• Just received my Blook Sugar Solution book yesterday, so I will read all weekend.

    • Aleta, you have taken the first step on a great journey towards better health. I just re-read my book last week (nearly 11 weeks total)

  • Aleta Spivey posted a new activity comment 11 months, 2 weeks ago

    In reply to: Aleta Spivey posted an update in the group Diabesity / Diabetes I just joined today and looking forward to this community of helpful new friends. I was just told on April 12, 2012 that I have Type 2 Diabetes. […] View

    Thank you all so much for your help. I should be getting my book by next week and look forward to
    starting the process to become healthy.

  • I just joined today and looking forward to this community of helpful new friends. I was just told on April 12, 2012 that I have Type 2 Diabetes. Since then I have lost 16lbs. I have Dr Hyman’s book on order and look forward to reading it and getting to a new healthly state of life. I have found that I have no energy left at the end of a work…[Read more]

    • Aleta, Welcome.

      I do not have a soft drink addiction, but I have a sugar addiction. Big time. I switched to mostly no calorie sweetners, but it never stopped my addiction to sugar. I have been sugar and sweetner free for about 5-6 days now and I have no cravings. It would appear that for me, at least, sweetners have the same impact on me as…[Read more]

      • Kristina,
        You are so right about those artificial sweeteners that we all believed helped us with our sugar addictions. They helped alright. They caused similar cravings for foods without any sugar in them but very, very sweet flavor from the sweeteners. I used to crave the delicious ATkins bars I enjoyed instead of sugary treats. I found…[Read more]

    • Hi Aleta, Welcome. You are in the right place. I’m addicted to sugar. I also craved diet coke. Gave up diet coke. When I first started the program 2wk2d ago I used a pure veggie juice fast for the first 3 days. It’s not in the book. It was my way of getting started and getting that sugary taste out of my mouth. Now I drink water and green tea.…[Read more]

    • There are all kinds of wonderful herbal teas out there. Find some that you like & you can have them hot or cold.

    • Thank you all so much for your help. I should be getting my book by next week and look forward to
      starting the process to become healthy.

  • Aleta Spivey became a registered member 11 months, 3 weeks ago