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Originally Posted by Dustycat73
Well, I am trying to follow the American diabetes association's diet but I binge on snicker ice cream, peanut butter m& ms and a smoothie from Baskin robins. It was bad. I have hard time going without sugar. I am an addict. Any advice?
Managing your sugar cravings is the worst. We all feel like addicts! But it's truly poisonous stuff. I would highly recommend the book,
Sugar Nation by Jeff O'Connel. It was the first thing I read when I was diagnosed with T2 and it really helped to frame exactly what I had to do and why.
I am relatively new to dieting/ managing diabetes. I was diagnosed 4 months ago. I have found that low carb is really the only thing that will keep my sugars where they need to be. In 4 months I have gone from an a1C of 13.5 to 5.9. The sugar cravings are much more manageable when your sugar is being managed properly. I definitely have cheat days (I think they are important) and I try to plan them and use them to be motivated to eat well on all the other days. I have found that my "daily fix" can be taken care of with 1-2 sugar free jello's, a bit of cream and maybe half an ounce of dark chocolate.
We all have binge days. Just keep moving forward. Good luck!