Carb Counting

The amount of insulin that you give is based on two things, carbohydrates and your current blood sugar level. For myself, for every 12 carbs i eat, i give 1 unit of insulin. How many carbs that are in what your eating aren't always clearly labeled so i have to know on average for some things. For example...

bagel: 45-60
hamburger bun: 30
hot dog bun: 25
1/2 cup of icecream: 20
apple: 13
Bojangles chicken biscuit: 45 : )
baked potato: 45
1 cookie: 15

granted these are all approximations from off the top of my head and they're are a lot more that i try to know so this is just a few. As convenient as it would be, diabetes is not an exact science so sometimes you just have to guess and check!