I. Love. Cookies.
They are my Kryptonite. I can down a box of Oreos before you even know they're there!
And, on an emotional note:
When I was little cookies were the default dessert. I was a good little veggie-eater for the lone, solitary hope that after bathtime, before bed, Dad would pour each of us a mug of ice cold milk and hand out one and a half (we got the extra half on really nasty veggie nights) hot, homemade, fresh, delectable chocolate chip & roasted pecan cookies. Heaven. My heaven will have cookies.
Once, my friends and I came home from a particularly dramatic school dance in the ninth grade just heartbroken over some stupid boys with a whole night of moping ahead of us. We walked in the door and my dad took one look at us and said, "what'll it be girls?" with a bar towel slung over his shoulder. Cara-playing along, as always-replied, "give me a milk. Make it chocolate. On the rocks." to which I added, "I need some Oreos, Dad. And stat!"
Moral of the story: Cookies and milk make everything better!
Right?
Right?
I wish it were so.
For reasons I will explain shortly, I decided to go on a sugar cleanse for 2 weeks.
No sugar.
No bread.
No caffeine. (I'm weaning.)
And some other stuff that's way easier to eliminate from my diet.
I won't bore you with the details of what I am and am not eating because it's really all about the sugar for me. I don't love french fries and potato chips. I don't eat super processed Mac-n-Cheese. I just love my sugar. But I don't feel well. I weigh more than I ever have before, which is super annoying and depressing since I'm supposedly in the prime of my life or whatever. I also get massively painful migraines which I suspect are mostly hormonal but I can't deny the correlation to sugar. I have also never had a single successful go at dieting or even creating and maintaining healthy eating habits. So I feel super motivated because I desperately want to feel better...and if I follow the plan 85% of the 2 week period (let's be realistic here) Josh promised me a pedicure! Hee hee.
I know that many of my readers (lol I have like 5 readers) have had success with plans like this so if any of you have tips or motivational support or chew toys to stop the cravings, let a rip!
Here goes!!
