It's me!

[LauRa Lu]

:whistling

Hey, just thought i'd make myself known! I'm a newbie to these forums and a newbie diabetic too, been diabetic for about 5 or 6 weeks now.

I dont get to talk with many people who hav diabetes so i thought this would be a nice place to get know some people.

Who mainly uses these forums..? english? american? or people from all over?

[lgvincent]

Hope you enjoy yourself here and I look forward to talking with you.

[Oracle.dL]

Hey, welcome :)
I think you'll find everyone here friendly and very helpful, good to have you. And, yes, these forums have people from all over the world :D

[rzrbks]

Welcome,
LauRa Lu

The folks here is from

todo encima

partout

ganz rüber

toda sobre


all over

[Linda57]

Hello,
I'm Linda, I am from Nottinghamshire, small world.

Welcome, Im sure we have loads to talk about.

Love L

[Teresa]

Hiya! im Teresa and im in England too, up in Lancaster... was in Birmingham till recently!

Welcome to this place :)

[Shalyndria]

Well hello and welcome, me!!! :D
You've found the greatest bunch of diabetics on the www, so start posting and have fun.

I'm a Canadian girl.

Shy

[zookeeper671]

Welcome, and nice to meet you, Laura Lu. Peeps from all over here. :)

Best wishes,
Angie

[dpav]

Hello
I'm From Ohio
I have been on these boards on and off for a few months. Everyone is very friendly and helpful
Enjoy asking anything you wish. Someone will probably have an answer.
Don

[mg_2204]

Hello Laura, welcome to this wonderful forum! I'm in Berkshire.

Marie
:)

[LauRa Lu]

thanx for all the nice welcomes...nice to see there's a wide mix of people and nice to see some fello midlanders on here, Altho i'm not originally form the midlands...more of a suthener, well kind of!

I hav a question about chocolate! i might post it in a new thread if no-one responds on here but........

is it ok to have in small doses? it doesnt seem to affect me much anyway and the stuff i tried that said it was suitable for diabetics really put my blood sugar up!

Is it a bad idea to have any kind of chocolate coz it's so rich in sugar that you get too much too soon?

I have a bit of a problem with saying no to the stuff but i am trying! (Altho i failed miserably five minutes ago, think i may hav had a little too much!)

i was being really sensible with everything i eat and do for the last six weeks, i feel so stupid now...i hope my b.sugar doesnt go up too much! .......

[rzrbks]

Is it a bad idea to have any kind of chocolate coz it's so rich in sugar that you get too much too soon?

My dear young lady, Chocolate is one of the Four Basic Food Groups, coupled with the fact that as any Harry Potter fan knows Chocolate is the True Cure for many ailments. LOL

Seriously though, I am addicted to chocolate and to deal with that addiction I have switched to Semi-sweet baker's chocolate. I have tried them all (Brands in the U.S.), Baker's, Hersey's, Nestle's and many others.

The reason for Semi-sweet is thgat it has less Carbs than Milk Chocolate and I can carefully measure the Carbs I do ingest because the pieces are cut in such a way as to let you know there are either 9 or 8 Carbs per piece. Also, the semi-sweet is more intense in flavor and taste so I can more easily limit my in-take.

All that being said, I prefer the Nestle's Semi-Sweet Baker's Chocolate because it looks like a "Real" bar of Chocolate. The wrapping looks like a "Normal" chocolate bar. It is not some Brick that is difficult to break with your teeth or grainy like cheaper chocolates from a WWII movie. It's texture is almost exactly like a Milk chocoalte candy bar. I actually feel as though I'm being allowed to eat chocolate just like I did when I was "Normal."


Just my $.O2(U.S.)

[LauRa Lu]

:p I was doing fine before today by not actually eating any chocolate at all!!! :rolleyes: The stupid thing i just decided to do was make my fiance a nice chocolate cake for when he get's home for the weekend....he's a bigger chocoholic than me so i thought i'd treat him! :rolleyes: only trouble is there's only half a cake left! :eek: (wonder where it could hav gone :whistling )

[HeatherP]

Hi LauRa and Welcome! Hope to see you around often and get to know you better.

As far as the chocolate goes, if you are carb-counting then you can plan for it and include a bit of it in your diet. Don't know if you're injecting insulin or not, but there's ways to do it.

Welcome again,
HeatherP

[LauRa Lu]

Originally posted by HeatherP
Don't know if you're injecting insulin or not, but there's ways to do it.


Hey i see your a cat lover :p me too ;)

I am on insulin but its a mixture so i dont think i can give myself any apart from the two times i'm meant too..:confused:

I have a distant friend of the familly whos on non-mixed inulin(whatever it's called :( ) they give themselves a small shot if they've had too much of something i.e chocolate.

[mg_2204]

... Laura, ever tried the 'diabetic chocolate' at Thornton's???!? Made with sweetners. If you really have a craving you just can't cope with, maybe having a little of it handy could satisfy it? More fat though than in a reg choc bar. That choc doesn't affect my BG. Could be a solution? They also have truffles...

Marie
:)

[LauRa Lu]

truffles??? :eek: :eek: :eek: do they really? :eek:

I'm off there tomorrow then! :eek:

[rzrbks]

That choc doesn't affect my BG.



They also have truffles...


Marie, expect a Large box with air holes in it to arrive "Priority Express" in the next several says--don't worry if there appears to be sound of moans and breathing coming from inside.

Please, just cut the cellotape and stand back, I wouldn't want you to get trampled.

[MacnReef]

Laura...WELCOME!

Mike

[Shalyndria]

Hey rzr, you think you could stop over here and pick me up? I'm sure you can make room for me in your box considering we're talking truffles and I've never had but **** they sound good...

Shy

[Belinda]

all this talk of chocolate. Had to go eat a bar from Norway that someone brought me back and when I go to Switzerland this summer well.....diabetes or not I plan to have a tasting party of any and all forbidden foods then when I get to France lets just say one of my cousins is a pastry chef....I think I will be staying with him....lol

[Gary]

Hello, and welcome, LauRa Lu, from America's Dairyland!

Diabetic chocolate is fine as long as you don't eat more than one serving, otherwise you'll spend most of your day in the bathroom, KWIM, LOL! (speaking from personal experience.) If one is desperate enough, one could probably eat unsweetened chocolate. ;)

[mg_2204]

... Maybe I've found an interesting side line here... exporting 'diabetic choc' to North America... hmmmmm....

;)

[Jenny]

Welcome, and I am from the USA!

Jenny

[Teresa]

Gary, i was thinkin the same thing! u dont wanna go eating too much of that stuff, it tastes nice but works like a laxitive!!

[mg_2204]

.. it does?!?? Not in my case.

[LauRa Lu]

Originally posted by Teresa
Gary, i was thinkin the same thing! u dont wanna go eating too much of that stuff, it tastes nice but works like a laxitive!!

I've tried it and it didnt have any laxitive effect, but it did put my b.g up quite a bit....i didnt have much of it either. Seemed to be worse than regular choc for me!

:- i'm lovin this smillie so im excuse it lurking in my post! :-

[Teresa]

i think proper choc tastes SOOOO much better!!! i personally avoid the so called diabetic stuff... its expensive and i dont think it tastes that good to justify spendin the money on it! i normally only have it when i get it as a present! LOL