How do I learn to embrace a life without sugar?
June 11, 2024 Embarrassed. Ashamed. Disappointed. Looking back to my entry in October 2021 and I realize my sugar intake has only slightly decreased and I've spent 3.5 years in the same sweet, sticky, sugary mess that I swore I would pull myself out of. Oh, and I've gained another 10 lbs., which means I've gained back 50 of the 80 I lost in 2019. It's not about bread, pasta, muffins. It's about pure sugar. Starbucks drinks. Ice cream. Brownies. Cookies. Did I mention Starbucks drinks? I lost so much time. So much freedom to do the things I want because of a broken mind, broken body. Swollen, stiff, inflamed, enlarged, sick in my body and mind. I never in my wildest dreams thought kicking sugar would be harder than alcohol. I went through six sessions of hypnotherapy hoping to kick sugar. I'm in therapy. I read the books, listen to the self-help podcasts, hope, cross my fingers, pray that I'll come to hate it like I did alcohol. But when I'm by myself,...