Can Anyone Help?

I'm just wondering if anyone out there can give me some advise please?

I need to lose weight for health reasons.  I have slightly high blood pressure which, at present, is controlled by medication.

I also have arthritis in both hips and knee's so any extra weight puts more pressure (read 'pain'!) on both area's.

I also have a sugar addiction which I have never been able to manage.  My GP has not offered any help so I am doing this on my own.

If anyone has any idea of how to get control of my sugar addiction please let me know!  An addiction cannot be managed by just saying "I won't eat/buy sugary things ."  If that was the case I would have had this under control many years ago.

I walk a fair bit as I don't drive so I get a reasonable amount of daily exercise and I am out walking most days. I've had this sugar addiction since I was about 10, which was around the time I had to start talking all kinds of medication for my health problems, and I am wondering if the addiction is related to that. As I said, my GP has not been any help.  My other option is to see a different GP, which is easily done.

I thought I would ask you guys out there first and see what response I get!

THANK YOU in advance!

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New Christmas Card Idea

This is a Christmas card I made for a friend last year.  It's quick and easy to make not mentioning FUN too! See the rest of the card in the post below. I can still only publish two photo's max at once so that's why this is card is in two posts.  It's frustrating and very very slow.

At the back of this card, the red bit folds over the back so it can open.  You will see what I mean in the post below this.

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Christmas Card

This is the card open (top photo) and the bottom photos has the red piece open to show the vellum which has the message written on.  The pink card is covering the message so I could take the photo.  It is not part of the card.  To make the slits to thread the ribbon through I have used a punch I have.  It was a whole lot easier than cutting them with a scalpel!  (And less dangerous!)  I used a heart die to cut out the heart, but you could use any shaped die you like.

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"Ouch!"

Here's what happens when you close the door (with force!) on your thumb!  At that precise moment in  time, when the pain hit, I became aware that I could swear in seven different languages - previously it was only two, English and Italian!

This was taken the day after I did it and the nail went even blacker than it is here!  It is now (4 weeks later) starting to peel off and the new nail is underneath.  The nail bed is damaged but I think it will recover.

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Handmade Heart and Ponies

 This is a heart I made for a friend, for Christmas.  I used one of my heart nesties to cut the felt.  I also used a snowflake die to cut the snowflake out.  I hand stitched both items and added a gem stone to the center of the snowflake.

These are some ponies I made several years ago.  I decided to hang the from a miniature umbrella and added them to my Xmas decorations.  I stitched these together on the sewing machine.

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Butterfly Mask

 Just before Christmas I went to a bbq where the theme was Masquerade.  You had to make your own mask and wear it.  I made a butterfly mask and decorated it with various 'things'.  I attached a piece of elastic to the back of it.  The mask was made from a piece of pink Bazzill card with a backing of some white card to give it some padding.  I won the prize for the best mask!  Third year in a row!

Here is a close up of my mask.  Lorraine M might recognise some of her flowers on here, the pink and yellow ones are some you sent me!  I made the butterfly at the bottom of the mask and the three flowers opposite the butterfly.  I sprinkled some fine silver glitter on the mask then sprayed it with hairspray, but it is not really visible in this photo.
I also sprinkled glitter in my hair...I really sparkled that day!!
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Chocolates and Christmas Crackers!

 This was my prize for winning the mask competition.  Sadly the chocolates had nuts in them which meant I could not eat them.  I have a severe allergic reaction to any kind of nuts.