I had a tough time today....

Hi vandana, you should feel pleased with yourself for resisting, no one needs all that sugar. Try frozen yogurt instead, it's much healthier and yummier too. I can say no to most things except coffee and free lobster, but that's because I'm on a tight budget.

That is a big commitment, no sugar. There is a lot of dessert type things that you can get that are sweetened with splenda. I think there is even some ice cream sweetened with artificial sugar. Sure it may not taste as good. But you'll get in your sweet if you so desire. If it were me I would have said just to lower my intake of sugar. Not to eliminate it completely because that is just a resolution to be broken. But I wish you all of luck at keeping it. I know I am not strong enough to be able to keep that one.

Well, I am familiar with both diabetes and with denying myself things. My father and 2 of my aunts were both diabetics. At the time, everyone assumed that sugar caused diabetes. Since then, they discovered it is not the sugar you eat that caused diabetes, it is too much blood sugar over a long period of time. Every carbohydrate that you eat is turned into blood glucose (sugar) - so, rice, beans, fruits, vegetables, bread, noodles, etc are all turned into sugar by your body. Actual sugar just skips a step and your body does not have to convert it. Keep your weight down, exercise at least 3 times a week, and limit the number of carbohdrates and you can delay or prevent diabetes from occurring. Denying yourself something - I got lazy with my own diet and I am now overweight again! So, at the beginning of the year I went back on my diet. My weakness is not ice cream - my weakness is chocolate! What I do is - I schedule a reward for myself if I stay on my diet. With your ice cream as an example, you could promise yourself a small amount of your favorite ice cream at the end of each week IF you stick to your goal the rest of the week. Then, you keep telling yourself that if you say no NOW you will be able to have your SPECIAL treat when it is scheduled and remind yourself that if you give in now NO TREAT for another week. Hope this helps.

Hi vandana! It is really great on your part that you were able to control your desire of eating ice cream and this way you could avoid consumption of ‘sugar’ intake. Hats off to you. To my knowledge diabetes does not occur due to excess intake of sugar, it happens due to lack of ‘insulin’ in our bodies. However, it is true that when one becomes a diabetic patient, s/he is asked to avoid sugar. I think minimal intake of sugar is always good for our health, specially when one is growing older. I think for me it would be difficult to resist such a tempting offer of eating ice-cream, when others are enjoying the same.

Hey vandana! Do you have diabetes? Do people in your family have it? Why are you concerned about it unless you already have it? Unless someone in your direct family line has diabetes or you already do there is no reason for an unnatural concern! I guess I would have to have these questions answered before I could understand why you made the statements you made! I have family members and friends that are diabetic and they don't even make statements as serious as you did so why did you?

Hi Vandana, You can still have and enjoy ice cream in moderation. or there are also those sugar free ice cream just to get into your cravings. i admire you for your determination to finally say no to the "temptation". As for me, it depends on my moods. i can give in but just to have a taste of it them i will be fine.

Vandana some things in life are not to be missed. I had a triple by pass surgery about four years back, and I also have diabetes as well as hypertension. I was not taking sweets for a couple of years.After that I have started to take a lot of sweets,I know it is bad, but I do not care.Even today I had sugar pongal, and some sweets.

Everything you do in a day is a choice. I have a picture of slim me and fat me. Which one do I want to be? I let myself have a modest cheat once a week, usually on Sunday, but if there is something on a different day, then I have it that day and don't have it on Sunday. I find one small cheat once a week helps me to stay on the diet longer than never having something at all. Take care. Good going and keep up the good work.

Hi vandana, Belated Pongal wishes to you. Hope you celebrated it well. I am sorry to know about your diabetic and I heard the people who have diabetic are very fond of sugar/sweets because they can’t eat the same. Not only sugar but they should avoid all the food which is growing under the soil except elephant-foot Yam. I should appreciate you; you stood for your resolution. Actually many people lacking this determination and I know many relatives, they are using the sugar and hiding the same from other members at home. They are only affecting then also they can’t resist. Once again best wishes to you. Have a nice day.

