# What do you eat when you are too high to eat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Food & Diet\ **Created:** [November 3, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547 "2017-11-03T05:50:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/1 "2017-11-03T05:50:45Z")
We have been sick for several days now, and are up to 80% basal today. The boy has been pushing many units of insulin into his system, which somehow do nothing to his BG: he injected 17 units in 4 events to try to get low enough to have dinner, to no avail (he was around 100 all evening but could not seem to come down lower). When this happens, we fall back onto a very low-carb dinner: we can’t wait past 10:30pm for him to have dinner… One of our standard fallbacks is a veggie and meat saute. Tonight, it was: - 1.5 oz of broccoli \*1 oz of Mann’s power blend - 3 oz of home-made pulled chicken - olive oil, garlic, grated parmesan and spices, all sauteed quickly together – total 4 carbs. What do you fall back on when you are too high to eat and can’t come down? ---
**Author:** ![Jen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jen/32/4777_2.png) [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/2 "2017-11-03T08:21:06Z")
Similar idea, something with few enough carbohydrates in it that it doesn’t require much insulin (if any at all) to eat. There have been many times that I’m thankful that it doesn’t require much of a bolus! ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/3 "2017-11-03T12:16:54Z")
Eggs. Basic standby. For a sick day, I would consider 100 to be great !!! For us it is a battle to get it under 200 with a mini-celebration if we get it under 150. Sick days are tough. I hope your boy is feeling better soon. ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/4 "2017-11-03T16:20:44Z")
Chicken soup. ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/5 "2017-11-03T16:32:58Z")
Eggs, any type of deli meat and those sorts of things, along with cheeses. ---
**Author:** ![Robellengold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/robellengold/32/2082_2.png) [@Robellengold](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Robellengold)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/6 "2017-11-03T23:16:30Z")
Eggs before it was a low carb diet - now it’s low carb diet can’t eat protein either so I eat a big slice of Brie smothered with olive tapenade as fat is the only thing for free now ---
**Author:** ![Millz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/millz/32/12204_2.png) [@Millz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Millz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/7 "2017-11-05T03:52:40Z")
Ditto on the eggs. I like scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, a few slices of avocado and maybe a little bacon. ---
**Author:** ![CarolynA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/carolyna/32/1828_2.png) [@CarolynA](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarolynA)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/8 "2017-11-06T02:33:19Z")
Pickles, olives, cheese, meat, nuts, wine… Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Trying](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/trying/32/4078_2.png) [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/10 "2021-08-04T20:13:17Z")
If I am really hungry, nuts. They satisfy hunger but have a delayed effect on BGs, due to high fat and protein. Hopefully by the time they get metabolized, BG is under better control! ---
**Author:** ![JessicaD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@JessicaD](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/JessicaD)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/11 "2021-08-06T01:45:43Z")
A martini with all of the pickled veggies that I want. Some nuts and cheese, too. 🙂 (a Bloody Mary works well if I feel like I need some added vitamins) ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/12 "2021-08-06T03:13:21Z")
Wow, I love asparagus but have never heard of pickled asparagus. I’ll have to look that up and try some soon. ---
**Author:** ![MarkP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@MarkP](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MarkP)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/14 "2021-08-07T21:45:39Z")
Cottage cheese, pistachios ---
**Author:** ![Cassy0110](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/cassy0110/32/10384_2.png) [@Cassy0110](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Cassy0110)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-eat-when-you-are-too-high-to-eat/2547/15 "2022-09-27T02:14:07Z")
Soup and apples