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Gah! With being on three different insulin medications, it's ridiculous how much I have to eat to keep my blood sugar from falling to low.

Posted by IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) (aka Sceire) Jan 8 '14, 12:19

My typical breakfast is:

A bowl of corn flakes with 1% milk, a low-fat yogurt, 2 pieces of wheat bread toast with a little butter, and two eggs, scrambled with cheese (with Cholula hot sauce, of course!)

That might not seem like a lot, but for someone who never regularly ate breakfast, it is.

Lunch, which I ate a little more regularly, but often skipped, is a sandwich (wheat bread, chicken or turkey, cheese, etc.), chips, a yogurt, and a glass of 1% milk.

And i'm finding that I have to eat a small snack of like chips or cheez-its leading into lunch and dinner to keep my blood sugar from dipping below 100.

Thankfully, I have a follow-up with my doctor next week, cause I think i'm on too many insulin meds. I just don't think I can keep eating like this every day.

Responses:

it would depend on the size of the sandwich but I would be positively starving by dinner if that was all I had. -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 12:25
Little known fact, the first draft of Speed was called Insulin Shock before they rewrote it to change 100 to 55mph. Sandra signed on and it hit big. -- nm - true story Jan 8, 12:24
that's not a lot of food, really, and i think you will definitely have to eat 3-4 times a day... -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 12:23 3
- Seriously? I guess i've just gotten used to not eating breakfast, and only occassionally lunch, that it seems to be a lot? - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Jan 8, 12:28 1
  - That may have been enough for our ancestors, but this isn't nineteen-tickety-two. -- nm - Max Jan 8, 12:34
- (well, the breakfast is substantial, but overall it's not a ton.) -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 12:27

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Gah! With being on three different insulin medications, it's ridiculous how much I have to eat to keep my blood sugar from falling to low.

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