i love the 90’s!
Yesterday, Jackie and I went to the UNLV Orientation and helped sing the UNLV FIght Song to 3,000 Freshmen! It was so much fun and we met some really cool people! We got up pretty early to get ready and have breakfast and be there in time. However, it was pretty interesting when I tested my blood sugar after breakfast…
You see, I almost never eat Wheat Chex! [This is a rare occurrence.] It’s always been a cereal that I have trouble bolusing for. I know there are 38 carbs in 3/4 of a cup, I can bolus for that. I even had 1/2 cup of blueberries and milk in my cereal. Milk in cereal is a given, but the blueberries were so good! Any way, other than my love for fruit, I carb-counted my breakfast and added an extra 2 units.
Every time I eat Wheat Chex, I don’t know why, but my blood sugars are higher. At least almost every time…because when I tested my blood sugar 2 hours and 10 minutes later, I was 91!! There was a smile on my face but I was so surprised; I actually bolused correctly for this amazingly good breakfast!! :] Since we were no where near singing the UNLV fight song with everyone yet, I turned my basal down in my pump, and drank a couple ounces of juice because I didn’t want my blood sugar to be low while we were showing the freshmen our school spirit! But, my number was 169 afterward and then 94 before lunch! :-)
Naomi Kingery,
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Cereal in general does crazy crazy things to my blood sugars. I can measure perfectly and weight and the whole nine yards and I still spike very high. So I try to stay away from it. But sometimes I just can’t help myself…. I LOVE cereal.
I LOVE Wheat Chex! I’ve found that volumetric measuring can be so inaccurate for just about anything but liquids. I used a measuring cup to get a serving of uncooked oatmeal and compared it to weighing it, and found that the oatmeal in the measuring cup was over a single serving. I use a scale to weigh lots of things, including any kind of cereal. I don’t even have to wash anything extra - just place the bowl on the scale, zero the scale, and pour the cereal in until it’s at the correct number of grams. So anyway, my point is that maybe the variability that comes with using measuring cups is what causes your BG troubles with Wheat Chex… just a thought. Glad it worked well for you yesterday though
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I can never bolus correctly for cereal! You are awesome!
BTW - I added your blog to my blogroll. I thought you guys were already on there! Sorry
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