The 12 Days of Sugar-Free-Ness

So, it's the 12th day and it's going very well. The temptation isn't very strong, but the craving is still there. Though, when the craving comes up, what's helping is, of course, getting grounded and reminding myself, that sensation I'm craving is not only terribly fleeting, but the regret lasts quite a while and it's frankly, not worth it. What also helps, is reminding myself that this is temporary. Traby and I have talked about this before. I don't plan to live a completely sugar-free life (good lord, what's the fun in that?) However, for now, it's what I need to do to get my body back on track. And really, this relationship I have with sugar isn't something I want to foster or even continue. Sugar (at least, in the ways I'm referring to it, that is, in cake, cookie, cupcake, ice cream etc. form) isn't something I want to eat every day at every meal (there is a part of me that does, of course!) so it's important that I take sugar back to its intended role in my life, 'a treat.' Sugar is a treat, not a daily, food group that I eat at every meal. It feels strange not to be eating it though. When I'm sugarless, it always heightens my sense of sugar in other foods (grapes, apples, watermelon, bananas, peanut butter) and my sense of smell. Just walking through the bakery section of Whole Foods is divine. It's filled with the sugary aroma from heaven. And on my drive to work this morning, I thought, with all the other stresses and issues in my life, it's nice to have this one (the oppressive gray cloud of guilt) gone.