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| Friday, July 21, 2006 |
| Sugar |
This week, Ata has been trying to kick the sugar habit.
As a result, she has only eaten three small sharepack-thingies of mini M&M's, about a handful of assorted snakes & gummy lollies, one handful of jellybeans, two soft drinks, two sweet biscuits and a Tim-Tam. And dipped into the sugar bowl once. There. When you spread that over five days, it's really not so bad.
The result is that Ata has sugar cravings. While Ata will admit to being a bit of a sugar junkie, she's generally not the type to develop addictions, and it used to be that giving something up was simply a matter of, well, giving it up.
And yet, Wednesday night found Ata sitting in front of the idiot box after dinner, thinking.... "There's some M&M's in the cupboard. I could just have a few. Maybe Mr Ata wants some, then I'll have to open the packet. NO - focus on the show. You don't need sugar. Maybe there's some icecream. Youdon'twantsugaryoudon'twantsugaryoudon'twant - maybe a cup of tea instead. That'll take your mind off sugar. Or you could make toffee..." and so forth. Craving sugar like that is something of a new experience for Ata. And it is in some ways a little odd... it's not that she craves the sweetness, for there are sweet apples in the fridge. It's not that she is trying to cut sugar out entirely, for we had dessert two nights - apple tarts made with filo pastry and sprinkled with sugar. It's not even that she is trying to break long-formed habits, for it has been many years since she took sugar in her tea or coffee, and the munching-on-lollies is a relatively new thing. Still. All the sweets are gone from the house now - bar the unopened packet of M&M's in the cupboard - and Ata thinks it will stay that way until she recovers her self-control. |
posted by Ata @ 5:55 pm  |
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"When you spread that over five days, it's really not so bad ..."
*Laughs*
If you say so, ata.
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I wonder if the M&M's will survive the night.
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*ignores Myo and j to offer friendly support instead*
Well done for beginning the habit-kick, Ata. Sugar is incredibly addictive stuff. And just so ridiculously bad for you. Due to its white powdery texture, I've even heard it called 'the cocaine of the food world'.
I think I used to have a sugar addiction, although nowhere near yours (having never actually dipped into the sugar bowl...). But I was forced to give it up when I did that detox thing a while back, and although I got awful cravings and withdrawal symptoms for the first few days, after that my body just gave up asking for it, and the habit has never returned. Sure, I still eat sugary things now and then, but I limit them and no longer have that several-times-a-day need for sweet stuff.
Don't give in!! I personally found that dried apricots became a close companion in times of need. Yummy. :)
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Good for you Ata!
I've recently found that I've had to cut down drastically on my sugar intake, sensitive teeeth being something of an issue.
As long as you are sensible about it, and don't get to the point where your blood sugar hits the floor, all should be well ;)
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Oy!
Jes and i are providing valuable support here!
Ata will be so annoyed by our derision that she will gain an extra strong dollop of willpower and resist eating those m&ms for ... oh ... days.
In fact, by the time her resistance drops and she goes looking for the m&ms, she'll probably find that Mr Ata has already kindly disposed of them.
And onto another matter ...
Ata, what IS that on your head in the meez.com picture? It's looks like a red banana artfully displayed on your head.
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Feathers! They sway about gracefully in the animated version of the picture, and are attached to a mask which would be more obvious with a different hairdo. But I didn't want a different hairdo.
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Is it the weird feathers or low sugar levels that has lead to your current posting drought?
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"When you spread that over five days, it's really not so bad ..."
*Laughs*
If you say so, ata.