A day off being diabetic

[Kaylz]

Read into that wrong then View attachment 16599

If you took that from my tag to you and the statement then I'm sorry but it wasn't you that said that but that was the comment that got Type 1's backs up and I was just pointing out to you that it was that xx

 

[Maca44]

 

[nonethewiser]

It does dominate life for sure but there's no reason you can't have a treat. I had fish and chips on Friday, but adjusted my insulin appropriately. Unfortunately, there's really no such thing as having a "day off", but that doesn't mean you can't treat yourself once in a while, it just has to be planned a little more in advance.

Good attitude mate, life is about living, why miss out these little pleasures.

I avoided treats for years after diagnosis so comments of "don't eat it" touch a nerve for me, a fellow member told me my eye issues 1 month in were my own fault cause I'd been eating carbs so I developed an eating disorder so when I see "don't eat it, you can't" etc it really upsets me as I don't want others to end up like I ended up but nobody thinks what it might do to others

Some people are nuts, like to think they are no longer member here, if not should hang their head in shame.

 

[AndBreathe]

No but quite a lot I see is "but Type 1's can this or that" and that isn't fair because it really isn't that easy, having to make constant calculations, do things with caution, its so frustrating to see when folk think we have it easy, you know what I mean? xx

Yes, but quite often it is a T1 stating they can eat as they wish, because they use insulin. Just sayin'

 

[AndBreathe]

It strikes me that all this chit-chat about corrections, who has it worse; T1s or T2s and so on, and on, is far removed from @Catherine Lindsay 's question of whether she could eat chips on Good Friday.

Sadly, these threads often end up in this way.

Whilst I'm sure Catherine was rivetted to the bickering, it is rather off-topic to her question and her topic? Non?

 

[rebrascora]

Yes, I agree my last post was a little off topic and looking back, an over reaction to what was probably a very innocent remark which was taken the wrong way, and having had a bad day with my insulin yesterday it just struck a raw nerve and prompted a response. Apologies to both @Catherine Lindsay and @mikeydt1

 

[Kaylz]

Yes, but quite often it is a T1 stating they can eat as they wish, because they use insulin. Just sayin'

Very rare and none of us that have commented say that, 2 of them are low carb for a start, suppose you don't see it from our perspective though and if people understood just what it was like they wouldn't have the opinion that Type 1's can just do that and think its simple

 

[rebrascora]

I would say that the last twice I have "treated" myself to what I consider "normal" food recently (my Sunday dinner yesterday and a chicken tikka sandwich a few weeks ago) and used my insulin to cover it, I have had disasters and ended up hypo so I will be loath to try again for a while. My Chinese takeaway, is a freshly cooked low carb option so whilst it is a treat, I don't see it as "normal food" because I am making good healthy low carb choices from the menu. Of course fish and chips is "normal" carb rich food but like Catherine, reducing the portion size and being sensible about it being an occasional treat is good middle ground.

 

[Lisa66]

We, along with our conditions, are all VERY individual. There are type 1s who can toddle along covering their food with insulin most of the time, others who continually struggle and then there are those mostly in the middle sometimes ok, sometimes not. Same with type 2s, many who seem to have good steady numbers and those that don’t...we are all constantly learning about ourselves and others, however long we’ve had our conditions.

What I have completely forgotten is whether @Catherine Lindsay enjoyed her chips or not ...I hope you did Catherine.🙂

Shall we draw a close to this thread now maybe?

 

[mikeydt1]

your okay Barbara wasn't really taking much notice as i was doing my first technology home tutoring and then later was wondering if someone was having a prank when i found out Prince William and Sue Pollard had taken a interest in my mental health topic. turned out it was no prank after speaking with my step sister who then went on a wibbly wobbly.

i hope the original poster hasn't been put off by the mass debate that reminds me i am going now to have a bacon butty 😉

 

[Mark C]

I ate a pepperoni pizza for the first time since diagnosis yesterday, over 8 months now. Ate the whole 11 inches (though I binned the crusts, my only nod to diabetes). 2 hours later my blood glucose had reached 9.2, so a little bit over the 8.5 limit I usually aim for. However I enjoyed every bit of it! Won't be eating it as part of my regular diet but I'm not beating myself up about it, personally I thought it was worth it.