I was feeling so entirely crummy. I was just dragging myself around. I was so blue. I couldn’t get my mojo going. And then I started to feel remarkably better. I could hop out of bed some of my customary peppiness! I could do smart things like start the morning with a big glass of lemon water. I could bother to do my skin care regimen at night. I started cooking nutritious meals, and getting some spring in my step again.
So I reviewed my food journal and my calendar to see if I could trace the source of the crumminess.
And you know, it was all because of sugar.
A half a dozen tiny Halloween candies at night over a period of a few nights. A cookie here and there. A sugary cocktail.
Blech! Grrrrr! And other cartoon noises! I am not super hyper-vigilant about sugar intake; I get plenty of it through ketchup and a teaspoon of jam now and then, or a shot of cider, or fruit. But I really, really cannot tolerate refined sugar and especially not in the form of chemicalicious mass produced candy. So: lesson learned.
Hey, are any of you eating fermented foods to aid in health and digestion? I’m going to blog on that soon. Until then, make mine Stevia.
I’m in the same place. I cut out frutose after Easter and the associated sugary excess that goes with it. And started feeling so much better,
But it’s a constant struggle. An occasional indulgence leads to more and here I am, consuming waaay too much sugar over the weekend. And I feel, ugh…
I have never been interested in sugar or desserts but I love white wine but if I give up wine, I crave sweets and nuts. I always give up alcohol for Lent. Weight just falls off one and after the first few days it’s not hard at all. I find eating fruit is easier than preparing vegetables so I have to be conscious about that. Fortunately fruit is more expensive. But whenever I get too involved with my food habits, I try to remember that if I were in Syria now food would have a new place in my life and weight loss would not be an issue.
I had a wicked headache in the couple days following Halloween. I’m not headache prone, but oh yes, I over-indulged and oh yes, there were side effects. Fatigue also. Amazing how quickly healthy eating turns things around. Too bad it’s so hard to rewire my brain to accept that sugar rush isn’t the sustainable energy resource my body needs.
Same here, but: after weeks of feeling bleh and tired and slightly wired, I had a clear back-to-my-old-self day. For me, it was coffee. I drank tea all day and it made a difference. That and taking a biotin pill, perhaps.