Diet and Fitness: A Radical Act of Inner Alchemy
At a family birthday party, my granddaughter, age 3, took one bite of the birthday cake on her plate and a few spoons full of ice cream and then turned her attention to the frosting on the cake itself, which had been placed directly in front of her. I was sitting beside her but said nothing. Everyone at the table knew my views on sugar. “She can stuff herself with cake if she wants,” my son, her father, said. To me, like a cocaine addict, she was mainlining sugar. On the way home, I felt the frustration churning inside of me. So I did something remarkable. I decided to see how hard it would be for ME to say “NO” to sugar. I went through the kitchen cupboards and refrigerator and threw out anything that looked like sugar-in-the-raw, to me. Since I’m in a relationship, I threw out items that were purchased by me, for my own pleasure. I wasn’t planning to try to convert anyone else, just me. Imagine then, if you can, the shock to that protesting part of my inner self, when it saw me throwing out a bag of honey coated peanuts that I had just brought home from the store. Wait! You bought these on sale!! Into the trash they went. The 33% chocolate bar in the cupboard was next. It landed in the trash basket on top of the honey-coated peanuts. Then the jar of black cherry jam. The packets of sugar. Out. Hesitating a moment, I took the loaf of high fiber bread and put it out of sight, in the freezer....
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