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Diabetes At Christmas

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John506

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Hi,

I was diagnosed with Type 1 a couple of weekd ago, and being such a sweet lover, I was wondering would it really do me any harm to just forget I had diabetes at Christmas and go mad with eating the cakes and sweets.

After all it is only once a year.

Thanks.

John.
 
Not a good idea, even for T1 who can cover with insulin, but you have plenty of time to plan. For example if there is something you truly cannot give up completely, Have a TINY bit.
What eating plan are you following?
Let us know what foods You MUST have and more about your medication routine and we'll help you work something out. After all there's no problem with turkey and Brussells sprouts.
 
Christmas? Christmas? :shock: :shock: :shock:

Bl**dy hell... it's only June! :roll: Stop wishing your life away! And some of us have an allergy to this particular time of year and any mention at all before the beginning of December has unfortunate effects in the mouth-foaming and gibbering departments :evil: There are plenty of other opportunities for unhealthy living before then. You need to get on top of your blood sugar waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before then.

I hope you find the advice here helpful. Welcome aboard!
 
Awww John, dont worry about Christmas already, but it is wise to plan ahead, now tell us what you tend to eat at Christmas, what do you really HAVE TO HAVE. Is it cake, mince pies, trifle? There are usually some ways around this, recipes can be adapted, they might not taste exactly the same to what you got used to, but hey we need to keep a flexible mind and willing to try out new things and who knows we might even like them better.

Its not a good idea to go totally overboard and then end up in hospital, its not worth it, one day of going crazy over food that you enjoy for a few short minutes only but could end up regretting for months afterwards? Think about it....

You are still fairly newly diagnosed so of course all these things will go through your mind, you know and also accept that you do need to make some adjustments and you should feel very proud of yourself, other people, like myself rebelled against the diagnosis and came to grief.

You will learn more and more about diabetes and how to tackle problems related to diabetes and you will feel more and more confident and not worry about things like food at Christmas or social functions, etc

The most important thing is that you stay healthy and complication free for as long as you possibly can, and if there are times when you feel really deprived of some foods then go and replace the craving with something else you would enjoy, like a CD, concert/gig ticket, book or whatever, this might well work, it did for me, but to be honest not all of the time, well I am only human. And as I said before recipes can be adapted so you still have treats and gradually you will get used to things and not miss what you had before.

All the best

Karen
 
Thanks for the replies.

I guess I could hold back on eating anything sweet if I really need to (which I do)

Cake, mince pies, trifle, yep all 3 :) and cheesecake!!

I'm only on the basics of diabetes I haven't gone into any details yet so I'm a bit naive on the subject.

I'm also a BIG meat lover so I guess I could have a nice juicy gammon steak with a fried pineapple ring for after dinner mmmmmmm.

I suppose I best be off to do some research on the bad effects of high blood sugars!

Thanks,

John.
 
Mmm trifle!!! Try making it with sugar-fre jelly as a starter, and use only berries for the fruit (low GI).

Also, there are some great reciped for low-sugar cheesecakes (my husband actually prefers them....or at least he says he does!)

As people say - lots of alternatives!

ma5on
 
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