Well Christmas has been and gone and the first since my diagnosis and what I’ve learnt about myself is I’m pretty rubbish at giving into temptation if it’s there.
Was given some fancy biscuits and chocolates which given the fat content I shouldn’t have eaten but as they were there I felt compelled to eat them and it just wasn’t one now and again hubby and I shared the chocolates which ended up being three each from each pack gone in one night. The biscuits in two tiers one gone one day the other the next. I suppose the only good thing is they’ve now gone so no more temptation and luckily I didn’t feel too bad afterwards win win!
As for the actual day we went to friends for lunch who know I have pancreatitis but obviously don’t know what that actually means as I was offered alcohol on arrival. I forgot pork was a no go but luckily only had a tiny bit with my turkey and had a sausage and a pigs in blanket. Avoided roasted parsnips which was a shame as loved them but as there were only roasters had a couple.
As for pudding avoided cream but didn’t realise the pudding had alcohol in it until I was eating it. Must admit didn’t have much else to eat when we got home so again didn’t feel too bad.
The moral I’ve learnt is I’m just going to have to just eat what I can when we go out in future and not to feel that I should have something I know I should avoid.
All in all even though I was feeling anxious about Christmas I managed to navigate it and it went better than I thought and enjoyed it.
New year is the start of getting stricter with myself. I’ve even bought some rice cakes to try.
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