I was talking to my friend, Lynn, last night about giving up sugar. She told me about the last time she did the same thing, and how often she had to say "no" to people. Saying "no" would pretty much sum up my weekend.
Saturday night, we had dinner at a great Italian restaurant in North Beach, SF. Saying "no" to wine isn't really that difficult for me, but boy did I want dessert. Tiramisu happens to be my favorite and I was bummed to not be ordering some.
We spent last night in the city with Geoff, Heather and Sophia. This morning, I ate oatmeal with almond butter for breakfast. Do you know how gross oatmeal is without sugar, honey, maple syrup, SOMETHING sweet added? Please don't waste any oatmeal to find out. Trust me. "It is so disgusting", as my brother said, "it just makes you mad." Got that right.
Kuba and I spent several hours at the Fancy Food Show today, walking the miles of aisles of all sorts of treats and munchies. I know I'm not going to buy a sweet treat, but walking around with little bits and tastes of free yummy sweets tempting me was a little bit of torture. Those vendors almost make you feel a tad guilty not sampling just a taste of their goods. Chocolate truffles, chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. I finally asked the people at Dagoba to give me a few small bars for "later." They indulged me.
This was funny - I asked one woman giving out tastes of natural fruit chews (think gum drop like things) if the chews had sugar. Her answer: "No, they have high fructose corn syrup but no added sugar." That one was easy to pass up on. Natural fruit chews, my arse!
All temptations aside, I made it through without cheating. Believe me, writing updates and knowing that at least a couple of humans read them, certainly keeps me honest.
More sneaky sugars discovered:
flour tortillas
Pasta sauce
Kim-Chi (what?! why??)
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I choked down oatmeal without my usual brownsugar and honey added. It IS terrible! I even tried brewing a berry tea and adding that as my hot water. Ugh. It just turned it gray...
ReplyDeleteWow, Brooke. You get points for creativity! I think it's a lost cause. Oatmeal is just sorry when it's all alone. Poor oatmeal.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the successful weekend Jennifer!! I found a hidden sugar I should have realized - peanut butter. Just because I buy PB w/out sugar, I shouldn't expect restaurants to do the same :-). The good news is that it was so sweet that I couldn't eat it all, even after just several days without sugar!
ReplyDeletePersonally, I can tolerate oatmeal with unsweetened applesauce, but this week I found something even better - sugar-free grape jelly. It is divine..
I'm hoping that by the end of the challenge, my taste buds will be back to what they should be, and that I'll think most sweets are just too much. So, I'm glad to hear your PB story! My sister-in-law had a piece of cake the other day and said that, after several days w/o sugar, she was amazed at how jittery the cake made her.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the oatmeal ideas. I had never thought of adding applesauce, and the jelly sounds yummy!
Have you had to donate to your anti-charity yet? I hope not! It sounds like you've been doing really well.