We went to my husband's cousins house today for a family gathering. Her son had gotten married a few weeks back and it was a party in their honor. (BTW - she is super sweet!) I love all the food they had on the menu but didn't eat any of it. Rolled Taco's (most people call them taquitos), burritos, stuffed jalapeno's, chips, dip, etc. Well, I have been doing so well at keeping my blood sugar 'in control' that I just couldn't bring myself to eat any of it.
The family all talked about me. I know they did - I walked in the kitchen and they were talking about me. I'm sorry that their menu options were so unfriendly towards a diabetic. However, I'm not sorry that I stuck to my new way of eating and didn't give in (not even a single potato chip!).
I want to live a long life. I don't want to die at 55 like my mom did. I want people to accept that not everyone can pig out or even eat the same way as they do. For some of us, it really could be a matter of life and death. If I don't keep my diabetes in control, I will end up on insulin. I could have kidney and other failures.
I choose LIFE over food.
Well if they did I'd imagine it was out of admiration. Not too many people could go to an event such as that and abstain from eating the good stuff. I know I probably couldn't.
ReplyDeleteKind of surprised they didn't have a veggie tray of some sort.
And if they were talking trash about you, well, eff them if they can't take a joke.