Addiction(s) stories
Sugar, me not!
Trying to clear my head
Intro
You probably noticed that I haven’t published for a while. Well, let me explain. :) I started my year with stopping smoking. You can see some first thoughts here:
Now, I already have fifteen days of not smoking and counting, will write a bit about that later. The first week, I was a grumpy everything-eating craving monster. I couldn’t put two sentences together.
After gaining more than three kilograms on the scale, I decided (last week) to work on my diet and quit sugar.
I could not publish anything in this context, and the work was exhausting. Please forgive me. Now, while my brain fog and dizziness go away, I will continue with my thoughts and ideas, keeping you informed about my current and future experiments.
My relationship with sugar and sweets is extremely old. We used to be best buddies on all occasions.
Ohh, you are sad?
My friend, have a chocolate bar :)
Ooh, you are happy?
Let’s celebrate with some cola and chips, and so on. Three decades of addiction to sugar stopped last Monday. (Please don’t forget this happened along with stopping smoking, last week )
Why stop sugar?
There are infinitely materials out there about why sugar is not good for you and why you should quit it. I will not go on the path of giving you all the links and resources of the Internet as references. You can ask Google yourself for a deep dive.
My reasons are very blunt:
- lose weight
- gain mind clarity
- help with the smoking addiction stopping, control urges
- gain more willpower and control overall (I feel that when I say “no” more to usual cravings, I become more powerful — super, like :)
- prepare for more drastic diet measures (those are for another story to tell)
How did this go so far?
Well, to be honest at the moment, between a cigarette and a cookie, I would kill for the cookie.
I feel tired, and although it has been a long week, I feel like the battle has just begun, and we are not even close to any closure for that matter. I will continue my “abstinence” or “fasting” from sugar and will update you further on the process.
Moodiness and withdrawal symptoms are more, more annoying, compared to the ones from stopping smoking. My increased sense of smell is like finding pastry and sweet smells in the air, and this drives me nuts.
Probably I drove too much pressure on myself with too many things to stop and change at once, but let’s see. (or I will see it on my own skin and tell you after)
Before you go
Did you overcome any addiction? If so, please give me your thoughts and ideas. Do you have any pointers on this specific sugar one? The comments section is open for debate.
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