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Happy Birthday Bonny!
Steph, I don't have any tips, but I am with you. I had been pretty good about cutting back on sweet stuff until I was at my parents' for Easter. Now I want sugar all the time. At first I blamed it on PMS, but now I have no excuse.
Happy Birthday, bonny!
Happy Birthday, Bonny!
Yay, Empress!
Hivemind question: If one with land use experience wanted to look for a job at a law firm for non-lawyer type jobs (like research), where would be a good place to start looking for those jobs?
Happy birthday Bonny!
bonny,
happy birthday!
Steph,
I have all kinds of tips for cutting out the sugar, but I have to do so for medically necessary reasons. My first suggestion is for you to go to the Web site fatsecret.com (it sounds WAY sketchy, but it is the real deal). They have a really large database of foods (packaged and otherwise) and I put in what I eat, meals & snacks, and get an idea of how much I'm consuming in terms of carbs, protein, etc.
To my mind, if I have a target per meal and day of carbs (say) that I cannot go above, tracking it on fatsecret makes it easy enough to do and helps me monitor. Fatsecret also allows you to track exercise and weight and you can join online communities to work on goals - which I have not done yet.
By the way, I too need to kick the sugar habit. Even Tim is cutting back on his sugar (which is like unto rivers running backward and hell getting frosty). So if you have any tips for how to do it without wanting to kill someone, I'd greatly appreciate them.
The one thing I've been trying lately is working a bit. Vinegar. There are tons of sites devoted to reducing blood sugar. I've been diluting vinegar in water and it has really helped curb the cravings.
At first I blamed it on PMS, but now I have no excuse.
Sue is totally me in this.
I have a million excuses for why I can and should indulge in stuff I shouldn't. THAT is what I need to get under control. The sugar is an obvious first step, but there are many more needed.
I've heard that pickles may help as well ... vinegar at work perhaps, or just a myth.
PS: Just went shopping with a friend and kept Michael Pollen's food rule in mind. "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
My one additional indulgence (besides the cupcakes) was popcorn. Though, I don't think that level of empty carbs is any better for the cravings, really.
MUST LOVE GREENS. MUST LOVE GREENS.
I've heard that pickles may help as well ... vinegar at work perhaps, or just a myth.
I love me some pickles, so myth or no, I'd be down with that!
My local pickle guy, on whom I have a crush, makes wasabi pickles. NOM.