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Boxing Day

Welshman1952

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Just a thought. All in all the forum has been fairly quiet over yhe last couple of days and I know there are a few recently diagnosed members. I hope you are all doing well and coping with the festivities.

How is everybody doing?

For my part its been a nice relaxing time surrounded by my kids and grandkids - and they have taken precedence over food. So generally my BGs have been good despite the occasional goody.

If any of you are spending Christmas done, please post and I (and I'm sure others) will reply and offer any support we can.

Have a great day peeps
 
Great idea @Welshman1952

I certainly had more carbs than my usual 10 grams or less. Still pretty low carb at I would guess less than 30 grams or so a day. I found it a bit challenging making all the traditional (for my family) desserts without eating any. The pandemic really helped in that regard as I hadn't made them for a few years.
My real temptation( to which I succumbed was the crust from really good sour dough bread. For me it's the texture as much as the taste. I din't have a lot by my definition and didn't eat the bread itself (thank goodness for chickens who look bread scraps) but definitely an usual treat.

Back on the wagon today- no more nice bread in the house . I've also given away the rest of the pumpkin pie, the pavlova and the busche de Noel.
 
Good to hear you've "behaved" too. I'm in the UK and in our family festivities started days ago at the start of Hanukkah and will go on until New Years Day. By and large I don't miss the fancy foods, but I do have to restrain myself with the mince pies - especially as I'm aiming to lose 28lb
 
I'm usually rushed off my feet, too busy to indulge in goodies in the run-up to Christmas, but temptations abound following Boxing Day, as the excitement subsides. My strategy is to serve myself generous vegetable portions, so I feel pleasantly full and then skip the pud and the goodies.

Okay, food and drink forms part of the celebrations, but there's so much more to Christmas. For me, it's about decorating the home, meeting up with family and friends, surprising your nearest and dearest with a gift, keeping the little customs that have grown up over the years, experiencing the wonderful music composed for Christmas (we've enjoyed two local concerts and a recital this month), taking part in carol singing and sharing evergreen memories of Christmases past.
 
I'm indulging a bit more than I likey wisely should, but being prediabetic allows a bit more leeway once in a while.

Christmas dinner was at my niece's and I was able to leave my home made goodies there. I was lighter on the carbs and more protein and veggies. No fudge, too sweet for me, one cookie I just didn't like and one bite was enough. But my Chelsea buns were good!

All this being said when I am facing an A1C test to be done soon.
 
I behaved, as I decided on a solo Christmas this year, the family try to insist this & that won't hurt, so instead of arguments, I took the easy way out, they were still upset about that, so can't really win. As it turned out, I managed to eat a little of my Xmas meal but was swamped by fatigue, so ended up in bed. There were birthday celebrations today, with all the family, food wasn't a problem, Boxing day cold cuts then cheese to follow, no birthday cake.
 
It actually went pretty well... Had a tiny bit of pulses, but that was with bacon. Shared meals mainly consisted of meat, from a nice duck to fatty bits of pork, and I got a Lindt 90% chocolate bar as a gift. Socks and a mug won't raise blood sugars.

That said, and having been around here for a few years now, it often gets a little quiet here around the holidays, as a lot of people decide to step off the wagon for a bit. Some get right back on it without so much as a shrug, others feel a little ashamed when they end up having a little trouble with it and needing a few weeks/months to get back into the groove... But I can assure you, there's plenty of us who struggle a bit with the holidays. No shame in that, as we're bombarded with food this time of year, and it is so closely associated with being social and being loved/loving. A wobble is absolutely normal and perfectly fine, whether intentional or unintentional. We'll still be here and not judge anyone over anything, as we've practically all been there and done that!

Hope everyone had excellent holidays!
Love,
Jo
 
I usually keep to less than 40g carbs per day (often lower than that). I went a bit over 50g Xmas day and Boxing Day. The main element of Xmas Day and Boxing Day roasts which bumped my carbs up were one small roast potato and a small stuffing ball, but I enjoyed plenty of meat and veg. I had stocked up on low carb treats, including mince pies and Xmas pud, so when family were eating theirs I had my own version so I could join them.
I had a bit of a theme in my presents from family who know the score with chocolate!

 
It is cream that catches me out every time. I bought it for the family to have in their coffee, and with their puds and mince pies. They didn’t want much, and I was out of yogurt, so had lots of creamy coffee. There was also lots of butter in the food . I avoided the carbs , but I am a bit heavier today than I was a few days ago. Back to normal eating regime today.
 
Just the two of us, and we had a nice quiet Christmas (described my food/drink in another thread) with lovely T2-friendly food.

To mark my good character, I managed to remain insincerely sweet and polite to the (very nice but just doesn't get it) neighbour who made me some jam.......her theme tune goes along the lines of "oh, that won't hurt you".
 
I think my Christmas Day reading says it all! I 100% blame the 4 mini mince pies, spoonful of Christmas pud and trifle. Oh and green triangle Quality Street.
EDIT: and 1/4 roast spud.
Actually it was entirely my fault - I put them in my mouth voluntarily.
So Boxing Day I did an 18/6 fast to get back on track, having been away the week leading up to Christmas visiting my children and eating not ideally.
This morning my readings are looking good.
I want to thank everyone for sharing their experiences (@Welshman1952 take a bow for starting this thread too). It helped me get back on track quickly knowing I wasn’t alone in this.
 

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Well, after the parsnip, mashed potato, cheesecake and special fried rice, it turns out that my highest and longest spike was caused by three buttered crispbreads with blue cheese and Marmite on. Who knew that three pieces of cardboard would have that effect!?
 
Yup, sounds like the joys of diabetes - the condition that keeps confusing us
 
MrsA2 said:
I've been trying to find some low carb enough crackers and have tasted various cardboards. I think the answeim r is in the taste, all cardboard seems to raise my bg! (As well as flour in any form,)
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I'm not sure such a thing exists. Fortunately I found some corn thins. They are still high carb but don't appear to spike my BGs if I keep it down to 2 a day
 
More experimenting. And why not (who's going to expect me to lose weight this Friday?). A chicken curry, no rice, but a supermarket naan bread. Up 1.2 after 2 hours, so not too bad. I think the next naan bread will be a proper Indian one (which I love). Much better than the three crispbreads though (+4.0 after 2 hours!)
 
I keep meaning to try out 'white soup with poached eggs' - an 18th century recipe where bread rolls are warmed up and made crisp after having the middle pulled out and filled with chicken then a poached egg is set on top, and the soup has almonds it it - pg 111 of 'Seven hundred years of English cooking' - there are many antique recipes which use low carb ingredients and carb reducing techniques.
 
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