Sugar, Sugar

Alrighty, I've just started Week 2 of my 50 Week Experiment: Eliminating sugar from my diet. This is a short term experiment only taking place over the next 7 days, thank God.

I first must qualify what I mean by sugar. I've got a problem with sweets - cookies, squares, anything chocolate. So when I say that over the next week I'm going to eliminate sugar, that's really what I'm talking about. It's the pair of Timbits I sometimes order with my coffee, or the Moccachinos I treat myself to every time I go to Charlottetown (I think they're just called Moccas, but calling them moccachinos makes me feel important when I order them). Or if I can't find just the right thing in my house that will satisfy my craving, it's the desperate plunge my hand makes into the container which stores my chocolate chips.

This week I'll still be consuming things like orange juice (containing natural sugar, which I think is good for you, and I don't care what anybody says) and yogurt (which only has a small amount of sugar for flavouring and not enough for me to worry about). And I am not a big pop drinker, so avoiding carbonated beverages will not be an issue for me this week at all.

I am happy to report that today was a sugar-free day for me. I have been feeling undeniably tired all day, and I can't tell if its a result of this cold I've been nursing, or it is indeed the onset of complete and utter sugar shock. If it is my body that's crying out in desperation for sugar, I see that as a good thing. It means my body was obviously in need of a sugar detox, and that's exactly what I intend to give it this week.