Going to dip my toes in LC - do I need armbands?

RFSMarch said:

I think because I am away so much in the year, I am lucky that I love cooking. I have put an end to the breeding expense receipts this week that were the bane of my life and I have my plan to survive the atrociously long hours in Singapore now


Sheepishly I have to admit I have only just figured this bit out. And I am still in a deeeeeeeeeep daaaaaaaark hole!

Just one question - I am SURE I am putting on weight just looking at these recipes!!!

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The far east have some of the trickiest cuisines, because so much of it is based, one way or another, on sweet and sour, plus of course the MSG, which may, or may not bother you.

As a Libre user, at least you'll see the personal feedback; good bad or indifferent.

Fingers crossed for you, but at the end of the day, you can only make the best choices from what is available.

I have made it an absolute rule in my life never, ever to refuse an invitation or pass on an opportunity to go somewhere or do something because of my diabetes. I have to plan how I deal with it, or make the best choices from what's available.

I have found GF to be more of a challenge in that regard, and I'm still working through that one to be honest. Every day's a school day in that regard.

Snapsy said:

Brilliant!


I've let mine hold me back for far too long - since I was a child - and it's time I changed up a gear, frankly! Thank you for posting these words!

Love Snapsy

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In the early days it wasn't always easy, but I knew if I allowed the diagnosis to impinge on how we lived our lives, it would negatively impact my PH too, and that would be supremely unfair. And anyway, as a LCer, once folks got used to the fact that I was a bit of an eccentric eater (in their view), it got much easier.

I have never asked anyone to swap anything for me. Why should they? I must admit, I never go to a function or a party starving hungry.

Good luck with it Snapsy.

Brunneria said:

I am a bad, bad person. I have used my dietary requirements as an excuse to avoid things that I don't want to attend.

But never something I have WANTED to go to. I always cheerfully 'make do' when sufficiently motivated!

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Liking your style.