Excuses? How not to cause offence?

Bottom line: Tell them no. If they persist, tell them no. If they are offended, tell them no and roll your eyes. :bigsmile:

That's what diabetics go through all the time.....people offering them food they shouldn't have and acting like you should eat it because they made it.

When someone offers me food that I can't have, like the cake you mentioned, I just look at it and say, "No thanks, that stuff will kill you." I don't care of they like it or not. It's my health that's at stake, not theirs. They won't be the one who will go blind, suffer kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes, or amputations.

It really bugs me when I tell them that I'm diabetic and need to limit my carbs to less than 100 a day, yet they insist that "One piece won't hurt you." They don't understand that they aren't the only ones pushing food at you saying the same thing....that one piece won't hurt you. If you add up all the "one pieces" during the week, it totals a whole lot of extra calories and carbs.

The quickest way for me to get them to stop shoving food at me is to politely refuse, then if they insist, refuse again. If they still insist, then I go into "shock therapy" mode.

I'll look at them and say, I really don't want any, and I know I shouldn't, but if you insist, I'll try a piece. I'll eat a piece, then in about 5 minutes, I'll start pretending to shake. Then I'll make sure everyone knows that I feel really bad, so I'll sit down. After pretending to shake for several minutes, I'll fall off the chair onto the floor, holding my head the whole time, and roll around on the floor, "Screaming, "I knew I shouldn't have eaten that! I knew this would happen! My blood sugar is way out of control!"

Then I'd yell for someone to get me some water. I'd drink it, then slowly lessen my shaking until I completely stopped. I would slowly climb back into the chair, put my head down on the table, and I'd keep saying, "I KNEW I shouldn't have eaten that!"

After that, I guarantee that they won't offer me anything else to eat, and will never insist that I eat something when I have already refused to eat it.<g>

I call this my shock therapy mode because it shocks the people into learning that when I say I can't have something, there is a good reason for it. It works quite well.

That's what diabetics go through all the time.....people offering them food they shouldn't have and acting like you should eat it because they made it.

When someone offers me food that I can't have, like the cake you mentioned, I just look at it and say, "No thanks, that stuff will kill you." I don't care of they like it or not. It's my health that's at stake, not theirs. They won't be the one who will go blind, suffer kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes, or amputations.

It really bugs me when I tell them that I'm diabetic and need to limit my carbs to less than 100 a day, yet they insist that "One piece won't hurt you." They don't understand that they aren't the only ones pushing food at you saying the same thing....that one piece won't hurt you. If you add up all the "one pieces" during the week, it totals a whole lot of extra calories and carbs.

The quickest way for me to get them to stop shoving food at me is to politely refuse, then if they insist, refuse again. If they still insist, then I go into "shock therapy" mode.

I'll look at them and say, I really don't want any, and I know I shouldn't, but if you insist, I'll try a piece. I'll eat a piece, then in about 5 minutes, I'll start pretending to shake. Then I'll make sure everyone knows that I feel really bad, so I'll sit down. After pretending to shake for several minutes, I'll fall off the chair onto the floor, holding my head the whole time, and roll around on the floor, "Screaming, "I knew I shouldn't have eaten that! I knew this would happen! My blood sugar is way out of control!"

Then I'd yell for someone to get me some water. I'd drink it, then slowly lessen my shaking until I completely stopped. I would slowly climb back into the chair, put my head down on the table, and I'd keep saying, "I KNEW I shouldn't have eaten that!"

After that, I guarantee that they won't offer me anything else to eat, and will never insist that I eat something when I have already refused to eat it.<g>

I call this my shock therapy mode because it shocks the people into learning that when I say I can't have something, there is a good reason for it. It works quite well.

I am laughing so hard I have tears in my eyes!! Funny very funny!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Are you a type 1 or 2?
My fifteen year old daughter was diagnosed as a type 1 a little over 2 1/2 years ago people need to respect the fact that some people are managing not only their weight, but a serious disease! Boo Hoo for the baker geesh but keep on baking someday she may need advice on how to manage her own diabetes!!

Touchy.... Umm.... "sorry, but I recently found out that I am having a bad reaction to sugar"...... (silently) uhh like it makes me gain weight. Maybe next time they bring in fruit?