a healthy & realistic what I eat in a week | WFH with type 1 diabetes
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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2021
- Hi friends! I’m here today with a “what I eat in a week” video, to show you some of the meals we make while working from home, and give you some ideas! This video is 100% not intended to tell you how you should eat if you also live with diabetes because as I always say on this channel, we are all SO different. If you want to know why I eat the way I do, then please watch @ 1:20 :)
The food scale I use to carb count: amzn.to/2RjXfyi
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. None of the information in the video should be taken as medical advice. Always work with your diabetes education team to manage your diabetes.
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Oh my goodness all of that looks SO YUMMY! I'm so inspired by and in awe of your diligent carb counting! I'm doing a 10 day quarantine right now as I just got back to the UK and have to quarantine for 10 days for COVID safety and I'm totally stealing basically all your ideas here for my meal planning - so double thank you!!!! Hope you and Raffi are very well! Happy Belated Valentine's Day to you guys!! ❤️🥰
Thanks Andrea! I hope that you have an easy quarantine and that it passes quickly for you ❤️!! Sending you love!!
You have a new subscriber. I was diagnosed with T1D at the age of six. Back when it was called juvenile diabetes. Almost 30 years for me. I’m also a transplant recipient. I just stated using the Dexcom G6. So far, so good. Pairs great with my iPhone and Apple Watch. Keep up the great work. Love the videos & vlogs.
Thank you! even thogh i am 12, and dont necesarely cook... ( i do cook at least 2 timesa month.. cause i love cooking) these food s will help me ! also you (a long time ago) inspired me, when i "snuk food" to actually do insulin.. i feel better nd tronger, its only been a year of diabetes, but still, its hard. you also inspired my parents to look into nsulin pumps. Thank you!
Look into the tslim x2. My daughter is 13 and she was diagnosed at 4. Good luck sweetie! It’s a challenge but it’s good to eat healthy and take care of yourself
@@kristymarie6065 aww thanks, we will look into it! and what is your best sugestion of 3 foods to saty away from, that you notice makes the bg levels go wonky?(also sorry formy spelling!)
@@marisolrau8720 I would say cereal, pizza and doughnuts. You can actually get thin crust pizza(that helps the spike) it just depends on you too. Some can eat those things but it makes my daughters sugar go up.
@@kristymarie6065 thank you! you.. those are delicoius but i do notice those foods do mess with my blood glucos.. have a greta day/night or evening
Awesome, great to get ideas as Im a T1D as well. Will definitely look into getting a Perfect Portion scale. 👍
All the calculations throughout the video were so relatable haha. Great video, I am seriously considering getting a perfect portions scale after this!
Haha soooo many calculations, right? It's tiring! I'm glad the video was relatable at least 💜
Hi Michelle,
This was another great video! I'm so going to make the Cherry/Feta/pasta recipe this weekend. Also, the cottage cheese/avocado toast and yes more food videos would be great! :)
Thanks so much Kelly! The cherry tomato feta pasta is soooo good! I hope you enjoy it 😊
So the weighing of cooked pasta versus uncooked pasta is what you have to be careful here. The weight on the serving which the carbs are in per oz of dry pasta. 2 oz serving has 40 carbs (40 carbs/2 oz =20 carbs/oz) . So if you cook the entire bag of dry pasta 16 oz there's 8 x 40 = 320 carbs total in the bag. Now when you cook the pasta and it doubles in weight (measured after draining) then you have 32 oz of cooked pasta (ratio=after/before=32 oz/16 oz=2). So 1 serving is now the ratio x 2 oz or 4 oz of cooked pasta. Or 1 oz has 10 carbs (40 carbs/4 oz = 10 carbs/oz). So if you eat 6 oz of cooked pasta on your plate that is (10 carbs x 6 oz) = 60 carbs. Double checking back to the original. 60 carbs would be 3 oz (60/40*2=3) of dry pasta which doubled in mass to 6 oz of cooked pasta.
Do you sometimes struggle with your relationship with food? It's hard for me tbh. Weighing out everything, not being able to eat whatever, whenever I want... being forced to think about food all the time.
YES. Absolutely. You are not alone 💜. As people with T1D, we have to think about food an unhealthy amount... and this is the reason why people with T1D are so prone to eating disorders :(
I have gone through periods where I found I was developing an unhealthy relationship with food, so I took a step back from being strict about carb counting, and that really helped my mental health.
@@MichelleLord Thank you for the response! It relieves me to hear that, I wish I had more possibilities to talk to people with T1D
Mona Lisa same!
