A Hunch About Brunch

The dilemma about going out for brunch on Mothers Day seems to come up every year. When you have diabetes and follow a schedule, both with your medications and your eating, brunch doesn't seem to fit into your day. I guess that is assuming you aren't a regular (as in daily) brunch eater. For most people brunch takes the place of either breakfast or lunch, and you eat a much bigger portion of food to fill the gap for the meal you missed. This thinking is usually not a good fit for someone with diabetes. But, you also do not need to miss the family gathering at brunch. Here are a couple things you can do:  schedule the brunch time closer to your lunch time, and eat the
"brunch" meal as your lunch meal; do not skip a meal, but eat breakfast earlier in the morning so you can make the "brunch" your lunch meal instead. Or, schedule the brunch meal early morning like 9:30 or 10:00, keep it as your breakfast and then you can eat your lunch meal about 4 hours after finishing brunch. Try to stick with your meal plan and not over indulge.  The bottom line is that we do not want to cause either our blood sugar or the bathroom scale to rise. By keeping as close as possible to your everyday routine you can avoid the roller coaster of high, and possibly low, blood sugars by keeping to schedule.

P.S. Start a new family tradition and take a family walk or hike on Mothers Day.The dilemma about going out for brunch on Mothers Day seems to come up every year. When you have diabetes and follow a schedule, both with your medications and your eating, brunch doesn't seem to fit into your day. I guess that is assuming you aren't a regular (as in daily) brunch eater. For most people brunch takes the place of either breakfast or lunch, and you eat a much bigger portion of food to fill the gap for the meal you missed. This thinking is usually not a good fit for someone with diabetes. But, you also do not need to miss the family gathering at brunch. Here are a couple things you can do:  schedule the brunch time closer to your lunch time, and eat the
"brunch" meal as your lunch meal; do not skip a meal, but eat breakfast earlier in the morning so you can make the "brunch" your lunch meal instead. Or, schedule the brunch meal early morning like 9:30 or 10:00, keep it as your breakfast and then you can eat your lunch meal about 4 hours after finishing brunch. Try to stick with your meal plan and not over indulge.  The bottom line is that we do not want to cause either our blood sugar or the bathroom scale to rise. By keeping as close as possible to your everyday routine you can avoid the roller coaster of high, and possibly low, blood sugars by keeping to schedule.

P.S. Start a new family tradition and take a family walk or hike on Mothers Day.