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<blockquote data-quote="CherryAA" data-source="post: 1456106" data-attributes="member: 327005"><p>I am trying very hard to stop thinking of foods as " treats " - if I want a square of dark chocolate I have one - but I only do that if my blood sugar reading is already under 5. </p><p></p><p>I love chip shop fish in batter. I have found that if I follow the same principle and make sure I go for a walk to and from the chippie I can do that and still stay under 7.8 . Am I tempted to buy the chips too? - no because although one or two is nice overall its just padding. </p><p></p><p>In an Indian- the curry sauce with some yoghurt raita is lovely - the rice and naan is jsut a cheap filler so I skip it. </p><p></p><p>Practically everywhere you go its possible to eat the good stuff and just toss to one side the cheap fillers that damage us. Even in Italy - home of the pasta! </p><p></p><p>In any event the real cheat is not testing - if you do something that will damage you but you don't know how much then you will only miss out on being able to eat stuff that didn't hurt and eating stuff causing you untold damage ! </p><p></p><p>I have found for example - cauliflower cheese made with a small amount of flour butter and cream works fine, yet pea soup made with potatoes doesn't . Onion gravy , mushroom as pepper cream sauce - both no change to my meter . </p><p>The issue then becomes much more of do I want to limit calories enough to actually lose weight as well. </p><p>Whilst I would still like to et slimmer , I like the new me at this stage and I love the fact that i now seem able to eat consistently and not actually start putting the weight back, in my previous life any weight loss came back within days of relaxing anything. </p><p>Learning how to cope with the new way of life is interesting and rewarding and once you do start getting readings in the 4's and 5's it becomes a lot easier to think - why should I give up those numbers for three days just because I want three chocolate biscuits which won't actually taste as good as you remember anyway. </p><p></p><p>I've found that mydesire for that control is so strong that I can actually eat a bag of crisps, one crisp at a time over a week - I would never have imagined that possible before. Now that is not a " treat" its simply something I can do if I want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CherryAA, post: 1456106, member: 327005"] I am trying very hard to stop thinking of foods as " treats " - if I want a square of dark chocolate I have one - but I only do that if my blood sugar reading is already under 5. I love chip shop fish in batter. I have found that if I follow the same principle and make sure I go for a walk to and from the chippie I can do that and still stay under 7.8 . Am I tempted to buy the chips too? - no because although one or two is nice overall its just padding. In an Indian- the curry sauce with some yoghurt raita is lovely - the rice and naan is jsut a cheap filler so I skip it. Practically everywhere you go its possible to eat the good stuff and just toss to one side the cheap fillers that damage us. Even in Italy - home of the pasta! In any event the real cheat is not testing - if you do something that will damage you but you don't know how much then you will only miss out on being able to eat stuff that didn't hurt and eating stuff causing you untold damage ! I have found for example - cauliflower cheese made with a small amount of flour butter and cream works fine, yet pea soup made with potatoes doesn't . Onion gravy , mushroom as pepper cream sauce - both no change to my meter . The issue then becomes much more of do I want to limit calories enough to actually lose weight as well. Whilst I would still like to et slimmer , I like the new me at this stage and I love the fact that i now seem able to eat consistently and not actually start putting the weight back, in my previous life any weight loss came back within days of relaxing anything. Learning how to cope with the new way of life is interesting and rewarding and once you do start getting readings in the 4's and 5's it becomes a lot easier to think - why should I give up those numbers for three days just because I want three chocolate biscuits which won't actually taste as good as you remember anyway. I've found that mydesire for that control is so strong that I can actually eat a bag of crisps, one crisp at a time over a week - I would never have imagined that possible before. Now that is not a " treat" its simply something I can do if I want. [/QUOTE]
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