Ruke # 2

Rule #2  Do not snack on sugar

This is so easy now.  Do not snack on sugar.  Day 16 of no sugar/honey/fructose in my diet…Well that’s the official day however I was very excited about giving up sugar so I did start a few weeks before.  Anyway a few interesting things have popped up.

I sometimes miss not eating between meals…but only sometimes as I have always enjoyed the eating process…the tastes, textures, smells of food.  It’s really interesting as I will look at the kitchen clock and think that it is morning tea time then concentrate on my stomach and I am just not hungry.  I just can’t eat for the sake of eating now.  It’s the thought: “Well where will it go?”  There’s no room for any more food.  Not that I have a huge breakfast.  Oh well I shall be happy with my cup of tea.

In the afternoons again I wait to get hungry.  That low at 3pm (or whenever).  I wait and wait and it doesn’t happen.  So I no longer wait.  Food just isn’t as important as it was a month ago.  Now as I say this I still enjoy my food.  I love going out to eat.  That hasn’t changed at all. I am more selective now and am always aware of the ‘hidden’ sugar that people quite often don’t know about or think about.  The sugar in sauces etc.  I love Thai food and can cook it at home safely however to eat at a Thai restaurant now is a no-no as they use lots of sugar.  Sugar is one of their main ingredients for cooking Thai in case people start emailing back telling me about how much sugar is in Italian food etc.  Chinese and Indian cuisine doesn’t use sugar as a rule.

Now when I do eat is around 4.30 -5pm just when my husband gets home.  By then I am a bit nibbly but only sometimes.  Sometimes I have gone a whole day only eating 3 meals which has been unheard of for me as I would eat every 2 -3 hours.  I would have to as my blood sugars levels would drive me crazy and moody.  Doesn’t happen now.  I don’t have to leave the house and have snacks to take with me or work out where I would be and what cafes were around for my sugar hit.

In fact I just looked at the clock then and was surprised that it is midday.  I thought it was morning cuppa time.

So if I eat later in the afternoon it is normally a couple dry biscuits with a bit of hommos and maybe a slice of cheese.  That lasts till we eat dinner.

Too easy for me now.  I am not bloated anymore.  Yes I still have roles of fat around my stomach and with some exercise that will decrease, but I don’t have to wonder what size cloths I will wear today.  No need.  I now know from day to day that what size I wore yesterday will fit today.

I am still a bit amazed at all of this.  I still think I will ‘test’ myself.  But it doesn’t work.  I don’t want any chocolate.  I don’t want any cakes.  I can walk past café’s with my husband and I know he watches me and waits however I just look past the cakes even the delicious gluten free cakes.

So anyway Rule # 2   don’t snack on sugar.  No need when there are so many yummy alternatives.  Home made dips with celery and carrot sticks.  Cheese on dry biscuits.  One piece of fruit (if you can tolerate fructose).  Some yummy bread with vegemite…oh I don’t know….there are so many non sugar snacks that we can eat so why load our system up with a toxin.

Remember diseases linked to fructose consumption so far;

Weight gain

Type 2 diabetes

Polycystic ovary syndrome

Heart disease

High blood pressure (this is mine)

Gout

Depression and anxiety

Fatty liver disease

Cirrhosis of the liver

Liver failure

Acute pancreatitis

Kidney disease

Tooth decay

Happy Healthy snacking folks