Pre-diabetic And Still Want Cake

Until recently I used to find it difficult to name my favourite food but not now.

I love a Sunday roast with all the trimmings, including Yorkshire puddings. I love a sausage sandwich and a burger with lots of onions. I love Chinese food particularly noodles and I love pasta dishes, (when I was younger I wanted to marry a cook), and then I discovered Mills & Boon romances, and a chef on a white horse? No the image just didn't do it for me.

It wouldn't be right to not give a shout out to my mum. My taste buds tingle even now at the memory of her chicken curry. For a vegetarian, she always got it so aromatic and flavourful. Her curries and mine will be for another blog.

Now, if it was my very last meal (because I'd done a dastardly deed for real, not in my fiction), I would not choose anything savoury. Hoping the authorities wouldn't be 'tight' on me, I'd check/request that my plate, tray or table would be a supersize one, on to which my beloved would be ladled, spooned, or dished. So, a deep breath and starting with apple pie and custard, I'd continue with my list until told I'd gone beyond the prison's budget or just ordered to stop.

This I had in Knutsford a few weeks ago.
Apple Crumble with cream. Had it been with ice cream the sweetness would have done damage to several areas of one's, ahem, physique, one of which is the face.


This muffin with shop bought blackcurrent jam is just a sample (the picture was taken quickly because it kept nagging me to eat it), of a lovely friend's baking. Just like its brothers and sisters it was oh-my-actual...so yummy. I told myself I would share them but I ate four. As a result, I had spots galore.

This dessert I had recently at a pub in Newbury Park. Under all that syrup the apples were a perfect blend of sweet and tart.
Much as I felt guilty about not eating it all (I wasn't paying for the meal), my taste buds actually rejected it.

Wouldn't it be nice to eat all of the above without repercussions? I used to be able to with negligible weight gain. But now it is a dream.

I love our NHS and am very grateful for it. At the last annual maintenance on me, the tests showed my cholesterol and sugar levels were too high. I am now pre-diabetic and have to watch everything I eat and drink.

It's tough when you've a sweet tooth. Sugar in my tea, cakes with my tea, biscuits with or without tea, etcetera. Plus, when I am writing, I snack. Its as if my brain won't engage with my fingers unless my mouth is being rewarded!

After searching the internet and discussing my 'condition' to death, I'm currently experimenting 'mix and match' with artificial and natural products to sweeten my drink/food in order to meet my cravings.

See my Stevia plant? I'm loving its sweet leaves but when I soaked them in water...I couldn't stand the look or taste.

Natvia: I have to add about a quarter spoon of granulated Tate & Lyle to make it palatable. In fact it enhances the flavour of my morning coffee, but in tea I still find it 'not right'.
Xylitol: This I'm fine with but it does mean more trips to the bathroom, so it's being used sparingly.
Stevia Sweetners: These don't do it for me. The taste lingers on my tongue for ages.
Honey: I love this but it increases my sugar levels and so am only using it as a treat.

I can't resist fruit but am cutting down on it. I've tried coconut sugar too. It was very expensive and delicious with a sort of caramel taste, but one of the worst ones for someone with my diagnosis.

This is an incredibly delicious lemon cake that another friend who makes cakes the traditional way (without cutting back on anything), made for me. It doubled the rash on my face and so I was forced to find a kind soul to take it off my hands. My nice neighbour came to my aid :)



Another session with the diet nurse soon. Let's hope the levels are lower.