| Reba,
Welcome to the forums. I do encourage you to get your blood sugar values down. Resticting your carbs and getting more exercise will really help.
You really don't need to worry about chocolate itself, you need to worry about carbs. Chocolate itself is not the source of carbs, it is the added sugar. I would suggest that part of your battle is probably cravings for the carbs. As a first step, you need to start to look at alternatives to the 3-Musketeer bars. There a wide range of lower carb alternatives. As an intermediate step, try some alternatives that are better for you. Try to find a bar that has 10 to 20 g of carbs per serving, and just eat one.
Over time, as you reduce your carb intake, you should find your cravings are reduced. You should also find that as a chocolate lover, you still can have chocolate, just not chocolate with 11 teaspoons of sugar (yes that is what 46 g of carbs equals).
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...brian T2 since 7/05. 48 yrs. 5'11 195 lbs.
Exercise, very low carb diet
HbA1c 9/07 - 6.3%, 3/08 - 6.2%, 6/08 - 6.2% |