Do you ever treat yourselves to bad things?

[WhitbyJet]

I make so many low carb goodies, I dont crave anything thats considered to be 'bad' for me.

[GraceK]

I don't have potatoes at all with my meals now because they send my BG too high, but if I feel desperate for a spud I'll have a packet of crisps as part of my carb allowance. At the moment I'm very very very low carbing so that I can see how my BG responds, so the odd pkt of crisps is probably within my allowance.

[grumpyoldgit]

First post from me since being promoted from Type 2 to Type 2 on Insulin but just wanted to share this story at which I'm still giggling. Hope you enjoy it reader...
I managed to find a job in a Warehouse with a canteen which offers many meals to cater for the high number of East European members of staff - Poles, Slovaks, Czechs etc. This means that I can behave myself in keeping my Glukes controlled by choosing some delicious East European dishes for lunch, especially the salads, Nom Nom. Trouble is that salads aren't available on Saturdays so last Saturday I had to choose an alternative meal. Chicken Kiev, I thought chicken, breadcrumbs, garlic... all good stuff but the butter would be dodgy, risk it with veg,... did that,ate it. One hour later I checked my blood glucose and it read 15.5 against my target range of 3.3 to 7.0! naughty, naughty, must have been deep fried Chicken Kiev, oops. On returning to my work station I mentioned the high reading to my friend colleague, Jamie, who takes an interest in my diabetic condition. The following exchange ensued....

Jamie : Is that a problem then,, that reading?
Me : Yes I must keep it lower than that or it's dangerous for me
Jamie : Why what could happen?
Me : well if I don't keep my blood glucise under control it could lead to heart problems, poor circulation, even a coma
Jamie : what just from eating chicken?
Me: The wrong type of chicken, yes
Jamie : Yeah I've heard of that, Chicken Coma, had some from my local Indian two nights ago, didn't realise it was that dangerous......

[hanadr]

I have one section of LIDL's dark roasted hazelnut chocolate each evening. Indulgent and delicious and not carrying too much sugar

[Fraddycat]

Hi Grumpyoldgit, I reckon it was the breadcrumbs on the kiev that sent your BG sky high, not the butter.

[GraceK]

I really try not to. I'm kind of a black or white guy. I don't do shades of grey (especially not 50 shades).

It's easier for me to stick to the rules when I know exactly what they are. The good thing about the ketosis thing is that you really need to be in it all the time - bouncing in and out makes it more difficult.

If I do slip, I tend to beat myself up over small things, like eating an apple, or maybe eating a biscuit on aeroplane that has like 15 carbs. I realise that these are really, really small, in the grand scheme of things, but it stops me from the bigger transgressions like eating a whole packet of Chocolate HobNobs.

To be honest, I think I've broken the hold that carbohydrates had over me (and almost everyone else). I don't really desire them that much.

I think I'm a bit like you now. Since my diagnosis it's been an all or nothing approach in the main and I now look at a biscuit and think "15g of carb if I eat just ONE! Not worth it for just ONE biscuit, I'd want 10 and I can't have 10, so no point having any at all'.

I'm in the early stages of LCHF so I have fallen off the wagon a couple of times and it's been crisps and chocolate which I keep in specially for 'falling off the wagon' days. Doesn't happen often but I've definitely weaned myself off most simple carbs and to be honest it's not me who buys the crisps and chocs, it's a friend who brings them when he visits. So although I've stopped buying them myself, psychologically I'm not ready to give them up yet so I accept them from my friend.

[CathyN]

1/2 a custard tart - and then a furious dog walk

[Defren]

Never - except, when I was on holiday I did, but it was a special holiday and I don't regret it at all. Apart from that I am like Fergie, I am very black and white (even down to the footy team I support - come on the toon!! ). Sorry, yes, I really am very strict with myself, and only ever have what I know is safe for me, it wouldn't occur to me to eat something that either I wasn't sure about or that I knew would cause me to spike. I eat to live these days rather than living to eat like I used to do.

[Defren]

I make so many low carb goodies, I dont crave anything thats considered to be 'bad' for me.

Me too. I bake cakes, cookies, all kinds of treats all low carb so safe. I like to know what I am eating, and I certainly don't want any of the shop bought stuff filled to the gunnels in preservatives and other crap!

[desidiabulum]

[it's a friend who brings them when he visits. So although I've stopped buying them myself, psychologically I'm not ready to give them up yet so I accept them from my friend.

Well that's just about being polite, isn't it? The real danger are the friends who read up on diabetes, like the one who told me about Nairn biscuits. These are relatively low-sugar, low-GI, include ginger and chocolate chip among the flavours, you can convince yourself that they are OK, and they are FATAL. One is fine, but they have them in little packets of 5, and if you don't eat them all they go soft, so how can you stop at one...???? I haven't touched a normal biscuit since diagnosis, but Nairn biscuits are my nemesis. If anyone offers you one, JUST SAY NO, kids.

[lucylocket61]

Today i went into panic meltdown. First panic attack for months.

ended up eating 10 jaffa cakes and my bs afterwards went up to 15.7!!!

1 brisk half hour walk later, and 3 big glasses of water - down to 10.7 (still very bad) and I still feel dreadful

Lesson learned: no amount of cake or chocolate helps with stress and it causes more problems to deal with. Next time i will have a glass of red wine instead.

[borofergie]

Today i went into panic meltdown. First panic attack for months.

ended up eating 10 jaffa cakes and my bs afterwards went up to 15.7!!!

1 brisk half hour walk later, and 3 big glasses of water - down to 10.7 (still very bad) and I still feel dreadful

Lesson learned: no amount of cake or chocolate helps with stress and it causes more problems to deal with. Next time i will have a glass of red wine instead.

There are 12 Jaffa Cakes in a pack! What happened to the other two?

[lucylocket61]

Borofergie

There are 12 Jaffa Cakes in a pack! What happened to the other two?

I gave them to my teenage son

why am I not surprised to see you know how many there are in a pack???

still feel a bit woozzy 2 hours later - anything else i can do to get my levels down, or shall I just keep drinking the water?

[Fraddycat]

A glass of wine might help ..?!?

[desidiabulum]

A hot shower/bath can sometimes help too....