Boy, does this sound familiar. Diet Pepsi (among the other goodies) were the culprit with my wife. After reading up on aspertame, she stopped cold turkey. That ALONE resulted in a weight loss of twenty to twenty-five pounds. (That southern sweet tea didn't help, either.) When we returned to the People's Republic of New England, she was 'diagnosed' with Type II diabetes. Fortunately, we were both aware of the alternative options, so my wife pushed for a referral to a nutritionist. Good move. The doctor just wanted to throw all the traditional medications at her symptoms. (What else is new?) The nutritionist drafted a menu for her (basically eliminating white bread, sugars of any kind, and restricting carbohydrates.) In THREE months; she dropped ANOTHER thirty pounds, and got all her blood sugar levels down to the normal range. She went to the doctor, who AGAIN recommended several medications WITHOUT even consulting the chart to look at what she had accomplished!!! She insisted he review her NEW weight and glucose levels. After expressing his astonishment, he 'concluded' that she could do WITHOUT medication. KMA, pharmaceutical cartel...you'll have to get by without OUR money. Re: exercise...just try to go for a short twenty-minute walk in the evening. VERY good for you. :-)
People don't realize that splenda, aspartame and all those sweeteners actually INCREASE your desire for sweets. My blood sugars are around 200-240 even in the morning so I have to make up my mind and soon to cut back on those wonderful, delicious CARBS. How I love them. But I agree, walking would be the best thing for me. Around Christmas I went shopping and walking around the stores every day or so for a couple of weeks and my blood sugars went down to 120 or less. I'm so lazy. But I'm working my way up to doing it. Thanks for the response. Love, Maryxxx