not so sweet
Posted: April 9, 2018 Filed under: Health and Wholeness 3 Comments
I used to have quite the sweet tooth. I would keep a bag of snickers in the drawer in the bedroom for munching in the evening. But some months back I didn’t replace the bag when I finished it. That tin of blackcurrant travel sweets on the kitchen counter? I hardly ever touch it.
At a recent Access Control Committee meeting the owner of our security service brought pastry. I declined, until the meeting dragged on and I needed something to eat. It was a chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry, not really an éclair, and I didn’t enjoy it all that month.
Seems my body is making some good decisions.
About a year or so ago, I quit sugar and “bad” carbs to lower my triglycerides. It worked but what also worked was getting me off sugar. I rarely eat dessert now and if I want a touch of something sweet after dinner, I have three Jordan almonds. Just enough sugar around the almonds to satisfy me. It is amazing how quickly it happened. Good for you!!!
Thanks! Of course there are still challenges. It takes everything I’ve got not to pick up a box of freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies when I’m shopping at Sprouts.
When I was totally without sugar (not even the almonds) for about 6 weeks, Michelle made me my Aunt Lalah’s sour cream pound cake. Horrible reaction. Huge headache. Felt awful all over. Now more than a bite or two and the headache begins to crawl up my neck. Get to that point and those cookies won’t look nearly so appealing.