My Last Hurrah!

One of my New Year's Resolutions (although not listed officially) is to get off sugar, mainly sweets and pop (oh, Pepsi and Coke, I will miss you). For far too long, I have eaten way too much junk and can see it is really affecting my health. I do not have a problem with gaining weight when I eat bad food, but it affects me in other ways that are just as unhealthy. Sugar and too many carbs makes me tired, cranky and gives me an overall, yucky feeling. Sure, when I am eating it, it tastes great and fulfills my craving but afterwards, I just don't feel good. I used to be able to just eat 1 or 2 cookies or drink one can of pop (sometimes not even that), and stop whenever it got to be too much. Now I CRAVE it and will eat just 1 or 2 cookies, but it's 3 or 4 times a day or whenever I happen to pass the kitchen! Another downfall is all the holiday candy. It starts with Valentine's Day, then Easter, (then I get a bit healthier in the summer since there's no Fourth of July candy, hee hee), then it's Halloween and Christmas! So many yummy treats to sample, with some you can only get at that time of the year!. It is never ending. I know I also eat junk when I am stressed and/or am too lazy to make a healthy snack for myself. It seems like there has constantly been candy or goodies in our house and it's time for it to GO! It will be hard to not buy more but I have to start somewhere. It is time for the bad habits to stop. I am really excited to see how eating better will make me feel. Chris has been eating much more healthy the past few months and says that he feels great when he is off all sugar. It is amazing the difference it makes. I know it won't be easy (somewhere along the way I have lost my will power) but I know it will be worth it. This goes for the kids too. Since it won't be in the house, they will not ask for it either. It's a win win!

So since tomorrow I am going cold turkey, I am going to have my last hurrah today. I am not going to overdo it, but I am going to allow myself my favorite treats for one more day. I got a bottle of caffeine free Pepsi and some Keebler mint grasshopper cookies and plan on having a fun movie/snack night. We are not having my parents over like we normally do since Katelyn is sick so it will just be a simple celebration. We had some other goodies planned for the party but will wait to have them when we can get together, possibly this weekend. Right now I am just focusing on sugar- candy, cookies, pop, ice cream (this will be a hard one too), etc. I am going to try it for a week or two (or three?) and see how I feel. After that, I might allow it once in a while but probably just as a special dessert once a week or something. We will see. I know that I will probably for sure stay off pop since there is just nothing good about that stuff (well, besides that lovely bubbly cola taste....). Okay, I'm getting distracted... Anyway, so wish me luck! I think this will be harder for me that it seems! But I know in the end it will benefit not only me, but my family too!

Wishing everyone a healthy and happy NEW YEAR!