Okay so, a while ago my doctor told me that according to my blood work I was prediabetic.
I tried cutting back on refined sugar, but I was having a hard time with it (I'm addicted to granola bars. I like to tell myself that all the fiber and protein makes up for all the sugar, but then I like to tell myself a lot of things).
Anyway, I just broke a 3-day fruit fast yesterday; that's where you go a few days eating nothing but fruit. With me it's mostly oranges. And yes I know fruit has a lot of sugar in it, but it's refined sugar that I'm trying to avoid, and anyway as fruit goes oranges have a pretty low sugar count.
When I was thinking about breaking the fast yesterday, I reached for the big bag of granola bars I have stashed and realized it didn't sound appealing at all to me. For that matter, I would have had to force myself to eat one.
Kind of a surprise: like I said, up until now I was fairly addicted to these things.
So I ate some broccoli and celery instead, and then later, corn chips for a snack.
This morning I woke up feeling really good, even though I only got 4 hours of sleep last night (lately 6 to 7 hours is normal for me) and had all kinds of things planned for today.
Then, as I was going through my book bag getting ready for my day, I found half a chocolate bar that I'd forgoten about.
I figured it would be okay since it was dark chocolate (78%) and as far as candy goes, fairly low on sugar.
So I ate it, and I felt like crap immediately.
I went from looking forward to going garage sale-ing today--- which for me means riding my bike anywhere from 10 to 15 miles over a lot of hilly country, and then heading to the beach or university which would mean another four or five miles round trip---to feeling like I just wanted to go back to bed and watch movies all day.
So I think I'm going to compromise and just skip the garage sales (too late in the day now anyway) and just do some shopping and then head to the university.
Still, all in all, I'm seeing this as a big success: not only am I not craving granola bars (or anything else sweet right now) but the whole idea of eating one just sounds really repulsive to me. You'd basically have to pay me to eat one.
Anybody want 3 and 1/2 dozen granola bars for free?
I tried cutting back on refined sugar, but I was having a hard time with it (I'm addicted to granola bars. I like to tell myself that all the fiber and protein makes up for all the sugar, but then I like to tell myself a lot of things).
Anyway, I just broke a 3-day fruit fast yesterday; that's where you go a few days eating nothing but fruit. With me it's mostly oranges. And yes I know fruit has a lot of sugar in it, but it's refined sugar that I'm trying to avoid, and anyway as fruit goes oranges have a pretty low sugar count.
When I was thinking about breaking the fast yesterday, I reached for the big bag of granola bars I have stashed and realized it didn't sound appealing at all to me. For that matter, I would have had to force myself to eat one.
Kind of a surprise: like I said, up until now I was fairly addicted to these things.
So I ate some broccoli and celery instead, and then later, corn chips for a snack.
This morning I woke up feeling really good, even though I only got 4 hours of sleep last night (lately 6 to 7 hours is normal for me) and had all kinds of things planned for today.
Then, as I was going through my book bag getting ready for my day, I found half a chocolate bar that I'd forgoten about.
I figured it would be okay since it was dark chocolate (78%) and as far as candy goes, fairly low on sugar.
So I ate it, and I felt like crap immediately.
I went from looking forward to going garage sale-ing today--- which for me means riding my bike anywhere from 10 to 15 miles over a lot of hilly country, and then heading to the beach or university which would mean another four or five miles round trip---to feeling like I just wanted to go back to bed and watch movies all day.
So I think I'm going to compromise and just skip the garage sales (too late in the day now anyway) and just do some shopping and then head to the university.
Still, all in all, I'm seeing this as a big success: not only am I not craving granola bars (or anything else sweet right now) but the whole idea of eating one just sounds really repulsive to me. You'd basically have to pay me to eat one.
Anybody want 3 and 1/2 dozen granola bars for free?
