This past weekend was action packed – it involved one bar-b-que, one outrigger canoe race, one outdoor movie night, one 25-mile bike ride over the Coronado bridge, and, thanks to a certain awesome boyfriend of mine who happens to be a Top Chef-quality culinary artiste, several super low-carb meals that kept my BGs cruising nice and normal throughout the weekend. I was amazed at how little insulin some of these meals required - I just had to share them with you readers out there. The benefits to eating this way are that I require much less insulin and find much less variability in my blood sugars throughout the day – both welcome items given my semi-sedentary state while I’m letting my joints take a break.
Friday night we made faijtas with low carb tortillas – there’s a few brands that offer tortillas with only 10 grams of carb per serving. I had two tortillas topped with seasoned chicken and veggies, sour cream and cheese (plenty to keep me full) and still only had to bolus 2.2 units for the whole meal. Unfortunately, those went down the hatch so fast that I failed to take a picture.
Saturday we left the house around 10am, but not before loading up the crock pot with seasoned turkey meat and tons of veggies. We arrived home around five that evening to the delightful aroma of turkey chili. Again, a low bolus and a very satisfying meal – boo ya.
Sunday however, was the piece de resistance – and pure heaven for anyone who knows me as the cheese hound I am: fondue. Real, creamy, hot off the stove fondue. Instead of dipping the traditional high-carb bread chunks in there, we used grilled meat and lots of fresh vegetables – some cooked for flavor and others raw for a good crunch. This meal was
super low carb, but I had to account for the massive amount of cheese and the fat in it that would break down more slowly. Instead of bolusing for this one, I raised my basals by 35% for the six hours following the meal, and saw nary a blip in the DexCom all night long. All around diabetes meal perfection and a VERY successful blood sugar weekend, even with all of our activities. I can’t ask for anything better! And that adorable fellow in the photo below certainly helps 
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Sign in nowWhat a great idea – using a temp basal to counteract the slow methodical march up of BG due to high fat meals. I’ve been trying to figure out how many grams of fat equal 1 carb and how long to do an extended bolus but I think I’m going to just use extended bolus to cover the slow absorption of the carbs due to the fat and use temp basal to cover the rise in BG due to the fat! Thanks.
Looks good Lex! What a nice boyfriend.