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Tis the (Sugar) Season

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belgian chocolates

Photo by Simon Howden

Well I have to admit that my little idea of refraining from eating sweets for a week has been a complete and utter failure! I think I lasted about one day!!

I have never been very good at deprivation!  :)

I’m not really that surprised at my lack of willpower, because after all it is SUGAR SEASON!

You see, Sugar Season begins Oct 31 with Halloween Trick or Treat.
It then continues through November with Thanksgiving pies.

Christmas cookies and candy are impossible to resist,
and then we’re into New Years Eve alcohol.
But it doesn’t end there!
Next we have Valentines Day chocolates,
and then – FINALLY – Sugar Season comes to its grand finale with chocolate Easter bunnies and jelly beans.

(There aren’t any major Sugar Festivities between Easter and Halloween, unless you count June wedding cakes!)

peppermint candy

Photo by Maggie Smith

It’s just interesting, how Sugar Season corresponds with winter darkness and cold.
As if we are trying to sweeten life…?

And so it is.

If you are looking for me, I’ll be over at the dessert table!

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Friday Inspiration: Sweets

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Scrumptious muffins.
Smooth velvety dark chocolate.
Creamy ice cream.

Ends: Ice Cream Trio

Image by ulterior epicure via Flickr

I love it ALL.
I have a crazy sweet tooth.
And not only do I have a crazy sweet tooth, I also have a “fat tooth.”

See, I love ALL things sweet and fattening. Cookies, pies, cakes, ice cream, donuts, chocolate, etc, etc. If it has sugar and some kind of oil or Earth Balance in it, I’m all over it.

I know people who can have things like ice cream and cookies in their home and occasionally eat a small bowl or just one small cookie at a time. I have friends who have candy dishes full of mints or Hershey Kisses sitting out in their foyer.

Not me!

I simply cannot have any of that kind of food in the house unless I am prepared to eat it. All of it. I tend to think “I’m going to eat it all anyway so why not just eat it ALL right now? Why wait?”

Now I know that as far as vices go, it could be worse. Much worse. And I do get lots of exercise and eat as many fruits, veggies, and whole grains that I can so overall I feel my diet is OK. It’s just the sweets.

So here’s today’s throwdown: no sweets for one week.
Sweets meaning cookies, pies, cakes, ice cream, muffins, etc.
My thinking is that maybe if I rid my body of all sugar I’ll get over this craving I have?

Can I do it?

It will be challenging that’s for sure.

Are you in this with me?

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