Today was an example of how good and how bad food can make you feel. This morning I was really disciplined. Before noon I managed not to consume a single particle of sugar. I didn't trade one bad habit for another. When I woke up, I didn't feel so hot, but as the morning progressed I got a taste of how good it feels to be sugar-free. I realize that being sugar-free wasn't necessarily the point of this experiment, but it seems to be the message that I'm getting. I've realize for a long time the negative effects it has on my energy and mental state, but I'm beginning to find out how little it takes to send my "chi" skyrocketing downward.
After lunch, one of my coworkers offered me a homemade brownie. I obliged because I had been really disciplined up until that point. I had a really great lunch, so I thought, "why not." Afterwards I didn't feel awful, but not as good as before. The funny thing is that once you get it in your system you have to have more, so on my last break I had a peanut butter cup. After that I could sense that my body was quickly getting tired. Then to cap it off, after work I stopped at the plaid pantry and got a packaged blueberry cheese danish. After that I felt pretty disgusting, exhausted and a little down.
I'm realizing that eventually I'm going to have to cut sugar out of my life.
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