Sugar is not your friend part 2

XFitMojoMom

Brenda - I mistakenly *thought* that dark choc was good for me.

Marla64

We're still here-- battling. Winning some, losing some-- winning more than losing, so I take from that a positive.

Now that everything troublesome is out of my house, I'm doing great-- ha.

Payday's Friday-- I'm stocking back up on my plain yogurt, crunchy crud for the top, natural peanut butter and rice cakes. That's what got the sugar out of me over the summer. And it was a lot easier to then resist the sweets.

tamarads

Same here Marla!! Your profile pic looks nice, your face looks skinnier, here's hoping that translates to the rest of you! :drinker:

Fight the good fight!!

MTGirl

I've been losing the battle for the last several days. Binged big time yesterday. And at lunch today. *deep breath* Okey Dokey. Here we go. Again!

Marla64

Same here Marla!! Your profile pic looks nice, your face looks skinnier, here's hoping that translates to the rest of you! :drinker:

Fight the good fight!!

Thank you-- that was actually last summer-- I'm up about 5 since then-- I think it went to my face and tummy. My husband thinks I'm nuts.

So-- it is what it is.

But, thank you!

cmriverside

I thought that was my job. Killing threads. I think this one goes through phases like its users. I really really want to do a sugar binge. What a week from He!!. Oh, and it's only Tuesday. But my weeks have no real beginning or end, since I don't have a job. I don't think I've left the house in five days - except down to the mail and the garbage. Just haven't had the best few days.

I'm going to fight the urge to go to the grocery store. I might say I'm going for strawberries, but I think something else would follow me home tonight. Not going.

I have food here, I don't have to go to the store......

BrendaLee

I thought that was my job. Killing threads. I think this one goes through phases like its users. I really really want to do a sugar binge. What a week from He!!. Oh, and it's only Tuesday. But my weeks have no real beginning or end, since I don't have a job. I don't think I've left the house in five days - except down to the mail and the garbage. Just haven't had the best few days.

I'm going to fight the urge to go to the grocery store. I might say I'm going for strawberries, but I think something else would follow me home tonight. Not going.

I have food here, I don't have to go to the store......

What a beast this is to fight!

Marla64

Cheryl-- you kill me-- I you.

richardsrm

:noway: The Easter Candy is everywhere..................almost bought those little eggs that melt in your mouth kind of like a malt ball........I didn't do it but I thought about it........some how it is getting easier for me not to binge of the stuff. Sweet buds are satieated quicker or something :flowerforyou:

XFitMojoMom

whole bottle.
that's a lot of sugar...

tamarads

I thought that was my job. Killing threads. I think this one goes through phases like its users. I really really want to do a sugar binge. What a week from He!!. Oh, and it's only Tuesday. But my weeks have no real beginning or end, since I don't have a job. I don't think I've left the house in five days - except down to the mail and the garbage. Just haven't had the best few days.

I'm going to fight the urge to go to the grocery store. I might say I'm going for strawberries, but I think something else would follow me home tonight. Not going.


I have food here, I don't have to go to the store......

Way to go Cheryl!!! Hang tough, you can do it!!:flowerforyou:

MTGirl

Go Cheryl, Go Cheryl, Go Cheryl!

For the first time since last Thursday I have resisted the sugar demon. So far! 1/2 way through day 1.

72lori

Been lurking. Haven't been in the mindset to share on this one the past few weeks. Nuff said. Proud so many of you are hanging strong. I will be back.........

tamarads

Been lurking. Haven't been in the mindset to share on this one the past few weeks. Nuff said. Proud so many of you are hanging strong. I will be back.........

Great to see you Lori! Used your Pizza dough recipe, it was fabulous! Thanks! I put it in my stand mixer and it worked well!

cmriverside

I just can't log food every day. It is such a chore. So the signature is going to die along with its friend, the St Patrick emo. It is so time consuming. I am going back to what worked in the past. Logging every few days if I'm eating new stuff. The majority of my food is the same stuff over and over, but in varying combos. I still keep a written tally of the food I eat, so I don't forget something. I can do most of the numbers in my head....though I wouldn't recommend it for a long-term weight loss program. Since I'm still in maintenance, and the weather is improving, I find in the summer I really don't have trouble keeping weight off since I am so active. But I have gained about 3 lbs since October. I'm calling it "winter maintenance". Am I in denial?

I did not go to the store on Tuesday. But I went on Wednesday, and brought home an old favorite with too much sugar and every intention of eating the entire bag. So I did. And you know, I knew I was going to and that's okay: I haven't done that in a really long time and I'm going to walk the big hills today. I am going to forgive myself.

