I just wanted to ask fellow low carbers about their attitude to eating on high days and holidays.
1) Do you stick to the low carb diet on your Birthday or Christmas (other religions' celebrations available
) though actually you'd quite like to trough on down and it makes you a bit sad? or
2) Do you say 'What the Heck, it's only once in a blue moon' and eat everything you would have eaten pre diagnosis? or
3) Has experience taught you that if you do 2) you feel really unwell so you don't eat the carbs but don't mind? or
4) Has the low carb way of life altered your taste buds so you neither crave nor relish the higher carb stuff?
Birthday in 6 weeks, already wondering how I'll feel about a different approach..
1) Do you stick to the low carb diet on your Birthday or Christmas (other religions' celebrations available
) though actually you'd quite like to trough on down and it makes you a bit sad? or2) Do you say 'What the Heck, it's only once in a blue moon' and eat everything you would have eaten pre diagnosis? or
3) Has experience taught you that if you do 2) you feel really unwell so you don't eat the carbs but don't mind? or
4) Has the low carb way of life altered your taste buds so you neither crave nor relish the higher carb stuff?
Birthday in 6 weeks, already wondering how I'll feel about a different approach..
) every ones different. This idea came from a weight watchers diet my wife had) . Pr-diagnosis was lots and lots of lager /day 
"God i like cream cakes") :cry: :cry: :cry: . I'm loosing weight at approx 3lb / wk ( I reward myself on a friday with a couple of whiskey's ) You have to treat yourself with something you like That fits with you. The discipline is to make the treat a goal./ wk or 2 wk. Hope this helps its all about testing i test 4/day and i'm on gliclazide 2 x 80mg with breckie and 2 x with dinner. 