My problem is refusing large amounts of alcohol. We have some boozy neighbours who used to invite us to parties. I was always getting told I could not drink sugar free soft drinks all night and alcohol would not harm me. I was always the party pooper and of course they knew lots of diabetics who drank loads and they were OK. The woman went so far as to tell me diabetes was nothing like as bad as what her dad had (heart disease) and I should just enter into the spirit of things. I stopped attending their parties years ago and now I am apparently just a miserable old sod and anti social. Actually even one glass of wine makes me feel very ill with excessive thirst, palpitations, dehydration and hot sweats and exhaustion. I am perfectly happy with sparkling water and sugar free soda but they want everyone to drink till they fall down.
Nicely put juicy.Absolutely spot on - we are all different and unique, it's a personal decision to make, it doesn't mean you have to deny the odd treat, just evaluate if you can manage it. Ultimately it's our decision and not someone elses to make though
Some people have type2 in their family ontop of being type1 and are keeping their carbs low to avoid insulin resistance. I think!
TELL your bro-in-law his Dr is out of date. Tell him to go boil his head and then research for himself blood cholesterol on youtube and find out about SDLDL and sugar and how fat as in cheese is now recommended by the American Dietary Association , and that the 50 years of Ancel Keys rubbish ,telling us to go low fat, has now been discredited.Hi @Eldorado , oooooh, Snapsy's ALWAYS up for a grumble!!!!!!!!
This isn't a grumble, though - more of an 'I did what I needed to do and hang the rest of them'. Had lunch out with the in-laws on Saturday. Received some advice that I needed to carb-load from the brother-in-law ahead of my big race the next day, and said no thanks to the huge plate of pasta he was wanting to order for me, and instead requested the grilled pesto salmon with a whole load of veg, no potatoes.
When I then single-handedly embarked on an ENTIRE cheeseboard ('I'll have the cheese and biscuits, chutney, grapes and celery, please, but without the biscuits, chutney and grapes, thanks') for pudding, he looked at me sadly and started talking about what his doctor had told him about avoiding cheese for the sake of his cholesterol.......
Telling him that I was very pleased with not only my blood glucose control but also my weight and energy levels - not to mention my sheer capacity for cheese - I was cheered, smug and delightfully cheese-loaded for my 10k. SORTED.
It's actually only very recently that I've actually been bold enough, in company of friends and family, and/or in restaurants and pubs, to go mildly off-piste like this with the menu - restaurants and pubs themselves are fine, but it tends to wind me up when I'm out with wider family and friends who decide I'm just being really picky 'for the sake of my weight' when I'm not - they don't understand that it's not about that! That does frustrate me, but a bit of confidence goes a long way.
Yes, know how you feel. I now take my own biscuits into work to have as my mid morning break snack as I can't expect people to cater for my prediabetic needs as well as the people we all care for at the residential care home I work at. Therefore I am in control of what I eat. I am a bit better at resisting temptation now and the cook realised that I wasn't able to have the pudding that was on offer today. This helps. I used to be terrible at resiting temptation and would accept the offer of a chocolate biscuit. Now I am not too bad.
I want to work with you.My employer is a woundeful lady and knows I don't usually eat chocolate. So as a Easter treat she gave me a yummy piece of double cream Brie.
a piece of cheese with an olive in on a stick of wood..
why do people do it I am sure we would never think of telling them what they can and cant eat .Oh yes - but also I get the opposite from one person in my family who is always happy to say - 'you shouldn't be eating that'..
Our usual manager is on maternity so Head of HR is our boss at the mo. For a forthcoming do I said I will bring my own lunch and she said OK - no fuss, no explaining, no drama. Wonderful. Wish she organised all our events. I am diet controlled so have no drugs to accomodate the whims of the rest of the world. Just me; responsible for me.
