[rubybeautiful]

Hiya,
I used to be such a choc-aholic, like that's what I would eat for breakfast, and I would get cranky If i didn't get my daily dose of sugar. LOL

I think what I miss the most is those delicious chocolate cakes I once tried. Man, I'm getting hungry :*(

[Eri's mom]

Splenda is GREAT...my husband's a chef, so he uses splenda a lot when making food here at home. We've all gotten quite used to it.

Also...Eri does play soccer, is quite the runner, biker, tree climber, swimmer and now is into football.
Out of all those activities, swimming is the one that takes her down the quickest, but we have learned to constantly be prepared, b/c of all the hypo's she went through, and she does fine now.(she was dx'd at 6, and yes, she did LOVE those banana splits from DQ and Friendly's)...once in a great while, if her sugar is low, I'll let her share a reeses sundae w/ her friend and adjust her insulin accordingly.

[Lorna]

Glad to hear that!- Lgvincent I cant believe you were not allowed to be on the team because you had diabetes! I've had diabetes for the past 13 years during which I swam at national level, training for up to 20 hours per week, which is also with the right sort of planning a good way to get of with eating the odd banana split. In realtion to the last post, the main danger I always used to find was having hypos over night (up to 15 hours after the exercise.) If this is the case with Eri, best thing is a bit extra to eat before bed on the nights she has been exercising.

[dpav]

I just read this one and wanted to let you know that my doctor insisted that I do every thing that was normal for a youth for activities. I got this T1 at 8 and the doctor told me to do one thing. If the coach told everyone to not eat before exercising, I was to do the opposite. This kept me out of hypos while practicing. I was a 4 year varsity gymnast in high School; I wrestled and worked with the football team. If you are going to burn off 5000 calories or so in a workout you may as well enjoy that banana split prior to your workout. Just make it a small one. Actually complex carbohydrates were best for keeping up energy for me. I ate a lot of oatmeal and honey prior to going to school.
For now If you order a small Banana split blizzard from Dairy Queen you can enjoy a small part of that and toss the rest of it . That way you can enjoy it and stay under control. I usually get one or two bites of my wife’s desert if I am craving, at a restaurant. I never seem to need more. But it is satisfying.
Don

[DDR_Freak88]

im a youth and I do whatever sports I want..