After yet another traumatic experience in the hands of Dr. K.L. (my dentist), I have decided to give up sugar!!! No joke. Needless to say, this decision was not an easy one to make... and I'm surprisingly serious about it. It's been 3 days now, no ice cream, no pie, no cake, no cookies, no candy, no slurpies, no bubble tea, no chocolate, no soft drinks ... well except for once a day (which is allowable). Instead I've been drinking a lot of smoothies and soy milk (which I now love after swearing that it was one of the most disgusting things ever for years), and eating a lot of fruit (luckily it's cherry, raspberry, peach, blueberry, and watermelon season).
I'm trying to focus on the positive sides: no more cavities, i.e. no more hours of pain and lectures about sugar every 6 months; no more sugar-induced breakouts; and getting rid of my sugar addiction?? (if that's a positive thing...) It's particularly hard in the evenings, when I want a snack: I've come to realize that all my snacks are sweet!! Did you know that there's more sugar in vanilla yogurt than vanilla ice cream? So any suggestions on sugar-free snacks would be greatly appreciated.
I once again feel like I'm taking yet another reluctant step along the path to adulthood. I remember wondering, as a kid, why it was that no adults liked sweets as much as I did... according to K.L. having a sweet tooth is simply an addiction to sugar, and if I stop eating it, then I won't crave it, or like it as much anymore. Seems the time has come for me to grow out of my sweet tooth: wish me luck!!
Monday, July 27, 2009
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It's true! You stop eating it and POOF you stop wanting it! I tried this once, you see, and then realised that sugar is one of those lovely things in life that people should indulge in every once in a while, whether or not they crave it. Just because... it's happiness in a food!
ReplyDeleteBut good luck, I'm sure you'll do wonderfully :) It just means that when you DO eat that piece of chocolate, it'll taste so much better!
BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!! There is a great new flavour of pure sugar Shiso Coke waiting here in the fridge for you!!!!!! You can't do it...give in now and start saving for false teeth!!!!
ReplyDeleteDoobie Uncle Greg
You know what - it is not really sugar addiction! That word is way too loaded, and since I am a sugar fiend myself, I have done the test. And here I agree with Emily: the less you eat, the less you want. Addiction would mean to suffer immensly upon withdrawal, I just get a bit crazy when I ween myself, on the hunt for other replacements. I am not rolling on the floor with foam in front of mouth, ;) I often wonder: since sugar reminds me of childhood, maybe I need some other attention. Some loving kindness, and when I cant get it from anybody else (so I think at times) you can start with yourself... ;)
ReplyDeleteGREG!! You should have more confidence in your niece! It's been 10 days now, and counting! The first 8 days with only a dessert a day, 2 days no desserts whatsoever. And today I didn't even put sugar in my tea!!
ReplyDeleteI'm still on the fence though, Emily and Irena, it's been a hardship so far... and I still seem to crave sugar, but now that the hot weather is past, at least I'm not craving slurpies or ice creams just to cool down!!