Help

[carolyn]

have just eaten 3 white chocolate ice lollies. I covered by basals, but I am totally discusted with myself.It happens when I get totally down and depressed. As most of you know, I lost my dear father late last year and I can't get over it and when I get so low I eat the wrong things. Has anyone any advice please. Take care and thank you all. Carolyn.

[Cyborg]

As long as you are covering the sweets with insulin, don't worry about it.

I know you are going through a hard time right now. Perhaps helping out by bringing some happiness to some of the elderly in a senior or retirement home might help.

[Dewey]

Carolyn, I wish I had better words of wisdom to share, but unfortunately, I don't. Sometimes, I go through bouts of feeling down about "life:" i.e. my failures (goals & things I didn't achieve or failed at) and losses (like my father, other family members & a close friend, Roger).

As Cyborg said, as long as you cover for things you eat, you should be alright. Ways of coping are getting out with friends (if possible) or volunteering. That's been a big help to me in the past & currently. I hope things look up for you. It's never easy to lose a loved one and it's very hard to forget about them, even if they've been gone for a while. :( (((((Hugs)))))

[kidvid]

have just eaten 3 white chocolate ice lollies. I covered by basals, but I am totally discusted with myself.It happens when I get totally down and depressed. As most of you know, I lost my dear father late last year and I can't get over it and when I get so low I eat the wrong things. Has anyone any advice please. Take care and thank you all. Carolyn.

Just my opinion, but I would get that kind of crappy food out of my home. Or don't visit places that serve them.

There is only one person that can help you - and that is you!

Good luck and best wishes!

[Alice]

It's ok that you ate some carbs...and then bolused. That's exactly what you are supposed to do, medically speaking. (Not sure how many carbs are in a Lollie...they sound good!)

Please take the guilt out of the sugar, or the guilt will make you eat more of that...a sugar is just a form of carb. Not a healthy form, but a carb that will raise you bloodsugar as much as another carb...such as pasta or potato.

If you'd eaten the same number of carbs in pasta you wouldn't be beating yourself up...this is what really upsets me about diabetic guilt...

Just own up to the carbs and treat accordingly. Everyone is on their own path with "how many" and "how few"...you are going through a tough time. The important thing is covering your carbs with boluses...which you are doing.

Those tough times are rough. You just reminded me of my own self, at times.

[jjl570]

Carolyn,

I know what you are going through in many ways. I lost my wife over 2 years ago and it was tough for me to pay attention and take care of me from a diabetes aspect. All the advice above are the right steps, keep the foods we shouldn't eat out of the house, get involved with others and volunteer.

Think about what your lost loved one would want you to do, and it is probably that he wants you to take care of yourself. Spiritually, I believe that our lost loved ones are always looking down on us. Think of what is right for you and try to avoid it for your Father.

[Jodie]

I crave for chocolate almost everyday :eek: I try so hard not to eat it but then the days when I do I just feel so guilty afterwards and I say to myself I wish I never ate that now! I wouldnt worry about it though as long as you take the right amount of insulin afterwards :) It does taste good though :T