It is too much to expect perfection.

Marla64

I just can't log food every day. It is such a chore. So the signature is going to die along with its friend, the St Patrick emo. It is so time consuming. I am going back to what worked in the past. Logging every few days if I'm eating new stuff. The majority of my food is the same stuff over and over, but in varying combos. I still keep a written tally of the food I eat, so I don't forget something. I can do most of the numbers in my head....though I wouldn't recommend it for a long-term weight loss program. Since I'm still in maintenance, and the weather is improving, I find in the summer I really don't have trouble keeping weight off since I am so active. But I have gained about 3 lbs since October. I'm calling it "winter maintenance". Am I in denial?

I did not go to the store on Tuesday. But I went on Wednesday, and brought home an old favorite with too much sugar and every intention of eating the entire bag. So I did. And you know, I knew I was going to and that's okay: I haven't done that in a really long time and I'm going to walk the big hills today. I am going to forgive myself.

It is too much to expect perfection.

Indeed-- and you're a thoughtful, wise woman who is in tune with who you are-- bravo.

lotusfromthemud

It is too much to expect perfection.

I have a quote in my work area: "the perfect is the enemy of the good." Very, very good (or what I like to call "good 85-90% of the time." is good enough. If I keep aiming for perfection, I never finish anything, and get discouraged. Because, as my very wise grandma used to say "perfect is what heaven is for."

To that, I went on a little staycation Monday/Tuesday and ate way too much of everything, including sugar. Back on track now, day two.

chicynth

Never posted to this thread before...but it is interesting that it's about 'sugar not being your friend.'

My mother commented: "You know, Cyn; when you don't eat a lot of sugar, or you just cut it out completely, you really lose weight fast! Have you cut out the sugar?"

I thought that is what ZUMBA was for!

MTGirl

It is too much to expect perfection.

I have a quote in my work area: "the perfect is the enemy of the good." Very, very good (or what I like to call "good 85-90% of the time." is good enough. If I keep aiming for perfection, I never finish anything, and get discouraged. Because, as my very wise grandma used to say "perfect is what heaven is for."

To that, I went on a little staycation Monday/Tuesday and ate way too much of everything, including sugar. Back on track now, day two.

Thanks for those comments you two. I needed that today!

bjberry

My doctor told me to drink lots of fruit juice when things 'slow up.' While I agree the fruit juices use up my carb count really quickly, I feel that my doctor may have a good suggestion. I am not diabetic and I am slowly, but surely losing weight (3 pounds in the last 10 days: beginning--middle--end of those 10 days.) So, what do you think? Is fructose okay in my situation?

bjberry

Do they have sidewalks where you live (they don't in my neighborhood ? If so, you can feel the sun and wave to any neighbors and use up calories and be away from the 'Frig.' Just run, if any start walking toward you with a plate of cookies!!! :happy:

lotusfromthemud

I'm having a tough, stressful time. I have been trying all day to stay on target and utilize my list of sugar-free indulgences. I Had a really inappropriate confrontation from a student yesterday (she was unhappy with her mark and at one point was actually yelling at me. I had to hold up my hand and say (in a calm but firm voice) "neither you, nor anyone on this earth, will speak to me in that tone of voice." and refer her to my dean. (she was entirely out of line, and when her paper is re-graded by the department chair, she will most likely end up with a lower mark...I am constantly getting into trouble for my grading being too lenient. She was angry that her A- wasn't an A+. No, really.). Then, had a difficult phone discussion with my SIL(which ended, as several conversations before, asking her to please not talk politics to me anymore..it is a classic case of "agree to disagree", believe you me.) Today, I have wanted to drown my sorrows in sugar all day long. It is absolutely my drug of choice. Or, I should say, my former drug of choice.

It is not my friend. It is not my friend. Sugar is not my friend.

Also, it will not make me more articulate, or smarter, or skinnier, or more relaxed, or less afraid, or make my SIL (and the rest of the planet, for that matter) magically agree with me. It will not make students who are disrespectful more polite. It will not make the administration at my work run more smoothly. It will not balance the checkbook. It will not do my laundry. It will not make the bus arrive at the stop any sooner. It will not make the sun come out when it's raining. It has no power to solve a single one of the world's problems or mine. It will not take care of any of the things that stress me out. Not one of them.

Sugar is not my friend.

Thanks for listening.

