As I mentioned last week, I’m finding this sugar wean to be a bit harder than I thought it was going to be mainly because what I found is that I’m dealing more with breaking my emotional attachments to sugar versus my physical ones.
So change all starts with each moment a choice comes up. When I go blog at a cafe, what I normally get is a latte and something sweet like a muffin, cookie, or pastry. I feel obliged to buy something more than just coffee because I can be in the place for awhile using their free WiFi so I always buy food too.
The other day while still in CA, I went to go blog at the Whole Foods in Cupertino because I can get a rice milk latte and a most delicious vegan donut. See, that is one of my habits, to automatically get one of these sweet tasty donuts with a latte. So, I gawk at all the pastries, and know that I am faced with decision time. It’s even harder on this day because none of the Whole Foods in Phoenix carry vegan donuts so it’s very easy to lure myself in, “Well, you can’t get these in Phoenix, so might as well indulge.”
Normally, I’d be sucked in, but instead, I negotiate. I’ll go see if there is something else in the store that I can eat with my latte that has less sugar than the donut, AND will satisfy me. If I can’t, then the vegan donut is still an option. As long as I don’t say, “Can’t have…” my Inner Resistance Monster is not triggered.
Happily, I find this vegan chorizo vegetable pizza (made with soyrizo and vegetables. They don’t even use vegan cheese), so I get a slice and have that with my latte. At first it felt a bit weird to have pizza with a latte, but I feel good because, I made a non-sugary choice, AND I didn’t feel deprived. We’ll take the score as every little decision adds up!