Well it has been a long time since I have been on here and I figured with the new year starting so should I! Yesterday I challenged myself, and a few health conscience friends, to give up sugar for the next 3 days - hey small steps are good! I have written about sugar before and how bad it is yet I never seemed to quite get around to avoiding the stuff all together. Lately though 'wee messages' have been bombarding me and reminding me that I shouldn't be so relaxed about the amount of sugar I consume.
There are numerous products with sugar hidden within their ingredients (some very unnecessarily), either listed as sugar or in other guises such as sucrose, glucose, maltose and the list goes on further than my spelling can extend. I have been reading labels for a while now to see if it contained real sugar rather than artificial sweetener. Now the emphasis has changed as I have a child who's skin flares up with sugar, artificial colours, dairy or any additive really. I am adapting recipes for her and at the same time still eating the banned substance myself. My conscience yells 'HYPOCRITE' while my 'naughty wee voice' (the one that I tend to favour in times of eating decisions) 'Ah but you're an adult it's different'.
So now the challenge has begun. I have successfully said no to a final sugar binge last night and have made it half way through the first day without any sugar - even in my coffee believe it or not! I have a feeling though that I'm still in the sugar honeymoon period. We'll see how the afternoon goes and I'll fill you in tomorrow.
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