Shredded Wheat vs Cream Doughnut

[Mark Parrott]

Just got back from Tesco. As usual I find it quite funny to check out the carbs on things you thought we're healthy & the things you know you should avoid. So, a 50g serving of Shredded Wheat (bite size) has 34g of carbs! Worse than Coco Pops, which is 29g. But even more shocking was a cream jam doughnut was just 24g of carbs! I know what I would prefer.

 

[Pine Marten]

Mmmmm... me too! I used to love doughnuts, custard tarts, spotted dick & custard, coffee & walnut cake (that can't be bad, it's got nuts in it?!), ooh yum 😉

 

[AndBreathe]

Teach do some frozen profiteroles - 20 small ones in a carton. The chocolate sauce is frozen separately. Allegedly, 5, including sauce is only 10gr carb.

At Christmas, I had some of these, and passed on the chocolate sachet, preferring to add more double cream (liquid, as opposed to heavily whipped) and grate some 90% dark chocover the top. the others ate the rest, in the same manner, which wasn't at all my plan!

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=265226166

They way they are frozen, you can have as many or as few as you like at once, and leave the others frozen, unless the gannets are there too. 😡

 

[Mark Parrott]

The best profiteroles I've ever had were from the Co-op. The chocolate sauce was laced with brandy.

 

[pat.y]

It's my birthday on Friday and my daughter is taking me for coffee and....I'm going to eat a cream cake.

 

[Mark Parrott]

After my next HbA1c I will celebrate with a cream cake. Only 6 weeks to go.

 

[Stitch147]

I celebrated my latest HbA1c result by having a bakewell tart from costa coffee, was delicious.

 

[Northerner]

I find that chocolate eclairs are a pretty good treat!

 

[Mark Parrott]

We have to do these things. I couldn't go through life without ever having a bakewell tart again.🙂

 

[Stitch147]

My thoughts exactly. Ive already told my OH when we go to the great dorset steam fair in august I will be having a portugese custard tart in the food hall tent, as they are bloody lovely! All the walking we do there I'd have earned one!

 

[Northerner]

We have to do these things. I couldn't go through life without ever having a bakewell tart again.🙂

Of course! The key thing is that these things are treats - your hard work the rest of the time means you can enjoy them free of guilt or worry 🙂 It's traditional to have a special treat on your Diaversary in order to thumb your nose at diabetes, but interestingly after the first couple of years I found myself comparing treats in the supermarket and picking the 'healthiest' one! 🙂

 

[Mark Parrott]

Stitch, did you test after your bakewell tart?

 

[Stitch147]

I did, I was 6.2 before hand and only 7.5 90 minutes afterwards, so not too bad. I did have a large skinny latte with my bakewell tart.

 

[Lynn Davies]

I am shocked! This reads like a slimming world/weightwatchers thread - after weighin they usually head to the pub or the chippy!!!

I am still planning my celebration/commiseration treat - got my 3 month review on the 8th March so we shall see 😉

 

[AndBreathe]

I may be odd, but after I have my HbA1c results, I never feel like anything carby. It somehow feels like I'd be undoing some of my work.

When our new Sainsbo's opened a few months ago, shortly after I had returned to the UK, I saw their single portion mini-pavlova in their Patisserie department and declared one for me at some stage I felt like it. It never happened. Having given myself "permission", I just didn't want it any more. Odd? Moi? You bet your life I am!

 

[Mark Parrott]

I know what you're getting at, AndBreathe. I will probably end up being the same when the time comes.

 

[AlisonM]

The best profiteroles I've ever had were from the Co-op. The chocolate sauce was laced with brandy.

I had a couple of those on Ne'erday, they were rather good.