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Halloween and Easter is easy, candy I could care less about it but Thanksgiving can be a major source of irritation.
I am just going to tell everyone I am diabetic DON'T comment on my eating or push food on me.
The worst of the worst is "are you sure" when you say no to a big helping of ketoacidosis pie or a king size serving of diabetic coma.
They always have to say "are you sure". Yes I am very very very sure I don't want to consume 200 grams of sugar and carbs right now after I already ate far more then I should have. Absolutely positively 1000% sure, OK !
I do think my best bet is to just inform/remind everyone from the start, zero comments on my eating and no food pushing.
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With our family dinner of 14, I think everyone knows about my type 2. My A1C is at 6.4 now, and I'll eat a small piece of pie, but then I usually serve, so it's easy. I have a rule, sugary sweets like cake, pie and ice cream only on special occasions like holidays or birthdays, and then just a small amount. I suppose if your family is aware of your condition it's rude of them to push the sugar, but if they don't know, they are just being normal.
Its kinda like people pushing alcohol on a person with history of problems with alcohol. Sad, but it happens.
I am usually invited to Xmas dinner by stepson of a now dead friend. My only time eating with others anymore. But they get idea of diabetic restrictions, he has been warned by his doctor that he is pre-diabetic. I warned him, its whole lot easier dealing with pre-diabetes than actual diabetes. But doubt he listens, few do. Few deal with actual diabetes very well either. Everybody wants magic pill with no change in lifestyle.
I'm so glad I don't have to deal with a big meal or other people this year. My appetite is altered on my T2D meds, particularly the GLP-1 I started months ago.
I have to eat small portions and eat slowly, as nausea and other GI issues are unpredictable and easily triggered. These side effects don't lend themselves to a day of gluttony, that's for sure. There will be no worries about food or being social, and if I'm not feeling well, I don't have to explain it.
Why do so many people feel a need to try and push food onto people, then pester if they do
not succeed .........even after that person lets their preference be known, UGH!
Why do so many people feel a need to try and push food onto people, then pester if they do
not succeed .........even after that person lets their preference be known, UGH!
And the double standard. Despite the stereotype I am a thin diabetic.
For some reason its perfectly OK to shame my body type, your so thin, too thin you should eat more!
But if I was to say to an overweight person your too fat maybe have one cheeseburger instead of three they would be insulted and start a fight with me.
Fat shaming is like socially illegal now but thin shaming is still ok.
I ate ice cream, jellied cranberry sauce, some really good green bean casserole, turkey breast, and strawberry rhubarb pie. I ate a lot of all of it. I went for a mile and a half walk before and after eating. Then another mile and a half walk a couple hours after eating. All the walking kept me from noticing any effects of eating horribly for one meal.
I think my reputation precedes me, with the result that I have little problem. However, I'm not sure exactly what my reputation is. Internally, my attitude is "Why do you think I would want to eat poison? Why don't you eat my "share,'" if you weren't going to do so already, anyway?" Externally, however, I usually respond to suspicion that many of them just don't know any better, so I try to educate them. I am capable of doing this at a length that might slightly annoy some. Again, I really don't know. I try to react logically, but only to the most charitable possible interpretation of the pusher's behavior. I really have only one acquaintance who is a problem, and he is a diabetic who thinks that his mother's culture is an excuse for his present behavior and abysmal physical condition, whereas my strict observance of dietary guidelines (and salubrious results thereof) is weird.
I consider it advisable to be charitable at first, but you should eventually respond with as much freedom as the offender presumes. It is not cheating to prepare for this! Study and memorize appropriate responses. Don't get even - get ahead!
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