Back Off The Sugar

November 05, 2009 ↓ Comments (2)

My parents are visiting. The other day we had lunch at a deli and I got a chocolate chip cookie. I felt like a kid again.

Yesterday morning was the end of my “annual sugar binge” and we stopped in a place to get breakfast. Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies stared me in the stomach. I wanted one, but not because I craved it. I wanted one just because they were there.

A little voice in my head said, “You can extend your sugar time for one day. Nobody will know and they won’t care. You make up the rules around here.”

I ignored the voice and left without a cookie. Last night I over-ate at dinner but it’s not worrying me. It will pass.

Today will be even easier—for me. My parents are probably annoyed as I’ve pointed out that they’re still drinking diet soda (although they said they had stopped) and they’re still eating the same sugary foods they always have. But hey, you can’t control others. You can’t even influence them. All you can do is what is right for you.

If and when you want to stop being sweet, you will find a way.

Comments · Back Off The Sugar

Marie
Nov 10, 2009

My eating is getting out of hand and I can control it no longer. I think I am a bit like you. I need to absolve completely from eating sweets which is what I do with other substances.

DavidVanadia
Nov 10, 2009

Think of sugar like a person who is nasty and nice—you can never tell which mood they’ll be in.

Sometimes they’re kind and you think you can spend time together.

Next thing you know they’re abusing you again. If that happens over and over you would eventually stop spending time with that person altogether and you would wonder about the people who do spend time with the abusive person.

Sometimes it pays to find new “food friends”.