I lack the cleverness of Sophie and the humour (and geek humour) which my husband, Douglas possesses, so my part in this whole blog is likely to be rather boring. I also lack the ability to be succinct, so strap yourself in, grab a cuppa and have a read.
Today is Sunday, 28 April 2013. Today I ate 'hip'-loads of lemon sponge cake, laden with lemon syrup and covered with deliciously sweet lemony butter icing. I also ate spoonfuls of crushed pineapple straight from the can and made quite a delectable apple, cherry and pineapple fruit crumble which 9 of us polished off with 4 litres of neopolitan ice cream after dinner.
Tomorrow is Monday, 29 April 2013. There will be no pineapple (my favourite fruit on the planet,) no ice cream, at least not any I don't make myself, no apple crumble, no lemon sponge cake with lemon icing. There will also be no chocolate, no soft drinks, no sugar in my tea, no juice or cordials, no sweet wines. As of midnight, The Hedwacks are sugar free.
I have been reading the book Sweet Poison Quit Plan, by David Gillespie. I had hoped to finish it before we got started, but unfortunately my life tends to be a bit hectic so I am only half way through it. This means I am heading into our sugar free week slightly unprepared, but I am nothing if not flexible. I'm not beating myself up anymore, if I make a sugar mistake this week, life will go on I'm sure.
So today the experiment starts. Will be interesting to see how the Hedwacks go. I am trying hard to manage my own stress, which is high right now. Apparently I can expect the normal signs of withdrawal from addiction, with headaches and irritability in massive doses at the top of the list. Managing the headaches and irritability of two pre-pubescent and pubescent teens, who are already irritable by nature, and a surly 6 year old should be interesting and challenging...but given they are also excited about going sugar free I can only hope we all survive week one. Will let you know...
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