Sugar, Sugar...

Right after Thanksgiving my great friend, Amy, called me and told me she was cutting out sweets until Christmas and wanted me to do it with her. I have done this before for 4-6 weeks at a time and it works great for me.

The longer I do it, the less I crave it. PLUS I drop weight...fast. I don't consider myself overweight, but I carry around "bloat" that must be caused by all the sugar (LOTS of it) that is in my regular diet. I did it just between Thanksgiving and Christmas and weighed in less that I have in over, oh, probably 10 years.

I let myself enjoy all the sweets of Christmas, however...starting Sunday, January 3rd, I am going off all sweets again. I am blogging it here to hold myself accountable. Amy knows as well and hopefully she will help me too.

We leave for FL the weekend of Feb. 12. I am doing it until then. (Just in time for Valentines day...'cause last year I ate the entire thing of candy my hubby got me in 1 1/2 days. Sick. But fun.)

Now, I am not unreasonable. If there is a special occasion that I find myself in (risking being rude after someone has gone out of their way to make us something for dessert...etc.) I can break my rule, but just once or twice.

I feel so good when I am off the sweet stuff (as much as I LOVE IT!). I am sure my husband loves hearing me say, "Look how big these pants are on me!" instead of, "Honey, do these make me look fat?" :)

So there it is. Starting Sunday. Good-bye sweets.

That means two pieces of pie tonight. Hehaw