What can I say something just take hold of me; it was just
as if I had no resistance of what was going to happen. I tuned into the
convenience store parking lot, parked the car and got out. I walked into the
store. and before I could even stop myself, there I was standing in front of
the donuts. I must have been crazed or something. Then all of a sudden, I saw
my hand reaching and picking out a cream filled donut. Stop! What are you doing? Why are you even considering this? Put
that thing down and step away from the donut case. Run and never look back my
mind screamed! I continued to walk toward the checkout counter with my donut in
hand. Although, I felt a strong pull back to the donut case to return the donut
back to its original resting place. I continued on my path of destruction.
I find it somewhat ironic but every time I am coming down
with something, I crave junk food.
I have no idea why, but I am sure there is some science behind this. I was feeling just fine at that point and did
not think anything of it except I had a big hankering for a creamed filled
donut. It has been a long time since I have had a cold so I forgot the early
warning signs.
Research has determined that sugar depletes your immune
system. So why is it when I am sick all I want is junk food? For example, the
only thing that sounded good last night (not me the C.O. wanted them, he likes every
opportunity to have a good junk food dinner) for dinner was fish sticks and tatter
tots. The first reason was that I did not even want to eat at this point
anyways but felt I had to eat. The second reason is I cannot taste anything at
this point and the third reason was I just had to pop them in the oven for
thirty minutes, Tada done. Oh, yah and melted American cheese on top of
everything.
About a week ago, before I got sick, I was listening to the
radio and in one of their wonderful information blips; I thought I heard them
say that we should strive for just five grams of sugar a day. WHAT?
I immediately went to the pantry and pulled out a bunch of my food
items. I checked the sugar contents of
some of my healthier items and was devastated by the fact that they contained
tooooooooo much suuuuuuuugar!
Turns out it’s actually 24 grams of sugar a day recommended
for woman. I need to clean my ears out I guess. Anyways that adds up to six
tablespoons a day. Therefore, that is eight grams a meal, or two tablespoons a
meal. Yah, I can do that, Phew.
No comments:
Post a Comment