I’ve been compelled to write this blog post for two days now, COMPELLED I tell you!
Since Friday’s ‘SugarGate’ – which involved the following:
- Dreaming of cakes
- Spending an hour on the interweb looking at cake
- Waking up with
A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down, medicine go down..
in my head..
I’ve had a breakthrough! (HURRAH!)
Today (Saturday), instead of feeling nervous about the days impending events; I felt calm and unphased. I tackled driving to Wythenshawe Forum with clarity and confidence. I handled road obstacles with agility and calmness likened to that of the Dalai Lama. I checked mirrors, blind spots and manoeuvred hazards with almost third sight expectation. A triumph I’ve never felt before.
My head feels free of fog and crystally.
Now I’m not saying
this is because of giving up sugar, this is!
It could be a placebo effect, or something entirely different. But, having kept my life routinely familiar, minimising variables and changing only my sugar intake may encourage me to conclude that this giving up malarky might actually be doing some good!
Now on to the more hardcore stuff.
Saturday saw the intro of drinking/socialising events into the 30 Day Challenge calendar. Having met a lovely bunch of friendlings, who ritualistically celebrated the first warm(ish) day of spring by drinking that lovely honey coloured nectar (larger/cinder/stuff) and there I was…with water. H of the two oh. A glistening glass of ice cold water.
I felt no great loss.
I enjoyed exchanging wonderful hours with people who made me gasp…
I’m in the bath, what are you wearing?
And who made me laugh:
Don’t get a Galaxy 4GS – that thing could cause actual galaxies to collide the amount of gadgets it has!
I was well enough to take the puppy for her evening walk after (along side a somewhat tipsy other half…)
It was so lovely, I may even consider (sometimes) being T-Total forever.. Now, now Steph!
Further updates include:
After much research, I’ve concluded that Stevia is the sweetener of choice. Not for my bank balance, but for my health as studies suggest it can reduce blood sugar levels. So I’ve vowed to make some sweet (sugar free) treats for work on Monday to further highlight the cause.
Craving Rating: (1 being non, 10 being unbearable) I’m going for a 3 at the moment.
Survival: So far, I’ve survived Farero Roche, 2 cake websites, 5 episodes of Master Chef, 1 occasion of social drinking, an Indian Takeaway (see below) with Pizza Hut tomorrow!
The Indian Takeaway challenge!
I fancied a treat. So, on good recommendation we went to Kushoom Koly in Heaton Moor. What a wonderful experience it was. They were so welcoming of my sugar needs, that I had a Fonz like character (who I admit I now have a soft spot for) catering to my every sugar related question…
Fonz recommended a lovely dish which suited my taste of spicy but creamy, and we came away with some tasty, and some complimentary lovelies. I was over the moon. It was, by far, the best takeaway I’ve ever had. Tasted totally fresh and the chicken I had was YUM.
I dedicate this blog post to you guys! We had half on Friday and half tonight, and it was beautiful. Will definitely be returning!
That’s all for tonight guys and dolls (see, carrying on with the Fonz theme here!)
Till later x
FlubberFluff 