SUGAR FREE AFTER 1 WEEK

So – I made it – PHEW! The first week, which is the hardest for me to go sugar free, is behind me. Of course I had plenty of help from my one legal “dessert” which is 85% chocolate. That means, of course, it is pretty bitter, but it gives you a sense of chocolate while being a MUFA (mono unsaturated fat) which is high in antioxidants, low on the glycemic index, and supposedly good for the waistline when its that dark.

SO I can’t weigh myself since there is not scale, but my clothes feel decidely better now.

I don’t feel so repulsed by my own lack of self control.

My cravings have diminished from last week. They are not gone. I made my daughter’s Pony Birthday cake and celebrated her birthday. When I was cutting the cake the whiff was divine. But -I wasn’t sorry I didn’t eat it.

My husband calls it “law of diminishing returns.” The first bite would have been pretty good. The middle part – non memorable – and the last bite would have been too sweet. So I fast forwarded though that process mentally and was done.

Also I passed up the Annual CHOCOLATE FEST here in Homewood. Chocolates of all shapes and sizes. I look forward to it every year – even though I usually forget to go.

But since my son can’t have ANY sugar (except fruit) since he has yeast issues, IBS, and Asthma – all of which are adversly and very obviously effected by sugar – it was a little easier because I felt like I was on his side as well.

If any of you haven’t started NO SUGAR TIL MAY – start today. Your body will REALLY thank you and it will be fun to do it cyberly. The other girl-fitness blog I go to is doing the same thing – www.fitmepink.com

So you won’t be alone. JOIN THE RANKS!