Am I OK to eat this...

[zauberflote]

@kitedoc I like your comment re smoking chefs. I was never a big salt user growing up, never at the table, and stopped using salt altogether in my late 20’s because of a med I had to take for several months. So, 40 years with salt only in some baked sweets, measured by the grain. Restaurant food is *always* over-salted! Some prepared foods are so salty they burn my tongue. I’m hopeless! But I never heard about the connection with chefs-who-smoke. Makes sense. My ability to smell cigarette smoke of any age (and to tell you how long it’s been in an environment) is freaky. Canadian cigs in the early 2970’s smelled so much better than the US ones I was used to
I’m definitely in the 90% chocolAte camp now too! I think about a Snickers bar, for example, and there’s no appeal at all. I think my low-sodium life has helped the tastebuds and brain be willing to accept single yet rich flavors. I eat a bread I make, which to Mr ZF tastes like cardboard, and find it a complex and satisfying blend of flavors. Go figure!

 

[zauberflote]

@Starfish18 you are definitely on the right track!

 

[Starfish18]

@Starfish18 you are definitely on the right track!

Thank you. I've had no chocolate since. I've been really good. Trying so hard to get my levels down

 

[Member496333]

@Starfish18 you are a winner. Keep it up!

 

[Starfish18]

@Starfish18 you are a winner. Keep it up!

Thank you. I intend to

 

[Starfish18]

It's a gradual process mate. Proceed with caution. Hope you have a tracker.

I have learned my lesson now, the choc has gone away till my levels are lower

 

[britishpub]

I have learned my lesson now, the choc has gone away till my levels are lower

I'll take it off your hands

 

[Starfish18]

I'll take it off your hands

*hands chocolate over*

 

[Grazer]

For a treat, I buy a pot of coconut bits from sainsburys (slightly higher carbs than some nuts, but alright in smaller doses and low GI) and I melt some 85% chocolate. Dunk the coconut in the chocolate, or spoon some on, and let it set. Keep in the fridge. Two average size pieces very little carbs. Yum! Bit like a hard bounty bar.
To make something even more like a bounty bar, I buy unsweetened dessicated coconut, add coconut oil and double cream while heating to make a gooey mass. Shape into smallish squares and put in freezer to set hard. Dunk in melted choc (85 or 90% I use) and choc sets immediately. Wrap in tin foil and store in freezer. Can atke out individual bounty bar sweets then, leave to stand for 10 mins, then eat. Yum! again.

 

[Pinkorchid]

You are doing really well and your levels are good so a couple of squares of dark chocolate now and then is not going to harm you.

 

[Starfish18]

You are doing really well and your levels are good so a couple of squares of dark chocolate now and then is not going to harm you.

Thank you. My fbg was 5.8 this morning, lowest I've ever got, to date so my levels are coming down slowly.

 

[Grazer]

Good result starfish. I found the morning BGs the hardest to get down initially; takes time. Dawn phenomena and all that. It seemed that I used to wake up with what I went to bed with (BGs that is!) so I used to try and ensure low bed time BGs. No food/snacks after 9pm etc.

 

[Starfish18]

Good result starfish. I found the morning BGs the hardest to get down initially; takes time. Dawn phenomena and all that. It seemed that I used to wake up with what I went to bed with (BGs that is!) so I used to try and ensure low bed time BGs. No food/snacks after 9pm etc.

Thank you. Sometimes I wake up with the same bg I went to bed with but lately it's started to be lower on waking now I don't like eating too late at night either