Sugar is my problem area!!!

I try to eat low gylcemic foods so that they pass through my system at a much slower pace and make me feel more satisfied. I also take a Chromium supplement to regulate my blood sugar levels when eating. Hope my answer helped.

Know the difference between good sugars and bad sugars. Fruits have unprocessed natural sugar. If you are going over your sugar because of fruit don't worry. Try to buy other products that are sugar free. If you have a big sweet tooth honey is not a bad idea.

I got tired of seeing the 'red'......so I removed it and am now watching my calcium.......Just did that today actually. I had some raisins and honey with my steel cut oats this am and that put me over on sugar.......forget it.......

can you share some examples of low glycemic foods?! i'd love to focus on that!

Very interesting article http://motherjones.com/environment/2011/03/fructose-sugar-hfcs#

Here is the most interesting paragraph.

"Unlike glucose, which the body stores in various tissues for use as fuel, fructose is sent to the liver for processing. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California-San Francisco, has shown that it causes a buildup of fats there, triggering a host of health problems including diabetes, gout, and heart disease. Most worrisome, Lustig says, it can lead to insulin resistance, a hormonal snafu that makes you feel hungry even when you're full. "The way fructose is metabolized leads you to want to eat more," he explains—no great revelation to anyone who's ever slain a pint of Ben & Jerry's in one sitting."

Fructose is the sugar in fruit. So while fruit has other good benefits, it has the most difficult to deal with type of sugar.

I hear ya sista!

I used to try to eat sugar free candies and such but had such negative reactions (bloating, stomach aches, etc) that I found that to be counter productive. Instead, I look to ALTERNATES to my favs. I love dessert after dinner so instead of making brownies, I have Weight Watchers desserts on hand (my fav right now is the Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake ice cream bars for 110 calories) If I'm craving sweets during the day, I might get a non-fat sugar free latte from McDonalds or have a 90 calorie special K bar (The chocolate chip cookie ones are great). I also have turned to Hard Candies instead of chewables. I love DOTS, Nerds, and other non-chocolate candies so instead I have jawbreakers. I have fewer of them because I can't bite them, so it seems to help. Sugar free gum and diet coke are my other assistants in time of need.