Reddit mentions of Carbs & Cals: Count Your Carbs & Calories with Over 1,700 Food & Drink Photos!

The dietitians and nutritionists at my work use this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carbs-Cals-Count-Calories-Photos/dp/1908261064/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452278876&sr=1-1&keywords=carbs+and+cals

Read Think Like A Pancreas - an excellent book that covers everything you need to know about carb counting. This is the number one thing you need to get the hang of to control your diabetes properly. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Think-Like-Pancreas-Practical-Insulin--Completely/dp/0738215147/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422127481&sr=1-1&keywords=think+like+a+pancreas

You might also find the Carbs and Cals books helpful for working out carbs
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carbs-Cals-Count-Calories-Photos/dp/1908261064/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422127636&sr=1-1&keywords=carbs+and+cals

It's called Carbs & Cals (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carbs-Cals-Count-Calories-Photos/dp/1908261064/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458344841&sr=8-1&keywords=carbs+and+cals) and I'm like 99.999% sure they have a US version as well. It's a really cool book, they even have a condiment section and a takeaway section (though obviously that's always going to be a bit of a guestimate anyway), plus it gives you the sizes of the plates that the photos are taken on so you actually have scale.

Yeah it's actually the worst! I think I assumed it wouldn't be as bad as they said because the hospital doctor said I could go immediately straight back to work (what a lie!) but nooo. Such a good job with the running though! Don't rush, build it up slowly and soon it'll be like your pesky lungs never caused all that bother. :)

I agree with you on that one, but going back to the post's title, or at least its implied meaning, I do have a recommendation that i've found really useful.

It's a book (and app if you want it), called "Carbs and Cals" - Which gives portion sizes and weights of quite a few foods, drinks and meals.

I got it from amazon here - Not sure if there's one in Imperial measurements but worth a try.

This is the book if you're interested :-)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carbs-Cals-Count-Calories-Photos/dp/1908261064/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395916781&sr=1-1&keywords=carbs+and+cals

How are your parents getting on? I would imagine it is a lot for them to take in and a bit scary. There is quite a learning curve.

I don't know how much education her diabetes team will provide but I bought a couple of books to improve my understanding of how it all works. I very much like Ragnar Hanas - Type 1 Diabetes it is like an encyclopaedia. Carbs & Cals book is also very helpful.

If she has school meals then her school authority should be able to supply details of the carbohydrate content of the school menu.

I don't know whether NHS Scotland varies much from NHS England with regards to test strip prescriptions and blood meters, but I believe you can use any glucose meter. Typically I think they supply an AccuChek Aviva meter but I think that the Abbott Insulinx is much better and Abbott give it away free on their website. - It uses about half the amount of blood of the Aviva and in my tests had no failures compared with a fair few with the Aviva.

Keep glucose or sugar in easy reach. Long life apple juice cartons for by the bed, glucose tablets in school bag, with blood meter, in the car etc. Whenever she gets low blood sugar you don't ever want to have to trek off somewhere or mess around to get something sweet.