Gearing up for Halloween ‘09

October 24, 2009 ↓ Comments (3)

My “annual sugar binge” is coming up. While at the store yesterday, I grabbed some sugary snacks that I haven’t purchased in a long time.

Sweets from the store It was a tough decision between the Fruit Loops and Captain Crunch with Crunch Berries but Fruit Loops were on sale and so the Tucan won. If I had more time (to eat sweets) I’d have purchased both boxes. Got a bunch of Reeses, some KitKat, chocolate covered pretzels (didn’t realize how many until I got home), chocolate covered almonds and some peanut clusters. Who knows why Pop-Tarts make the list each year, they never make me feel good.

The man in front of me at the checkout had a conveyer belt full of healthy food. There wasn’t a single sugar product in his cart. I began to get self conscious. Three people got in line behind me and purchased three boxes of chocolate chip cookies. Probably each person had their own box for the night’s activities. It made me feel better—not so crazy.

Also on my list for this year: Ice cream and chocolate mousse. Other than that, nothing comes to mind.

Many people ask me why I eat sugar at all. Why not just go straight through the year and make it two years in a row? The answer is that I don’t want to. I’m also not sure I could. A year is plenty of time to avoid sweets. Having them and then avoiding them is one of the best ways I know to exercise my willpower. What’s more, after a year I really want sweets. My mind starts to think that I can handle them and that I could eat them again in moderation. It starts to seem like a good idea to reintroduce some sugary snacks back into my diet. However, this would be bad news and so I simply eat for a few days and then stop being sweet again. It works for me.

Comments · Gearing up for Halloween ‘09

Mary Lin
Oct 24, 2009

Noble middle path, my friend. Like the Buddha says.

Maybe add some xylitol, agave syrup, or other low glycemic - sweetened items to your diet from time to time and I bet your need to binge will be less.

Mary Lin
Oct 25, 2009

Another thought; I think the main culprit is/are the refined carbs that you have an allergy/addiction to. Once I eliminated wheat from the diet, following on corn, the sugar thing is not such a big deal.

Wheat is a huge problem. The wheat in the US is garbage, bred to be nothing like it’s ancient counterpart, spelt, and we’re so over-exposed we probably all have an intolerance to it. When the med doctors *finally* figure out what an allergy actually is and *how* to test for *which* immoglobulins, it will probably come out that we’re nearly all allergic to wheat and that when we eat it, it causes crazy blood sugar stuff. I am speaking from personal experience. Now that I am off it, I feel a lot better and have fewer sugar cravings, for sure!

DavidVanadia
Oct 25, 2009

The idea of being allergic to wheat is interesting and worth investigating. Corn products are another conversation altogether!