![]() And at night I was so wired from all the sugar I ate that I could not fall asleep. In the afternoon I was feeling so lethargic and sleepy that I could not go through my day. I could not get out of bed in the morning. I would feel a high after eating a sugary food only to crash later. Return home and eat them one after the other. ![]() Go out to the corner store and buy 5 or 6 candy bars. I would be at home and would be overcome by an overwhelming craving for sugar. In my thirties I started to experience sugar binges. The more sugar I ate, the more sugar I wanted. I would have a candy bar after lunch and again in the afternoon.Ĭoffee and cake was a favorite weekend treat. I would start the day with coffee and a pastry. It was also a way they compensated when they did not have enough time to spend with us and enough attention to give us.īy the time I became an adult, sugar was a part of every meal and every snack. It was my parents way of saying we think about you. We would eat bread with chocolate spread as an afternoon snack. There was always a freshly baked cake in the house and breakfast was often coffee and cake. ![]() My father bought us candies by the cases. My mother came home from work every day with chocolates. This is my sugar story, I hope it will inspire you. What I discovered is that instead of deprivation I found freedom. It is a step that I was afraid of taking because I loved sugar so much and did not want to feel deprived. Out of all the changes I have made in my eating, and I have made many, limiting sugar was the most drastic.
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