sugar and i have had a tempestuous relationship, a love/hate thing that is increasingly becoming just a hate thing. the reason for the hate? how much incredibly better i feel when i am sugar free. i can lose up to 7 pounds in one week, just by going off sugar. that's a lot of water retention. and when i'm off sugar, i don't have cravings, food tastes better, meals are more enjoyable, healthy food is much more appealing, i can think more clearly, i have more energy, and the list goes on.
when i am off sugar, i can't imagine why i (or anyone else) would ever eat it again. but then a birthday, or worse, a holiday, comes along, and before i know it i am craving, bloating, and rabby, again, and what's worse, i don't want to stop eating sugar once i'm sucked back into that crazy cycle.
i big thanks to my beloved friend mary for inspiring me to go off of sugar again. she has been sugar free since august! yay mary! that was until thanksgiving, when we got together and made her gain all of her weight loss back again with one fell swoop of sugar frenzy. but i'm sure that she is sugar free again and back to normal.
since it is the holidays, i am allowing myself one sugar day, with moderation, a week, in hopes of being realistic.
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ok, i was doing good until we made fudge this week- my favorite!
Posted by: glor | December 08, 2009 at 01:37 PM
Truer words were never spoken--sugar is our enemy along with all the high fructose corn syrup that is in almost everything and of course the aspartame and the splenda (really rat poison) and other harmful things. If we could take proper care of our bodies we would feel the Spirit much more. A friend of ours eats vegetables and a little fruit, straying from that very rarely. He says that he receives inspiration unlike he ever did before. He has followed this for over 10 years now along with regular exercise. He is 73 and looks like 58. He has a beautiful countenance as well. I wish I could be stronger. I am in charge of the dessert for the family parties--now what?
Posted by: Renee | December 10, 2009 at 06:51 AM
SO, how's it going? Are you still sugar free? I finally decided to go caffeine free. It wasn't as hard as I always thought it would be. I quit in September...
Posted by: Bebe | January 05, 2010 at 03:22 PM
I am so off now! I don't know what to do with chocolate and pastries at every turn -- inspire me!
Posted by: Mary Smith | January 10, 2010 at 10:58 AM