1. Eat something before you go to any party or “get together”. This is a great tidbit of information. It is also good for non diabetics that are watching their weight. You will be so much less inclined to stuff your face with the fillers and high carb fluff!

2. Offer to bring a dish, especially a dessert dish, that you know all the nutritional content about. This will allow you to enjoy a small amount of sweets without gorging yourself on 101 sugar cookies and cheesecake bites. And what is even better… you know exactly what the carb count and serving size is so you can enjoy without worry.

3. Bring your own beverages. I know you think it is tacky but I do it all the time. So many hosts do not provide diet sodas and low carb juices or flavored waters, so I always have my own as back up in the trunk of he car. I don’t drink alcohol at all so the flavored, carbonated waters look pretty in my wine glass and I don’t feel totally left out!

4. Do not taste and sample all the dishes on the spread. Pick 3-5 that you know you like and stick with them. Always include a high protein, meat type choice. Also, fresh veggies are always a good choice, at least compared to jello salad or potatoe bake!

5. Remember that you are human and if you have a bad day there is always tomorrow! Be kind to yourself and give yourself a break. You have to think about your diet and nutrition 24/7 365 days a year so one bad day should not set you into a downward spiral!

By the way… I have a confession, I ate some sugar cookies that my kids made last night and they were really yummy!

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The Food Awareness Toolbar acts as your own food-search browser tool on your desktop — free of charge! It works just like a Google search, but for food data. All you have to do is click on the browser you use (either Internet Explorer or Firefox) to download and install the food-search browser tool to your computer. Then, any time you are curious about a food’s nutritional content, the answer is only keystrokes away.

The Joslin Diabetes center and Calorie King have teamed up to bring you this handy dandy tool. It was designed in order to promote food awareness, which we all know is vital in the treatment of diabetes. I am personally going to download it to offer an additional service to my diabetic readers. If you wish to have this tool at your disposal, check out Calorie King and download it for yourself. I really think that it is a great idea all around. And better yet, it’s free!

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Why did I not taste it myself you ask? Well, the carbs were 57g, calories 550, and even though the protein was 38g and the fiber was 9g, I still couldn’t bring myself to eat it. The foods are advertised as wholesome totally organic foods that are heart healthy and diabetic friendly, as well as satisfying. No doubt in my mind that they are somewhat heart healthy, after all they are frozen which means the sodium content is high, but diabetic friendly? The company is Organic Bistro.

Now, I am not giving them a bad review. I am curious to know what you all think about that nutritional content though? How do you watch your diet? Are you a strict carb counter or do you look at the carb, fiber, protein combo, or just at the sugars? Do you prefer the balanced food pyramid?

For me personally, I would never eat something that had 57g’s of carbs ever, never ever. Unless it was a big ol’ hunk of cheesecake, ahh beautiful cheesecake! Focus Kendra. I prefer to keep my meals to around 35-40 carbs, 3 times a day, and 2 snacks to around 10 carbs.

Just like everyone, I have bad days, but I try really hard to stick to my diet. It works for me. When I get of track, my sugars immediately go up, up, up! So tell me, what is your diet plan?

By the way, my husband said that the frozen wholesome organic meal tasted like a whole lot of nothing. He was running for the Old Bay seasoning within 2 minutes. Haha…

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