Hey APW,
So over the last few weeks I totally cut out refined sugar (and a fair amount of simple carbs) from my diet. Has anyone done this? It’s… crazy. It all started a little on accident, when my acupuncturist diplomatically suggested that it might help me drop the baby weight if I ate, “less muffins, and stuff like that.” WAHHHHHH, right? If my husband wants to make me fresh muffins every morning… OKAY, FINE. I’LL TRY IT.
So I came home, and was like “NBD, gonna not have refined sugar or bread tonight.” And very quickly my body went into full-on withdrawal mode. Within a few hours, I realized that I was clearly pretty dependent on (goddamn) sugar, in a way I wasn’t comfortable with. So I went cold turkey (aka, sitting on the couch angrily eating raisins trying to get my fix).
Cue FOUR AWFUL DAYS of headaches, shakes, sweats, dizziness, and generally being a generally awful human. But two weeks in, my energy is better (even though the baby still wakes me up one or two times a night, and the preschooler bounds into our bed at 5:20). And even though I pretend I don’t care, the baby weight is starting to come off.
But still. Some afternoons the cravings hit, and I sit around thinking about how my whole life would be better with an ice cream cone. They say sugar is more addictive than cocaine, and now I believe it.
Anyone else tried this? What are your best tips?
Open thread. Hit it!
xo
Meg
PS: Happy Fourth to all of you celebrating! As for me, I’ll be celebrating the holiday and the day my favorite firework turns one.
link round-up
“Why Cities Need to Start Planning with Women in Mind”: YAAAAAAAAAS.
How entitlement breeds entitlement: “All the Greedy Young Abigail Fishers and Me.”
Guys, Maddie’s grandmother now has her own radio hour in Maine, and it’s all about The Bachelorette.
Apparently US President Warren G. Harding was into writing steamy love letters.
