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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bogie" data-source="post: 2017181" data-attributes="member: 185765">Sugar is a toxin. Sugar is an addiction. Sugar is a carb. In our society, it is almost impossible to totally avoid sugar. Depending on your age and how long you have been a "sugar addict", stopping "cold turkey" can be harmful and very discouraging. Looks like you are in your mid-life stage - a time of many life changes as we age <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I was also a sugar addict and was diagnosed as pre-Diabetic then Type 2 later in life (4 years ago), and I am 70. 70 on the outside and 35 on the inside <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  I inherited Diabetes from my mother's side of the family (long family history). She is 93 and also Type 2, and also diagnosed late in life (about 15 years ago).All that said, just like being an alcoholic, you will always be a Diabetic and a lifestyle mindset is the first order on the agenda. Management is the key ingredient. Slowly the heavy craving will stop but you will most likely always be tempted by that lemon danish, butterscotch ice cream, birthday cake, and fast foods ... but that also will diminish.  The less sugar/carb-rich foods you eat the less you will crave them over time. I can't stand white bread anymore, but still like bread (only lower carb versions - whole grain with Quinoa, for example, that are 6 or 7 carbs per slice).  Snacks are now pieces of cheddar cheese or peanut butter on crackers. My appetite has slowed down considerably as a result.  My wife says I don't eat enough, but I feel full after a small meal and quite often cannot even finish that. Breakfast is a Boost Diabetic drink (14 carbs) and if a hunger urge hits mid afternoon then the SlimFast Advanced Nutrition drink hits the spot with only 1 carb.I am on Jardiance (Metformin does not agree with me at all) and that also helps. Meals are small and as low carb as I can psychologically handle. Meat is good.  As we are told at the Diabetic education at our local Diabetic Clinic, "You can have a McDonalds Big Mac .. just don't eat the bun." LOL.Life goes on and you will feel better overall due to a new lifestyle mindset and adjusted diet.May the force be with you!</blockquote>

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