Super Bowl Extravaganza-- When do you indulge yourself?

Type 1 and LADA
#1

On the old Cosby show, Bill was allowed to eat anything he wanted on his birthday. I sort of do that for the Super Bowl. Salient points:
--I live in Redskin land, which should tell you immediately how I fell about football.
--I generally do not indulge myself.

SO on today's menu are Buffalo wings (soaked for 24 hours in buttermilk, FRIED like grandma used to,) and cover with a miraculous sauce with Frank's Red hot as the main component. AND caramelized onion dip and real honest-to-goodness Lays potato chips. No fruit, and the only veg is celery sticks and the various onions. LOTS of fat (homemade Blue Cheese dressing, fried food, dip and chip.)

I KNOW I will pay tomorrow, but this is my Cosby day. I may even drink some wine.

What are your indulgences?

#2

I'm making chicken wings and potato chips today too, I don't think they'll bug me too much tomorrow. The 5:30 game time is handy and I haven't eaten too much. Probably vodka though, less calories than wine!! LOL...

#3

Love it!

#4

OK, today... Having some Doritos with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese, microwaved, and a little gluten-free beer.

#5

Wow, you guys are making me drool, lol. I'm not a sports fan so I can' t use the Super Bowl as a reason to feast, but maybe I should? Potato chips and doritos sound wonderful!

#6

That is not an indulgence, Trudy!! :>) All of us PWD need to let loose a bit and enjoy some things!! (periodically, with care, knowledge of treating indulgences--like all the good docs teach us...)

Just ate 5 wonderful wings (see notes above, some chip and homemade caramelized onion dip, and a glass of wine. Two hours later--97!!

Overnight could be another story..

#7

Pass me some homemade guacamole and corn chips please…

#8

I wish I could find a good alternative to corn chips for guacamole. Though honestly, it's quite good on its own.

#9

You can do veggies, corn chips in moderation aren’t as bad for me as potato chips.

#10

I am physically incapable of eating chips in moderation! So I pretty much avoid them . . . :(

#11

Since I am the sports-anti-fan, I am ot indulging myself. But I did make a football pizza (you can see a picture on the Pillsbury recipe website) It's a rectangle pizza, smothered with mozzarella and fresh parsley, and the pepperoni is arranged in the shape of a big football. The laces are made with string cheese. I sent it with my husband to the neighbor's. I do however firmly believe there are no calories, fats and carbs in food eaten on your birthday. Most recent splurge was crab, shrimp,and lobster mac and cheese. If I hadn't been in a restaurant I would have licked my plate. It was yummy.

I had a hard time figuring out the bolus - it was too dark to read my Calorie King book (even using my pump as a flashlight. I decided right then and there to get a smart phone. Now I have to learn how to use it!

#12

I did m indulging on Saturday with a burger and fries with 2 beers. I’ve down this meal a number of times lately, this is the first time it kicked my ■■■. I think its because a specialty burger type place with strange homemade buns that were much more dense than I’d accounted for, plus larger portion of fries. As soon as I saw the plate came out my intuition told me I had unde dosed, so I discreetly poked a couple more units into my stomach right there at the table (something I have a huge inhibition about doing). I was shopping in a town about 80 miles up the road all day, after lunch found myself so tired I couldn’t even think strait. Tested 2 hours after eating, was at 250ish which is higher than I’ve been since days following initial diagnosis… Took hours to come back down and felt like crap. I can’t believe I was functioning normally back then my levels were so much higher than that and I didn’t even know…

#13

Me too, I will just eat the whole bag once I start of half maybe. I recently discovered some low carb crunchy treats at Wholefoods which would go great with Guacamole: Alive and Radiant Veggie Crunches in different flavors and Brad's Raw Crunchy Kale, also in different flavors(this one spiked me I think due to rice in a miso flavor additive maybe). You can make your own Kale chips too by baking them in the oven, cut off the spine. I tried this but mine went soggy the next day. Unfortunately you have to put some desiccant in with them apparently to keep them crunchy.

#14

I actually did great. Used a long time square wave and woke up at 101. See people, we CAN indulge.

I love everyone's spirit! Thanks. You all made me feel great. GO PWD!!

#15

I have had Type 1 for 33 years with no issues with cholesterol so when I indulge its gotta be Bacon its high in fat and doesn't bring up my Blood Sugar (the old joke I'm not fat I'm Big-Boned would cover it)

#16

Ice cream, pizza and alcohol are my biggest indulgences! Although for the super bowl this year, I had some chocolate cake. ;)