WTF??? GD# problems

k8enewlywed

Okay I posted about my high number this am and breakfast isn't as scary then lunch i got a 74 then at dinner I got a 163!!!!!! That is the highest it has ever been! 

I ate half a banana w/peanut butter on one slice whole wheat toast

Cottage cheese with a few pineapple chunks

2 whole grain rice cakes with no sugar jelly

Is it the pineapple?????????

At what point do you call and need medicine to control everything????

 

Hulahoop1234

What is you per meal limit?  It honestly sounds like a really carb heavy meal with not a lot of protein.  You want to try and have a lot more lean protein.  With the online carb counter I use, I am getting the following:

Half banana - 12.5g

PB (2T) - 6g

Toast - 15g 

Pineapple - 5g 

Cottage Cheese (Individual serving pack) - 15g

 Whole Grain Rice Cakes (2 ea) - 15g

Sugar Free Jelly (1T) - 5g 

 

That adds up to almost 75g in one meal, which would be way way way too much for me personally (I am on 30g per meal).  I don't know what your guidelines are though.  My OB first had me cut my initial carb recommendations way down and now my after meal numbers are controlled by diet.  I am on NPH at night for my fasting numbers,  but those can be almost impossible to control through diet.

k8enewlywed

Hulahoop1234:

What is you per meal limit?  It honestly sounds like a really carb heavy meal with not a lot of protein.  You want to try and have a lot more lean protein.  With the online carb counter I use, I am getting the following:

Half banana - 12.5g

PB (2T) - 6g

Toast - 15g 

Pineapple - 5g 

Cottage Cheese (Individual serving pack) - 15g

 Whole Grain Rice Cakes (2 ea) - 15g

Sugar Free Jelly (1T) - 5g 

 

That adds up to almost 75g in one meal, which would be way way way too much for me personally (I am on 30g per meal).  I don't know what your guidelines are though.  My OB first had me cut my initial carb recommendations way down and now my after meal numbers are controlled by diet.  I am on NPH at night for my fasting numbers,  but those can be almost impossible to control through diet.

I currently have a plan with 65 carbs at dinner b/c mine wasn't very bad at the beginning. I will try to follow more stricter guidelines now. Thanks fr the tips. I think trying to go down to 30 or 45 carb allowances might help. I think fruit hasn't affected me at all and maybe it is starting to. 

Kie310

Yea... you didn't have any protein there, it's really important to have with meals to keep the #s in check

Mystjava

Which online counter are you using?  I would like to check it out.. 

TIA!  

aliciablair22

I won't be much help. My GD numbers were all over the place at the beginning. I had to be admitted to the hospital overnight and now take insulin before each meal and a long acting insulin before bed.

Mrs.katie_love

Mystjava:

Which online counter are you using?  I would like to check it out.. 

TIA!  

I use Sparkpeople.com... love it!

kated81

On my meal plan, not only do I have to limit my carbs - I am only allowed a certain amount of carbs from starches. So at dinner I am allowed 60 gms of carbs but only 26-30 gms of carbs can come from starches. Try reducing the amount of carbs you are eating from starches and add veggies and fruit to get the other portion of your carbs in addition to adding the protein.

Married2MrWright

Too many carbs and not enough fat and protein.  I cannot do fruit in the morning at all and the pinneapple, banana and jelly would certainly have sent me over.

Breakfast for me is usually a cup of cottage cheese and one slice of high fiber bread with 1 tbpn. of no-sugar added jelly.

I use the carb counts on the packages of the food I am actually eating...they are more accurate, IMHO.  I am on insulin, but not because of my post-meal numbers, but because my fasting numbers were always too high.