Sugar Is Under Control

Well not totally.  The bread and jam are out of the house and the weight is dropping off.  I did pig out on brownies at Judy's celebration of her life. 

After going to the doctor and discovering that one of my sugar test could be elevated and could mean pre-diabetes I have been a very good girl.  I am losing weight too.  I have lost 10 pounds in the past 4 weeks.  Yeah me...

Weight watchers is great.  It allows me to eat what I want to as long as I count the points.  I found out I was eating way to large of portions.  I am also filling in with vegetables like green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, mushrooms and broccoli.

The sugar I get is in apples, pears, sweet potatoes, things that are healthy.

I can visualize myself in the dress I want for the wedding.  Black fitted evening dress.  It is mine and I will only need a larger size because of my chest. Not my belly.

Yea weight watchers and the gym.  I feel so healthy.

Not Willing To Be Diabetic

The doctor said because of diabetes in my family, I have a precursor to diabetes. One of my tests came back borderline.  I am not willing to be a diabetic.  I can control my eating and get down into a size 8 for my sons wedding.  Once I know the place they are having and their color scheme I will go dress shopping.

I am going to do weight watchers, work out at the gym and with my trainer and take care of myself.  I will be in great shape by next February.

Thank you God for taking away my craving or desire to purchase sugar in my home and say no when I am away from home.

Great Job Donya

I have been doing great with the sugar.  I am still putting it in my coffee in the morning but the rest of the day my sugar only comes from fruit.  This week I had banana's and blueberries to go in my protein shake. I did have an apple and will probably do so tonight before they spoil.

I have identified why I want sugar and it is not healthy reasons. It is usually when I am hungry, angry, lonely or tired.  HALT. 

I found myself very hungry and wanted to stop at McDonalds. I thought of a angus burger and a shake.  I went home and had a banana sandwich instead.  I have not lost any weight this week but havn't worked out in two weeks either.  Can't wait until I can start working out again.  That was helping me lose 2 or so pounds a week. Glad I am not gaining any either.

No sugar, no sugar, no sugar.  I truly believe I am on the verge of becoming a diabetic so I am really ready to give up  sugar.

Finally Getting There

I am finally getting to the point I don't crave sugar.  I have gone back to having my coffee in the morning with my sugar flavored creamer but I am making it through the day without giving in to cravings.  The cravings are few and far between. I was having a craving yesterday but the food police at TIG talked me out of it.

I am glad they did. I would hate to blow my 2 pound a week weight loss progress I have set in motion.  I have got to start having lighter Monday eating food like I do on the weekend.

I usually don't have sugar except when I am eating at someone's house.  Last weekend it was just half a brownie and some blackberry pie. Not much of either but I have been so good I counted it and still came up with more protein than carbs.

It has been a great few weeks and I have lost two pounds each week becasue of it.  Hope I can keep my trainer with my new car and a vacation coming up.  We will see.

Thank you body for getting adjusted with my mind and not wanting to crave sugar. The less I put in the easier it gets.

Good Week

As Friday ends this work week my sugar addiction gave me peace. I did have a pop tart, white chocolate macadamia nut cookie and a piece of pound cake throughout the week. This is an improved week for me.

I am trying to live a healthier lifestyle and cutting out sugar is one way. I am still drinking coffee in the morning with flavored creamer and I have noticed it makes me crave sugar all morning. I have decided to give up coffee for green tea in the morning.

What I am really trying to get is something warm and something to wake up to. Since I am trying to give up caffeine I will use caffeine free green tea. I will accomplish replacing a warm drink first thing in the morning and getting healthy.

I did not lose any weight this week but am proud of how I ate on a daily basis. I do care about the body you gave me God and I want to take good care of it so I can get down on the floor and play with my grandchildren in a few months when they start sitting up.

I am very grateful for the energy I have in my life and I plan on continuing this throughout my life.

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

One of my trigger foods is white chocolate macadamia cookies. The office had a lunch and learn the yesterday and Jeff gave me his cookie. Did I eat it? Yes I did. Then someone left one on the break room table. Did I eat it? Yes I did. Needless to say I lost no weight yesterday. I have managed to lose 5 in three weeks but stuck now.

The way I stop myself from eating something that is not good for my weight loss is to say :After I lose this weight I can in moderation eat this. It will still be at the store when I am back to my normal size. I didn't do this yesterday. I just gobbled them up.

What was the problem? I was hungry. I let myself get hungry because I did not go to the grocery store and buy food this week. I had no good snacks.

Lesson learned. Don't go without good snacks or you will eat whatever is available.

Yuk, sugar day. I did notice how it made me crash about an hour. I don't want to eat anything that causes my energy to crash.

Maybe next time I will be able to refuse the weight gaining foods especially sugar.

No Trigger Foods Today

Yesterday I made it through without eating foods with sugar. I still put a flavored creamer in my coffee but NO TRIGGER FOODS WITH SUGAR. Wow what an awesome feeling.

