Ok.. remember a few months back and I "declared war" on sugar.
Remember the "sugar beast" blog i started and then stopped.. :)
I am in the middle of another round of battling with sugar.
you see.. for me.. sugar IS a drug. (well it is for you too.. but you might not know it yet). when i eat sugar (cokes, brownies, sugar in my tea, ice cream,) and bad carbs (pizza, breads, crackers, etc).. it makes me feel great for a while.. but then i crash. and there i am with no energy, and having to talk myself into getting up to do a load of laundry.
the bad thing for me is that usually a "little" turns into a LOT. and when i get to where i am now.. (after about a week of having sugar here and there.. but lots more than i am use too) i become irritable, extreemly tired, and just want to go grab a coke to just refuel for the next 2 hours or so.
Here i am .. tired of being tired again. Tired of not sleeping through the night. Tired of being hungry all the time.
so.. I continue the battle, and am determined to feel better in two days again (thats how long it will take me to feel better)
the long and short of it is..
sugar stinks. No good can come from it. Yeah.. it tastes good.. but beyond the tastebuds.. its rotten.
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On the "long run" side of things. I was very happy with making it 10 yesterday. I had complete energy the whole time and never once needed to stop to grab a orange (or juice). I know its because i ate a big meal at about 9pm the night before (mexican food, beans, avacado, chips) and i actually drank OJ and ate 1/4 of a bagel about 30 mins before i left.
This fueling the body stuff is so important. If i want to feel good i cant expect to put junk in my mouth and run a half marathon. .. well. i could but i would feel awful while doing it.
so.. heres to not giving up.. and starting to say no ...
again.
Remember the "sugar beast" blog i started and then stopped.. :)
I am in the middle of another round of battling with sugar.
you see.. for me.. sugar IS a drug. (well it is for you too.. but you might not know it yet). when i eat sugar (cokes, brownies, sugar in my tea, ice cream,) and bad carbs (pizza, breads, crackers, etc).. it makes me feel great for a while.. but then i crash. and there i am with no energy, and having to talk myself into getting up to do a load of laundry.
the bad thing for me is that usually a "little" turns into a LOT. and when i get to where i am now.. (after about a week of having sugar here and there.. but lots more than i am use too) i become irritable, extreemly tired, and just want to go grab a coke to just refuel for the next 2 hours or so.
Here i am .. tired of being tired again. Tired of not sleeping through the night. Tired of being hungry all the time.
so.. I continue the battle, and am determined to feel better in two days again (thats how long it will take me to feel better)
the long and short of it is..
sugar stinks. No good can come from it. Yeah.. it tastes good.. but beyond the tastebuds.. its rotten.
-------------
On the "long run" side of things. I was very happy with making it 10 yesterday. I had complete energy the whole time and never once needed to stop to grab a orange (or juice). I know its because i ate a big meal at about 9pm the night before (mexican food, beans, avacado, chips) and i actually drank OJ and ate 1/4 of a bagel about 30 mins before i left.
This fueling the body stuff is so important. If i want to feel good i cant expect to put junk in my mouth and run a half marathon. .. well. i could but i would feel awful while doing it.
so.. heres to not giving up.. and starting to say no ...
again.
Comments
sigh.
hang in there.
drink lots of water.
tomorrows a new day ;) if youre in my 'hood----stop by.
we're talking about emotional eating.
Miz.