Sugar is like that unreliable partner you once dated: it’s enticing, but ultimately it leaves you feeling terrible. It takes you on a wild emotional ride and strips away your dignity. Sugar won’t be there for you as you age, especially when health issues arise from poor choices made in the past.
I know it’s time to end this toxic relationship. I’ve tried to quit before; those three days without sugar felt like an eternity. Everything was dull, and I felt an emptiness I couldn’t shake. After that, I thought we could just be friends, but we ended up getting too close again.
Are you caught in a similar cycle with sugar? You might relate to some of these indicators:
- You’ve swerved through traffic with one hand while using the other to pry open a bag of chocolate treats.
- You’ve tossed out an entire cake in disgust after devouring most of it yourself.
- Later, you’ve found yourself peeking into the trash, whispering sweet nothings to the leftover cake, and ensuring it’s clean before retrieving it.
- You growl protectively when someone dares to dip a spoon into your pint of ice cream (because let’s be honest, that pint is all yours).
- You’ve told yourself, “It’s already morning; a chocolate won’t hurt.”
- During boring meetings, you’ve imagined the speaker’s head as a delicious cream-filled dessert.
- You’ve expressed outrage when there are no sugary snacks at a gathering.
- When you say, “I’ll be back in a moment,” it really means you’re sneaking cookies from the pantry.
- You’re the master of inventing reasons to celebrate with cake.
- When stressed, your happy place is visualizing yourself in a giant donut, blissfully indulging until you zone out.
- Before a predicted snowstorm, your shopping list includes essentials like toilet paper, milk, and plenty of cookie dough.
- Walking past a donut shop feels like the donuts are calling out to you.
- Your partner knows to offer you candy before delivering bad news.
- You devour your kids’ Easter treats before they even make it home.
- You snack on their goodies during the car ride back from the store.
- You eat brownies made for someone else, rationalizing that you can always bake more.
- You eye suspiciously anyone who willingly shares their candy or skips dessert.
- When your doctor suggests reducing sugar to alleviate PMS, you have to fight the urge to react dramatically.
- Lettuce somehow makes you feel irritable.
- You might be enjoying sugar while reading this list.
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