#1702 Defining Diabetes: S.W.A.G
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Jenny and Scott define S.W.A.G.
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Scott Benner (0:0) Welcome back, friends. (0:01) You are listening to the Juice Box podcast. (0:13) Managing diabetes is difficult, but trying to do it when you don't understand the lingo, that's almost impossible. (0:20) The defining diabetes series began in 2019, and today we're adding to it. (0:25) Go to juiceboxpodcast.com up in the menu, click on defining diabetes, and you'll see a complete list of all the terms that we've defined so far.
Scott Benner (0:35) If you're new to type one diabetes, begin with the bold beginnings series from the podcast. (0:40) Don't take my word for it. (0:41) Listen to what reviewers have said. (0:43) Bold beginnings is the best first step. (0:46) I learned more in those episodes than anywhere else.
Scott Benner (0:49) This is when everything finally clicked. (0:51) People say it takes the stress out of the early days and replaces it with clarity. (0:55) They tell me this should come with the diagnosis packet that I got at the hospital. (0:59) And after they listen, they recommend it to everyone who's struggling. (1:03) It's straightforward, practical, and easy to listen to.
Scott Benner (1:06) Bold Beginnings gives you the basics in a way that actually makes sense. (1:12) While you're listening, please remember that nothing you hear on the Juice Box podcast should be considered advice, medical or otherwise. (1:20) Always consult a physician before making any changes to your health care plan or becoming bold with insulin. (1:28) Jenny, can we define SWAG, please?
Jenny Smith (1:31) Oh, that's a fun one. (1:33) I've heard as an acronym, which is what it is. (1:36) Mhmm. (1:36) Right? (1:37) I've heard it people say different words for the letters of the acronym.
Scott Benner (1:43) Yep.
Jenny Smith (1:43) I have always, eons ago, when it sort of first came into my vernacular, it has always been scientific wide ass gas.
Scott Benner (1:53) Scientific wide?
Jenny Smith (1:54) Scientific wide ass gas. (1:56) Like, you are totally estimating. (1:59) You're guessing. (1:59) You're looking at that plate, and you're like, I don't know. (2:02) 45 grams of carb.
Scott Benner (2:05) This one is it's interesting because we do have a a small sips episode about this where we actually break down, like, dozens of different meanings that people have. (2:15) But it doesn't exist in the defining series, so people have been asking for me to put it here. (2:20) I think the way you hear it, the way you've heard it over and over again, it is interesting. (2:24) It it makes you realize that other people have heard it a different way. (2:28) I've always heard scientific wild guess.
Jenny Smith (2:30) Wild guess? (2:31) Mhmm.
Scott Benner (2:32) But there are no end of options. (2:35) We just want you to understand that when when you see it online, when somebody's saying, oh, I swagged that meal, they just mean I looked at it and I guessed the carbs.
Jenny Smith (2:44) Entirely. (2:45) It's a guess. (2:46) Swag, in general, despite it having words to the letters, it is just equal to I guess. (2:53) And I guessed, like, it was a guess.
Scott Benner (2:57) Yeah. (2:57) Yeah.
Jenny Smith (2:57) Like, I
Scott Benner (2:58) don't know. (2:59) That looks like a 120. (3:02) You're like, you know, you're at the Cinnabon, and you're like, I don't know.
Jenny Smith (3:05) Right.
Scott Benner (3:06) That kind of thing.
Jenny Smith (3:06) Although the funny thing about it, I think, with enough time with diabetes, even your swag
Scott Benner (3:13) It's good.
Jenny Smith (3:14) Becomes pretty accurate. (3:16) Right? (3:16) I mean, it's not like a 100 gram difference. (3:20) Mhmm. (3:20) It might be 20 grams off.
Scott Benner (3:23) Right.
Jenny Smith (3:23) But that's pretty darn close when you're Yes. (3:27) Considering.
Scott Benner (3:27) I think it's just a fun thing that people have been saying forever and ever to get across to the person they're talking to. (3:34) Like, I had no idea how many carbs were in this. (3:36) I really just pulled this number, you
Jenny Smith (3:38) know Right.
Scott Benner (3:39) Straight out of my butt.
Jenny Smith (3:40) I think it's fun when people also this is where I like to see people post pictures.
Scott Benner (3:45) Mhmm.
Jenny Smith (3:46) And it does give especially when they've, like, achieved, this was a total swag, and they see this, like, lovely looking
Scott Benner (3:53) It worked.
Jenny Smith (3:53) You know, blood sugar result, and it totally worked. (3:56) And that's why I said before, it's it's like a lot of that swag is historical information kind of coming together in your brain to be able to actually pinpoint a number to start at guessing with.
Scott Benner (4:09) Yeah. (4:10) So I found in the beginning that when I was guessing and then Ard would have higher blood sugars, I started, you know I mean, you've heard me say, like, use more insulin Mhmm. (4:18) Probably a million times. (4:19) Like, I started guessing heavier. (4:21) And then it was funny what it taught me, honestly.
Scott Benner (4:25) Like, you know, I thought this was the impact of 50 carbs. (4:28) It is funny. (4:29) I don't even think about it as 50 carbs anymore. (4:31) I think of it as the impact of an idea. (4:34) And it wasn't.
Scott Benner (4:35) Right? (4:35) Because she's still one seventy when it's over. (4:37) Mhmm. (4:37) So I I corrected down from one seventy, and the next time I guessed that same thing, I was like, well, last time it was, you know, I put 50 carbs in, and I ended up correcting another unit. (4:48) So let's just throw that unit into the bolus this time.
Scott Benner (4:50) It it got me somewhere. (4:51) You know?
Jenny Smith (4:52) And is that more I think it's a good place to even within swag, where do people often swag? (4:58) A restaurant.
Scott Benner (4:59) Yeah.
Jenny Smith (4:59) Right?
Scott Benner (5:00) For sure.
Jenny Smith (5:00) Or a meal out at, you know, grandma's house or a cookout or something like that where there really isn't a bag or a package or there's just not time, and they're like, I don't know. (5:10) It looks this.
Scott Benner (5:11) Right.
Jenny Smith (5:11) Right?
Scott Benner (5:12) Yeah.
Jenny Smith (5:13) But I think, you know, in that realm, it's a good thing to say that most people, if they're going to undercount, it ends up being in an environment where there isn't information, and there's still that feeling of cautious estimation.
Scott Benner (5:29) Yes.
Jenny Smith (5:29) So restaurants are commonly undercounted by, you know, a fair percent. (5:34) It could be 10 to 25% that you're undercounting by with that little, like, subconscious hint of, I don't know. (5:42) I'll be a little cautious.
Scott Benner (5:43) Right. (5:44) Right. (5:44) Yeah. (5:44) I don't wanna find out in the car on the way home that I overestimated this
Jenny Smith (5:47) Right.
Scott Benner (5:48) Kind of an idea. (5:48) Yeah. (5:49) So for if you're listening, it's and you feel like, oh, no. (5:52) I'm always guessing. (5:52) I don't know.
Scott Benner (5:53) Just I hope it's comforting to know that that's what everybody's doing. (5:57) So Yeah. (5:58) Yeah. (5:58) Thank you. (5:58) I appreciate it.
Jenny Smith (5:59) You're welcome.
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