I bought these at Trader Joes last week. I used it as a test. I wanted to see how long I could let them sit on my desk, in plain sight, without succumbing to the temptation. They lasted three days. It may not seem like a big deal, but a month ago, they wouldn’t have […]
Earlier this week, I ended up with an expected two-hour gap in my schedule, and driving home was just far enough to be unreasonable. I opted to take a reminiscent stroll through my childhood and drive past some of the places that brought me joy way back in the day. I started off at the […]
In a recent post, I talked about my Mom, who lost a very short battle with pancreatic cancer five years ago. She was a special and unique woman. Cancer definitely took her too soon. I look back at my Mom and her life, particularly in years before she died, and sadly her demise seems eerily […]
The epiphanies keep coming. I was catching up with an old friend today and I was telling her about this blog and my efforts to escape my addiction to sugar once and for all. It’s not uncommon for the conversation to shift to the topic of diabetes and the importance of getting regular checkups. As […]
A week ago, I was in the throws of a massive sugar bender and life was looking very, very bleak. I spent the majority of the day on the recliner, (barely) watching shows recorded earlier on the TiVo, and most importantly, not getting anything of value accomplished. Bills were falling behind, my apartment was a mess, my […]
We’ve been here before. It all started a week, a month or a year ago. We said the same things to ourselves when we jump-started our diet back then. I know more now than I knew then. I learned a key piece of information since the last time. I see what I did wrong there […]