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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 870476" data-attributes="member: 88961">Excellent.  There are some really positive thoughts going on there.I appreciate planning isn't for everyone, but it honestly was one of the biggest stress relievers in my early days - just knowing that for the next x days there was definitely something in I could eat.  In the end we ended up with quite a list of meals and planning got much quicker.MrB and I are both data monsters (although I'm much more extreme than him!), so we like information to hand.  Initially, we started a spreadsheet with three tabs.  The tabs were Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.  In each tab we would each note options/choices that formed the basis of our meal lists.  That may not be necessary for breakfasts or maybe even not lunches, but it was extremely valuable for main meals.  In the main meal tab we eventually had three column areas for main courses, side dishes and deserts.  Routinely, we're not great desert or starter eaters, but it made sense to capture the ideas.Again, after a very brief period, we had a list of options to make planning quicker.  Once you know you're having Lemon Pepper Chicken or Pork Chops, or Faux Cottage Pie this week, that drives the shopping list and it comes together.Again I reiterate we planned for a week's worth of meals, so that we could flex the actual meals a it if we found ourselves starving or not hungry, or whatever.I think your parents' reaction is extremely common.  When eating with friends, if I am asked (bearing in mind I'm not out of the diabetes closet to everyone), I tell the hostess to cater as normal and I'll be fine.  I have never, ever not been able to eat, although sometimes I've had to think a bit, and/or accept I'm passing on the usually considered best bits!  Again, if you can put together something like the document MrB and I created, you could always share it with your parents so that they have a load of choices to suit you.</blockquote>

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