Snacks before bed to lower fasting #??

JennlovesAustin · August 2009

I am supposed to have a snack with 1 protein serving and 30 g. carbs at night. I need help because NOTHING is working!! Ok girls, here is what I have tried (and failed because I need to be below 95)and the fasting number the next morning:

cheerios with milk (30 g. carb) - 99

veggies with ranch dip (0 g. carb)- 117

toast with peanut butter (22 g. carbs) - 113

no snack - 107

12 oz beer (yes, I have 1 per week) and 1 small slice pizza (30 g. carbs)- 107

oven fries with cheese (15 g. carbs)- 101

2 wheat crackers with cheese (7 g. carbs) - 107

string cheese with toast and peanut butter (22 g. carbs) - 110

5dogs · August 2009

My go-to snacks are usually apple slices with peanut butter, a light yogurt half frozen with a handful of cooked chicken slices on the side, or a SF pudding with peanut butter on the side or a string cheese... My diet build wants one milk serving, one starch/fruit/etc, and one protein with my midnight snack.

Burns2Be44 · August 2009

I had 1 piece of bread with PB and a glass of milk and mine was 93 this morning. But my "meal plan" says to have 1 milk, 1 starch, 1 protein and 1 fat. I just skipped the fat since PB is considered a "fatty meat"

JennlovesAustin · August 2009

5dogs:

My go-to snacks are usually apple slices with peanut butter, a light yogurt half frozen with a handful of cooked chicken slices on the side, or a SF pudding with peanut butter on the side or a string cheese... My diet build wants one milk serving, one starch/fruit/etc, and one protein with my midnight snack.

So you would eat apple slices and PB and yogurt and chicken all in the same snack?? Sheesh, I can't fit that much food in me!!

5dogs · August 2009

JennlovesAustin:
5dogs:

My go-to snacks are usually apple slices with peanut butter, a light yogurt half frozen with a handful of cooked chicken slices on the side, or a SF pudding with peanut butter on the side or a string cheese... My diet build wants one milk serving, one starch/fruit/etc, and one protein with my midnight snack.

So you would eat apple slices and PB and yogurt and chicken all in the same snack?? Sheesh, I can't fit that much food in me!!

Nononono - those are my paired up snacks. Apples with PB OR a yogurt with chicken slices OR pudding with PB or string cheese. I'm so full all of the time that I can barely get my way through any of those by the time the end of the night rolls around. The only thing I look forward to is my 1 cup of skim milk (I crave milk!).

JennlovesAustin · August 2009

5dogs:
JennlovesAustin:
5dogs:

My go-to snacks are usually apple slices with peanut butter, a light yogurt half frozen with a handful of cooked chicken slices on the side, or a SF pudding with peanut butter on the side or a string cheese... My diet build wants one milk serving, one starch/fruit/etc, and one protein with my midnight snack.

So you would eat apple slices and PB and yogurt and chicken all in the same snack?? Sheesh, I can't fit that much food in me!!

Nononono - those are my paired up snacks. Apples with PB OR a yogurt with chicken slices OR pudding with PB or string cheese. I'm so full all of the time that I can barely get my way through any of those by the time the end of the night rolls around. The only thing I look forward to is my 1 cup of skim milk (I crave milk!).

OK PHEW.... i was wondering where you fit it all. I have to force myself to have a snack at night! Yes, I crave milk too. I usually have a glass with dinner. mmm...

Thanks for the info. I will try some of those combos. Have your fasting levels ever been too high?

5dogs · August 2009

My goal range is 70-90 for fasting and I seem to ride the 83-89 average, although yesterday was 93 (my highest fasting so far).

fairychick77 · August 2009

I would try eating more than one serving of protein with your carb snack...The doctor gives you guidelines to follow but you will find out that you will have a lot of trial & error with different foods and how they react with your body and your blood sugar...

LovinTim912 · August 2009

I bought a box of the South Beach protein bars and had one of those as my snack last night. My sugar was 80 this morning. Maybe give those a shot (they are pretty good btw.)

Caitlin & Sean · August 2009

Hard boiled egg helps me to keep my fasting # in the 80's. Last night i had a protien bar and it was 92 this AM

JennlovesAustin · August 2009

Caitlin & Sean:

Hard boiled egg helps me to keep my fasting # in the 80's. Last night i had a protien bar and it was 92 this AM

Just a hard boiled egg? What about the 30 g. carbs I am supposed to be having?

bunintheoven76 · August 2009

My doctor explained it to me that those numbers were my LIMIT. I didn't have to eat that many carbs, I just had to eat something under that range amount. So, if my limit is 45 for my meals, I will eat usually 30 because I eat a lot of protein... my midnight snack is sometime a serving of wheat thins and a piece of cheese, or a Light and Fit yogurt with some diet crangrape juice... I guess it depends on what your docs say. That is how it was broken down for me.

5dogs · August 2009

JennlovesAustin:
Just a hard boiled egg? What about the 30 g. carbs I am supposed to be having?

I had it explained to me that the # of carbs noted on each meal is a suggestion, not a requirement. I usually have less and try to have more protein, it seems to give me better results.

beckys96 · August 2009

My fasting numbers were on the high side so I tired the south beach protein bars - pretty good. and they seem to lower my fasting number. I have also had an english muffin with sausage.

Crazy as it sounds - the past few night I have had plain vanilla ice cream and my numbers have been really good.

butterfly1979 · August 2009

I agree with pps about trying a protein bar. I have tried a couple of brands and they are pretty decent... Kashi and Balance. I've heard the South Beach ones are pretty good too. I also haven't had any problems with Vienna Fingers and a glass of milk.

ilenegrace · August 2009

I was told to only have 1 serving of carbs (15g) + protein. And to avoid milk and fruit before bed. I usually have toast with pb, or cheese and crackers, or carrots and ranch and crackers, or a tortilla with cheese.

mrseggs · August 2009

My diabetic educator told me that what I have for a snack really has no impact on my fasting numbers - it is how the hormones interact with each other over night.

JennlovesAustin · August 2009

mrseggs:
My diabetic educator told me that what I have for a snack really has no impact on my fasting numbers - it is how the hormones interact with each other over night.

Hmmm interesting.. I am starting to think that because there is nothing I can do to get them down!

cindy453 · August 2009

mrseggs:
My diabetic educator told me that what I have for a snack really has no impact on my fasting numbers - it is how the hormones interact with each other over night.

Same here. Also, I am NOT supposed to cut carbs out at night. I could eat maybe 20-25 g instead of 30, but my dietitian felt very very strongly that I should stay as close to the carb limit as I could. She said cutting out carbs at night (or any time) can lead to keytones. That could be b/c I am on medicine though... if I don't eat carbs I get super low blood sugar.

jen5-03 · August 2009

In some of the snacks you've listed I don't see any protein at all? the cheerios and veggies and dip?

My plan says 1 protein and 1 carb for evening snack - which is exactly what a south beach bar has in it (I recommend the chocolate ones, though the peanut butter are good too).

I also have a bunch of 100 calorie packs of cookies and I'll eat one of those with peanut butter - though I usually have to throw in some celery too to get all that PB down.

Greek yogurt has 10g protein in a half cup and only 4 carbs. I throw in half a nature valley granolabar or some other carb and that gives me good numbers too.

Or something like eating cottage cheese for protein and then eating a skinny cow fudgsicle for the carb.

My dietician told me I could skip a couple servings of carbs here and there, but not to reduce them too much. You might try going for just one serving of carb before bed.

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