Posted by Joslynn on September 21, 2005, at 15:21:01
In reply to I'm cutting out these things, posted by Joslynn on September 20, 2005, at 13:11:55
Hmm. Well, this is going to be harder than I thought, but not impossible.
Yesterday it took me a very long time to find cereal without sugar. But grainfield's makes a no-sugar raisin bran. (I know raisins have natural sugar, but I have decided that is ok.)
I have discovered that supposedly innoccuous items, such as whole wheat english muffins, sneak in some form of sugar!
Today I did eat a packet of sweetened oatmeal (low sugar not no sugar) because I didn't want to throw out a new box. I also had a forkful of cake that someone brought in to work. But it was just a forkful.
To replace diet drinks (because I'm also going off aspartame) I had some flavored seltzer. Now I am drinking plain green tea, because another thing I am going to avoid is Splenda. (By the way, is green tea supposed to make you feel like your teeth are covered in velour?)
I don't feel any different one way or the other. I don't miss it as much as I thought I would, but the grocery store was maddening last night! So many things they sneak corn syrup into. I used to think I didn't really eat much sugar, but turns out I was consuming a lot more than I realized without even knowing it.
Well, I really want to keep this up, because I want to do everything I possibly can to keep my mood in a good place. I figure, eating better can only help, not hurt.
Oh, another thing, so many recipes say, "for a heathly alternative to sugar, try applesauce" but guess what they put in most apple sauce? SUGAR! However, you can get no-sugar versions. But that is just one example of something I never would have suspected had sugar. I have been sugar naive.
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