STRESSED = Dessert spelled backwards

Luckily, I was never a huge sweet eater. I think I've wanted more sweets since I was told I shouldn't have them, than I ever did before I was diagnosed! By The Way: Notice I said the word "Shouldn't"! Just so you all know, just cause we're diabetics doesn't mean that we can't have any sugar! We actually do need carbs, and as I was taught, a carb is a carb is a carb! We can have a piece of cake (if we trade it for another carb! That may be trading it for some of our milk, a piece of bread, or the apple for lunch!) Sometimes we just have to have something sweet, ya know? I'll teach you some tricks later on!

HOLIDAYS ARE NUTTY:
During the holidays, I don't know what it is about people adding nuts or peanutbutter to everything they make that's sweet, but it seems very common. Cookies, Fruit Cakes, Peanutbutter pie, Peanutbutter fudge, chocolate fudge with nuts in it! Jello with whipped cream and a nut on top! I've always been allergic to nuts, so that's not as hard as it used to be. I can turn my head to that, and over the years I have found awesome substitutes for the Holiday Treats that I can't eat. However, that was before I found out I was diabetic. ... ... now it's back to the drawing board for me!

TEMPTATION:
It's hard! I admit that it was hard on me during the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays this year. I'm not going to lie! I splurged, and I know that it will show on my next A1C! There was so many sweets always laying around, tempting me, and calling my name! Until very recently, I could eat those sweets, (or at least I was!)

My favorite sweets during the Holidays!I do love Oatmeal Pie during the holidays, and then my aunt made me some sugar cookies made with Splenda and she always makes me a bannanna bread without nuts for this time of year. I couldn't let it go to waste! Thanks Aunt Vi! Then there's the dreaded EggNog. I LOVE Egg Nog! I swear I used to drink a half gallon a day... be sick as crap at night, and still love it! That all changed this year. I did drink about a quart of EggNog throughout the entire holiday, ate my banana bread and sugar free sugar cookies. I love food in general, but as I said earlier, I didn't crave sweets as bad as I have since I found out I was a diabetic.

Man was I glad when the holidays were over! No more Temptations!

TIP:
Add some cranberries to your turkey sandwich for a little sweetness during the holidays! Leave off the top piece of bread if you need to, and eat an openface sandwich!