Omg I feel this wow glad I’m not alone. It’s rough
It’s rough you are not alone
Thanks for this video Michelle. It’s inspired me to stop guessing and start doing proper carb counting. Getting out my scale!
Thanks Christine! I'm glad it inspired you 💖! I hope you have a great weekend ahead!
This video is so cute! I loved when Rafi (sp?) started talking to the camera :) I'm definetely going to try those veggie wraps and I just ordered the scale you use! I'm excited to try it out
Haha I'm glad you like Raffi's cameo :)! I hope you like the wraps and the scale!
Oooo yummy! Thanks for the foodie vlog 😋 Have a few new things to try out now 🤗
The veggie wrap looks good! 😋
Hi Michelle, I love food vlogs and will have to try the cherry tomato feta pasta sometime! Thank you for clearing up that food is all about balance! I have come across some people who think that T1D's can never have sweets. I'm guilty of having a sweet tooth as well and sneak in a bit of chocolate once in a while haha.
Thanks Sarah! I have also come across many people who are shocked when they see me eating sweets haha. There is definitely a lot of misunderstanding out there. We still need to treat ourselves 😊💖
Thank you for sharing this, I struggle with watching carefully. This was so helpful.
Thanks for showing your delicious looking meals!👍🏻
My pleasure 😊
Great meal ideas!!!! I have never heard of NOT subtracting fiber from carbs. Love all the math. I don’t think a lot of people know how much planning goes into eating for diabetics. I always wondered why you limited meat. Great to know for the environment. I 💜 these videos. So sorry the you’ve had negative comments in the past.
Haha you would be surprised how many comments I have received over the years from people thinking I'm crazy for subtracting fibre! Yes, the amount of math and work that goes into planning our meals is surprising! I'm so happy you liked the video. Thanks for your support 😊💗
This is inspiring because I just got diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on my birthday and my parents tell me to not prive myself and I do the same like u do I’m glad I’m not alone but my blood sugar has been going high lately with stress and school I just don’t know how to manage it well yet as a 14 year old
My husband and I LOVED the tiktok pasta recipe! We added a little balsamic vinegar to it but otherwise the recipe was basically the same. I need to learn how to make falafel like you've made in previous videos!
Oooo balsamic vinegar would be such a great addition. I will have to try that next time 😊
Great video Michelle! Last Monday was my birthday and I got a traditional cake from my region Valencia(Spain) from a bakery where they dont add any sugar plus they have the carbs information! Oh my god it was such a blessing! I hope you both had an amazing day on Valentines 💝
Happy belated birthday! That's so amazing that you found a bakery where they provide the carb information - that is not common, and so helpful for us! 😊💖
@@MichelleLord thank you so much! It really is! I have a sweet tooth as you too, but is so frustrating going out cause they never have the information and is hard t guess it right 😅
I loved this video Michelle!!!! So many great meal options and great to see the scale, since getting mine my carb count has been a lot more accurate. I really want to try the first meal that you did but I have a question. When carb counting pasta does the carb count on the box apply to the pasta cooked or dry?
Thank you 💜! Good question! The carbs on the box are usually given for dry pasta, but I have seen rare occurrences where the label specifies carbs for cooked pasta. Just read it very carefully haha
Great ideas! Thanks
I have to say I’m a lazy T1 (I’m a rubbish cook!) I eat a lot of meat/fish protein with cauli, broccoli and fatty treats like coleslaw while trying to skip out the carbs as best I can so I don’t have to take much rapid acting insulin. Breakfast is coffee.. evening meal coffee and meat snacks. Prob not healthy but my A1c is 40ish (Perindopril and Atorvastatin sort the high bp and cholesterol). Your recipes look absolutely delicious btw x
You do whatever works for you! 💙💙 You know your body the best 😊
Everything looked amazing!
Aww thank you so much Dave!
Those first two meals look amazing! I wish my husband liked more veggies!
Thank you!! Haha yes, veggies are not everyone's favourite 😜
This is so good I m subscribing
Hi Michelle! Really nice meals, very scandinavian with lots of greens, ”clean food”👍🏽
I always bring a small digital scale with me in my handbag... its super to have if you are at restaurants, Fika, with friends, and really want to eat some carbs, like a tarte, cookie etc.... easy peasy to weigh and then easier to inject ”about” the correct insulin. Just my way to deal with new carb- stuff to eat without knowing the weight..... take care!
Ps, my husband thought you both looked very scandinavian💕😊👍🏽 ( i tried to add a pic of the tinywiny scale but didnt work🧐)
Thank you! We try to eat relatively healthy :)
That's a good idea to have a small scale in your handbag! And haha yes, I guess we do both look Scandinavian 🇸🇪💙. Take care!
