I was never the kid smoking behind the bleachers and although I had some binge nights in my twenties, drinking never really took off with me either.
I honestly don’t have an addictive personality, I don’t even have a series I SIMPLY HAVE TO watch.
Or so I thought…
I have come to realise I have an addiction though….SUGAR!
WHAT?!?! No really!!! The girl who drinks her black coffee with half a Canderel and has to water down her juice has a sugar addiction.
I’m insulin resistant so this is NOT a good plan!!! Really!
Also now sugar has been added to the list of things that will kill you! Somewhere between bacon and terrorist attacks I think. It has become even more important to kick the habit.
I try not to get caught up in the hype of “food fear mongering” you know how sugar is basically killing you from the inside right now and you are actually a sugar fuelled zombie (is that a thing? I’m sure I read that)
I’m not going to hide in a bunker when sweets are in the vicinity but I do know I need to cut down, I know that it is empty calories and has been linked to a number of illnesses.
So step one, I already know it is bad for you…I’m not dumb, I bet you all those people addicted to drinking, smoking, porn, whatever are also aware that it’s not the best thing for them. Step two is the hard part; getting started.
It is just so hard to kick and I get my fix in fruit oh so much fruit(not necessarily dangerous but not the best if you are insulin resistant) and baked goods and chocolate and juice and jelly based sweets (jelly tots, gummy worms…)
I want to be better especially since I know that sugar has been linked to depression and I have been linked to depression myself (see what I did there).
Aidan has a sweet tooth too, luckily a few of raisins, an apple, a yogurt of a block of dark chocolate can take care of that (why is my two year old more mature than me?)
Here are some tips I found to cut sugar… The are from Health.com so go there for more info
– Read food labels just because something is not sweet does not mean there is no sugar added (the myfitnesspal app helps with this)
– Learn sugar aliases because it is not going to say sugar on the label it will say something-ose you know like sucrose
– Buy the unsweetened options, you know the no extra sugar was used in the making of this type products
– Don’t go cold turkey – this was my downfall I just cut it all out and was left licking other peoples discarded sugar packets in the break room (joking joking it was chocolate wrappers)
– Increase your protein and fat intake (and all the Banting’ers are shouting, I told you so)
– Add your own calorie free flavours like cinnamon and cocoa
– Don’t drink sugar, remember that bottled drinks even the “healthy ones” like smoothies and ice-tea are sugar filled
– Stick with it… soon a bite of cake will be waaaay more than you need
I am also a sugar addict. Sigh. I have banned all sweeties from my house. Sigh. 🙂
Bah humbug!
Suuuuuugar.