Day 16 of 100

Several things have got me thinking about what happens after one hundred days without sugar. I found myself across the lunch table from a woman who is a diabetic and when I mentioned I was off sugar for a while she shared that she has been living without sugar for several years and then proceeded to tell me all her tricks for being able to have desserts and not eat sugar. Mostly, she was depending on artficial sweeteners and I really don't want to do that.


I caught myself wondering this morning what I want to eat on DAY 101. My first thought was of a hershey's chocolate bar (my favorite). But honestly, I am asking myself if I really want to go back to that style of eating. Why am doing this, any way? Just so I can go right back to the habits I had before? I am sure I will not live the rest of my life without desserts, but I am going to start looking for healthier alternatives. I was reading my latest copy of Cooking Light and saw an ad for Sun Crystals. Don't know what that is, but I am going to check it out.

So, by nature I really like building things. And it is the time of year when I want to bake. So I am going to start experimenting with healthy recipes and see what the possibilities are without sugar. And besides that, I get bored if I don't have alot of varietiy, so I need to start branching out in the area of snack foods, because without my sugary snacks I am getting bored eating all the same old things every day. Mmmm... sounds like an expensive trip to the grocery store coming up!