It's been over two weeks since I decided to reduce the amount of refined sugar that I consume. It hasn't been easy, but was much easier than I thought it would be. I didn't need to be committed to a rehab center and I did not go crazy and start hurting people. ;) I lost three pounds. Not that I need to lose weight - instead I will be looking for ways to maintain weight. The old way was to eat a chocolate milkshake before bed and the new way will probably be a fruit smoothie with protein powder before bed.

The struggle I have now is being hungry but not wanting any of the foods that I am allowed to eat. My old habit would have been to eat some candy in order to raise my blood sugar to trick my body into thinking that it wasn't hungry anymore. Now I have to peruse the selections of fruit and dried fruit, peanut butter and crackers, nuts or chips, and sometimes I don't want any of that. I hope this is just a phase.