Great video and good suggestions!
I got lost when you showed how you counted the pasta. Do you explain this in a different video?
Also, is your scale made for carb counting?
LOL! I'm sorry it was confusing! I guess it's good I didn't become a professor after my PhD 😜. I don't explain in any other videos because it's a relatively new technique that I haven't been using for long. Essentially, you calculate the total carbs, weigh the total wet weight, then divide the two values to get a ratio in units of [carbs per wet weight]. Then when you weigh your pasta portion you are going to eat, you multiple by this ratio to get the number of carbs. I'll try to show it again in a future vlog 😊.
And no, my scale isn't specifically for carb counting, but it shows carb values for certain foods.
Great content!
Thanks for doing the video! I was diagnosed just a month ago so this helped a lot🤎
I'm so glad it helped!💜
@mindfuldiabeticrobby on Instagram is a great one to follow.
Wonderful vlog! Loved it... every thing looks so yummy and healthy. Nice job. Please share more cooking and blood sugar results after meal. Thank u💚💙💛🧡💜❤
Thanks! 💗
@@MichelleLord 😉
It's 20 years that I'm diabetic and it's 3 years that I'm carb- counting because I change my endocrinogist. And I can say that my blood sugar loves it. As a T1D I can say that it is really important to carb-counting. For me it changed my life.😘💙💪👋
That's so wonderful😊❤️! Carb counting really makes a difference. I was getting into some bad habits with my carb counting and getting sloppy, but once I trained myself again it helped so much.
@@MichelleLord 😘👍💖
Hey Michelle! What about the protein, fat and stuff? I'm here living in Europe with type 1 diabetes and also celiac disease. I'm 19 years old and it's been 2 years since I have these diseases. I wanted to know whether it affects the blood sugar level in a bad way when you don't take the protein with carbs. I always feel like I need to make myself eggs, chicken, meat, fish and so on even tho I sometimes don't want to eat any of them with my meals. Btw, I'm glad that I've found your channel! It's helping me a lot and also your videos motivate me to keep going and fight with these conditions! 😊 💕
Hey🥰! We probably know about the same as each other with respect to how protein and fat affect blood sugar. I find that having some protein in a meal helps with reducing the post-meal blood sugar spike, but I don't always try to include protein. If I don't have any protein in my meal, then I'm extra diligent with prebolusing to avoid that spike. I also find that higher fat meals will make my blood sugar spike later on, so I tend to use an "extended bolus" on my insulin pump for meals like these. I also tend to avoid really high fat & carb meals such as pizza because I find them to be quite challenging with respect to blood sugars (of course I do still eat these things once in awhile). It's all such a learning curve and I'm still learning after 18 years! You are doing a great job and it's awesome that you are looking into these details about nutrition 😊
Great video. I only started carb counting 3 months ago and I'm mentally exhausted. I started ignoring it altogether in weekends. Do you have any tips to cope up with the amount of work you have to do while preparing food that no one else has to bother with ?
I agree, it IS mentally exhausting! Once you have been carb counting for long enough, you will get more used to it and be able to estimate carbs rather than measuring. However, I still experience periods where I feel burnt out. When this happens, I'm not as strict with my carb counting for a few days to give myself a mental break 💙
I usually weigh out the pasta/rice etc before cooking and then divide into equal portions rather than weighing out again when cooked. Wonder if that would be as accurate?
I finally got my Dexcom it’s so much easier for everything loved you foods
4:26 😳🤓🤓🤓🤓 I have never done it like this 😂 But I love how you figured that out haha.
Haha I wanted to find a way that was extra precise 🤓💖
Newly diagnosed type 1, asked my dr if I should subtract fiber from total carbs and she said no 😦. I eat super high fiber /low carb and gosh this carb counting stuff isn’t working out for me 🥴
I must try that pasta 🍝 dish!! Looks absolutely delicious. Thanks for the vlog 😀
Don't worry, it takes a long time to get used to carb counting when you are first diagnosed. I'm sure you will get the hang of it and figure out what works best for you! 💖
I love the video but i have to ask where your bedding is from it looks lush 😍🥰x
Haha! It's from a Canadian department store called Hudson's Bay. It's very comfy 😊
michele you should make one of those amazon affiliate links so you can make some $$$ off your suggestions! I have the perfect portions in my wishlist on amazon right now haha
Mia watched you make the feta pasta. Before you finished calculating your potion she guessed 60 - hehe. She is a pretty good carb guesser.
