give up sugar

tastes way better than it makes my head and body and emotions feel after eating it. it’s just hard to give up. especially when i get all hungry and then i forget to eat something nutritious and delicious and i eat sugar and feel like death. i should really get on this one. should get rid of these random sugary foods in the kitchen, a couple of them gifts actually- darn the gifts!

is the white death

i went to my twin half-sister’s b-day party and did eat cake and ice cream, not that much, but it certainly wasn’t worth it. and you know what? i almost died today my cramps were so bad. that’s right- my cramps get better or even go away when i don’t eat sugar. i discovered that some years back and was amazed and incredibly pleased- i have them so bad i throw up medecine i’ve just taken to stop them and then they just get worse until i about pass out. so if you have bad cramps and are considering giving up sugar, try it, and it will most likely work for you too!

yeah i ate too much sugar today but nothing drastic. little things here and there and soda. soda is the devil. i have to get rid of that- alas! it was a soda from whole foods made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup. supposed to be better but yeah, sugar is sugar.

i did eat a hot dog for breakfast which was funny, and way more nutritious than many other things i was considering.

yeah so starbucks is like a walking and blending deathtrap of sugar. today was my first day back in two weeks. i did have a tiny bit of sugar, but i ate a taco for lunch instead of bla bla bla, so it was cool.

i feel pretty good. i can’t tell if i’m all crazy emotionally because i’m getting off sugar (that happened last time i’d have more drastic ‘withdrawal’ symptoms and stuff) or if it’s other stuff. we’ll see. i plan on continuing.

i think my friend and i are going to get sushi for dinner so that would be really good. better than panera where they have unlimited soda refills!

today is a new day. with every second i can choose to eat or not eat sugar. last night i had some key lime pie and boy oh boy was it good. but then i was in a bad mood. but it could have been other things contributing as well. anyway, today i haven’t eaten any overt sugars, so i’m doing alright. i really want to stick with this one.

my mouth sometimes says it wants sugar, but it definitely has been telling me lately to get away from it now.

i think i have an open wound, or cavity if you will, and when sugar is poured on it it cries and procreates itself.

ouch

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This link here is for potatoes not prozac- a wonderful book about changing your eating habits to facilitate giving up sugar. I read this book and used it to help me quit cold turkey and stay off sugar for over a year.

That was a few years ago. I haven’t tried anything like that- it’s only been a day or three at most and then I go back to sugar.

When I gave it up I had amazing results- better overall mood, felt better physically and had more mental clarity, and other positive things- like greatly decreasing my cramps (I had had debilitating cramps each month before giving up sugar). I also lost weight, but at the time I was already skinny so people got upset.

Now I am slightly overweight and would love to get healthy again. Giving up sugar reduces other cravings and I think about food less- but at the beginning I think about it most of the time.

I’d really like to go a week because I know that seems easy but is tough. Sugar is in everything. So I want to at least give up overt sugars like cookies, cakes, candies, ice cream, etcetera!

I didn’t have anything too bad yesterday and so far today has been alright (but I haven’t gone to a food store or anything).

Anyway, it’s a worthwhile investment and it’s nice to see other people trying to do it too!