To feel down about food this weekend

[Megapops]

The heatwave seems to have brought with it tons of sugary/fatty food adverts everywhere, and everyone talking about BBQs and all the delicious food and booze they're going to be having this weekend. I feel really overwhelmed and bombarded by it (I don't even have social media or anything.)

I'm not overweight (BMI 21) but have a high risk of getting diabetes (rife in my family) so I eat very plain foods, no sugar, no booze. I also put on weight incredibly easily. It's a real burden for me as I love food.

Just been to the supermarket and everyone is piling up their trollies with ice cream, cream cakes, crisps, sweets, fizzy drinks. How comes everyone else can stuff their faces with sugar and fat with no consequences? Makes me sad.

I'm one of those people with a trolley of booze, ice cream and snacks today. We have friends over tonight. But my lunch was salad. And come tomorrow I will be back to sensible 1200 cals a day. It's all in moderation. Not all those people will be eating the junk every day. And those that do will have consequences, eventually.

Not all of them have consequences.

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Youre wrong. The uk has a huge problem with type 2 Diabetes!

diabetes actually isn’t my specialty but people don’t stuff their faces without consequences.

People who stuff their faces wirh sugar and fat will have health consequences. It's not just about being overweight. They may develop high blood pressure, diabetes etc

But, for most people, it's ok to eat a bit of unhealthy food from time to time

OP are you ok eating soft fruit? Strawberries and raspberries are an amazing treat at this time of year and relatively low in calories.

It is not true that everyone who eats unhealthily suffers the consequences. I have seen this. Bodies are more complex than that.
Just as not everyone who smokes heavily suffers the consequences.
But the risk of negative consequences is higher. It is about risk, not an absolute.

So a person with a BMI of 21, comes here to speak about their diet of yoghurt, vegetables and salmon - with faux whining about how they “can’t” eat pizzas and chocolates and burgers.

spare me the wide eyed naïveté here.

it’s a stealth boast and/or isshoos around food.

I too have a lot of health problems ATM that mean I can't eat what I would like, and may never be able to. Happy for everyone else though, so I'm afraid yabu.

@FinallyHere Not disagreeing with what you are stating. But lots of people could be reaching for sweet white wines, ciders and perries- "It's alcohol, so my blood sugars should come down" and obviously it doesn't because as you say, the alcohol's accompanied by loads of sugar. (I've done courses where people have actually said this).

What are diabetics told re alcohol now? When I was much younger, it was simply "Don't drink, it messes things up too much". I know T1s used to be offered the DAFNE course, which addressed how to adjust insulin dosage with alcohol, eating takeaways and judging portion sizes when eating at home/ away.

@Megapops Do T2s or pre-diabetics even get any proper real-life dietary advice, or is it just a miserable list of stuff you aren't allowed to have? 😞

And yet around half the adults in Italy are overweight or obese and childhood obesity is rising fast.

im just diagnosed diabetic on insulin, and i make my own yoghurt and ice cream. Breakfast was a whole meal blueberry waffle with homemade yoghurt, loads of berries, a sprinkling of seeds and a boiled egg. It was delicious!

Just bought an ice cream maker and make my own ice cream with very little sugar and sweetened with fruit.
I do miss cake and have a little bite of whatever DH has
. I hate the taste of stevia and most artificial sweetener so wont bother with them.
My go to treat when we are out is an iced coffee atm

Jeez, get a grip, and a life. I’m thin, eat a healthy diet and exercise, doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy cake or chips when I fancy it. Eating junk food every meal time is an issue, here and there is not only fine, but probably beneficial to your overall well-being. Stop being ridiculous and have a bloody Magnum!

There are plenty of healthier foods to eat during a heatwave - melon / watermelon, cucumber, ripe and juicy tomatoes, all sorts of salads. Healthy food is balanced and nutritious, it isn't restrictive or punitive. If you want to eat a burger at a BBQ, one meal is not going to do the damage, it is a cumulative effect of repeated unhealthy habits.

