JUST TO SAY HELLO AND A SHORT INTRODUCTION

[Oldman1952]

Well here goes, I take this opportunity to say hello to all members of the forum and I hope that you bwill dear with me because I have got other issues apart form diabetes. I have also got problems with my diabetic diet in the shape of gingernut biscuits which I cannot put them down when I have a cup of coffee.
I will leave it now and if any issue comes up in the forums that I have. I shall get talking. Thank you and good night. I will start to explore the site and forum. Tomorrow as I will have more tomb.

 

[SueEK]

Welcome @Oldman1952 and when you are ready ask away, PS think you know what we would all recommend re the ginger biscuits lol x

 

[rebrascora]

Hi and welcome

Could we persuade you to re-educate your palette and swap your gingernut addiction for something more diabetic friendly... perhaps nuts or olives or cheese or all three. Maybe swap your coffee for a glass of wine so that you don't crave the biscuits so much....cheese and wine sounds so much better than coffee and gingernuts.😉
I am currently changing my tastes and swapping my sweet tooth for more suitable alternatives and I can assure you that there was no one worse than me. Even if I didn't buy sweets (I had been trying to reduce my addiction for a while prior to diagnosis), I would make a batch of fudge from whatever I had in the fridge/cupboards or eat a tin of condensed milk with a spoon or tip sugar into a can of evaporated milk.... Believe me I was "a heavy user".... and I stopped it over night after diagnosis! I am now 5 months down the line, have lost a load of weight and feel so much better for it. I am currently teaching myself to drink coffee without sweetener and I am getting there. Having cream instead of milk in it definitely helps!
Good luck getting control of your diet and blood glucose.

 

[Oldman1952]

Hi Barbara, one of the problems is I lack the ability to control my eating and sometimes if someone goes on about me eating my favourite biscuits I don't care because I do not have self control. If I want something I just get it and eat it blow the consequences. It is part of one of my syndromes connected with my brain and its disfunction. Oldman1952.

 

[rebrascora]

Do you have self control in other areas of life or just in respect of eating? I guess I lacked the will to impose self control until my diagnosis meant I had to!
What happens if the biscuits are removed from the house/not bought?
Could you give up the coffee and therefore perhaps alter your desire for the biscuits.
Do you bake or can you learn to bake and find a low carb recipe for ginger nut biscuits and bake them yourself so that you at least limit the damage?

 

[leonS]

May I offer this advice:
1. Go to supermarket.
2. Do not buy gingernuts.
3. Return home.
4. Have glass of wine.
5. Feel very pleased with your self!

Good luck - It all comes good in the end.

 

[Ditto]

Hello and welcome to the forum. 🙂

Watch scary documentaries like I do. It keeps me on the straight and narrow at least for a short while. 🙄 The one where the fella had his leg off this week freaked me out. Then at the end one of the other people taking part had popped off! 😱 It is very hard to get a handle on it, but we must. My feet are already hurting and my eyes are already bleeding, my spleen is knackered, how many more hints do I need?

 

[KARNAK]

Hello @Oldman1952 welcome to the forum.🙂 Gingernuts, my brother has ginger hair which probably means he has ginger nuts, certainly wouldn`t eat them.😳 Sorry folks just slipped out. Hey mate when I was first diagnosed I was a biscuit addict cupboard was full of them, I had diabetics nurses come to my home for 10 days to make sure my levels were dropping. After reading from this forum I realised I was doing it all wrong, meter was still reading HI so I asked the nurses to sort out my food cupboard, fridge and freezer. Guess what sod all left except ice cubes and they were in the oven,😎 moral of the story get a grip or it will get a grip on you, its your diabetes take control.