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[Kaylz]

Do any of you guys still eat a regular size chocolate bar I'm really fed up of looking for mini bars and spending a fortune x

 

[khskel]

No...can't be bothered. Couple of squares of 90%, with a coffee after luncj

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Do any of you guys still eat a regular size chocolate bar I'm really fed up of looking for mini bars and spending a fortune x

Why not have the chocolate as afters and bolus it in your meal. As a type1 you can eat what you want within reason.
Please do note I am not having a go at you so please what ever you do don't think I am. My observation of your posts seem to indicate a theme of what you can't have, look at things in a different light as in all the things you can have 🙂

 

[khskel]

I agree with @Pumper_Sue I enjoyed a packet of crisps with my lunch today but I wouldn't have one between meals as it can lead to unpredictable results for me. You may be different, let your meter be your guide.

 

[KookyCat]

I eat regular size bars of chocolate often and with gusto, but I always eat them with a meal because I'm frankly too lazy and too brittle (diabetes wise not personality wise 😉) to inject between meals. I like the expensive stuff though I don't really like your standard chocolate bars except a Terry's chocolate orange bar obviously (who wouldn't!) so they tend to have less sugar in them by default (I really really like dark chocolate so I like my milk chocolate as dark as possible too). The not eating between meals for me is because I can't control the insulin action because I'm very sensitive. Take this afternoon, I thought a choccie biscuit was a good idea, so I injected half a unit for it (it was a tiny thing), was hypo before I got home from work. Essentially you just need to work out how to handle the insulin and then you can work from there 🙂 and then enjoy the chocolate. It's entirely your decision what you eat, as long as you're happy with the control you've got.

 

[Kaylz]

Why not have the chocolate as afters and bolus it in your meal. As a type1 you can eat what you want within reason.
Please do note I am not having a go at you so please what ever you do don't think I am. My observation of your posts seem to indicate a theme of what you can't have, look at things in a different light as in all the things you can have 🙂

I know I can have everything I used to it's just the thought of planning it into a meal rather than the impulse feeling of wanting a chocolate bar, plus my meals usually take about 4 units a go so adding on another 3 or 4 just for a chocolate bar seems a bit well I don't know how to explain it lol x

 

[Kaylz]

I agree with @Pumper_Sue I enjoyed a packet of crisps with my lunch today but I wouldn't have one between meals as it can lead to unpredictable results for me. You may be different, let your meter be your guide.

Don't judge me, but my bag of crisps is going in with my breakfast tomorrow haha, lowest carb meal of the day you see 🙂 x

 

[Kaylz]

I eat regular size bars of chocolate often and with gusto, but I always eat them with a meal because I'm frankly too lazy and too brittle (diabetes wise not personality wise 😉) to inject between meals. I like the expensive stuff though I don't really like your standard chocolate bars except a Terry's chocolate orange bar obviously (who wouldn't!) so they tend to have less sugar in them by default (I really really like dark chocolate so I like my milk chocolate as dark as possible too). The not eating between meals for me is because I can't control the insulin action because I'm very sensitive. Take this afternoon, I thought a choccie biscuit was a good idea, so I injected half a unit for it (it was a tiny thing), was hypo before I got home from work. Essentially you just need to work out how to handle the insulin and then you can work from there 🙂 and then enjoy the chocolate. It's entirely your decision what you eat, as long as you're happy with the control you've got.

I haven't even seen a Terry's chocolate orange bar round here in ages I'd certainly grab one if I did haha, my real want just now is a dark chocolate bounty (yum) or a wee shop I go to regularly has the box of 3 wee wee galaxy caramel eggs read it earlier think it was around 22.3g carbs or something could really have gone one of them 🙂 x

 

[Mini-Vicki]

I also agree with @Pumper_Sue. Whilst diabetes does change the way we deal with food, it just takes more planning, and insulin is so freeing really. I was not on insulin for 5 years, after my initial diagnosis, and I was so, so restricted as to what I could eat. Starting insulin opened up my world, food wise!
I tend to add any treats onto a meal, so I just bolus for that, instead of multiple boluses, and risking 'insulin stacking'. That said, I do have treats/snacks when I want them, but I am better at predicting what affect these will have on my BGs now. So it's all trial and error.
And in answer to your original question, yes I do eat full size chocolate bars. I had a Kinder Bueno (my personal favourite!) this evening when I got in from work 🙂

 

[Mini-Vicki]

Oh and on Boxing Day I had 2 Buenos for breakfast. Yes I know this is not ideal, and I wouldn't advise anyone to do it. But it was Christmas, and that is my only defence 🙄

 

[john pardo]

A packet of chocolate buttons seems to do me now.