This trip I am going on is the shortest I have ever been on where there is a 3 hour difference. I go on a Sunday and come back on Wednesday morning.

I am Diabetic and do not know if I should change the times I eat meals and snacks according to the 3 hour difference or just stay on MY local time - since it is only for 2 nights. This could throw me off a bit and don't want to jeopardize my health. My doc is out of town and no one at the office wants to give me a pat answer. Thanks in advance.

I don't think I would look to an internet board full of strangers as a proxy for a medical opinion.

Lizzie, many of our fellow Fodorites are great with either first-hand feedback or information gleened from others. I take what everyone says with the good faith that it is meant, then I follow through...or not. LOL LOL Thank you, though. Sometimes a board full of strangers does more for a person than a boatload of doctors. LOL

This is your trip to Nevada & California correct?

In that case, if you keep to your schedule, your 7 a.m. breakfast will turn into a 4 a.m. breakfast. If you're not a morning person, that might make you feel worse than changing your schedule.

If you're not a morning person, you can change your schedule to PST starting a couple days before your trip. But that means you will be eating dinner at 10 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. and breakfast at 10 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. Does that interfere with your day too much (i.e., work, children, etc.)

I would most likely bring some diabetic snacks (that will help keep you level) to counter the change in time zone and eat according to the destination time. Just remember that you will likely have a "long stretch" on the trip out and/or the trip home affected by the time change so figure those times out and have your snacks at the ready.

TOE TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much! I'm leaving Sunday and yes, it is the trip where I will end land in Nevada (ultimately - LOL), drive to California, visit on Monday and come back on Tuesday early morning.

I'll start tomorrow and at least get two days ahead. No interferences here.

You obviously are more consistent than I tend to be, but I try to gradually work up to a time change. That's very difficult when we go to Europe.

One word of caution. I tend to only have complications from low blood sugar, never high with my meds, so coming back from Europe and starting very early in the morning when I started feeling weak on the plane I was sure my blood sugar was low, since my minimal breakfast had been so long before. I took a glucose tablet and got orange juice from the attendant. When I felt worse I got out my testing stuff and my sugar was WAY high. So being off schedule can affect you in odd ways. Be sure to test rather than assume which way you've gone.

Neo, my sincerest thanks for the information re: your blood sugar. Mine tends to be much higher. When I take Januvia, I know it is getting lower ( still high), because I start to feel sleepy. I'm fairly new to the med and have to get on Actos also, but did not feel now was the time to do it.
I am taking my meter with me, as well as a sandwich, snacks, glucose tablets AND O.J. Thank you again.