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How often do you slip back to the chippy , chinese , reach for a bag of crisps or chocolate ?

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Reading this and thinking that I seem to be denying myself!!!!!! Don't have cake and coffee out, too mean to spend the pennies, have not bought crisps since February, although it was usually baked ones and when the bag was done it was done. We never have Chinese curry, dont buy chocolate, sweets, have had the occasional curry ,although I like the veggie ones. Maybe I need to rethink!!!!!!
 
Never any more. I had the experience of restarting a choc square or two and a daily pear in Sept 23 (plus the daily porage with special bread - not together!) and then in Jan my HbA1c went from a normal 55 or so to a bonkers 96 ! So back to Gliclazide plus (new) Metformin. So none, zippo, de nada et since.

Hindsight tells me it was probably the porage and the bread wot dun it, but didn't trip the warning.
 
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Martin.A said:
Chippy - only if we're at the seaside
Crisps - never
Chinese - never
Chocolate - extra dark (70+) but in moderation
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Martin I nominate you on the site as "Saint of the decade" LoL I totally applaud you, but I find it so hard not to have the odd chippy or Chinese but only do so once in a while. Chocolate is not a miss for me as I have never liked chocolate so no reason to miss it, or give it another thought. My weakness once again but just now and then is cheesecake but it has to b a very good cheesecake, and not the supermarket variety.
 
I don't understand people avoiding Chinese and Indian foods, selecting the correct dishes can be very low carb! I usually ask for stir fried bean sprouts instead of the rice and use cauliflower rice or 6g carb wraps with Indian foods, in fact the Indian foods I select are so low it allows me to have a small beer and 2 or 3 popadoms! Do not be tempted to have even a nibble of a nan bread!
With respect to crisps, chocolate etc etc I just don't eat them, or if offered have a very tiny portion!
 
Dave_Z1a said:
I don't understand people avoiding Chinese and Indian foods, selecting the correct dishes can be very low carb!
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I get your point but for me, the rice was the best bit of a Chinese!! As for curry, it was always a biryani for me, so again, tonnes of rice.

To be fair though, I also don't miss all the MSG that comes along with most Chinese and Indian takeaways. Sometimes with Chinese, I used to get an MSG hangover :(

I was saying to my friend last night - I haven't had a McDonalds for over 18 months. Now I DO miss those!!
 
Deb_l said:
I haven't had a McDonalds for over 18 months. Now I DO miss those!!
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Me too, but I haven't had one for even longer - not since diagnosis, in fact. These days, if we're travelling and stop at a services that has a KFC I'll go there, but I always pick their original salad box.
 
Deb_l said:
I get your point but for me, the rice was the best bit of a Chinese!! As for curry, it was always a biryani for me, so again, tonnes of rice.

To be fair though, I also don't miss all the MSG that comes along with most Chinese and Indian takeaways. Sometimes with Chinese, I used to get an MSG hangover :(

I was saying to my friend last night - I haven't had a McDonalds for over 18 months. Now I DO miss those!!
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Isn't it funny how we are all different!

You would have to twist my arm really hard to make me eat a McDonalds, especially the fries and the naff white burger bun..... why can't these places offer wholemeal buns as an option? I have in the past been known to eat the odd Burger King Whopper (same issue with burger bun but I like the pickled gherkins) but never a meal because the fries are such a disappointment compared to real chips I just can't be tempted to eat them and to be honest, these days, real chips are often a bit of a disappointment too on those odd occasion I have them.
Rice was always the boring bit about an Indian or Chinese meal for me and I much preferred a naan or noodles, neither of which I eat now or crave, but as a result of changing to low carb I have discovered that I absolutely love the vegetable side dishes at the Indian takeaway or restaurant although it irks me when they sometimes include potato (cheap filler) in something which should not contain potato, especially when I don't realise until I get home and open it up to eat. 😡
 
Deb_l said:
I get your point but for me, the rice was the best bit of a Chinese!! As for curry, it was always a biryani for me, so again, tonnes of rice.

To be fair though, I also don't miss all the MSG that comes along with most Chinese and Indian takeaways. Sometimes with Chinese, I used to get an MSG hangover :(

I was saying to my friend last night - I haven't had a McDonalds for over 18 months. Now I DO miss those!!
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Msg in curry Deb? Is msg bad for diabetics? I do know it can effect some people though, my sister avoids it, need to do some research on that! Yes I miss rice, try not to get too depressed about it.....sigh.
 
