After pretty well staying off the booze since Christmas, the last two weeks I've lapsed with a vengeance 
. The best part of a bottle of red wine almost every night, as well as my treat night out last Monday.
I don't know what gets into me - it's almost an impulse to self-destruction. I know I shouldn't do it - even that I can't do it! - but I almost seem to do it to spite myself. And of course, then I eat too much, and too much of the wrong things, including ryvita and oatcakes at bedtime.
Yesterday was the peak - I was working in the morning, watching a machine dig out some trenches, and when the kind lady brought out some bacon sandwiches and coffee, I didn't hesitate :shock: . Gorgeous! Then off to the nearest supermarket, did my weekly shop, and then quite deliberately bought a shepherd's pie and yet another bottle of red wine. And I have to say I really did enjoy them . But the low-carb diet for the last 2 weeks has been blown out of the water, by the wine and the extra biscuits, never mind the shepherd's pie and bacon sarnies! .
I seem to have got off lightly - my bg levels are up a bit, but still within the NICE guidelines for Type 2s. Nor have I had any hypos (I take metformin). However, over this last two weeks my bgs have been in the 6s rather than the 5s, and I'm really hoping I haven't blown the chance of an improvement on my last HbA1c of 5.4, when I go for my next test in 3 weeks time.
I'm back on the straight and narrow now, and the great fish and chip experiment will not now take place until April :lol: . But - breaking a slimming diet is one thing; breaking a diet that's necessary for my health is quite another!
Does anyone else have this type of problem - food and/or booze? -, and can anyone pass on any tips for avoiding it? It's not that I don't know what I'm doing - I do it quite deliberately, knowing the possible effects - almost putting two fingers up at myself!
I feel better having 'confessed' all to the forum - thanks for listening, guys
Viv
. The best part of a bottle of red wine almost every night, as well as my treat night out last Monday.I don't know what gets into me - it's almost an impulse to self-destruction. I know I shouldn't do it - even that I can't do it! - but I almost seem to do it to spite myself. And of course, then I eat too much, and too much of the wrong things, including ryvita and oatcakes at bedtime.
Yesterday was the peak - I was working in the morning, watching a machine dig out some trenches, and when the kind lady brought out some bacon sandwiches and coffee, I didn't hesitate :shock: . Gorgeous! Then off to the nearest supermarket, did my weekly shop, and then quite deliberately bought a shepherd's pie and yet another bottle of red wine. And I have to say I really did enjoy them
. But the low-carb diet for the last 2 weeks has been blown out of the water, by the wine and the extra biscuits, never mind the shepherd's pie and bacon sarnies! .I seem to have got off lightly - my bg levels are up a bit, but still within the NICE guidelines for Type 2s. Nor have I had any hypos (I take metformin). However, over this last two weeks my bgs have been in the 6s rather than the 5s, and I'm really hoping I haven't blown the chance of an improvement on my last HbA1c of 5.4, when I go for my next test in 3 weeks time.
I'm back on the straight and narrow now, and the great fish and chip experiment will not now take place until April :lol: . But - breaking a slimming diet is one thing; breaking a diet that's necessary for my health is quite another!
Does anyone else have this type of problem - food and/or booze? -, and can anyone pass on any tips for avoiding it? It's not that I don't know what I'm doing - I do it quite deliberately, knowing the possible effects - almost putting two fingers up at myself!
I feel better having 'confessed' all to the forum - thanks for listening, guys
Viv
