Recipe Ruckus
I decided to not eat sugar for 2 weeks. On Wednesday the 2 weeks will be up. I'm not sure how I feel about this. Nathan and I have planned on making brownies and eating mint ice cream with them, which I am most definitely looking forward to (I've been browsing zine distros today and the term "vegan chocolate brownies" keeps popping up EVERYWHERE),
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Quitting sugar: a bit of background info for everybody. I think I've all told you about my funny issues with sweets/food. I had gotten into this habit of wanting dessert after every meal, or whenever I felt like it -- because I felt like I deserved it, because I had gone wogging, because I worked so hard, because I was happy, whatever. This is something that's been bothering me since I was like 11 or 12. I've always wanted to quit sugar, just cold turkey, and never look back. I've become somewhat addicted to sweets, the emotional and physical attachment, and depending on it to entertain me or whatever. I just wanted to STOP, and live my life without it.
It's been...really interesting and refreshing and a big relief. It doesn't cross my mind anymore -- wondering which kind of chocolate to get or wondering if I should buy candied ginger or feeling guilty for eating sweet things. I've been living on potatoes, beans, rice, apples, strawberries, mangoes, almond butter, vegetable sandwiches, etc. It still feels bland, though. The store in Point Arena recently started selling organic peaches again, and I swear, who needs brownies when you can eat juicy, heavenly, blissful fuzzy peaches?
I think I've sort of lost interest in sugar. It's weird. I seriously never think about it. You know how there are certain parts of town you never go to, because they're not your thing or you don't know anyone who lives there? That's how this is.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow but also thinking, "Well, OK, I'll eat the brownies and ice cream and it'll be good times, but it'll be nice to get back to my sugarless life full of produce and nuts and rice and curry and things".
It wasn't hard at all, my legume. I just wanted to stop really badly. My neighbor has had cancer twice and she says that cancer loves sugar, so that's always been in the back of my mind. Eating without sugar feels so healthy and exciting! I wanted to do two weeks because it was long enough to see how I could handle it (would I break into tears because I couldn't have a bite of the fudge? Would I sit around being bored, dreaming of lemon bars?) but short enough to give me a break to look forward to without feeling worn out.
Llllllllooonggg post! Sorry!!!
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