Did I want sugar, yes... I had to deal with IRS today and I feared working with them. If they wrote you and told you to pay them $12,000 you might fear them too. I put on my big girl pants and marched right in there and listened. I kept my mouth shut except when I needed to speak. It went great. Only took me about an hour and I was home by 2:30. I was able to fill out the forms they needed and get them ready to turn in.

Sugar was not on my mind. As a sugar addict I want sugar when I am happy and sad. This is why there is no sugar in my house except in my fruit and in my creamer.

I have lost 5 pounds in the last two weeks watching my sugar. I so want to keep it up but I need to get a support group started so I am not all alone.

All I can say about today is it was great. I ate healthy and lived a healthy lifestyle.

I Still Want Sugar

Yesterday was a good eating healthy day for me but I did have some candy. Someone brought in a bag and I stole the sweethearts and baby ruth out of it. It was very little compared to my favorite sugar binges. The only problem is it makes me want more. It makes it harder to say no to more sugar.

As a result of trying to stay away from sugar I caught myself thinking of other foods. Before you know it I am planning to have dinner at McDonald's instead of home.

This is how my addictive brain works. If I don't go to McDonald's and get a milkshake I just talk myself into eating at the place where I have my favorite craving. Sneaky little mind. Yes my brain tried to talk me into going to McDonald's for an angus burger. I did pray for a miracle when these thoughts came to mind. As it turned out my miracle came true. No stopping to eat junk.

Not only do I want to stop using sugar but I want to eat more protein than carbs and cut down on the fat. I can't do it all at one time so I will just work on the sugar and getting the protein up for today.

I succeeded in the protein part yesterday but gave way to that sugar craving in the morning. BOOOO

I stopped it in the evening and did not give into any of my cravings. YEAHHHHH

The day was good because of it. It just goes to show you can start off in the red but still finish in the green. I did... xoxoxo

Sugarless, Not Yet

I did great this weekend. The only sugar I had was a bite of a cinnamon roll on Saturday and only my protein shake on Sunday. I caught myself thinking about it. Why? I was frustrated with not getting as much done around the house over the weekend. After I thought about it, I did work most of the weekend. I worked last week too and my body was tired. I just sat and watched two movies before going to sleep Saturday.

There it is again. Beating up on myself and the first thing that comes to mind is SUGAR. What can I eat. I did very good. A girlfriend was making a strawberry short cake and I love strawberries. I told her no I was cutting way back on sugar and I had lost 5 pounds and I wanted to keep it up. Yeah Donya, you turned down cake.

It was a good almost sugarless weekend but today was a different story.

Amy brought Easter candy into the office and I stuck my hands in the bag several times. Can't say I was as good today. Why did I do it? I know, I didn't like the snacks I brought to eat for lunch. I didn't get full either. There is the answer, getting to hungry and not having the right snacks on hand.

Well those are things I can fix. Get to the grocery store and buy the things I need for work so I don't give in to candies or vending machine calories.

I now am aware of why I did it so tomorrow will be different.

Sadness or Celebration

I have learned when I am sad or happy I want to eat sugar. I am not picky anymore what I eat just as long as it is sweet. Unlike when I first started noticing my sugar habits I only had a few things I craved and I just stop bringing them into the house. I called those my trigger foods. Now, it doesn't matter, if it has sugar I'll eat it.

When I catch myself romancing a sugary food I stop and ask myself, "What is going on with you Donya to make you want to binge on sugar." Usually I am sad or happy about something going on in my life. I had a girlfriend become very ill and I wanted a milkshake. My triplet grandbabies were born healthy and I wanted brownies or cookies or a candy bar out of the vending machine. Anything with sugar.

My life is unmanagable because of sugar. I have 40 extra pounds and my body is covered with fat that is dangerous at the age of 51. It is all belly fat and that is dangerous for a woman's heart over 50. I will even put on my clothes at night and go get sugar if I am giving into my cravings. I won't even go to the drugstore for medicine at night. See, it is unmanageable.

Diabetes runs in my family so I should be especially aware of not over doing the sugar.

Well, hopefully I will find friends who also are like me and want to go sugarless or at least have less sugar. Let's ban together and show Ellen Degeneres how an addict goes sugarless.

Peace...

Welcome Sugarless Team

I have promised Ellen Degenres that I would start a team for sugar addicts. She is trying to get her audience to stop eating sugar but she forgot about us addicts who would have quit a long time ago if we could. It would stop the number of diabetics rising every year and we would probably lose a lot of weight.

I am going to start a blog until we get a crew who want to go sugarless and then we can start telecalls for our support group. I am powerless over sugar and my life has become unmanageable. So have my clothes. If you are serious about cutting sugar down or out of your life join me. Who knows, if we build it they will come. Ellen may find us and want us on her show.

Let's prove sugar addicts can also kick the unhealthy habit.