No Sugar = No Limits

July 16, 2010 ↓ Comments (0)

Years ago, when I was obliviously eating tons of sugar, I went mountain biking with some friends. It was one of those “let’s ride together this weekend” kind of casual invites. Mark had been biking pretty regularly and he was looking to act as a mountain-trail tour guide of sorts. As a result, he took us over some tricky, hilly terrain. I’ve ridden bikes my whole life but about 20 minutes into it I got completely wiped out and had to stop. All of the energy drained from my body and I nearly passed out.

Everyone waited and stared as I lay against a tree just trying to breathe! It was awful and embarrassing. Who knows what I ate for breakfast that day; I can’t recall. In fact, I never made the connection between sugar and that event until years later.

No-Sugar Power

At the end of August, 2010 I am going to embark on a 450-mile Beyond Petroleum Bike Ride. I’m pretty confident that I will survive simply because sweets are no longer a part of my diet. I’ll be blogging here at the Stop Being Sweet blog about sugar and food as I ride and the details of the trip will be located in the BP section of my site. It should be an interesting adventure!