My Sugar Addiction
I find myself swamped at work again, but a quick update. Steve, brother in law, is doing well, but he’s not out of the hospital yet. They are keeping check on a vein that runs from side of ankle up the leg. If it gets infected, the leg is being amputated mid-shin. Husband is home, and I am glad of that. Although the trip to be with his brother was important, I sure missed him, even his little irritable ways that can really get under my skin. LOL The fish fry over the weekend was a good one. Lots of peeps and family and fun, and I did go overboard on the eating… even desserts. *sigh* Not any damage on the scale (so far) but going on with my exercising, eating healthy, staying away from the sugar, and doin my THANG! The desserts Saturday was the first I’ve had in a month. What I found out was… yes, it made me crave sugar again Sunday. But what was truly weird was, I was so tired from Saturday and not eating right that everything sweet I went for Sunday… I would take a bite, and it wouldn’t appeal to me at all… not the chocolate turtle cheesecake, not the cookie dough ice cream, and not the red velvet cake. I would fix a dessert plate, fully intending to eat it, sit down, take a bite, and give it to someone else cause it tasted “too” sweet or not satisfying. Know what it was that finally did the trick? A big ol glass of ice water and a half hour nap. Monday it was back to routine and I already feel so much better from good foods and plenty of water and plenty of exercising. I would imagine THIS weekend when we take Colt to Dallas to Dave n Busters for his 13th birthday, I’m going to have a pretty easy time of making good choices. I just don’t want that sluggish, run down, non-energized feeling that I got from just ONE day of letting it go. This is progress for me and my sugar addiction.
Let’s keep tapping into our minds and paying attention to our emotions and WORKIN the knowledge path peeps. You never know when some lightbulb of understanding yourself a little bit better is going to hit. But I can promise you that if you do absolutely nothing to grow and learn, then the lightbulbs in your life are going to NEVER be turned on. We deserve that, don’t we? We deserve some light in our life and we owe it to ourselves and God to be the best that we can be.
Hugggggggggggggggggggggggggs,
Shan
Give me a fruitful error any time, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. You can keep your sterile truth for yourself. ~Vilfredo Pareto
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WAY TO GO! I can’t wait till I’ve beaten the sugar addiction as well!! You’ll do great at the weekend!
Glad to hear Steve is doing well. And hubby is safely home. I have had that dessert thing happen too…when its just too sweet and you realize its not what youre looking for. Good for you Miss THANG!
Yes, those light blub moments are important and allow us to see in all the dark corners where lies like to live!
SHINE ON BEAUTIFUL SHAN!! Love ya bunches
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Excellent! I envy you being able to take one bite and walk away…much like Debbi only eating 1/2 a candy bar. Sooner or later I will get there too. Thanks for your words of encouragement!
Thanks for the update Shan! Glad hubby is home, but will keep BIL in my prayers still. Glad you had fun at the fish fry, but learned a little bit more about yourself this weekend.
Love the quote!
Shan I am happy to hear that Steve is doing better. I know how you guys feel, we had the same thing happen in our family less than a year ago and in our case the turnout was not a happy one. My uncle was an older guy with a myraid of complications, sounds like Steve is doing way better than my uncle was. Hang in there and I will continue to pray for Steve’s health.
I don’t know what a fish fry is…I do know what a chili cookoff is….you guys do seem to have a lot of fun with food. Hehehe—I wish I lived closer!!
Kudos to you on the water—I should try that sometime—I have a sweet tooth and one of my biggest fears is getting diabetes which I am already predisposed to….scary…I think what scares me aside from the possibility of losing my limbs is NOT being able to eat sweets! Hmmm…
Ok girl, let’s roll up our sleeves and kick some fat butt this week, shall we?
So glad Steve is doing good. Been praying. Glad your hubby is home too. I think you did awesome on those desserts!
Hugs, Kama
I am working on my emotions right now, funny how you brought that up
I can’t believe I missed your blog.
So glad Steve is better. Missing the hubby’s quirk…:) That’s love Shanna!
Great job with the fish fry - If I was there I would wrap myself around the fryer never to let go. Yuummmmmmm!
You can do it! This is a new week Shanna!
