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hi gardengerty I remember one of our diabetes nurse educators said if we are good eighty percent of the time we can have one day when we can enjoy pie or pizza or icecream or whaterver our little diabetic hearts want just so we really do not completely pig out.today I played bingo with my fellow bingo fanatics and had an apricot muffin huge one and later a cake like creation with fluffy goo in the center and white frosting with lemon flavor oh yes hostess, I finally remembered the name as I have not had one in months. lol tomorrow back to eating only healthy food my son and I often had leftover pumpkin pie with a huge scoop of cool whip ontop for breakfast during the holidays or a stuffing sandwhich lol such fun again once a week not every day. oh my I am drooling on the keyboard. Razzleberry pie my favorite from Marie's wow. now i will dream of it. lol lollhey pass some virtual razzleberry pie through the monitor here at least that wou ld not shoot my blood sugar up.

Rice is our staple food. I have been eating rice since I had my two front teeth and was fed with watery rice where rice was blended to fine grains and cooked with lots of water fit for babies to eat and since then have been consuming rice with other side dishes. I was rarely exposed to other comfort foods until I was on my own. Pies and ice creams were considered luxuries when I was growing up probably because there were too many mouths to feed then and those stuffs were pricey compared to a simple meal of rice and fish/vegetables. Now that the market has been saturated with these varieties of foods, I have trained my taste-bud to savor them and can safely replace pies for that usual meals on my table. Pies? I love eating pies and have learned to make my own pies and it has become a common meals replacement when I am too lazy to cook a real meal.

can t do it would make me throw up to much sweets do that to me

I can't say I do it all day, but when I hit middle school and started having problems, mom figured if I ate apple pie, I was getting apples and some good carbs since she made her apple pies with low sugar, for breakfast, and it wasn't coming back up before 10 a.m. I had cookies (oatmeal raisin or chocolate chip). For a while instant breakfast until that started giving me problems... Have I mentioned I have a lot of food allergies?

Once I had a leftover bbq chicken from the night before all day. By the next day, I wanted only veggies and fruits, cause I thought I want to balance what I ate.

Guilty as charged! My boyfriend and I on Saturdays for instance can be home all day indulging in sweets and treats the entire day. We so love the times that we do this because he is quite busy and there is that day that we enjoy the quality time and silly times together. I use to have a movie night every Friday with my kids so as a tradition anytime my boyfriend and I can squeeze a Saturday like that we will indulge in fresh pecan pie Ala mode and he knows I so love pineapples so we will have fresh cut and dices pineapples in ice cream and not just once but a couple times throughout the day. I can't let the pineapples go to waste. hehe Then Sunday rolls around and after Mass I will jump on my bike to work it off. lol

OMG the things that parents tell children that we take literally. My brother (who lives 3,000 miles away) and I were talking about old times and somehow the subject of brushing your teeth came up. My brother's wife is IMHO OCD and says that you should brush pretty much after you put anything in your mouth and that started the discussion... So I remember something from my childhood and ask my brother... what's the maximum allowable number of spits when brushing your teeth? And we both in concert say "TWO". My mother was there and said "Where did you two hear that?" My brother looks quizzically at me and says to my mother "YOU used to say it all the time". My mother laughs and says "That's because you guys used to spit 30 times a night... you STILL remember that?" "Yeap and live by it!" So to indulging... that is another story.... the story of a doctor who was trying to make a point and a football player trying to sell Coke (cola). Remember "Mean Joe Green" guzzling a 16oz. Coca-cola and giving the kid the jersey and all that (I think it was redone w/Troy Polomolo). Between that and my doctor saying when I was sick to drink a bathtub full of my favorite soda I learned how to down a 16oz in oh about 7 seconds. NOW there are 20oz bottles (the history of Coke and Pepsi and how we went from the different sizes is fascinating but beyond this post). There are 57mg/caffeine and approximately 200 calories. I could (and did) down a 6-pack in less than 5 minutes. Um... 342mg caffeine and 1200 calories in 5 minutes.... Maybe there should be a show "Parents Say The Darndest Things" Zelo

Well, that sure does sound good. Yummy. I have done this from time to time too. When I get an urge for sweets, I have to have it to fulfill that crave.

Hi Gerty! You are making us feel envious by revealing that you had so many goodies. Hope you would have enjoyed the treat thoroughly. I cannot sustain on desserts all day, I would need some solid food to satiate my hunger.

I'm laughing with you at how you've justified your reason for eating dessert instead of a meal! LOL You are right though, it is healthy food but with a lot of sugar in there too! But ohhhhh so gooood!! LOL Yeah, I've eaten stuff like that instead of a meal. I think we all have at one time or another. It doesn't hurt to do it every now and then so enjoy yourself! LOL You only live once! So make it worth your while....

That sounds really good. GG. I love blackberry cobler especially the ones my Bigmama use to make. I don't think i have ever eaten desserts all day, sound like a good idea tho, lol.

Mmmm...sounds good! I haven't tried having just desserts the whole day, but I have tried just chips and ice cream and instant cup noodles. Wow, your pie is really healthy! I wish I'd known that when I was so kid so that I would have argued that with my mom then.

Oh yes, I love desserts and i can have them all day without any meal. Ice cream and cake are my favorites. I can consume half a gallon of ice cream in one sitting especially during bad days!It sort of lift my spirit up :-)

Wow sounds yummy, I haven't tasted it, I wish someday I would. Now I'm craving for something sweet, darn.....

I think I would feel GUILTY if I did something like that, not that I haven't sometimes thought of doing just that. I really enjoy good food, and that includes most anything, including dessert type food. I would probably pay dearly for doing that to myself, though.

The most I ever did was defiantly eat dessert before dinner! My mom wasn't a tyrant but she said dessert was for after dinner. So when I finally got out on my own I would have dessert before dinner--or way before, like for breakfast! I think a change from routine is good for you!

Sounds good! I do that just about everyday. I might squeeze in some healthy food between desserts! I was doing much better when I was focused on my diet, but right now I just don't have time to prepare any meals for myself. I prepare dinner.. but I usually leave for work just before it's done so I don't get to eat it. I come home and snack on whatever is quick and easy. I know.. I'm awful. Maybe eventually I'll get back in the habit of eating right.

Ah, ha....you caught me. Some days I'll just eat a piece of left over pie or cobbler or cake. I just don't seem to have much of an appetite every day. When I was growing up we didn't have (or weren't allowed) snack-type stuff (potato chips, nachos, Ho-Ho's etc.) and/or desserts at every meal. For a long time in my adulthood I didn't care much for sweets. Since I've aged a bit, I find I have somewhat of a sweet tooth and I usually keep something sweet on hand. I make pies, cakes, brownies and other stuff regularly. If I run out, it's time to make something else. Right now I have a last piece of apple crumb pie and then everything is gone. So I think I'll make some brownies tonight. Or another pie. Or a cake of some sort. I have a great new recipe for a coffee cake that's to die for. I've made it twice in the past two weeks.

hahaha YES! I am only going to live ONCE so i'd rather eat all those good stuff. I also am a lover of desserts! I would have that all day long

No, I can't say that I have eaten desserts all day. I would still have that guilty feeling...or mom on my shoulder points a disappointed finger at me. I believe that we have to indulge once in a while...or we will freak out and eat bad things all the time. Good for you and your husband.