Holiday habits or near misses and Holiday wishes

[Billie]

You know with the group we have we are going to have some wild stories to share of the holidays. And I don't mean who got what for Christmas I mean those stories related to snearing at a chrismtas cookie and passing on the fudge kind of stores. OR of course the near misses, the ones when we almost did it!

I think if we just keep talking about it, it will help us feel either some relief or some camarderie.

But I also think it would be a nice place to have all the Holiday wishes collected. Lisa did such a super job there is no way I can compete, but I do want to wish everyone here


Happy Holidays and warm wonderful wishes to you and all your families.

Santa is watching...stay out of the cookies!

[BeccainSC]

Well I'm fighting some now as the cookies are baking/cooling. I want to taste and give my approval before giving them to the rest of the family. Have resisted so far though! And even with cutting the recipe in half, I've ended up with over 7 dozen cookies :eek: . I think I will be passing some off to my SIL's kids as a Christmas present. ;)

Will have to see how the rest of the weekend holds up!

'becca

[Missy]

lol...oh, I've already CAVED! lol I took six of my low carb peanut butter cookies to my sister to try....tried them with her..and then tried HERS! :D :eek:

But, I don't care, I'm not going crazy over this. It's CHRISTMAS! :D

I gave my Christmas sentiment in the thread today...so I won't repeat myself, other then I think the WORLD of YOU ALL! :D :D :D Everyone have a safe and happy Christmas/Holiday and we'll clean up the "mess" afterward! RIGHT?!!!!! :D

I'll be "around" the board though..as we have spread out our Christmas get together's over this whole weekend, and MOST of them are during the late afternoon/evenings...so I'll be around!

[Claudette]

Hi, Y'all,

Billie, I agree, I can hardly wait to hear all the stories. and talking about it will help us get through it.

Wishing all on the board a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


Hugs,
Claudette

[kpow]

Hi, all.

Well, I've already been through a couple of parties that I thought would do much more damage than they actually did, so I feel like I'm ahead at this point. There are still several challenges in the next few days, though. Heavy on the protein, and light on the carbs is my motto! :D

Have a Blessed Christmas, and a very Happy New Year, ya'll! :)

Kathy

[Shadow]

Happy holidays, everyone :D!

[gitfiddle]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

I'm so grateful for this program that keeps me sane enough to enjoy the holidays, hassles and all, instead of just looking for the next opportunity to overeat and the remorse that always follows. That is a gift that you have each given to me, just by being here. Love you all!

[virginia]

I WISH YOU A MEEEEEERY MEEEEEERRY CHRISTMAAAAAAAAAS!!!
AND A HAAAAPY NEEEEEW YEEEEEEEEEAR!!! :D :tongue: ;)

[gitfiddle]

Feliz Navidad, Amiga! :D

[joanneb608]

Thank you all for being the gems you are, and let's plan on keeping the good thing here going into the New Year!:nod:

Guess I'll report my debacle re the Christmas cookies in the 23rd thread.

Missy has company (albeit 'bad' company).:( Well, even I, the paragon of willpower, have failings too. The siren call of the carbs is ever awaiting us!

Have a blessed Christmas and New year all!;)

[gitfiddle]

The siren call of the carbs is ever awaiting us!
Honey, none of us are on a pedestal. It's a way of life. Think of it as the first dent in a new car. Hugs!:)

[SherryJ]

Hm-mmm... unfortunately, after one dent, the mentality becomes, "Oh, I've got one..." :eek:

I don't usually play Scrooge, but that's what came to mind... careful, dear ones... ;)

Sherry

[Billie]

Speaking of scrooge...:rolleyes:

A dent in a new car is awful for sure! It can be repaired as long as we do it before it rusts...then it is really hard.

This is a horrible time of year to watch carbs, there is no way around it. But think of 48 hours, we can all get through that.

Michelle wanted to respond back to a thread from a day or so ago. 50% effort in nutrition doesn't equal 50% results, dang it anyway. BUT if you are maintaining your weight, even after the derailments you had with 50% efforts, I would say you body is in fact working very well.

Kitchen floor scrubbed, candles lit, tree on, coffee cakes baking everyone else snuggled in their beds...WAKE UP!!!!

[gitfiddle]

Billie, sometimes all I can do is think an hour at a time. It still works.

About the dent, I was thinking of a friend who had a new car and lived in trembling fear of picking up a stone chip to the point where she wouldn't even drive down a gravel road and I couldn't see how she could be enjoying her beautiful new vehicle.

