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Lets Talk About Sugar

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Working in substance abuse rehabilitation, I know quite a few things about various drugs, chemicals, and the body. I taught a class on this stuff. One of my subjects was Sugar. Sugar is technically more addicting that cocaine in the sense that our bodies need sugar or else we wouldn't be able to process fruits and grains. When we introduce sugar into our system, our brain responds with dopamine aka the reward chemical. And thus begins everyone's relationship with Sugar.

Now, even though I know all that I know about sugar DOES NOT MEAN I DON'T EAT IT. I ADORE SUGAR. It tastes fabulous and is in all the best things. One of my biggest problems is how much of my food on a day to day basis is either sugar based (candy, chocolate, dessert items in general) or processes down to some sort of sugar molecule (glucose, fructose, galactose). I'm working on lowering this but I'm addicted to sugar. Its a hard battle to win.

Why do I bring all of this up? Because I realized to day that I've been having small wins over sugar for the last week or so. I can look at cake/cookies/cupcakes/chocolate/icecream etc and I can have the thought "ew I don't want all that sugar" or "It's not worth it" but without that nasty guilt feeling like I'm abandoning my cat at a shelter. I had that Sunday consistently and then today as well. Now did that stop me from eating extra sugar all day? No, no it do not. I consumed 1.5 servings of some dark chocolate cranberries things and it was delicious (but that's because of  stress and sad but that's another post for another day... deflection!). What has been happening though is that I'm not eating as much as I would in the past and that is a win! Its a slow step in the right direction especially if I can keep it up. Suggests are greatly appreciated :)

Also, I lost a pound.




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