First time in my Life, no easter egg.

[veganlass]

Luckily I give a tiny amount with my ill effects to my dogs. It depends on the size of the dog in relation to the amount.

 

[Tezzz]

You can have an easter egg! Or anything else.

It's the quantities you have to watch out for.

I've just made a Yorkie bar last me a week. One chunk a day after main din dins.

 

[Zuckerkranke]

A dietician told me not to eat diabetic chocolate as it's bulked up with saturated fats - apparently harmful to diabetics. I was told it was actually safer to have a square of ordinary chocolate instead of its diabetic equivalent.

 

[caffeine_demon]

We'll see how I get on with the one currently in my stomach then! 😱 Actually, my favourite small eggs were little praline eggs from M&S years ago, but they stopped selling them.

you've gotta try the caramel double crunch bunnies! they're MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

 

[Lairyfairy]

Funnily enough I had a Thornton's diabetic chocolate bar a couple of weeks ago and expected it to be horrible, but in fact I rather liked it. It wasn't too sweet as most sugar replacement products tend to be, and the sugar part of the carb content was far far lower than normal chocolate.

 

[Lairyfairy]

I also had a M&S turkish delight bar a week or two ago as I remembered having one before and thinking it was gorgeous. Now, not having sweet things for a few months, it was so sickly I couldn't eat it

 

[SusanOF]

For as long as I remember I have either been given or bought an easter egg. Now diabetic I cannot.. sad.Life's a bummer.

My previous consultant, he's since retired, used to say "it's a low sugar not a no sugar diet". Buy your Easter egg and enjoy!

 

[robert@fm]

I also had a M&S turkish delight bar a week or two ago as I remembered having one before and thinking it was gorgeous. Now, not having sweet things for a few months, it was so sickly I couldn't eat it

I used to love turkish delight (even made some as a kid), but now I (and the friend who lives next door) agree with those who reckon that it's like eating sweetened soap. 😱 🙂

 

[traceycat]

i didnt get an easter egg as i told oh and family not to but now after reading these threads i mite but a wee creme egg tomorro, mmmm i love them, well i did a year ago anyways

 

[AJLang]

Wow I'm so happy I've woken up with a mildly low sugar......which means that I can eaten some of my mini creme eggs without any guilt whatsoever!!!!!

 

[Flutterby]

I've had another of those mini thorntons eggs and then did an hours gardening - blood sugar 6.3 now so far so good!

 

[lucy123]

Well I had an Easter egg and a hot cross bun - but don't think I will do this again any time soon - it resulted in me feeling incredibly tired and ended up sleeping and sleeping and sleeping away most of the day - not sure if this is because I have been on a low gi diet for so long - with the exception of the hypo food on Thursday.

Just done another 5k and am feeling much more awake today!

 

[Copepod]

It's probably different for you, but I find a snack of bun or chocolate before / during / after a run / bike ride / kayak paddle works well for me 🙂

I haven't run yet today, but cycled 2 miles to river, kayaked 2 miles, then cycled 2 miles home. More cycling / walking / running later when it cools down a bit.

 

[lucy123]

~The kayaking sounds lovely Copepod - I really enjoy the water when the sun is out - did my practice run at Darley Park where my actual race for life is today - and the water was beautiful to look at rather than just pavements. I did find the running on bumpy grass harder though - there must be 5 different surfaces to run on for this race! Coudln't have picked a harder site if I tried!

Sorry everyone - gone a bit off thread here - but it did start with the easter egg!

 

[Copepod]

Continuing with ways to justify Easter eggs....

Darley Park looks lovely, Lucy - varied terrain makes running so more interesting. The key things for running on "bumpy grass" are to keep knees and ankles flexible. In dry conditions, mud will be hard and there won't be anything slippery. I vary the shoes I wear for orienteering / Parkruns - dry paths / urban O - regular running / training shoes; mud / slippery paths / forest O - trail shoes.

If you want a fast time, you need a tarmac course. But, personally, I prefer to enjoy the surroundings than be ultra competitive, although it's always nice to beat by last time or to get a better age grade than a younger female friend.

 

[PhilT]

I bought myself 2 tubes of Cadbury's mini eggs, I can eat a few at a time so i don't go too high.

 

[AlisonM]

Mine is still sitting on the dresser, but only because I forgot to take it with me when I headed for Spain. No doubt I'll get to it tonight.

 

[cath12134]

Have a bit of chocolaate if you wish, if I feel like some I have some after a meal occasionally, I tend to stick with really dark chocolate (85% cocoa) with no dairy added because I don't 'do' dairy, a couple of squares of that and I'm happy 🙂

 

[scanz]

I had an After Eight Easter egg and a dark chocolate Lindt bunny. Egg was lush and still have half the bunny left as I've only been having bits as part of my evening meal 🙂. The egg spiked me a little, but the After Eight sweets themselves didn't and nor does the bunny.

I have to say as well that in general I still allow myself a bit of chocolate now and then, always make it as part of a meal (lunch or dinner) and it's the perfect thing before/after exercising . 2 finger kit-kat's are perfect, as are Freddo bars! Definitely recommend these if you have chocolate craving, just make it part of your meal.

 

[Zuckerkranke]

I ate a small bar of Kinder chocolate and it caused no spikes whatsoever. I'm happy.