My last dessert of 2017. Now, let’s get 2018 started, without sugar, forever. And this time, I mean it.
Day 0. The day when my plans to kick sugar to the curb – again – seem so attainable. This day has been coming. My last post was almost two years ago. Why? Well, there’s probably no secret there. When sugar addicts stop talking about their successes, there’s usually trouble on the ranch. (Or, there’s […]
I was at the bank today, and I had a moment that stunned me. You see, my bank has these buckets of lollipops scatted all through the branch. They’re at the check writing island, the teller stations, and at all of the desks. They are beautiful, and they are delicious. After completing my transaction, I […]
The date was January 22, 2012. I had just stepped off a cruise ship with my fiance, my best friend and his wife. It was a good cruise. This is a blog about sugar addiction, so I think you know what I mean. I was the heaviest in recorded history. (Sounds scary and dangerous, doesn’t […]
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 […]
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 […]