I haven't acquired a taste for lobster yet; maybe if I tried it once it would help. But two men at two tables next to us did have one and, yes, they were gargantuan.
Had a blast at Blue Ginger last night. The food was exquisite and although I really tried as hard as I could to get a realistic carb count I think the milk chocolate panna cotta did me in. It was the best chocolate pudding I have ever had but not sure if it was worth the 256 blood sugar that followed. A few corrections got it back down but not something I want to repeat, although restaurant week goes through next week and there are still a few places I want to try. I don't know this year it seems everyone is serving panna cotta for dessert. Maybe I'll see if it is gluten free and bring it home for my husband. I don't normally eat dessert anyway.
Joshua - I have lived in the greater Boston area for 43 years and have only been to Pier 4 once. When I was a kid we instead would go to The No Name restaurant on one of the fish piers. With a family of 6 my parents liked their prices much better.
Today I eat Pizza in office and then I was start feeling thirst which means sugar level gone high but then I did 20 mins excercise, now feeling better. :)
I loved to eat rice but coz f diabets No more rice :P
I don't eat out much anymore unfortunately due to not being brought what I order etc. It spoils my whole dining experience. I'm on low carb and it is difficult to find good food that is really low carb. The last problem was in a hotel- the turkey burger I ordered tasted like sawdust- not turkey and the cheddar cheese was american cheese. I sent them back- they wanted $12 for that and a salad! My bg went up anyway from some nice plain chicken they brought me, I'm not sure why.
I love indian food but I'm scared to even try that now as I would have to overdose myself on insulin and I would probably still shoot up too much.
I think most people really have no idea what we go through in terms of diet and what our needs are, but you would think people with severe allergies would be more understanding and curious about it.
I was at a friend's house for dinner in June who was very annoyed with me for even asking what was in the steak sauce she put on the steak, she gave me way too many carrots after I told her I have to eat smaller portions- Another friend(who has serious food allergies and who carries an epi pen) kept telling me to eat more strawberries after I explained to them how I bolus a certain amount of insulin for what I plan to eat. I had to explain to her that I just got out of the hospital from two different stays where I could have already died from this, but it really didn't seem to make any difference.
As far as the high bg goes they prolly don't have any idea what it can do over time... why not send them a link which gives them that information? It wasn't common knowledge in the hospital I was in- their sliding scale would only give insulin to people when their bg was above 140! I had to argue with them to be allowed to do my own readings and to use my own insulin for meals. I would have had seriously high bg the whole time there otherwise. They gave me my basal and I did the rest. The food was so high carb that it spiked me up a lot anyway.
Next time I would skip the cake and eat a small amount of fruit maybe instead because most restaurants which are individual places can't and won't provide that information unless they are required to, they probably don't even know the carb content let alone anything else... it sucks big time.
Sad about the turkey burger - although even really good ones tend to be dry no matter how you cook them. Any time you eat in a hotel it is going to cost a fortune regardless of how good or bad it is. I still love to go out to eat and I am still very new at carb counting but I am getting more confident. I usually bring my own salad dressing in a small rubbermaid cup. It holds about 3-4 tablespoons and at least I know how many carbs are in the sugar free balsamic vinaigrette. You can't always be sure with salad dressings but usually they are packed with carbs. As a general rule I'll get a salad, broiled or baked fish - salmon, cod or whatever and some type of potato. A glass of wine or two and it still works out to about 30 or 40 grams of carbs.
I would watch out like hawk for deadbeats using MSG.
Make sure they not use. It causes liver to dump glucose like crap and ignore metformin.
The better the Chinese restaurant the less likely they use MSG. MSG is designed to "boost flavor" and if the ingredients are fresh and quality they don't need boosting.
I carefully watch out for:
a) no or zero buns/bread. Watch out on appetizers - chipmunk portions
b) eat fish/chicken - keep portions small, watch out on steaks, prime rib and rich beef.
c) 1/2 or less baked potato and vegetables.
d) sauces are bad - flour and thickening agents
e) skip desert or a few small swipes of partners desert( non diabetic.).
Generally Ok but watch out for swweet wines/drinks that can zoom sugars.
keep portions small and do not overeat! Clare seems to have wired well. I agree with her summary and selection.
Hey meee, I dont intend to offend any one. But you being from united states have so much troubles imagine people from a country like india, where in myths and belief’s are more important than a person’s needs !!! Sad to say that indians and their mentality needs to grow up !!!
What myths and beliefs are these? I read "Sacred Games" a novel by an Indian American author Vikram Chandra, that implied with a few characters that a paunchy stomach was a sought after symbol of affluence.
I have friends and co-workers (and a boss!) from India and without exception, they all believe that my diabetes could be cured if I was just pure of heart and mind. The only reason I haven't cured myself yet, is I'm just a lazy slacker.
Well tim ask them not to be nosy !!!
22 or 23 years ago, I was at Antony's Pier 4 with my girlfriend at the time. I think she made me wear a tie and suit. Yes giant lobsters. But I am not a lobster fan. She was. She had lobster, I had some sort of much more tame (for a boy from Iowa) breaded fish.
Wow that was a long time ago :-)
there are plenty of myths and beliefs in india
For eg: 1.eating starchy foods is considered sacred!!
2. No trimming of nails after evening!!!
3.Still caste, creed are believed!!
4. Some go for alternative medicines from quacks than from a certified doctor.!!!
5.some still use cowdung to smear the floors of their house thinking its a good omen!!!
6.some still believe breast milk is a witch milk and thus deprive the baby its essential nourishment!!!
7.some dont space their children, and ultimately the wife dies of anemia!!!
Hmm, the starchy foods one seems to be the most obviously related to blood sugar issue?
5.some still use cowdung to smear the floors of their house thinking its a good omen!!!!
wow... that makes me ill just to think about that... ! I hope they aren't walking around barefoot after that.
I personally have not heard of the starchy food one or of any of these though. Do you live in India?
that's true about hotels but this was a sheraton so I expected the food to be better at least- the breakfast was better. that's good to bring your own dressing..I usually just use the oil and vinegar but then you never know what oil it is and due to warfarin I'm not supposed to eat canola or soybean oil and some others. I do that too, but no more potatoes or anything like that, and the portions are just too big overall for me.. but overall it just turns into a huge stress for me so I avoid it which is sad because I used to love eating out for the most part.
nothing is more important than my needs now as far as I'm concerned with regard to diet and health, so people can do whatever they want to or believe whatever... and I have had people tell me all sorts of nonsense already about D, but what can you do, you have to just worry about what you need to take care of for you.
As for the traditions that take place in India - India is a huge country with billions of people. There are thousands of different religions and beliefs and traditions that vary from village to village, even. Some are bizarre sounding, some possibly relatable, but not everyone in/from India believes these things.
As for eating out, I have difficulty eating out for sure. You don't have a nutrition label in front of you telling you the serving size and amount of grams per CHO. I am Indian as well. Family get togethers are just a guessing game: Samosas, pakoras, anything made with besan (chickpea flour) are big culprits in raising blood sugars and keeping them high, not to mention all the types of sweets we have!
If you make the items yourself it is easier to know how much chickpea flour was used, etc, but when you're eating food made by other people (restaurant or otherwise) it's hard to say because some people are health conscious and use minimal ingredients whereas others go for taste and don't care how much they're using or how much they're frying things.
I just hope that the positive changes that are taking place these days continue (such as restaurants having nutritional information available for patrons). I hope it starts in Indian restaurants as well. :)