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A diabetic christmas.

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scotchpie

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Hi all!
I'm sure i'm not the only one but this will be my first xmas as a diabetic and would love to hear experiences, advice and tips on how to survive it!
I always live it up to excess at xmas and hogmanay and am not really loving the idea of moderating everything for the first time. Roast potatoes and parsnips would'nt be right without the goose fat, two meats and a couple of different stuffings swimming in rich gravy and dont even start me on the plum pudding, christmas cake and mince pies :cry: :roll: :x
I would'nt be fibbing if i said i'm usually at least tipsy by teatime and i always have bowls of nibbles, chocolates and mince pies on the coffee table. I'm depressing myself now lol.
Are diabetic treats such as shortbread or sweets really as bad for you as i've been told they are :?: My diabetic nurse and dietitian told me to stay away from them altogether!
Then there's alchol free wine and beers but OMG i cant do the festive season without booze! I'd be the only one sober in my entire city :!: This is the highlands and you will all know how much we love our 'wee drams'.
Apologies in advance if i've depressed anyone with all my talk of naughty but nice foods. Blimey, could anyone else murder a turkey sandwich? :lol:
 
Christmas and New years day are but two days!! Eat, drink, ( within reason) and be merry!! It is only if you do this everyday for the two weeks that you could do yourself harm.
Enjoy Christmas , then be more careful till New Years day , then enjoy that as well.
Over doing the drink would ,however , not be a wise idea!! :twisted: :twisted:
 
I am the one who organises Christmas here. I'm the middle generation, well 2nd of 4. I do turkey with loads of veggies and roast potatoes and parsnips. I allow myself a TINY portion of the carb foods. Even Christmas pudding. I cook in goose fat, but it's low carb.anyway and I'm not too careful with fats. I believe that wholesome animal fats are as good for us as plant oils.
New Year is not such a problem as I don't drink and 1/2 a small glass of champagne isn't much carb.
Total denial of all the "dangerous "foods and drink isn't likely to be a success, but forward planning of having JUST a little bit of selected items can work. Whe we have friends and family round, they all know about my crazy eating habits and are happy with the low carb treats provided. This year, I shall stock up on goodies from Avid lite.
Hana
 
I too plan to celebrate Christmas and the New Year as usual. :D

A little bit of everything is my motto. I don't eat to excess or drink to excess. I don't need to be tipsy or drunk to enjoy myself anymore, believe me, I used to. :shock: I certainly shall be having roasts, parsnips,carrots etc. Christmas Pud and lashings of hot sweet custard. Life's too short to worry about that load of carbs ?

With the control of Bg levels throughout the days I feel so much brighter and fitter - it really does make a difference to your outlook on life. I have always enjoyed having people around and having fun. That's what the festive season is all about, enjoying yourself. Celebrating in whatever way suits you best.

As for the food, like Sue says.....it's a few days for goodness sake. A few of those treats are definitely advised. Just keep a check on the levels, but don't 'beat' yourself up if they are a trifle (sherry) higher than normal. You'll get over it. :lol: Whatever you do, avoid those so called 'Diabetic Treats (chocolates puddings etc) unless you plan on spending Christmas in the loo !!

As for that Turkey Sarnie.....yes please, bring them on - with plenty of Garner's Pickled Cabbage or Onions as well. I can eat that ANY time of the year.

A Turkey isn't just for Christmas.....it's for life !! :lol: (not the Turkey's obviously. lol)
 
Garners pickled shallots :D are grown, picked and pickled in heaven,and will be part of my cold meat feasts. From our seafood supper on Christmas Eve, to the final cold meat doorstep on Boxing Day, I WILL NOT BE DIABETIC! so there! [Why is there not a smilie provided that is sticking its tongue out?]
Val
 
Hi Folks,
This will be Andrews 4th Christmas as a diabetic, and he will, as usual have a selection box like every other kid in the nation, only his will be rationed and not scoffed in one go at 8am in the morning :lol: He'll be dipping his hand in the Roses tin and enjoying his roast potatoes, as a parent thank God for basal/bolus, its not just for christmas but it certainly helps :wink:
Suzi x
 
Cugila, close enough for me, and I am taking the no tongues :shock: comment in the spirit it was made :lol: :lol: :lol:
Suzi, great attitude, good on you girl :!:
Val
 
hi all,
i am new to this forum and i just wanted to know if any one could giv me some advice... i have recently been diagonsed with diabetes and everytime i have diet coke and a few crisps and play football, my bloodsugars will still be high wen i go home... :(
Prabin
 
As my Mum used to say, "A little of what you fancy won't do you any harm". This is my first Christmas as a T2 diabetic. I have heard you can get a diabetic Chrissy pud so I will have a little of that, but other wise I will eat the same as everyone else, including a smidgen of cranberry sauce. I don't drink so that is not a worry but I will miss eating those lovely toffees out of the quality street box :( although hubby will buy me Thornton's Diabetic selection, I don't like the side effects of eating a few of them. :shock:
 
My xmas day diet will include (without fail):

Roast Turkey
Roast Potatoes
Cabbage
Carrots
Beans
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Gravy
Christmas Pudding
Custard
Cream
Luxury mince Pies

and a very long sleep in the afternoon, followed by a buffet of the afore mentioned ingrediants in the evening :)
 
Fantastic :D
Glad to hear that we'll al be getting a little of what we fancy :!:
i'm gonna be extra good till xmas so i can be truely wicked on the day! :twisted:
 
Last year we had a small boiled lobster each followed by pheasant. Generally don't start thinking about Christmas food until December. Have one of husband's home-made mince pies with Rodda clotted cream and a small slice of my mother's home-made Christmas pudding-only cake and pudding of the year,literally. Always have Taittinger Christmas Day,Boxing Day,New Year's Eve.
Teeny glass port every night Christmas to New Year. No roast potatoes, roast parsnips, stuffing for me,I have roasted onions or roasted veg with Herbes de Provence. No chocolates or sweets but I do indulge with walnuts,pistachios,cashew nuts and Bombay mix!
 
Its interesting how we differ in our choices. I don't attempt to eat mince pies or Christmas pudding as they'd require far too much insulin. It's theoretically possible but in the context of a large meal it could end up with far too much, or far too little.
I do eat roast potatoes, but I eat them from time to time anyway. For pudding I started going for for my own portion of something rich and chocolatety, or one year, a rasberry concotion, now others want my special pudding.
Whatever you do, remember that Christmas is not just about food. Don't do what I did the first Christmas after diagnosis. I was so scared about it that I refused to go anywhere or to have anyone come to us. It was a horrible Christmas, I missed my family and I shed lots of tears. :(
 
I have never liked mince pies or Christmas pudding - so see my newly diagnosed D2 as a wonderful excuse not to eat them :D

I like the idea of something rich and chocklaty though
 
Every Christmas morning for the last 30 years Rob and I have had a bowl of porridge sweetened with demerara sugar which I soak overnight in brandy. Do we both go without, :evil: do I watch him eat his in a white hot fury :? or, well you can guess the alternative :oops:. Answers on the back of a postage stamp please :lol: :lol:
 
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