Sugar Experiment - Week One

One week.  It feels like a lifetime.

One week of eliminating sugar and I can report that I did not feel headachy, I did not feel grumpy, although there were a couple of times I did get Hangry!

Mostly I found myself shutting down in the afternoons.  I even fell asleep at my keyboard more than once and I had fuzzy brain like you wouldn't believe and I slept most of Saturday away.  I just couldn't function as a human being so I didn't.

Now I'm not a person who even eats a lot of junk.  I'm gluten intolerant and that gift precludes me from most junk foods.  I will only eat them when I'm desperate to eat and then it is sparingly.

However I do have a bit of a sweet tooth.  My husband (bless him) has an equally sweet tooth and brings lollies home on a regular basis. (By the way, he is on notice of my future purchase of a shotgun if he so much as sprinkles a sugar cube in front of me!)

I managed to ween myself off most lolly brands, but when I discovered NZ Kettle Popcorn, it was game over....full scale addiction!
People said, well, its only popcorn so its the best of a bad set of sins.  However this popcorn was well full of sugar, as was that three o'clock cappuchino in the box, to which I would often add a tsp of sugar.

Do I feel like I am missing anything?  Apart from the couple of times I circled the kitchen craving sugar, I can report no.  In fact if anything I eat more.  More avocado, more coconut oil, more protein.  More more more.

I will admit to a couple of glasses of wine a couple of nights but hey!  Even the I quit sugar book mentions thats ok!  And I'm only human and when I'm networking, its almost mandatory!

But here is where the real sugar is.  We went to the supermarket in the weekend. Those lovely marinated chicken kebabs, you buy cos you like them, and they are so healthy - loaded with sugar!   Those lovely coffee sachets?  Yup..full of it. Yoghurt's, dips, some condiments, some cured meats.  Its just everywhere.

Today I woke up.  I have had a hugely productive morning, and even had 5 minutes to write this entry.   The fog is clearing.  I'm off to throw a pumpkin soup together!  Bring on clarity!!!