Going Sugar Free

So... I'm not going completely sugar free, but I am trying to keep added sugar out of my diet. I am having blood sugar issues any time I eat anything sweet, including drinking juice with dinner. So... I'm finding myself looking for substitutes again, since I can't live completely deprived of sweets!! For the most part I've been able to cut stuff out without too many problems, but occasionally I just WANT something sweet, you know? So here's what I've found...

1. Splenda Pop. =D Shasta is my favorite, because it's cheap, and the grapefruit and root beer taste yummy! Diet Hansen's soda is good, too, but hard to find around here and more expensive. Same with Diet Jones.

2. Hunt's Pudding - sweetened with Splenda! Woohoo! This has been a recent favorite. =D

3. Activia Light - I had to switch the yogurt I was eating because Yoplait has too much sugar in it and was making me light headed every time I ate it. So I switched to Activia and picked up the light because it's all Costco carries. Sweetened with sucralose!

4. Great Value enhanced vitamin drink packets - One of the few things I get at Walmart, but a great alternative to regular water.

I'm sure there are others, but these are the ones I've been enjoying lately. Some sugar doesn't bother me, but it's been a crazy ride trying figure out what does and doesn't bother me, and just how much is too much. I'm hoping to get some tests done in January to see what the problem is, but for now I'm just trying to avoid the dizzy.

I'm too tired to say much about today.

We had a lovely steak dinner and ate outside while Eliana played in the sprinkler. I didn't eat well for lunch because I forgot my carrots and dip at Tamara's house, and that's what I was planning on eating before my class at Keepsakes! So instead I had some Reese's candies before I drove home because I was feeling dizzy and didn't think it wise to drive without SOMETHING in my system! Not good, but oh well. I didn't pass out while driving home and I consider that a blessing! I really thought the nice big protein rich breakfast would have helped stabilize my blood sugar, but it was apparently not enough to carry me through until dinner. Oh well. Tomorrow we have a picnic after church, but I don't think we'll go to it. I think Leif is hoping we can get out and do something together as a family.

Well, I am falling asleep, so goodnight!