That's amazing! I'm impressed with her carb counting skills!
Everything looks so yummy! My daughter is 13 diagnosed at 4. She is on the tslim. Do you set an alarm at night to check sugar? I worry about when she’s not at home with me.
Michelle has a dexcom cgm that has high and low bg alarms
Yes, I have the Dexcom to alert me, but when I was younger my mom would get up almost every night to test my blood sugar 💙
Michelle you make a yummy meals! How is your sugar?
Thank you Kristal! My sugar is great, thank you 😘💖
hiii Michel , if you could tell me what kinde of app food are you using to help you count your carb pleasemy son recently has diagnosed with T1D
I use the Perfect Portions scale :)
I'm struggling with diabetes because I have lots of highs and when I'm low not feeling as well...I balance out my food intake but I do have something that may not be the healthiest for me in moderation..some days I'm so over it .. worrying about what to eat 24 hours a day is overwhelming and I have been diabetic for many years now..
Michelle , how long before you eat do you bolus? just curious! Thanks for sharing!
It depends on the food and the time of day... if it's something fast acting (higher glycemic index), I will give insulin around 20-25 min before. If it's a low-medium glycemic index, around 15 min, and if it's fatty then I may not prebolus at all. It's all trial and error haha. Then for breakfast I always need a bit more time, so I usually do 20 min :)
@@MichelleLord thank you! much appreciated!
I wander with the viral ticktok pasta meal could the pasta be substituted for gluten free pasta as I'm Celiac and t-1 diabetic
Oh I'm sure it could!! You should try it 😊
hi Michelle or anyone else reading this!
I just started with the dexcom g6 3 days ago and i already had to change my sensor 3 times because it had false readings or it was bleeding ALOT. so i called the dexcom service and they are sending me new sensors, but my sensor is telling me that i am low ALL THE TIME. like my graphic is all in the low.
i don’t know what to do about it, because i am not low all day. i really don’t like the sensor and all the bleebs and alarms are driving me crazy! anyone that knows what i should do?
Hi Sabrina, im on the g6 since december. The 2nd Sensor that i used gave me falls Alarms during a Walk have you tried calibration?
@iris yes i did, but it didn’t help. its accurate for maybe an hour and then its low again
@@sabrinaazizyaar2148 sorry i think only Dexcom Support can help 🍀 blood should be no Problem exept the Sensor gets encapsuled 2nd Problem can be you catched a muscle you can monitor and compare and in the end change the Site ??
I think Dexcom tech support is the best to help you. I've been having issues with my sensors lately and they have been great with replacing them. So annoying though! I hope this problem resolves for you.
Hellow Michiel
Dose t slim2 x helpes you to prevent hypers??
Thank you
Hi! Not in Canada :( .... We don't have the Control IQ feature yet. Even with Control IQ, not all high blood sugars are prevented.
Yes you are right. But i think it will add more to controll may be 75 % of hypers...do u tjink
Very true that even with the Control IQ you will still have highs and lows. I have personally found it to be more effective at helping prevent lows as it will turn off your basil pretty quickly as it calculates you’ll go low with a certain time frame. It will increase your insulin to try to help prevent a high, i just haven’t found that to be as effective for me. Of course the key is you still have to carb count and bolus correctly, you cannot rely on Control IQ to do that for you.
You have better control with the tslimx2. We have been on it for 2 yrs.
@@kristymarie6065 i am asking about IQ controll
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Thank you for the vid. My four year old baby is T1 he likes to eat pancakes, sweets, breads ,pasta ..... his doctor told us he can eat anything. But I’m worried about his health in the future. What do you say ? Pls respond thank you 🙏🏿
I'm not a medical doctor, but I think eating a balanced diet is key. As long as you give the appropriate amount of insulin! Of course you don't want to be eating sweets and pasta all the time - everything in moderation :)
@@MichelleLord Thank you so much Michelle 🙏🏿
My daughter was diagnosed at 4 and she is 13 now. I’m sorry your baby was diagnosed too. You can eat anything just try to make it healthy for the most part. We don’t eat tons of sugar and cereal makes my daughter spike. It’s different for everyone. Good luck mama
@@kristymarie6065 Thank you so much 🙏🏿
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I finally got my first pump
That's exciting! Congrats 😊
Pasta looks great but it should be about the food you eat not weights and measurements
I understand what you mean, but I have type 1 diabetes and am completely reliant on insulin. It helps me to measure my food so that I can properly calculate my insulin dose.
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@@MichelleLord Another amazing video