GD Mamas - how did Thanksgiving go for you?

Mama Jan

I know a lot of people took Thanksgiving as a "free pass" day so you may not even know numbers.  I just wanted to check in and see how everything was.  What was hard? Was it easier than you thought?

I don't usually take insulin at dinner (lunch and fasting only) but I did take 4 units before dinner last night.  I piled on the turkey and had a bit of everything, including stuffing, sweet potatoes (with brown sugar...) and even a couple bites of regular mashed potatoes. And I had a couple rolls

I really limited my portions though and only had seconds (for carbs) on the stuffing.  Pleasantly surprised to have only scored 113 and hour later so I did allow myself a slice of pumpkin pie.

The hardest part for me was being the only one without a glass of wine! Ha!

Now to get through Christmas with all the fudge... toffee... hot apple cider.... ugh. 

DBride2006

Sounds about like me...

 I was in charge of appetizers, so I made pretty much all low- carb apps (cheese dip with veggies, devilled eggs, olives, etc.) so I got to pig out all afternoon without feeling too guilty. 

For dinner, I had lots of turkey and green bean casserole and a small bit of all the "good" stuff (even a tiny bit of candied yams!). My after dinner number was only 103! So, I indulged and had a bit of pumpkin pie with whipped cream and a low-carb mini cheesecake that I made. My fasting number wasn't great this AM (99), which I'm sure was the pie, but all things considered I was totally stuffed and my numbers were pretty good.  

smacb

Not so good.  I had turkey, green beans, dab of stuffing with sausage, dab of sweet potatoes.  Blood sugar was 150.   My numbers have been out of control the last two weeks, why they put me on insulin. 

PandaMom06

Not so bad. I had turkey, mashed potatoes w/gravy, corn, stuffing, mac n cheese, a roll...I think that's it, and got a 142 an hour after. So only +2 points! After a couple hours I had a very tiny piece of chocolate cake.

 I don't know what was going on that day though because that night I was EXTREMELY hungry and DH brought me a cuban and a bag of chips from 7-11 and I tested an hour later and only had a 102 or something crazy like that!

3citygirl

I had turkey, gravy, salad, green beans, creamed spinach, a taste of mashed potatoes, and stuffing.... my number was only 116.

I had a piece of pumpkin cheese cake for dessert... did not effect my fasting number at all.  I swore that was it for me, but the next day at lunch I had a couple tiny bites of leftover cheese cake and again, my sugar was great.  I did the same at dinner, but had a very small piece.  My sugar was still good.  It feels too good to be true, so I will stop... but can't wait to ask my nutritionist if this means i can be adding carbs to lunch and dinner (even though I not have to be extremely strict with breakfast). 

LMark

I made a kale apple salad and filled up on that before I ate too many carbs!  I ate a little bit of everything:  turkey with gravy, ham, a roll, green bean casserole, stuffing, a Filipino rice dish, and a thin slice of sweet potato pie.  good numbers!

MrsT624

My number was a little high, but nothing crazy.  I had leftovers last night and my numbers were great, so I had a small piece of pie.  Yum!

alkinney

I ate a lot of turkey, gb casserole, corn and smaller helpings of stuffing and potatoes. My numbers have been bad lately. So I expected really high, but I was only ten over.  Very happy with that. Bi had sugar free cupcakes for dessert-- delicious!

ashleyluvskyle

I made 5 plates of food at lunch and I ate one-two plates every 2 hrs lol.  It was nice to eat freebies in between.  I only had one high reading and that was just a tad high.  I think I might have eaten too large of a portion of my carbs.  I was very pleased with what I ate and my sugar levels.  I even had a portion of my double chocolate cheese cake.  I was super happy about that.  I found myself skipping the cakes and pies just have more cheesy potatoes or noodles lol. 

kkfeb04

We took my grandma and one uncle out to eat, so I honestly have no clue what the amount of carbs I had.  We had a sit down dinner and I had the turkey, filling, potatoes, with mixed vegetables.  Our appetizer was salad with raspberry vinagrette (I asked to sub but they wouldn't).  Low and behold, my number was 95.  I decided to eat most of everything on my plate (I could not finish the turkey).  I also had a roll and some of DS's french fries.  We got dessert to go. I had white cake with white frosting.  I decided to eat that as my "dinner" and my number was 109.