Aaron: What’s your weakness?

10 March 2010
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I was reading Nic’s post this weekend called ‘Devil in the Pantry‘ about trying to resist the temptation of eating the jar of Nutella and it got me thinking about what, out of all things that sit in my pantry from time to time I have absolutely no self control over. That is, if it’s there, it’s gone regardless of how much insulin I have to pump in.

This may seem strange but for me the list is…ahem:

Ice-cream cones
Caramello chocolate
Turkish delight
Lemon flavoured glucodin tablets
Rasberry licorice – yum

There are a couple of others on this list of mine too I have to admit but what about you guys?

What items,…

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By Aaron on 10 March 2010 at 9.00 am
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Devil in the pantry.

7 March 2010
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I was shopping at Pak n Save today (yes, it’s all glamour in my world), and heady with the thought of all the savings I was making as opposed to my usual shop at Countdown, I made a spontaneous decision to buy a jar of Nutella. Now – I’m not actually sure I’ve ever had a jar of Nutella in my house, and I can’t for the life of me remember the last time I actually ate it (must have been yeeeears ago, I’m thinking probably on a crepe in Europe somewhere). However, nearly all Nutella enthusiasts I know say they can’t actually have a jar in the pantry, because it’s so addictive they will keep going back and back…

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By Nic on 7 March 2010 at 12.00 pm
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64 packets of Mentos.

26 January 2010
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Thanks to Sianne, Aaron and Lucy who all contacted me today to tell me that 1-day.co.nz have got another special on Mentos – 32 packets for $12.99.

I’ve just been on and bought 64 packs – crikey! If you want to get some you should probably hurry, as these deals sell out quite quickly.

1-day.co.nz

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By Nic on 26 January 2010 at 2.38 pm
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Carbohydrate surprises.

19 January 2010
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You’ve heard Aaron and I both getting thrown by the unexpected low number of carbs in popsicles. (here and here).

The other night I got another surprise about the surprisingly high number of carbs in the pita bread I was eating (55 grams!)

What other foods have you been taken aback by which were much higher or lower in carbs than you would have thought?

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By Nic on 19 January 2010 at 9.35 am
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Guest blog: The T1 tyre

18 January 2010
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I mentioned in my post about camping over New Year that I am no Brad Pitt and that little thought spurred another which then spurred a conversation with my friend about weight and T1 diabetes.

We are all well too aware of the hazards of eating crappy food and putting weight on for no other reason than being a little over indulgent but my friend and I were talking about how us T1’s have got a little more than the average person to factor in if we want to be the belle of the ball. If I exercise I tend to go low and gobble some glucose, if I aren’t paying attention then I have hypos, since going…

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By Aaron on 18 January 2010 at 8.31 am
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