We're definitely not stuffing our faces with fatty and sugary food - it's too hot for that kind of stuff. I've got in lots of fresh veg and salad leaves, will grill some home marinaded lean meats to go with it and none of us really want a lot of carbs. And honestly, the odd glass of wine or ice cream here and there won't make you diabetic. Try looking up some recipe ideas - healthy doesn't mean bland and boring.

Blimey that sounds lovely to me. Much better than all that cheap bbq meat with weird chemical sauces followed by fake ice cream that the supermarkets are pushing.
Give me a lovely big salad and fresh British strawberries over that junk.

is it just a miserable list of stuff you aren't allowed to have?

@Siouxtse1 The low carb / high fat way of eating has had really good results, T1 and T2. The acronym FLGV, ... load of good veg plus meat & fish & butter, creme sums up the approach, which minimises blood sugar swings and tends, for many T2 diabetics, to reduce weight and move sugar control back into pre or even non-diabetic responses.

Delicious food which it is a pleasure to eat.

The NHS has not yet officially caught up with the benefits of low carb, but https://www.diabetes.org] have been enthusiastic advocates for years now.

The increase in prevalence of T2 diabetics correlates quite closely with the encouragement given to adopt of low fat high carb way of eating. It's not my place to point out who funded much of the research which supported the adoption of low fat high carb, either but it is very interesting.

The trashing of John Yudkin's reputation after he published his bestseller 'pure, white and deadly' certainly fits the same model, alongside suggesting that 'brown sugar' and brown bread, even when it is still made by the Chorleywood process.

I would love people to understand these truths but there is an uphill battle against formidable opposite interests.

Salt and fat doesn't make people diabetic or overweight unless you eat too much.

Our BBQs are mostly marinated chicken and vegetable skewers, other lean meats or fish, salads and I've just made Canarian potatoes and the sauces are amazing.

Granted if I have too much of that it is a lot of fat and carbs but it's just a minor part of the food available. I don't have much bread or any sausages or burgers or anything sugary.

You can eat so much more than plain food without being miserable and providing that you eat sensible portion sizes and mostly eat healthy food then you can enjoy yourself without risking your health.

You know can cook vegetables, lean meat and salmon on a BBQ, yes?

Advocates of Low Carb High Fat argue that it is sugar rather than fat that causes the damage.

I put weight on with foods like that OP. I know I would be slimmer if I hadn't snacked on chocolate and other assorted naughty treats all my life. Am a size 14 and currently doing a 'No Snack Pact' so no snacks or pudding at all. My dad did this and is noticeably slimmer now. I am still having lovely dinners etc but just not eating in between, and I do feel better and trimmer than I did before. A total snack ban is easier to stick to than an actual diet or low carb type thing - nice meals still and you don't obsess about what snacks you're allowed because it's a blanket ban. But you don't feel deprived because you have nice meals. And a vodka and coke here and there.... seems to be working for me anyway.

I stuff my face with crap in winter. But in summer I like salmon on the bbq, or halloumi, watermelon and feta salad, grilled veg.

I agree.

Where are you hearing/seeing this? It’s not on social media, so it must be in person or TV ads?

TV ads are planned in advance. They’re featuring the same amount of summer stuff as ever, and that is always crap junk food and BBQ meat & beer. You can train your brain to think it’s crap food, then the ads don’t seem tempting!

In person, I can’t believe loads of people are telling you in detail about their delicious food plans. That would be a bit odd.

What can you eat - focus on that instead of what you can’t have. Salad, salmon, these are delicious things! You can drink crushed ice drinks with natural flavourings or soda with lime etc.

In order not to feel deprived, you need to be convinced that you’re not missing something. And you’re not. Enjoy what you can eat, make the most of what you can have.

Go to an old peoples home - NO resident is obese or even close

look at the elderly women and men a walking around - ever see someone obese who looks more than 70?

i don’t

Even my diebit family members enjoy bbqs and ice cream in moderation. Let alone people without it like op...

Sorry to hear about the poster who is called picky! That's pretty shitty attitude and I would not be visiting again!

Yes I do. Father in law was overweight, died at home at 89. His neighbour was overweight all her life, died at home at 86.
Lots of people do lose weight though in the last years of their life usually due to declining health. It is very common.