Are you a sugar addict? I am. In 2005 I vowed to quit sweets and have been blogging about it ever since. This website contains product reviews, personal journal entries, the weekly Sugar Challenge, and an ebook for people who want to Stop Being Sweet.

M&M Story

February 08, 2006

My friend is a photographer and he told me this story.

He was shooting a swimming tournament where there was only about ten minutes in between each race. When he could slip away (about once an hour) he’d run to the hospitality tent for food. He’s currently on a special restrictive diet to monitor a health condition and cannot eat all kinds of stuff. The positive result of his diet is that he’s been eating much less sugar (if at all) and he’s seeing and feeling the effects. The negative thing was that he couldn’t eat anything they were serving in the tent.

One time he ran into the hospitality tent and there was nothing but big bowls of M&Ms candy. He said he took a handful and then found himself compulsively eating handful after handful, then ran back to the pool to work.

A half hour later and he felt awful—completely drained.

When he told me this story all I could do was smile. It was as if I had quit a job with an abusive employee and someone I cared about who still worked there had finally had enough.

Hopefully he’ll quit as well.

Posted in My Personal Journal on February 08, 2006

Sugar Free Cookies

February 01, 2006

Don’t shop while hungry! For some reason I went down the cookie aisle and spotted Murray brand sugar free cookies. The chocolate covered crisps looked especially tempting and I found myself reasoning, “They don’t have sugar. It’s not real chocolate.”

Eating them wouldn’t be like eating sweets since they are sweetened with NutraSweet brand sweetener. I was hungry and came that close to getting them—but experience won out.

I’ve eaten many packages of Murray chocolate whatever cookies in the past and always felt terrible afterwards. I knew that if I left the store without them and ate my pistachios instead, I’d forget all about the Murray cookies. And that’s just what happened.

Posted in Tips, Tricks, Info & News on February 01, 2006

Thanks

January 25, 2006

Tonight I was tempted to eat chocolate brownies and European chocolates during dessert. My host said, “These are worth falling off the wagon for…”

My response was, “I can’t. A lot of people are counting on me.”

Kind of funny, but in that moment it hit me that my quitting sugar is not just about me. Had I caved and ate “just a little chocolate,” not only would I feel terrible because of the sugar, but also because people could lose faith.

So…

THANK YOU for visiting and reading! Knowing that I have people who believe in me (and believe me) helps more than you can know. Again, thanks.

Posted in My Personal Journal on January 25, 2006