The first five days went extremely well. While I didn't end up completely avoiding sugar I consumed less than normal. It didn't help that I made cinnamon bread for Sierra's Wee College class last week, and fresh cinnamon bread cannot be resisted. It wouldn't let me! But I did keep it to small pieces and no more than one each day that I had it. Saturday and Sunday didn't earn me as good a grade. Saturday I had 7-Up with Grenadine to drink, which I ordered without thinking at my work Christmas party, plus a piece of chocolate brownie-type dessert. Sunday I had a horrible stomach ache all day and drank one and half cans of 7-Up to calm it. As a colleague from work said, it was medicinal so it doesn't count.(?)
As for this week...we baked sugar cookies and iced them on the Sunday I was ill.Sugar cookies. With icing. Need I say more?
Actually I've been very controlled and limited myself to only one per day.
Now, on to caffeine. I managed to start out with only one cup a day. Then with that stomach bug coffee was the last thing I wanted and went two days without. I am now drinking decaf most days and hoping to keep the caffeine intake to 3ish times a week.
So how do I feel? The indigestion (aside from my weekend ailment) has greatly subsided. Mentally I feel a bit sharper, less foggy. I am more tired right after lunch and I hope that subsides as my body continues to adjust.
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You are a brave woman. I am not there yet at all, but you are inspiring me to at least consider something similar!
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