I'm with you on this health thing. Like in most food joints here in my country, it is encouraging people to ask for less sugar, less salt and more vegetables. I'm trying to live healthily too and to go green as well. Wishing 2010 a more prosperous year than ever.

Hiya vandana, It´s not so much about stop taking Sugar although it does help is you have to try to avoid everything else you know is loaded with Sugar that is even worse for you. They have way too much Sugar in lot´s of things and you can´t really know just how much either. For example in soft drinks without naming any in particular they have way too much over the top and the fruit juices in cartons too or in Bottles for that matter. So it´s a tough world if they don´t get you one way they get you another.

Earlier like u I was also liking ice cream.Most of the people like ice cream. I have taken a resolution to avoid salt,sweet and pickle as I grow older to keep my body healthy. Since health is most important because as long a we live in the world , we should not depend on others or be a disturbances to others. So, we got to keep up our health. As the time passes, then we get routine to avoid the things which is not good for health.

hi friend, when we take any resolution at first it will be really tough to follow friend.first your mind will say yes later when you follow this automatically you will say no friend.don't give up friend if your resolution wins means you will sure win friend. have a nice day :)

why you taken that resolution which is beyond of you .... but dont worry awake yourself...keep lotting

My mother battled with diabetes for 29 long years. Her diabetes was diagnosed when she was 40 yrs old and the complications came when she was 65, she passed away at 69. I could say that she gave it a good battle because although she had it, she was still eating sweets. She gives in to her cravings but in moderation. She was never deprived of the pleasures of eating ice cream, chocolates, cakes and other sweets. The only thing that she really had to give up is rice which is our staple food here in the Philippines. Rice when digested turns into glucose or sugar as her doctor said, I guess what i am trying to say is a little of everything won't hurt.

Hi Vandana, So you dint have that ice cream ? Let go Vandana, dont worry, afterall we have one life and we need to make the best of it. I believe in ewating well and working hard and enjoying life what may come...when I look back I dont want to have too many regrets at not having done this and not having eaten that ....LOL I am not trying to break your resolution ....I am pretty firm if I make up my mind about something. But making up my mind is the hard part _ all the best and have a Great weekend vandana

Well, I too have the same resolution,,,to cut down on sweets this year. But I find that I am bound to fail if it's an all or nothing deal. So 2 days a week, I allow myself a dessert or treat, Wed and Sunday. So far it's working out well since I know I am have a few days to wait if I am tempted by a treat. You might want to allow yourself at least an occasional ice cream treat or you might fall off the limiting sweets track all together. Getting diabetes has a number of factors, not just the sweets so some sweets won't hurt ya. I hope you enjoy the festival and time with your friends!

Oh that was good to read...till today we had guests and whenever we offered sweets, both the husband and wife would say that they would get diabetics!!! I was quite plum during my high school days, I realised it only when one of our male neighbours commented (which I didnt like much)about it!! I avoided certain food and controled only carbohydrate intake. Recently I got a tyre on the stomach and it took a lot of pain to get rid of it!! Saying no to butter and cheese was very difficult. I ate sweets though. Controlled carbohydrates intake and that was a no pastry period!!! It was a challenge to keep away from all the inviting food when we friends got together, now I am trying to put on some weight and it is not happening!!! hi hi

I have a tough time everyday...but what I started doing is buying the 10 calorie sugar free jellos and the skinny cow ice creams-100 calories...that way I can enjoy and not feel guilty. I have a major sweet tooth myself :) It's a daily battle. Don't be too hard on yourself-you sound very strong..I'd have given into temptation :-P I hope you don't wind up resenting your resolution!

Congratulations on sticking to your resolution! I usually stick to them but not this year. I promised myself I would be more serious about exercising. If it comes down to a choice between sleep (which I love) and exercising (which I don't) I always pick sleep. I keep telling myself "I'll be better next week" and then I'm not. I usually have a lot of willpower and self control, but lately my back and hip have been hurting, so I use that as an excuse not to exercise.