Re: Apple Crisp was Re: sweet

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Thanks . Lou

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--- Debstar1962@... wrote:

> I actually do understand what you are saying. You

> are saying I should

> lie about what I can eat to make restraunts let me

> eat in the way

> that would be healthy for me. I shouldn't have to

> eat smaller

> portions when I don't have to to impress on a

> restaurant. I still say

> as a diabetic you can eat sugar, just limited

> portions. You have to

> count them. I will not lie about what I can not eat,

> and I will not

> explain it.

>

> I went to Carls Jr today at lunch rush. They had no

> salads made and

> would not make one. So I left them hanging with my

> order, and went to

> taco bell. And I didn't leave quietly, I told them I

> was diabetic and

> would not eat at their restaurant if they wouldn't

> accomidate me.

>

> I guess I am just an honest person, and I can eat

> sugar and I will

> not lie about it. This just doesn't make sense to

> me. This post. I

> just stated a simple fact that a diabetic can eat

> sugar. Geez, I am

> doing great and am hanging around 70 to 95 range for

> my carbs. In the

> short week I have been back on this list, I have had

> enough. I think

> I will leave again. I get enough support from my

> friends and family.

> I surely don't need to be somewhere where I am

> attacked and my words

> are picked over for the purpose of finding fault

> with whatever I say.

> I have disabled kids, and a busy life, I don't have

> the time.

>

> I am back,and I came back because I missed

> you. I wish you the

> best, but I am leaving because I don't want to deal

> with the stress

> here any more. I don't need it. Geesh, all this

> because I pointed out

> the fact that diabetics CAN eat sugar.

>

> Love, Debbie

>

>

> > You obviously don't get my point. It has taken a

> long time for

> people with

> > diabetes and other dietary needs to get the point

> that their regular

> > offerings may not be appropriate to eat. They

> are now willing to

> > substitute when asked or allow us to eat off the

> senior (smaller

> portioned)

> > menus. If you keep the pushing that diabetics can

> eat anything

> they want

> > these options will disappear and all of us will be

> stuck with things

> > prepared their way with no substitutions.

> > Yes diabetics can incorporate sugar into our diets

> like any other

> carbs but

> > we still have limitations and always will to some

> extent. We still

> need the

> > option of substituting for a more appropriate

> items like fresh

> veggies or

> > fruit. And don't want that disappearing because

> businesses think

> we can eat

> > anything we want at any time. Sometimes its

> better to keep our

> knowledge a

> > bit under wraps as far as the general public is

> concerned for our

> own

> > survival and peace of mind.

> > The truth sometimes can cause more problems than

> it helps

> especially when it

> > comes to the business world.

>

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