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10-31-2009, 05:13 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 506
| | | want...chocolate...need...help
ok, this is my first halloween with D.
since dx in Feb, i have not had a single morsel of chocolate (other than my 85% dark). this is a huge feat for me, as i am a certified chocoholic.
my toddler hauled in a loot bag so big it would last him until he's in college.
my will power and self-control is waning...and fast.
IF i were going to indulge, how might you suggest i bolus? would a pre-bolus work best because they are fast acting?
help!
PS- i really feel for you all who had T1 as kids. i really, really do.
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A1C (July 7 2009): 6.2 — getting closer...!
AIC (Sept. 8 2009): 5.9 — yeah!! 
AIC (Nov. 5 2009): 5.7
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10-31-2009, 05:37 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 506
| | | ok i'm dangerously close here people!
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AIC (Nov. 5 2009): 5.7
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10-31-2009, 05:40 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Missouri Ozarks
Posts: 1,876
| | Wish I knew the answers for you . . . guess I'll just pray, eh?!
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it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow." Alice Mackenzie Swaim
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10-31-2009, 05:42 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| | | pray that i don't cave...or pray for good results? hehe!
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A1C (July 7 2009): 6.2 — getting closer...!
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AIC (Nov. 5 2009): 5.7
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10-31-2009, 06:20 PM
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__________________ "Reputation is what others know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself." Lois McMaster Bujold "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow." Alice Mackenzie Swaim
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10-31-2009, 08:14 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Topanga CA
Posts: 753
| | | I say shoot and eat! Then test, test, test and be willing to adjust for the coming high. Try something like peanut M&M's. At least you'll have the nuts to slow the sugar down. I'm thankful not to have the chocolate gene, but other things certainly beckon me (like the sourdough olive bread that just came out of my oven!)
Jen. |
10-31-2009, 08:55 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: South Florida
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| | | When I want to eat a piece of chocolate I reach for the sugar free Dove milk chocolate candy. They are a little bite but are very satisfying and have only 4 grams carb in each. They make a few varieties and they are all delicious.
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10-31-2009, 10:24 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Victoria Canada
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| | | it's late I know.. but.. get your 85% choccy and melt i with some whipping cream.. stir in some nuts and pour out and leave to set...mmm and not high carb...
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11-01-2009, 12:05 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: China
Posts: 30
| | | I'll save you.........
Send all that bad candy to me for proper disposal. |
11-01-2009, 04:02 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 4,467
| | Chocolate experimentation time, yay. Have fun and let us know how you go ellement! 
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11-01-2009, 05:46 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Originally Posted by Chef Barrae  When I want to eat a piece of chocolate I reach for the sugar free Dove milk chocolate candy. They are a little bite but are very satisfying and have only 4 grams carb in each. They make a few varieties and they are all delicious. | haha! well i usually eat lindt 85% dark...but neither the lindt not the dove is in the ridiculous halloween booty my son brought home...
besides...i can't go the REST of my life NEVER having a morsel of milk chocolate...can i? ;-)
oh, and BTW...the lindt 85% dark...while not sweet...is satisfying and has under 2 g carb for a huge square...
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11-01-2009, 07:17 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Richmond, VA
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| | | I liked that lindt 85% dark as well, but I do prefer the dove squares a bit more. They're also 4g per piece, I usually eat 2. They're nice and smooth and creamy like milk chocolate, just dark.
It's the day after Halloween, and I had ONE piece of candy corn. I didn't have any more candy all night.
I don't know how I did it. Did you have some chocolate, and how did it go?
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8/13/09 (Dx) A1c: 9.5 FBG: 320
10/12/09 Avg BG: 104 Avg FBG: 96
Metformin XR 500mg once daily
Low(ish) Carber @ < ~60g-75g per day
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11-01-2009, 07:33 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| | jer...no i didn't. i thought about it all night...but i didn't.
i think i might give it a try this week though, just one mini caramilk or kit kat (my faves)...
i'll let you know how it goes!
i'll look for the dove too, but i'm pretty committed to lindt 
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AIC (Nov. 5 2009): 5.7
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11-01-2009, 09:06 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
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| | | I caved last night and ate Halloween Snickers. I am good almost all year long and decided to eat the **** things. I froze about four snickers and just gave in to the chocolate craving. Last kid at the door got the rest of our candy!
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11-01-2009, 10:33 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Originally Posted by notme Last kid at the door got the rest of our candy! | I didn't give out candy..I gave mini play-dohs and fruit leather. All stuff my son loves ;-) Makes it easier to deal with leftovers!
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A1C on dx (Feb 11 2009): 8.9
A1C (May 6 2009): 6.6 — getting there!
A1C (July 7 2009): 6.2 — getting closer...!
AIC (Sept. 8 2009): 5.9 — yeah!!
AIC (Nov. 5 2009): 5.7
MDI with Humalog and Humulin-N
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