For the last year I have been trying to keep my sugar consumption in moderation. I admit, I LOVE Sweetarts and all things sour gummy, but I really try to avoid the sweets because at the end of the day, you feel lousy and your teeth are all fuzzy against your tongue. (Ever notice that after a day of sugar?)
So yesterday a dear family friend of ours dropped by to give the kids some Halloween bags of treats. I asked for a vanilla Toosie Roll and a red Dot. I was good to go. But the kids kept sharing with me in their excitement to eat more. So I ended up eating a couple more pieces. It wasn't that much, not even close to what I normally would have consumed, but more than I have been used to.
The strangest thing happened at dinner time. I felt like I was STARVING!!! You know the feeling. When you are in such a craze of hunger, you can't think straight. When the Papa Murphy's Gourmet Veggie came out of the oven, if my mouth had been big enough, I would have jammed the whole thing in. I was ravenous! I haven't felt like this in a loooooooooong time! I barely got through the blessing on the food, I felt like I was going to cry if I had to wait any longer, and I took a huge mouthful within 1 millisecond after saying "Amen." After a few minutes of eating, as my mood slowly returned to normal, I thought about what the heck I just experienced. When you feel like that, not only can you 1. not control yourself but 2. there is no way of keeping track of what you eat. How can a person be successful in the weight loss journey or maintence control when feeling like that? You can't!
I recognized that feeling, it wasn't completely unformailiar, but it's something I haven't experienced in at least a year. Looking over the past year, I have been able to control my appetite much better they I usually do. I have also been watching my intake of sugar. Pondering, and putting two and two together I realized it had to be the sugar factor!! I had some candy around 2 and by the time 6 rolled around, I felt out of control. More candy = increased appetite. Now I didn't eat the whole pizza, but I did eat more than I usually do. In fact, I ate so fast I am not sure how many pieces I actually ate. 3? maybe 4? So to be on the safe side, being tired or not, I found a TV show to focus on and I did 30 minutes until I was sweating hard. I probably should have done it longer, but my hubby was waiting to hop on. :o)
So lesson learned. If you want to stay in control of your appetite, which is important because then you can better control your eating, AVOID SUGAR especially CANDY that is made out of straight sugar. It just sets you up for failure!!
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