Christmas is a coming.....

[Newtothis]

😱 With the festive period quickly approaching what type of christmas menus do you guys put together....I know not everyone celebrates christmas but I want to have 1 day where I'm not having to constantly worrying about what I eat but still want to eat healthy.....

🙂

 

[gail2]

Christmas is coming. Im glad Im not Christmas 😱

I have the day off on xmas day food wise dont go crazy but i do have one or two treats , ok ok it may be more than one or two

 

[buckmummy]

Christmas dinner is mainly a roast in my house and i have a small portion of home made pud with custard

 

[Steff]

http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=13470&highlight=christmas


found this old thread x

Ive always said the last 2 years when i have had diabetes its one day of the year that it goes out the window, i pile on all the veg, just be careful with things like sauses re mint and cranberry, for pud I have had a mini xmas pud last 2 years and come out unscathed thank goodness

 

[trophywench]

No there are two non-diabetic days every year - Xmas day and your birthday!

Having said that of course it is a bit easier for carb-counting T1's and nobody wants to eat stuff that will soon make em feel ill.

But I still wouldn't worry about ? healthy eating - surely even your GP knows that a little bit of what you fancy does you good?

So watch the carbs a bit - Prawn cocktail for me - may be old hat but I love it! Roast beef and roast turkey. Tell them to stick their boiled spuds where the sun don't shine and just have a couple of roasties. Have loads-a different veggies and you have some of them all. A small Yorkshire pud is OK too - the Aunt Bessie's ones you cook yourself are only 5g carb each. Also have some gravy, as much as you want today. And a big fat bowl of fresh fruit - strawberries, raspberries, whatever - and double cream finishes that lot off a treat.

Personally we only 'pick' at night, so I have cold meat sandwiches, and ham without the bread, or as much filling if not more, than the bread, coktail sausages, a few crisps, interesting cheeses, salad and we have those boxes of frozen miniature cream cakes - I'd rather have a couple of them than any amount of trifle or gateau.

Wash it down with a judicious amount of vino collapso throughout the day and whoosh, Xmas day is over .....

 

[Copepod]

I'm not religious, but I celebrate every religious and non-religious festival to greater or lesser degree, depending on who I'm with eg Christmas, New Year, Hannukah, Eid, national days, Bonfire Night, Hallowe'en, Burns Night, QARANC Day when I was serving, Remembrance Sunday etc. There's nearly always an appropriate low carb food and it's not just about food, also dancing, decorations or silence etc.

I don't usually do anything special / extravagant food wise for my birthday, which is probably a good thing, given the number of days I do celebrate 🙂