If you saw my last post on backing off on sugar for a bit, you will see I am a “sugarholic.”
So I went seven days with no added sugars (OK, there was some sugar in my peanut butter. In fact, it’s hard to find peanut butter without sugars. Even my Skippy Naturals has sugar in it. What the…? Only Laura Scudder’s so far does not. But I digress.)
On the seventh day I had a Java Chip Light from Starbucks. Light is good, right? Except for one thing: It triggered my sugar craving big time because it does contain sugar. I was surprised. Seven days with no sugar, a little bit of sugar and then – bam!
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Really? Sugar is good for you?
Probably not. But for me, anyway, it’s good mentally. I live for sugar.
As humorist Erma Bomback would say, “Just think of all those women on the Titanic who said, ‘No, thank you,’ to dessert that night. And for what?”
I would never had said “no, thank you,” and I would have died a happy woman. Sugar is the elixir of life. It makes you happy, warm and fuzzy. Whether it’s in the form of dessert or Starburst, it’s a lovely and comforting chemical. (Starburst, BTW, are hard to eat while driving. All that unwrapping is probably not safe. Just suggesting.)
SUGAR SPREE
With all the deadlines I’ve been on lately, I’ve been a bit indiscreet with my sugar consumption. The last week or so it’s been sugar morning, noon and night. I’ve been so happy about it, too. Until yesterday, when I started to feel crappy. I disregarded my work and slept half the day away. I passed out last night and slept in this morning. I’ve been nauseous, too. Before you think I have the flu or some other illness, the truth is really this: I have a sugar hangover. And my body is rebelling.
So today I cut myself off of refined sugar.
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