent*

[RLK]

I have been having the worst luck with estimating carbs lately. I had a grilled chicken sandwich with about 8 homemade sweet potato fries for lunch today. I estimated it at 60 grams and bolused accordingly. 2.5 hours later, I'm at 213 :mad: I can't imagine that the fries had that many carbs or fat in them, but yet here we are... This is becoming more of a pattern than I would like. Lunch in particular has been tough lately, so I should probably do a basal test at lunchtime. *sighs*


What do you do when you feel like your carb-counting skills have totally derailled?

Thanks for letting me vent.

[Penny]

Becky, I hardly ever get it right counting carbs and using my Novolog for it. The same foods never act the same, one time I need lots more for the same amount. I just test at 2 hours and sometimes need to use a little more, or just wait it out.

[Gary_W]

I must say I'm a fan of the nutritional scales (recent convert). They help a great deal at home, but you're still up the creek without a paddle when you're out.

Today, I ate out at lunchtime on a course I was helping out with. I had a small amount of lasagne, a small amount of baked potato, coleslaw, salad and some shrimp. I estimated 70g of carbs and whacked in 7u. I got it wrong and needed another 2u 2 hours later to counter the 10.1 (around 180). When I got home, I plumbed the foods into the scales by the weights I estimated. When I totalled up the amount of carbs consumed vs the amount of insulin I had (including the correction shot) the numbers added up perfectly. So my skills let me down today as well :)

I think that no matter how good you are at carb counting and control in general, you'll always get the odd day that just doesn't make sense as well. For me, it's after a minor bug or illness. I have a day or two where I go constantly hypo and nothing makes sense. Then it all goes back to normal. It does indeed drive you nuts...

Gary

[grace girl]

After well over a year of diligent weighing and measuring when eating at home, I'm just getting to the point where I can estimate with any real accuracy, but I still miss it from time to time. I miss it the most when eating out and I can't find what I'm eating in the calorie king....I'm convinced there are hidden carbs in all restaurant food!

[RLK]

I'm convinced there are hidden carbs in all restaurant food!

Agreed! What on earth do they put in restaurant food that you and I don't put in it at home?!?

I wish I could bring my food scale with me everywhere- it makes things so much easier.

I pulled a doozie tonight with dinner- grabbed a can of root beer, thinking that it was diet. Nope, not even close with 43g of carbs! I didn't even bother testing- just chased it with a hefty bolus. *sighs* I've been so distracted lately.

Anyway, thanks for your kind words everyone. I'm glad to hear that it's not just me.

[soso]

Agreed! What on earth do they put in restaurant food that you and I don't put in it at home?!?



Probably high fructose corn syrup.. a dash here a trickle there.....
just taste a little and wait... everything has a lingering sweetness...

ss

[shabbie6247]

im with you on the eating out. on the whole im prety good at guessing my carbs...until i eat out at the indian restaurant!

last night i had chicken tandoori to start, then followed it with a shrimp curry and a very tiny amount of rice. i took a bolus of 5 units knowing i would have to add more later. there was a lot of oil swimming around on the dish which i was trying not to put on my plate!
2 hours later i was 9.8, i took a one unit correction which normally drops me 3.5 points. woke up this morning it was 9.8! gah! must have had a slow increase overnight with the fat content!