Today is Day One of my sugar detox program. Wait, I need a better name for it than that. Hmmm. How about “Operation: Sugar Death”? Okay, maybe that’s a bit extreme. Anyhoo, that’s not really important. What’s important is that I’m giving up sugar. Aaaaaggghhh!!!!

Here are my rules for Operation: Sugar Free (but I don’t like that name so someone come up with a better one.)

1. No candy, cookies, cake, ice cream, etc.
2. Fruit is allowed.
3. White bread, white rice, pasta, etc allowed.

Simple! So basically I’m just giving up sweet junk food. I just eat waaaaay too much of it and I have to wonder if that’s what’s keeping me from losing weight. I mean, I record my points when I eat sugary treats, so it’s not like I’m ingesting the extra calories and not keeping track of them. I am. I wonder if it isn’t something more chemical than that. Something to do with insulin or other things I’d only understand if I went to med school.

If nothing happens (i.e., I don’t feel better or different) in a week, I will change to whole-wheat bread (I don’t really eat much rice or pasta as it is) and cut out fruit to see if that helps.

Already I had toast with a teeny bit of butter for breakfast instead of my usual toast with peanut butter or jam. Or sweet cereal. And I’ve ignored the Hershey’s miniatures on a (thoroughly evil) coworker’s desk.

In other news, tonight is the premiere of the reality show on CBS where they try to pick a new lead singer for INXS. Of course I’m going to watch it. Anyone who knew me in high school knows I’m going to watch it. Even though I loved INXS mostly for
Michael Hutchence. Sigh. Anyway, I hope the show doesn’t suck too badly.