During the day I’m quite good at not snacking and when I do it is fruit, however, after my evening meal all I want to do is eat rubbish, I know the answer is don’t buy rubbish but with 2 kids stuck at home all day (can’t punish them too much).
Bearing in mind I’m only shopping every 2 weeks or so, so I need things that will not go off too quickly, what amazing healthy things do you suggest? Oh yeah, and I’m T2 diabetic
Interested to hear others thoughts on this too!
I have found making Kale crisps helpful in fighting my savoury snack urges.
But interns of chocolate, I tend to allow myself to have it. I make a bit of a thing of it though, so measure out about 20g of a nice dark chocolate in a nice dish and have a favourite hot drink to go with it. Kinda make a bit of a ceremony if it. So I don’t feel I’m missing out. But don’t overdo it either 👍🏻
I know what you mean about the chocolate, I still have a bar or two so need to replace it with something more healthy 😉
A dietitian told me years ago that if you’re going to have chocolate, have a few almonds with it so sometimes after dinner I’ll have 2 or 3 squares of dark chocolate and a few almonds - it’s a great combo.
Great tip!
Sounds good, thank you!
Hello JonnyBeGood i eat grapes as a snack instead of sweets and we have a Healthy Snacks Topic section please see:
healthunlocked.com/healthye...
You can eat nuts as a snack as these are long life and get you children making healthy snacks with you.
So good luck and do let us know how you get on.
Jerry 🍇
Thank you Jerry, I’ll take a look at that!
I know the feeling. As soon as I've had my evening meal, even if I'm full I want something sweet and once I start I cant stop.
Exactly the same, although I go running, I’ve no willpower at the moment!
Do you eat a bedtime snack that has 30 grams of protein and 16-20 grams of carbs.? When I have blood sugars under 200, I have a Greek yogurt with a 30 gram protein bar so I don't have a severe hypo. while I sleep during the night hours. I also use a CGM 24/7 to be alarmed to the lows since I don't have awareness of feeling low blood sugars.
Hi JonnyBeGood ,
Welcome to the group. Thank you for introducing yourself to the rest of the group. Feel free to continue posting and commenting, asking questions, take a look at the Topics/Events/Pinned Posts/Polls sections for ideas and suggestions for meals and/or snacks. We have a Diabetes topic and also a low carb topic.
Here's the free leaflets from the DRWF's website you can take a look at and show to your doctor at your next appointment. The free leaflets can be downloaded/read/listened to at anytime. There is a leaflet dealing with Diabetes and Diet. The second leaflet deals with Diabetes and Exercise. Click on: drwf.org.uk/understanding-d...
Here's the DRWF and DI group's pages for HU. They are:
DI: healthunlocked.com/diabetes...
DRWF: healthunlocked.com/drwfdiab...
HE Topics: healthunlocked.com/healthye...
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I hope this helps! 
Thank you Activity2004, that’s very helpful!!
You're welcome! When is your next Endocrinology appointment scheduled? I'm suppose to see my Endo. in the next few weeks mid-May. I'm a type 1 Diabetic.
I was scheduled to have a blood test end of March and the nurse a week later, however the surgery called to cancel both appointments as they put me in the ‘vulnerable’ category and said I could call if I was worried about something.
Did they also say to walk around the house for exercise?
No they didn’t, but I have just completed the C25k recently and run 2 to 3 times a week so hopefully that helps me
Okay. If the weather gets bad outside, walk up and down the steps for exercise. I do this when I'm not on the computer or the weather by me is not nice.
Good idea! I was going to buy a cross trainer when all the corona finally blows over, I can save myself a few quid now!!
That's a great idea! Go for it!
That’s easier said than done, although I’ve come a long way to how I used to eat. If I try not to snack then I do have a tendency to break and eat everything I see so I really do need some snacks to stop me binging.
Hi I’m T2 Diabetic Too, my favorite snack go to are almonds, Walnuts, boiled eggs and sugar free jello and cool whip. Not telling you what to feed your kids, when my kids where young there was no junk food in the house. It was given as a treat, their grownups now and don’t eat junk food, sweets is something they really Don’t care for. The saying Goes “you don’t miss what you Never had”. Those are empty calories they don’t need. They have plenty of time for the junk food. Enjoy
Thanks, I like almonds and boiled eggs! My kids don’t get sweets much rather a bag of crisps & a chocolate biscuit or the likes with their lunch.
I think everything is ok as long as there’s portion control. I even eat chips n candy following the ingredient labels. My favorite snack is a Granny Smith apple n boiled egg. They say to always have a protein with your carbs so the carbs don’t get absorbed into the system too quickly.
Frozen grapes,
half a bar of Aldi 70% Moser Roth (72 calories),
a few nuts (10 or fewer, excluding large Brazil nuts),
an apple cut into slices with a teaspoon of peanut butter on the side of the plate for smearing,
150g 0% natural Greek yogurt, flavoured with something if preferred.
Not sure about frozen grapes but the rest sound great, thank you!
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