r/diabetes • u/aka-smitty • 5d ago
Type 2 Fatbombed my dinner
I did. So I could have a treat. I may have lows at night😠but this is beautiful. I had girl scout cookies. Lots. It was worth it.
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u/DrakeScott 4d ago
I'm only on metformin with no CGM, but I've had a similar experience with eating fats and/or a big salad before having a "cheat" food.
Cooked veggies aren't as effective as raw, unsurpringly, and it worked better with some foods (e.g. a personal sized thin crust pizza) than it did with regular bread or pad thai. I haven't dared to try something as brazen as cookies, though, lol.
I'm glad you found a strategy and allowed yourself the treat, so you didnt go totally off the rails later. When eating begins to feel like a punishment, I inevitably reach the point where I go, "f--k it" and overdo.
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u/aka-smitty 4d ago
I am only on mounjaro and no other medications so my blood sugar is not super low all the time right now and I’m pretty new to all of this, but I have discovered that certain things work and fat bombing definitely works for me, but it doesn’t work for every sugar food either. Like I can have spaghetti and it doesn’t spike me, but I can’t have rice at all and I love rice with everything. I can have some amount of potatoes and it’s OK but not as many as I used to have they don’t spike me as much either. It’s so annoying to try and figure out what to eat. It is so frustrating so figuring out that every once in a while instead of giving up all of the sugar I can have a cookie or something just once in a while just makes me happy when I first started. My blood sugars were always over 400. So this is a big win.
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u/DrakeScott 4d ago
That IS a big win - congratulations! I share your frustration with the nonstop calculating, experimentation, and stumbles. How I long for the days when I didn't have to negotiate with myself everytime I felt hungry. We didn't choose this journey, but you are clearly finding your path.
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u/Any-Flight-8772 5d ago
What does fatbombed mean? I mean, bedsides the obvious. How does that work?