What If You Ate Sugar By Accident?

February 24, 2010 ↓ Comments (6)

So, the other night, Gwenn and I made cookies. I usually make the dough (sugar-free) and then she takes her portion and adds chocolate chips. I add unsweetened carob chips to mine. That’s how we do. That’s what we did. All was well.

The cookies had been baked, removed from the oven, and cooled. In fact, we’d eaten some of them by the time I walked into the dark kitchen and reached for my last cookie of the evening. I picked up one of mine and took a bite only to find it was one of hers. Whoops! They look the same in the dark. It tasted like chocolate. It was sweet. I ate a bite of cookie with chocolate chips that were sweetened with sugar. But life goes on.

For anyone who isn’t a “sugar addict” you’ll think this is a silly post. Who the heck cares if I eat sugar? I agree.

For anyone who is a sugar addict you’ll understand that this kind of mishap is a dangerous spot where someone’s monkey mind might convince them that it was fate. The devil on your shoulder might tell you that you should roll with it. Perhaps go on a week-long sugar binge since you tainted your sugar-free stretch. Had I been two weeks into my sugar abstinence, I might have cracked.

My Point

The only way to stay off sweets is to stay off sweets. You have to stick it out. It’s all about choice — YOUR choice. The world works in mysterious ways and, given the fact that many major corporation in the food industry work 24/7 to put them there, sugary foods will somehow make it to your lips from time to time. Sometimes it’s by choice. Sometimes it’s by accident. Either way you have to roll with it. It doesn’t mean you messed up and have to “start over.” You already started. You’re on and you stay on. Just keep going and live in the now.

Comments · What If You Ate Sugar By Accident?

Kirin Bir
Mar 07, 2010

You know it’s funny- in the past few days, twice i dreamt that i ate sugar by accident. This happens to me a lot when i refrain from eating certain things.

Does this happen to you guys?

DavidVanadia
Mar 08, 2010

It is a good thing. See this post.

TimGiangiobbe
Mar 23, 2010

I am no doubt am starting to feel about sugar the same way.The CRAP is addicting and I know it.I feel it is more dangerous than oher white crystally substances like Cocaine and Crank.I feel that it is so readily available,and that control is going to be a Huge effort.I also feel that way because I do FEEL sugar screwing me up.I have no choice but to give up coffee with 8-10 teaspoons and Gatorade with added sugar,and damn near syrup Iced Tea.Yes the monkey has it’s claws dug in deep,vicious little bastard the Sugar Monkey.Good luck and I hope at least one of us wins before we LOSE.

DavidVanadia
Mar 23, 2010

Tim, you have begun! Start by taking out one thing at a time. You’re doing it.

Lou
Feb 02, 2011

This is where I am: as soon as i avoid sugar, i won’t eat a full box of cookies for example but if i have only a bite or even less, i can’t just stay there, i need to eat all the box and even a 2nd box, and then a tub of ice cream and so on… That’s what i call hell… I really hope to be done with that because it is actually ruining my life !

DavidVanadia
Feb 02, 2011

Eventually you’ll come to know that it can’t just be “one cookie” and you’ll refrain from falling down that hole.