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Step Away From the Brownies October 11, 2004

I’ve been treating my body like total crap. Ever since I realized over a week ago that my IVF was a bust, I haven’t been able to get enough junk food in my mouth. It’s pathetic. I knew that finding out that my IVF had failed would cause me to throw the no sweets policy out the window, but this is ridiculous.

Yesterday my husband and I decided that enough was enough. We’re going to start eating healthy again. It’s a lot harder to give up the sweets and junk than just keeping up with the no sweets thing. Once you’ve tasted all of that yummy goodness again and restarted your sugar addiction, it’s tough to go back.

I decided I needed a transition phase this time around. You know those cookies in the refrigerator case at the grocery store that are premade and you just have to put them on the cookie sheet and bake? Well they now make sugar free ones that are made with Splenda. I thought we’d try them. I was a little nervous upon first biting into one. I was afraid that they would be disgusting. To my surprise, I actually liked them. They’re not as sweet as regular cookies, but that’s to be expected. I ate three cookies last night. Big mistake. I don’t know whether it was the Splenda or the sugar alcohol, I’ve read that they both can cause intestinal problems, but it wasn’t a good situation either way. In fact, it was horrible. I was so sick. Needless to say, I won’t be eating any more of those cookies. I sent the rest to work with my husband.

So, I’m back on the no sweets diet. No more brownies or cookies for this little lady. I’m just feeling too badly right now to continue on with that type of eating. I’m sure it has something to do with the fact that I can’t do the eating in moderation thing when it comes to yummy snacks. So, all sweet treats have once again been banned from my household. Hopefully within another week I’ll no longer be feeling an intense need to rip out my gastrointestinal tract.

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1. amyesq - October 11, 2004

Good for you! I, too, have decided to get back on the healthy bandwagon today. Hey, if we are stuck in the waiting mode right now, at least we can feel like we a being nice to our bodies, preparing them for the babies that will be growing inside them very soon!

-A

2. Dee - October 11, 2004

Glad to see that you’re back on the wagon food-wise too. I shoulda warned you about the sugar alcohols though–maybe coulda saved you the agony of their introduction. Wish I could say that it gets better with time but that’s not always the case–sometimes they still affect me and sometimes they don’t. Ugh, not pleasant.

3. Anonymous - October 11, 2004

Here’s some bad assvice: switch from sweets to wine. With wine I fall asleep before I can eat (well, especially if I drank a lot of it.)

Here’s some good assvice: exercise. When I was finished with my drinking binge I started to walk & jog again. It really helped.

Marla
the middle way

4. amanda - October 11, 2004

Amy- Good for you.

Dee- Yeah, those sugar alcohols didn’t agree with me at all. I’m not going back down that road anytime soon.

Marla- Thanks for the assvice. Part of my problem this week was my reintroduction to margaritas. I only drank twice this week, but it made me feel like crap. I’m definitley working on the exercise thing, though. I’m back up to 1.75 mile wa
lks and trying to reach my previous distance of 2.5 miles.

5. amanda - October 11, 2004

Oh, and I’m one of those weird people who doesn’t like wine. Don’t know why, but I never have.

6. Brenda Sumner - October 11, 2004

yes.. sugar alcohols are baaaaaaaaaaad. Splenda doesn’t do that to me. In fact…. I bought the new 7-up Plus today. made with splenda with calcium added… and it’s YUUUMMMMMY.