Sugar Report No. 2

Well, I had very little trouble during the week, just as I had predicted.  Most days were no sugar days, other days I followed my plan and drank 16 oz. of water and waited 15 minutes.  Though that didn't pan out quite like I thought it would.

You see, I was driving around with Helena and Megan on Friday afternoon.  We decided to stop at Sonic for drinks because they have this beautiful daily 'Happy Hour' special from 2:00 to 4:00 where all drinks are 1/2 price.  It was 3:45.  I knew that if I waited the 15 minutes before ordering the drink, I'd end up paying full price.

That's no good.

So, I ordered water... and a cherry limeade.  I drank the water and waited 15 minutes, but I was already committed to drinking the sugary treat.  My original thought was that if I drank water and waited 15 minutes I could probably talk myself out of having the sugar all together.

That was a fail.  Still.  Forcing myself to put those extra steps in front of my sugar consumption did stop me from eating something sugary on several occasions this week.  So it wasn't a total fail and I will keep it up!

After church today, Bill had his gluten free sugar cookie with a glass of milk.  Oooh!  That looked good!

So, I made sugar cookies.

Bad bad.

I didn't even drink my water or wait 15 minutes before sampling the dough or eating a couple of cookies.

You have to know how rare it is for me to bake anything, though!  Baking almost always requires flour, which is a major contaminant in our kitchen.  If I am going to use flour and the mixer, I have to be willing to wipe down and decontaminate my entire kitchen afterwards to avoid letting any gluten work its way into Bill's diet.

It was worth it, though.  I think.  I have a plate full of cookies and a Norman Rockwellian sort of image in my brain of my kids coming home from school tomorrow and sitting down to a plate of milk and cookies before tackling homework.

Now, here is my final thought for this September 11th.  I took a picture of the 'Service Flag' and our American Flag as seen through our front window.  The blue field is on the right because the flag is meant to be viewed from the street, where the blue field will show to the left, which is proper.

........... the random post

I really don't have anything inspired or uplifting to say tonight.

Had a good day at work today.

Went to spin cycle class tonight.

Mostly avoided sugar.  My yogurt has some sugar in it, but I don't count that in the overall scheme of things.  I had one Girl Scout Thin Mint after lunch today.  That's it.  Gah!  Afternoon cravings are hard.  I made it just by being stubborn.

Wasn't my best self with my kids tonight.  Especially my daughter.  She had a 'bad' day today though she couldn't pinpoint the cause.  Her 'bad' mood rubbed off on me and I wasn't the better person I should have been.  Darn it.

Discovered that my son has been struggling to understand his math alone because he thought I wouldn't be able to help him due to a miscommunication.  I had made the comment that he'd soon be at a math level that I wouldn't be able to help with... meaning that in future years, when he is in calculus and statistics, he will have moved beyond my level of math education.  He mistook me to mean that I wouldn't be able to help him this year in Algebra 2.  He seemed rather relieved to find out that I CAN help with it after all.  Though, I also recommended he stop in at the school's math lab after school tomorrow for help from tutors and teachers.

Found out that my daughter currently has straight As, even in her AP classes.  Her dad promised he'd buy her a car at the end of the year if she pulls straight As for the entire year.

Hmmm.  Here's hoping for that 4.0 and a great auto deal!

The Sugar Report

So, last week I made the comment that I needed to drastically cut down on my sugar consumption as a means of helping myself lose weight.  I am writing to report on my progress so far.

I am an abysmal failure!  At least, for this week.

I was probably setting myself up for failure thinking that I could try to cut back on sugar right before Labor Day weekend.  I ate a full theater sized box of Hot Tamales, half a box of Gobstoppers, two chocolate shakes, a bowl of ice cream, and several sodas over the past four days.

YIKES!

Sugar is a powerfully addictive thing.  It is all around us constantly.  I think the only thing keeping me from a diabetic coma is my level of exercise (and, no, I am in no danger of developing diabetes).  Why oh WHY does it have to taste so much better than vegetables?!?

I am going to make a new rule.

If I am going to eat something obscenely sugary (yogurt and stuff like that doesn't count), I have to first consume 16 oz. of water and wait 15 minutes.  If I still want it after that, I can have it and NOT feel guilty about it!

This rule will be easy during the week.  The weekends are my 'Achilles heel'.

Wish me luck.  I'll report back on this in a week.