It's true we can get desensitized and need to plan ahead and to avoid temptation, but I set myself up for failure if I don't face the fact that slips happen. I have a plan for when I screw up. The first thing I do is come here and share. :p

[cmcole]

Our Christmas Hedge is up in the front window.
The gifts are surrounding it.
THe turkey is in the oven.
The rest of the family still are asleep.
I'm hungry. I need to get something substantial before grabbing the first thing available.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

We don't have close-by family, and have nobody that we know of to come and visit, so it will just be the three of us (daughter and BF planning to visit in Feb).

Pot luck at one of the church family's home on Dec 31st. Not sure of the menu, but I'll make sure I can take at least something I can eat.

[gitfiddle]

Well, Happy Christmas to you and your family, CM! I hope the three of you have a lovely, quiet day. Sometimes that's the best kind. :)

[cmcole]

We weren't the only ones going around the lake this afternoon with dogs. Some people were actually without dogs, and the weather was not the attractiveness of it, as it was windy and cold. Should have used the gift my son gave me (us - as he gave us each one) - a face shield.

Daughter called from her boyfriend's house. They were heading to his parents' place for lunch. We were just clearning up from ours.

[Billie]

Carol have to say your attitude is so right on, you are great my friend!

[Belfrybat]

I suppose this comes under the heading of "near miss". Or perhaps it should be "lessons learned". I was astounded when I checked blood sugar Christmas Day morning -- 138! I can't remember fasting level ever being that high since I've been PPing. Christmas Eve wasn't a terribly high day -- about 75 ECC, which was planned. The difference is that I ate much later than I normally do. I ended the day with eggnog, cheese, LC crackers, and apple at about 10 pm. Christmas Day was about the same carb-wise and I ended the day with the same meal/snack (which is my favourite), but ate at my normal time -- 5:30 - 6 pm. Blood sugar the next morning was a bit high -- 112, but I expect that after eating 20 ECC higher than normal.

Last night, I just had cheese, left-over dip and a half apple (no cracker) at 5 followed by protein enriched LC hot chocolate later, and this morning blood sugar was 102, which is about normal for me.

My assessment is the natural Dawn phenomena I experience was exacerbated by eating so late. So lesson learned: make sure not to eat anything carby after 6 pm. regardless of whether it's a honey tree day or not.

[Always]

Last week one of our customers (Vito who has lost 300 lbs.) baked us some cookies that were definitely not low carb and I figured I could resist (I knew Michael couldn't and really didn't need to).

The cookies looked great and I ate one...shame on me! After Michael picked me off of the floor where I collapsed after the rush of sugar swept swiftly throughout my unsuspecting unprepared body and the sugar hurt my teeth, I decided not to have another. :o :o :o

However, then there was Christmas Eve and the annual pile of billions of cookies that my SIL makes and I ate my favorite coconut cookie...feeling good that I only ate that one. Gulp...but of course she had to give Michael a plate to take home and of course I couldn't resist a couple of more on Christmas Day. God I hate that drugged, sluggish, crappy, bloated feeling...don't you :(

Oh well...I guess even the most experienced of us low carbers fall off the wagon every now and then. I felt pretty disappointed in myself but Michael said that my world wouldn't come to an end because I ate a couple of cookies...get over it. :D Sometimes I think I'm just a tad to hard on myself when it comes to low carbing. I will get back on track like any of you who succumbed to the high carb holiday foods and our lives will go on.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Peace on Earth Good Will To Men!

[LisaS]

Christmas Eve wasn't a terribly high day -- about 75 ECC, which was planned. The difference is that I ate much later than I normally do. I ended the day with eggnog, cheese, LC crackers, and apple at about 10 pm.
[snip]
My assessment is the natural Dawn phenomena I experience was exacerbated by eating so late. So lesson learned: make sure not to eat anything carby after 6 pm. regardless of whether it's a honey tree day or not.

shortened fasting period too - say you ate at 10 and tested at 6AM - that's 8 hrs post-prandial. If you usually last eat at 6 and test at 6AM - that's 12 hrs post prandial.
was there a processing difference by sleeping soon after eating rather than after 4-5 hrs of digestion - or just the difference in time since the meal - who knows.

I was just reading about something called the "pizza effect" where a larger mixed meal can have normal bs after eating and a peak bs like 6-7 hrs later. it doesn't exactly fit the meail you described - but since I just read about it yesterday it was upper in my mind when you said this.
http://www.insulin-pumpers.org/howto/pfandbs-5.html

[Belfrybat]

Thank you Lisa. Actually it does fit the kind of meal I had: high fat, complex carbs (Dr. Kracker and apple) and medium protein. If I'm going to check post prandial, its at 2 hours, but in eating late, there was only 7 hours until I checked bs. This insulin sensitivity is a funny animal and certainly not always predictable.