So, its been a rather stressful year, without me really noticing it. I listed all that happened this year, and gasped at the non stop nature of it. And it took its toll.
After chest pains and a complete tummy shutdown last week, I limped into my GP and nutritionist . Many expensive heart tests later ( all showed near perfect health there, thank Geebus) I am happy to have the thumbs up in that department. But 2 days ago I embarked on a strange new world-- that of eating no sugar. At all. None.

I think I subsisted on it for most of my 44 years. It was a major food group for me. And truly, without a complete breakdown of internal systems this week I would have gone on snarfing the hard core granulated white stuff down. It was happiness at my fingertips!

Right now its day 3, and it feels like I've lost a companion. All the little treats to get me through the day, all the little rewards I deserved. The stuff I kept out of the kid's reach, just for Mommy--the "aw, why not " candybar at the checkout stand. All gone.
I always feared this day would come someday; and for now it aint that bad. Of course, when you are looking at severe gut issues if I take up the habit again, it makes it alot easier to quit cold turkey!