Having only visited place couple of weeks back whilst away for few days have to say Popeyes takes some beating, much tastier than McDonald's Burger King KFC, we got burger meal each which was fried chicken in roll, chicken fillet was huge, then fries & refillable diet cokes. Fries have some kind of coating on them & are delicious where other fries from other establishments can be tasteless.

Will be looking out for another Popeyes next time we're away.
 
Dave_Z1a said:
Msg in curry Deb? Is msg bad for diabetics? I do know it can effect some people though, my sister avoids it, need to do some research on that! Yes I miss rice, try not to get too depressed about it.....sigh.
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I'm not sure that MSG is particularly bad for diabetics. It's just bad in general - it makes me feel terrible 😱
 
Annette&Bert said:
Martin I nominate you on the site as "Saint of the decade" LoL I totally applaud you, but I find it so hard not to have the odd chippy or Chinese but only do so once in a while. Chocolate is not a miss for me as I have never liked chocolate so no reason to miss it, or give it another thought. My weakness once again but just now and then is cheesecake but it has to b a very good cheesecake, and not the supermarket variety.
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Thank you, but I'm afraid I'm not quite as saintly as it might appear from my answers to the question that was asked, correct though those answers are. My halo can sometimes look decidedly second hand.
 
Martin.A said:
Me too, but I haven't had one for even longer - not since diagnosis, in fact. These days, if we're travelling and stop at a services that has a KFC I'll go there, but I always pick their original salad box.
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More than 30 years since I had one. So, 24 years pre D diagnosis.
 
Fish & Chips...once in a while.

Chinese....not had one in donkeys years.

Crisps..I haven't had a bag of crisps in a long time.

Cake...I haven't had a slice of cake for a long time.

Ice cream...I will treat myself to a white chocolate Magnum once in a blue moon...they are so yummy.

And

Chocolate ....Only the high quality ones (over 70% chocolate)and only in moderation.
 
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Chocolate, yes, but high cocoa and one square.
Curry yes, but made at home and served with cauliflower rather than rice.
Ice cream yes - but real ice cream, made with eggs and cream like grandma used to make.
baked goods - not for a while now, but made with low carb ingredients after some experimentation to get them right.
 
nonethewiser said:
Having only visited place couple of weeks back whilst away for few days have to say Popeyes takes some beating, much tastier than McDonald's Burger King KFC, we got burger meal each which was fried chicken in roll, chicken fillet was huge, then fries & refillable diet cokes. Fries have some kind of coating on them & are delicious where other fries from other establishments can be tasteless.

Will be looking out for another Popeyes next time we're away.
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I've been to the Popeyes restaurant in Richmond and I have to say they really good. Their Chicken fillet burger was big and really tasty and their fries were better than the ones you get in KFC and the fact you can re-fill your cups with diet coke is always a great idea...So would I go there away and is it a rival to KFC?..I say yes it is.
 
Taffyboyslim said:
I am slowly getting there but I really don't think I can ever give up an occasional Saturday night takeaway
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My 'relapses' are family meals out. For example, this lunchtime we're going to an Italian restaurant for my brother's birthday. Yes, I could just eat a tedious salad - but I won't 😉. What keeps me more or less on the straight and narrow though is that I'm a keen cyclist and I remind myself that every extra kg that I put on is equivalent to carrying two full water bottles in my jersey pockets.
 
Never but for Christmas im going to treat self to a bar of snickers
 
Went shopping yesterday just to pick up milk veg and bread. Bought 2 choux buns and shared them with hubby with raspberries from our garden. Very nice treat but probably naughty. Treating it the same carbs as 3 profiteroles.
 
helli said:
I rarely have a take away but that's not because I am some sort of puritan. It is because there is nothing worth having around home.
But when away (especially when by the sea), I will treat myself to fish and chips and definitely not see it as "slipping back to".
I appreciate that it may be different for a slim, active person with Type 1 but I refuse to see food as something I should feel any guilt about.
I enjoy food and particularly enjoy trying different types of food which means there is no weekly menu - I don't even have a "usual" breakfast. And the variety ensures that my diet is reasonably balanced, usually with lots of fresh fruit and veg.
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Reading some of the posts on here reminds me of Monty Python's 'Yorkshiremen' sketch: "My treat is a piece of gravel - but I make it last a whole week" :rofl:.

I think you're wise to "refuse to see food as something [you] should feel any guilt about". The reality is that all of us on this Forum need to be careful what we eat - in different ways and to different degrees. However, we also need to beware the risk of allowing dysfunctional feelings such as guilt push us towards disordered eating.

Unfortunately, our society tends to use food as 'treats'. I'm trying to re-educate myself (and the people close to me) into focusing more on 'non-edible' treats - especially at Christmas!
 
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