7 months ago after 'failing' that blood test I made the changes mentioned above, I lost 25-28 pounds right away but put 10 of those pounds back on somehow. The bread wasn't replaced by anything though and giving it up was frustrating although I didn't hesitate to order a sandwich while out which wasn't often, I just had to avoid bringing that bread/butter into my home. I even stopped buying 'Goldfish' crackers to put in my soup, chips and all those snacks had to go too.
GLTHC did recommend I buy Ezekial 4:9 bread products instead & I did buy two loaves in that 7 months. Ezekial 4:9 is made ONLY from the ingredients found/listed in the bible for making bread. Their cinnamon raisin bread was awesome but knowing my weakness for overindulgence I opted to abstain from that too. Sinless bread would just be an excuse for me to lay (Land O' Lakes) on the butter.
I don't drink any liquor, maybe 5 or 6 drinks/beers in a year if even that many, I'm sure there's been a year or two here & there where I didn't consume even a single alcoholic beverage.
I have a VERY addictive personality but giving up bread seemed easy enough to do, once I gave up the bread several other food items followed rather naturally. There were many nights when hunger pangs for a piece of buttered bread would haunt me, I'd even go so far as to consider going for a ride to buy some but the concern for my health stopped me every time.
I've had some success in the past in losing weight by doing this:
Go shopping for your groceries normally, while shopping pick out ONE sinful item and eliminate it from your purchases, stick with NOT buying it again and eliminate another item as soon as you're comfortable in no longer buying the first, after 2 or 3 months shopping you should be able to drop several bad items from that grocery list.
I wish you and Ann luck Desi, I can now swear to all that the carbs in white bread & similar products are the cause of bad blood sugar readings, I know I'll never return to buying regular breads and other high carb baked goods.
YES, I still might go to BK & have a burger from time to time and/or have a sandwich on white bread but not bringing those items into the house is key.......