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Will you be having treats at Christmas?

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Orangeteddy

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I'm just wondering....

I have some 85% chocolate in the fridge which I thought might be an idea - I've had this before as it's very strong so I get my choccy hit quite well with just a couple of squares.
 
Yep definitely having treats but more of the low carb kind. I’ve got my pre-Christmas Xmas tomorrow so will post how I get on.
It should be easy after all these years but until now I’ve always followed the ‘balanced’ diet, anything in moderation, you can have anything as long as you carb count mantra which has been awful for me!
 
Dark chocolate (anything labelled above 85% cocoa) is considered good occasionally. It has other added benefits apart from the feel good factor such as iron. Job's a goodun, just wish I could have it occasionally.
 
I will have a mince pie for Christmas day and boxing day with Brandy thick cream. I will also have a little piece of Christmas pudding. The rest of the food though will be veg and cold meats, cheeses, salmon, prawns etc salad, roasted celeriac for my Christmas dinner instead of parsnips or potatoes, one Yorkshire Pud.. There will be no cakes or biscuits for me Only what I have mentioned, and I will be watching portion control. I may make my own Pavlova with sweeteners and berries.
 
As a T1 I'll be having all the treats for Christmas. Extra insulin but more importantly I'll push myself beyond the pain threshold at the gym after Boxing Day. Everything comes with a price. I know the price and I'm happy to pay.
 
Like @therower, I am planning a traditional Christmas with a twist - lots of overindulgence (the traditional bit) with lots of insulin (the twist).
In an attempt to feel in control, I will be using my last DexCom sensor. Hopefully, that will help with the corrections and reassurance for all my carb counting guesswork.

I became aware of my first diabetes symptoms (although I didn't know that is what they were) on Boxing Day a few years ago. So will be thinking of those for whom diabetes rears its ugly head this time of year - if only it recognised holidays like the rest of us.
 
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Yes - sprouts, cabbage, broccoli, protein, ff greek, blueberries, raspberries, cheese and red wine - every day is a treat! (OK not red wine every day)
 
I wish I could say I was going to be good but....
I will be having some treats, but I don't think I will be going mad...although I have made Christmas pudding! I am fortunate though as my downfall is cheese and would prefer savoury as opposed to sweet.
 
It's my first Xmas since my T2D diagnosis. We're spending Xmas week in a rented cottage by the beach: my family, my niece's family and my parents-in-law (four generations, ranging from 2 years old to 92). I'll be having plenty of treats but they are all low-carb.

Need to get off my backside to cook a large butternut squash lasagna that I planning to cut into individual portions and freeze, for those evening meals when everyone else is pigging out on carbs. The recipe is quite time-consuming and messy, just need to get around to it. (Main ingredients: butternut squash slices, mounds of shredded brussel sprouts, and low-carb sausage meat.)
 
I already started - Christmas dance last night - and there was chicken, ham Scotch eggs, loads of salad, coleslaw Branston pickle, some great cheeses - there might have been some rather more carb heavy foods, in fact I am sure there was - I didn't really notice.
The meat and Scotch eggs were home cooked and delicious.
 

My downfall is all of that plus sweet
 
Gonna throw myself in and let them pull the ladder up behind me!

In moderation, of course. My stomach has shrunk a bit so I can't eat a lot at one sitting.

Minced pie in the morning with a wee dram.
Roast potato in goose fat and probably a parsnip with the roast dinner.
Smallest Xmas pudding you have ever seen, with cream.
Plenty of sprouts, plenty of turkey, pigs in blankets, all the nice protein things.
Then - relax!

Back to Xmas being a one day a year special treat instead of every day a pigout day.

Investigating low carbohydrate treats at the moment.
The first batch of dark chocolate truffles are cooling in the fridge.
I am contemplating an almond flour chocolate cake (come to think of it, the truffle recipe would probably also do as a frosting; 70% chocolate, butter and double cream are all good).

A lot of brisk walks may be called for, of course.
 
I like the look of the above recipe but when they refer to measurements in cups I wanna know how big is the cup? What is the actual quantity?
 
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