A Tragic Tale of Sugar-Freedom

Dear Readers,

At a recent get-together with friends, I chatted with an acquaintance about her recent foray into a detox diet. Inspired by the book Body Ecology Diet, her eating philosophy eliminates preserved foods, caffeine, alcohol, dairy, sugar, and wheat (that’s my diet in a nutshell right there), and embraces whole foods, vegetables, select grains, and complete proteins. Besides just being a healthy way to live, this diet also helps expel toxins built up from food allergies, and is touted as healing the digestive system, paving the way toward the eventual consumption foods currently rejected by the body.

While I was interested in adopting some of these more healthful eating practices, I felt that my sanity would be preserved —-much like my foods—- if I borrowed just one or two of these smart eating practices and incorporated them into my daily regimen.

I chose sugar. God has given me a gift for consuming an entire half-gallon of tillamook mint chocolate chip ice cream on an almost daily basis (it’s affordable if it’s the only thing you buy), and during our discussion about the book, I began to think I might be abusing this gift. And with it, my body.

I began my sugarless safari on April 20th, 2009, and I chronicled my attempted emancipation in a journal.

April 20th, 2009 6:00am
Today I begin my sugar-free lifestyle. I feel healthy just thinking about it! Better go make my coffee!

April 20th, 2009 6:09am
Well, obviously I can’t drink this delectable coffee without just a bit of sugar. I’ll just drop in a teaspoon, and nobody will be the wiser. After all, it’s not like this personal confidential diary is going to make its way onto the internet!

April 20th, 2009 6:17am
That was my only sugar for the day. From here on out, it’s smooth sailing!

April 20th, 2009 7:38am
This granola bar and boiled egg I’m consuming at work is such a healthy breakfast combination! I’m going to live forever!

April 20th, 2009 11:06am
I made it to lunch! I”ll eat this healthy granola and soy milk and two more boiled eggs. For dessert, this crunchy organic apple!

April 20th, 2009 11:06am
Has it really only been 30 seconds since I ate lunch? I’m starving!

April 20th, 2009 1:13pm
I’m too exhausted to work. This miniature-size york peppermint patty in the faculty lounge is our little secret, Personal Confidential Diary. Its life-giving energy will energize me for the remainder of the day. Besides, it’s too small to contain calories. I’m probably expending energy just by chewing it!

April 20th, 2009 6:01pm
Safe at home. No more temptations here. Wait a minute…..I can smell the sweet scent of donuts from VooDoo Donuts. Whose %$#& idea was it to build a VooDoo Donuts right underneath my nose??

April 20th 2009 6:09pm
&%%$#@!! I can’t take this @#$% donut-y scent wafting into my apartment building anymore. I’m going to have to %#&% move.

April 20th 2009 6:13pm
I moved into VooDoo donuts. It’s nice here. Thank goodness this utter failure of an attempt won’t ever make it onto my blog site—-I have a reputation to uphold!

–Troi out

One Response

  1. Tina T Says:

    Here in California everyone is on a detox diet. The other day someone was explaining to me how after a week of detox there’s a weird layer of stuff that you need to scrape off your skin (supposedly toxins but I don’t know for sure.) That convinced me–no detox for me. All donuts leave on your skin is a little sugary goodness on your fingers. Sounds to me like you made the right choice.

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