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Fighting Holiday Blues Food Problems
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Jan 5, 2018 | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
Hi, @retiredteacher -- that sounds hard at Christmastime, and I'm betting you are not alone, just as @vanin11 said. I am thinking that other members who've talked about diabetes may have some thoughts about craving sweets at holidays, like @motiger, @vdouglas, @jchp, @sciondiva, @donnasues, @oldkarl and @dougmann.
Have you ended up baking for your husband, or how have you decided to negotiate making and having sweets around and your diabetes?
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Very true, @retiredteacher
Weight Watchers has some helpful thoughts - everything in moderation is a good rule of thumb. Enjoy your cookies~and have a lovely holiday!
Teresa
Sounds very reasonable, @retiredteacher. Thanks for the perspective on this.
I love the "certified cookie monster" comment, by the way!
This is a great plan, @retiredteacher. Moderation is the key in most things, diabetes included!
Very. good,advice. I too am addicted
to homade cookies. I want to
to get off the craving. I do all the
shopping and cooking, and, find myself
taste testing.
I know Weight Watchers is good,but,
Driving at night to meetings is not
easy.
Everyday,I say this is it.
The best thing for me is to be
accountable to another person.
Is it possible that I could weigh in
at myClinic.
I'm 22 miles from a fittness center.
Any advice
Thanks success101
@success101 Good morning! I have just taken a container of homemade cookies and fudge out of the freezer. I chose to put only a small amount out, because I know that my first taste will not be my last!
I want to give you a link to a discussion in Healthy Living Group. It is titled: Staying Motivated for the Long Haul.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/staying-motivated-for-the-long-haul/?pg=1
I think that by reading thru it, you will find some good ideas as well as some resources you might find helpful. I suspect that after the holidays, that activity might pick up!
I hope to see you there in 2018!
Rosemary
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I am using slice and bake to have some cookies for my husband. I am not going to make a large quantity because he doesn't need to stuff himself on cookies either; he is a certified cookie monster. I will do two kinds and that's it. I will probably eat one or two because I think I have to stop obsessing over my sweet tooth. It's like any diet; if a person deprives himself/herself, he/she often eats too much of the other bad foods to try to compensate and then in the end eats the sweets anyway. I did Weight Watchers a long time ago, and the leader always said that. If you crave, eat a small portion and get over it. If you don't, deprivation sets in and makes it worse.
retiredteacher