Day 3

Steph: Restaurants! Over the past two days I have been to two restaurants and, OMG! it is so difficult to avoid dessert. Most people who know me would tell you that I have a separate stomach for dessert. Even when I'm stuffed, I can get dessert.

One night I went to a pub and they had funnel cake on the menu. I love funnel cake! I love deep fried dough covered in powdered sugar. The second night I was sitting at the side of the table that faced the cake fridge. All night, I stared at a chocolate cake. I imagined a scoop of vanilla ice cream sitting beside a warmed slice of chocolatey goodness...yeah, I'm losing my mind.

Last night I realized how crazy I'm getting. During a conversation a friend said the word "blizzard" and I swear he said "want to go get a DQ blizzard?". Who does that? who goes through sugar withdrawls! it's like I'm stranded in a dessert and I'm imaging an oasis of palm trees and water.

Still, I think I should be proud of myself. I've made it through three days and I haven't had any dessert, candy or baked treat. Gum isn't candy, right?

Day 2

Mar: Nights are the hardest, I really really want something sweet at night, whil watchign TV and its o hard to resists...but i was strong and had humus instead...mostly b/c I wantedto tell steph that i did not fail her :)

Week 1

Mar:  Steph and I have started the no sugar "diet"...I think DIET as a word has negative connotations, this is more of a detox, at least for me.  When i was pregnant I ate no sugar, afraid that Bella would inherit my sweet tooth, and when I gave birth I pretty much stayed away knowing that if I started I wouldn't be able to control myself.  This is essentially what has happened. 

The result of me having too much sugar is extra pounds and the inability to fall asleep since most of my sugar is consumed at night.  I therefor needed a support system, which is where Steph came in.  As she too felt that she was having too much sugar we decided to be each other support mechanisms, from Monday to Friday.  It was a little difficult to work out the operational definition of sugar and it is still constantly being tweaked, however we are on our way...

For me this means, no sugar what's-so-ever during the week, not in tea, not honey (which I eat by the bowls), not candy, not anything that could be considered remotely bad for you. So far, I have not been doing well.  Which is why I thought that starting this blog and being accountable to Steph and to the WWW, may help me.  I will write every day what I had, and the thought of disappointment may help me stay on track.


Day 1
So, if we count yesterday as being day 1, was a big failure.  I was great at work, where I had to be accountable to Steph but when I got home, my cousins were over and i put out a box of Halloween candy.  As a result, I ate about 5 rockets (packages) and 5 small kit kat bars...I didn't even bother stepping on the scale this morning...Resolution:  Get rid of the Halloween box of candy!!