# Examples of what to.pack for.school lunch

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/examples-of-what-to-pack-for-school-lunch/8859>\
**Category:** Child\
**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/examples-of-what-to-pack-for-school-lunch/8859 "2019-12-10T22:48:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![ErikKnowles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@ErikKnowles](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ErikKnowles)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/examples-of-what-to-pack-for-school-lunch/8859/21 "2019-12-16T22:27:29Z")

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Definitely second (third?) the suggestion for pre-bolusing. My daughter would visit the nurse 10 minutes or so before the start of lunch. That should be in her 504. It lets you take a step back from worrying so much about her carb intake.

It’s been a while, but I remember another thing that seemed to help was making sure I included a nice amount of fat too. So I would add olives stuffed with cream cheese, ants on a log (cream cheese again, or peanut butter celery), cheese sticks… All that seemed to help flatten out the spikes.

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**Author:** ![ErikKnowles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@ErikKnowles](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ErikKnowles)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/examples-of-what-to-pack-for-school-lunch/8859/22 "2019-12-16T22:33:53Z")

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Oh, and if she was going through an especially difficult phase I cut back on the carbs by doing a lot of whole wheat tortilla wraps (meat/cheese) instead of sandwiches.

(For bread, whole grain/sprouted grain’s going to be a better option than white if you’re stuck with little or no pre-bolus time.)

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**Author:** ![Nreid77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nreid77](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nreid77)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/examples-of-what-to-pack-for-school-lunch/8859/23 "2019-12-17T00:42:27Z")

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Thanks so much TTnyc. All great info.

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**Author:** ![Nreid77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nreid77](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nreid77)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/examples-of-what-to-pack-for-school-lunch/8859/24 "2019-12-17T00:43:57Z")

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Yes. I agree of giving the insulin more time. I really think that would help and probally could be more flexible with our lunch options too. Thank you.

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