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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 1017983" data-attributes="member: 150927">Lins - you're giving yourself a mighty tough talking to already! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Especially wanting a virtual slap! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />.Xmas, easter, birthdays - these are tough times for diabetics using diet as treatment as you are. Don't be so hard on yourself! What I do, and many others using diet as treatment do, is give yourself treat days to deal with the special occasions. Rather than see it as you messing up - see it as you letting the steam out of the pot a bit, so you can keep that pot boiling over the long haul (which is going to be the rest of your life? Probably?) How much you allow yourself depends on your own health goals. And another thing I do which is huge in my eating way of eating plan (in my signature) - is substitute. I eat low carb baked goods, buy stevia sweetened chocolate and have a bit every so often. Then I don't feel deprived. Make yourself a low-carb cake! Coconut cream icing. Check your blood after. (it's very reassuring!) So, the marzipan was, and might be again - your Xmas period treat. (But yeah - 13.5 - argh! That's high!) The chocolate cake for breakfast.... old habits die hard? A cliche for a reason perhaps. (I say this as someone who has eaten chocolate cake for breakfast.)To really get into a new eating regimen - I have done the one month strict adherence thing. Then at the end of the month, think about doing it some more, or adapting it and trying that out. Keep a journal! Or , yeah - write in your thread to keep the momentum going. Think about your next blood lipids test, where you will get a new HBA1c and new numbers - hopefully and more than likely reflecting better health. Then - think about your body and how much you like having it! (and not slapping it lol.) And then get virtual slaps on the back from us! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</blockquote>

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