Working On The Book, A Journal Entry

December 04, 2008 ↓ Comments (4)

While working on my book, I kept echoing the sentiment, “Write in your journal.” So I decided to heed my own advice and add a journal entry to my blog. For some reason I’ve been journaling less and less here. Part of the reason is because I’ve mostly been off sweets and so there’s not much of a struggle to write about lately. Another reason is because I’ve been thinking it’s not interesting to you, the reader, to hear about my struggle with sugar.

I’ve been S-L-O-W-L-Y working on the Stop Being Sweet book for, um, 2 years. It’s taken so long is because initially I had to really look at how I managed to stop being sweet. Then I had to understand what I’ve done and be able to explain it to another person. Imagine writing a manual for your job, or for how to be who you are and do something that you do. It’s a little scary and kind of strange. But I’m happy to say that the book is really nearly done—like, a few days away done. And that feels good. I’ve been working on this website and the book in my spare time. It’s not an easy task. In the past two days alone I’ve logged about 12 hours. So what I’m saying is that I hope you enjoy the book!

About Sugar

Gwenn is away and I’ve found myself eating differently. Living with someone really changes how a person functions. It has especially changed how I eat. Gwenn is far more structured than I ever have been. She keeps me on schedule simply by having one. I fall into late nights and long periods of deep focus when she’s not around. Right now I wish I had another 12 hours unobstructed so I could continue writing. I’ve eaten less since she’s gone, which I attribute to her wonderful and caring cooking. I don’t have a weight problem, but I’ve certainly gained weight in the past few months. This is strange because I’m quite active, or so I think. In 2009 I’m starting a new exercise program to get and feel more in shape and learn some new skills. I’ll write more about that as it comes closer.

In the meantime I’m wondering, for those of you who eat sweets, do you keep late hours? Are sweeties late night people? Does anyone out there eat tons of sugar and wake up at 6 am every morning? I used to blame my late nights on sugar, but now what do I blame them on, projects?

Comments · Working On The Book, A Journal Entry

Joy Raboli
Dec 07, 2008

My inablility to stop being a night owl is the single biggest reason that I have not made more progress with my weightloss. At 7:00 pm, I could fall asleep every day. I get up, move around, watch t.v. and waste time on the internet. That gives me my second wind around 11:30 and I have a burst of my best energy all day until I MAKE myself go to sleep at 1:30. I have to get this together! I am way too tired to exercise right now. I am “abusing corn” as my sugar alternative. I have to get a grip!

Erin
Dec 09, 2008

Good luck on finishing the book! After reading your journal entries I quit sugar for the first time. It was really amazing and I am quitting again tomorrow for a year, so of course I am going crazy on the sugar right now and feeling super ill. I know I can do it though, and I appreciate there are people like you out there who are sharing your experiences. I just started an online journal today too. So I can look back on it one day. Anyways, I will definitely buy your book when it comes out. You are doing the world a favor!

-Erin

Erin
Dec 09, 2008

p.s. Joy, you gotta give up sugar altogether. Sometimes, when I am really really dying I eat these organic hemp fudge bars made out of dates, hemp seeds, cashews and organic cocoa. They still have lots of sugar, but it’s better than corn. Once you really cut out the sugar, in like 2 or 3 weeks you will feel like a whole new person. I usually go on a “detox” when I quit sugar. That is no sugar, coffee (if you can manage), wheat, no red meat, no dairy, and only locally sourced and organic fruits and veggies. Lots of brown or wild rice, red quinoa and stuff like that. It feels so good, but it’s challenging. And when you are done you will feel like a million bucks (and you can eat however you want, just cut out the sugar). I reccomend Joshi’s holistic dextox (you can buy the book). Or go see a naturopathic doctor.

Disasterous Catastrophe
Dec 19, 2008

I actually used sugar one night to make myself fall asleep before midnight!

Sugar does not keep me awake, it’s caffeine that does. And quitting both at once is really doing a number on my head in the form of headaches.