Marla64

I'm having a tough, stressful time. I have been trying all day to stay on target and utilize my list of sugar-free indulgences. I Had a really inappropriate confrontation from a student yesterday (she was unhappy with her mark and at one point was actually yelling at me. I had to hold up my hand and say (in a calm but firm voice) "neither you, nor anyone on this earth, will speak to me in that tone of voice." and refer her to my dean. (she was entirely out of line, and when her paper is re-graded by the department chair, she will most likely end up with a lower mark...I am constantly getting into trouble for my grading being too lenient. She was angry that her A- wasn't an A+. No, really.). Then, had a difficult phone discussion with my SIL(which ended, as several conversations before, asking her to please not talk politics to me anymore..it is a classic case of "agree to disagree", believe you me.) Today, I have wanted to drown my sorrows in sugar all day long. It is absolutely my drug of choice. Or, I should say, my former drug of choice.

It is not my friend. It is not my friend. Sugar is not my friend.

Also, it will not make me more articulate, or smarter, or skinnier, or more relaxed, or less afraid, or make my SIL (and the rest of the planet, for that matter) magically agree with me. It will not make students who are disrespectful more polite. It will not make the administration at my work run more smoothly. It will not balance the checkbook. It will not do my laundry. It will not make the bus arrive at the stop any sooner. It will not make the sun come out when it's raining. It has no power to solve a single one of the world's problems or mine. It will not take care of any of the things that stress me out. Not one of them.

Sugar is not my friend.

Thanks for listening.

Vivia-- I love this post-- nope, it doesn't do any of those things. It lies and tells us we'll feel better-- and we don't. We never do-- or, maybe temporarily we do-- but when the high wears off, we feel worse.

I'm having a good several days. It clicked again-- which is good.

Bj-- I have no fructose knowledge-- just wanted to say hi!

BrendaLee

It is not my friend. It is not my friend. Sugar is not my friend.

Also, it will not make me more articulate, or smarter, or skinnier, or more relaxed, or less afraid, or make my SIL (and the rest of the planet, for that matter) magically agree with me. It will not make students who are disrespectful more polite. It will not make the administration at my work run more smoothly. It will not balance the checkbook. It will not do my laundry. It will not make the bus arrive at the stop any sooner. It will not make the sun come out when it's raining. It has no power to solve a single one of the world's problems or mine. It will not take care of any of the things that stress me out. Not one of them.

Sugar is not my friend.

Do you think, if it could, sugar would have a good laugh at our expense? I think, if sugar were a person, it'd be on one hell of a power trip.

"Look what I do to you, how I make you feel, how I expand your waistline until none of your favorite jeans fit. Look how horrible you feel after a night with me. I ruin your health, I sabotage your weight loss efforts, I make you crazy, and yet you keep coming back for more! Half of the time I don't even taste that great, and even when I'm the last thing you want...you can't resist me."

Not my friend? More like my worst enemy.

bjberry

Thank you for the carb/fruit/veggie/fat breakdown for 1200/1400/1600 calories. I was doing that before I joined this site. Now I can incorporate this process into the calorie counting and have the best of both worlds. You are so sweet for sharing, and I did not get an ounce fatter!!

72lori

Hi, my name is Lori and I'm a sugar addict.

I'm back.......well, I'm not lurking anymore. I'm going for 6 weeks 'junk' sugar free. No cookies, cakes, candy, ice cream, chocolate- I'll still do my fruits and dairy. I can do this. I've done it before, I will do it again.

As for today, going through the sugar withdrawals, but this too shall pass. So far, I've gone the 7 hours I've been awake without using- it's a start back in the right direction.

Marla64

Lori-- my hormonal body doesn't realize that I've been doing "the right thing" for a couple days-- poofy as all hell22:18:28;09~00:18:25_04

Marla64

Lori-- my hormonal body doesn't realize that I've been doing "the right thing" for a couple days-- poofy as all hell, and I'm way on the grumpy side. But, I am back full swing just the same.

160 here I come hell or high water-- and bye-bye sweets.

lotusfromthemud

Lori-- my hormonal body doesn't realize that I've been doing "the right thing" for a couple days-- poofy as all hell22:18:28;09~00:18:25_04

I'm right there with you...oof ..tight pants...and fragile ego.

I've taken to just repeating to myself "that won't fix it" when I look lustfully after a sweet when I'm getting my latte. Have to remind myself that the latte is the treat, dang it. I just have a general stress/anxiety ennui right now...and I'm not even sure what the "it" I'm trying to fix is.

72lori

Oh I hear you on the tight pants. They've been getting progressively tighter since I last posted on this thread. Go figure.

Day 1 complete. No sweets.