One of my top tips for successful T1 management (even for low carbers) is become the King or Queen of Food Prep.
Learn to make things in big batches that you can mix and match all week
long. Pick one day to just go at it in the kitchen and make as much as
your fridge/freezer will hold.
For example, we eat cauli rice in some form every day, so instead of steaming a small bag each day, I make 2 lbs. at a time.
Dessert? Make a big batch of LC cookies or cupcakes and throw all the extras in the freezer.
This was our Sunday dinner. Slow cooker sausage, riced cauli, green
beans, sauteed peppers, a RealGood popper and a coconut butter cookie.
With the exception of the poppers that I threw in the toaster oven and
the 2-minute icing, this was all left over fridge/freezer foods. Even
the cookie... which is why its the shape of the Easter Bunny in
October. 😂🐰
10 net carb Sunday dinner made within Samuel's 20 minute pre-bolus time.
Food prep = setting yourself up for success. 👊
We
don't consider Samuel disabled due to his Type 1 diabetes (although he
is per the Americans with Disabilities Act). I do, however, consider him
special needs (disabled vs. special needs are different in my mind).
I never thought this is what my life would look like at this stage in
my life, but its where we are and the path God has chosen for us. I'll
do my best to find the beauty of Holland...
Homemade Sloppy Joes on a Smartbun, fried "apples" (aka zucchini), riced cauli. 6 net carbs.
I
have to omit the onions for Samuel, but I add a bit more tomato paste
and salt. Adjust to your tastes/meter. I make it in my IP instead too.
https://www.lowcarbmaven.com/homemade-sloppy-joes-recipe.../
Smartbun's can be found here: https://smartbakingco.com/
I've
been doing an N=1 experiment for the past 2 days that may be of
interest to my T1D friends. The twist is that this experiment is on
me... a Non-D with an A1c of 4.9 on a very low carb diet. I wanted to
see how much my blood sugar is impacted by low carb foods.
A few things...
1) the first time you see listed in each picture below was right before I started eating.
2) I only have coffee for breakfast, so I didn't do a morning test.
3) this was all the food I had for 2 days... no snacking between meals to skew results.
4) when I refer to carbs, I'm referring to net carbs (deducting fiber,
erythritol/birch xylitol) because extensive testing shows me I don't
have to give Samuel insulin for them.
5) these are common, everyday meals for us.
🔹Wed Lunch = homemade tuna salad on a Smartbun with fried "apples" (zucchini), and coffee with cream.
This was my lowest carb meal, yet gave me the highest spike. I can only
deduce this was from the Smartbun. This is so interesting because I am
certain these buns don't spike Samuel. I VERY carefully tested these on
Samuel when we first tried them and he needs no insulin for them.
🔹Wed Dinner = no-bean chili, stuffed peppers, cauliflower rice, 2 pork rinds with dip, and diet root beer.
🔹Thurs Lunch = sausage with light marinara sauce, parmesan cheese, cauliflower rice, green beans, and coffee with cream.
🔹Thurs
Dinner = this was a Grilled Chicken Salad with ranch dressing and a
side of bacon, and diet Pepsi from Huddle House. Per their website this
is 11 carbs. I expected this to be my highest spiking meal due to the
carbs and because its sometimes hard to trust restaurant ingredients
(starches in cheese, sugar in bacon, chicken brined in sugar, etc). I
was pleasantly surprised to see this was my lowest spike meal. GO
HUDDLE HOUSE!!! One small note though is that my spike remained longer
on this meal than any other.
🤔 MY TAKE-AWAY'S 🤔
1) I was a bit surprised to see my blood sugar spiked on average about 20 mg/dL on such a LC diet.
2) this information helps give myself more grace when it comes to
Samuel. If my blood sugar spiked a bit on these meals, I shouldn't
expect BETTER results (ie "completely flat lines") for Samuel when his
dad and I are acting as his human pancreas.
So that's it. I
thought this was interesting to see. And I will definitely do more
testing on Smartbuns because I really like them (more for myself than
the kids) because they're low calorie.
