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Christmas

Just enjoy it as you would if you didn't have diabetes, what are your concerns?
 
as a type one, I proceed as I did before diagnosis, apart from the fact I am now a fully grown man with a wife, 2 kids and a do....

type 2s may need to think, although you should still try to enjoy it best you can.,...
 
I have what I fancy on xmas day including just one mince pie a turkey dinner (easy on the roasties) loads of veg, stuffing ball, a sausage and a smidgeon of gravy, I skip the pudding but will have cheesecake or fresh fruit salad with loads of thick cream. Later when the choccys come out I will have one or two but then stuff my face with nuts and even later pate and crackers with some salad. As long as you don't overload on carbs and sugars you can still enjoy the day
 
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Christmas is a day off diabetes for me. I'll try my best to control, but I'll be eating and drinking a lot!
 
I enjoy my Christmas lunch with 1 Yorkshire pudding and 2 rest pools then have 1 mince pie
 
Christmas menu has become harder for me as a lot of stuff I have had to eliminate. Last year I joined family and they were having a biryani for lunch with other indian cuisine dishes (my sis-in-law and her family are indian). I had to take my own lunch which was just nothing out of the ordinary. Now if they had a traditional christmas lunch I would've been able to eat most of it... like I can eat meat, gravy, and vegetables. I can't eat processed meats, ham, bacon, most fruits, some veggies, condiments, sauces, some spices like chilli, etc. So christmas is always a hard one for me as I have a multicultural family and they don't necessary eat plain foods. The english side of my family do eat more plain... but I hardly see them now as they're the other side of the country. I am allowing myself a small single serve of christmas pudding this year though (even though I'm not supposed to eat dried fruit or have alcohol)... but I figure it's christmas and I want at least something related to that to eat and enjoy it. Hopefully I won't be in pain afterwards. But yeh I say if you can eat it and enjoy it without it knocking you flat for days or putting you in hospital... go for it and enjoy christmas.
 
@ewelina there looks to be quite a few nice looking recipes on your blog, I look forward to trying some out.

We all love Pavlova in our house so I will be attempting to make one using Erythritol tonight, wish me luck
 
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@ewelina there looks to be quite a few nice looking recipes on your blog, I look forward to trying some out.

We all love Pavlova in our house so I will be attempting to make one using Erythritol tonight, wish me luck
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Ive tried Pavlova with Xylitol and it didn't work. Let me know how it works with Erythritol please. Have been planning to make it for ages, will be nice to hear of your experience first
 
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Just enjoy it and dont stress out about it. If you test your BS, banish your meter for the day.
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Thats very dangerous advice! Especially if you take insulin you need the meter to calcualte how much insulin to take and to make sure you're in a safe range after.
 
edan said:
Thats very dangerous advice! Especially if you take insulin you need the meter to calcualte how much insulin to take and to make sure you're in a safe range after.
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This time last year I was a newly diagnosed T1 on mixed insulin. My DN told me to enjoy Christmas dinner (carbs within reason) as it was only one day in the year. If my bg level was a little higher than normal at the end of the day, but returned back to normal in the next day or two, then there was nothing to worry about.

I strongly believe that if you manage to keep bg levels within the normal range all year round, then the odd occasion (birthdays or Christmas) when it goes up higher than normal is not dangerous.

I, like most, live within the strait jacket of diabetes. To have a couple of days off per year is not in my opinion dangerous. I'll enjoy my Christmas day with my family, forget about Diabetes for 24 hours and deal with the consequences on Boxing day. I respect your attitude that you need to be in control all the time, but I need a day or two off now and then.
 
I think it's an individual thing. I will drink 2 or 3 glasses of champagne, have a slice of nut roast and scoff lots of the cold supper stuff, but I won't risk my BG being destabilized for days, by eating mince pies, Christmas pudding or ice cream. It would be quite likely to make me nauseous and ruin Christmas for everyone.
 

I think the only reason it may be dangerous for insulin dependant diabetics is if you use too much insulin and you hypo as a result... that's the only danger imo. But if you're using your meter as per usual, then it shouldn't be an issue. I agree it is only one day and everyone should enjoy it. It's more likely that you would eat more than usual on christmas day and sugars would go high. You can correct high sugar with insulin (even though I find this to be rather dodgy myself as that is when I can get hypos).
 

You've misunderstood my post. Notice I said safe not perfect or great or in control.

Testing before eating and later on to make sure i didnt wildly overestimate/underestimate and end up at 3 or 30 is what i'll be doing, not throwing away my meter for the day
 
@edan it is very easy to misunderstand when on the forum as I have just realised with your last comment you have clearly misinterpreted my original post. It is common sense if you are on insulin to check, the meaning behind my original comment was meaning not to keep frantically checking all day.
 
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