Why Does Quitting Sugar Feel Selfish? Because it is selfish. It’s more pronounced when you live in a family structure. The kids want “treats.” The spouse may want some too. But it’s hard for you to have the stuff around so you don’t stock it like you used to. You actually feel a little…
I soaked my shirt last night in bed. I woke up with my entire shirt wet from sweat. Pissed off doesn’t even begin to cover how I felt. I got over it quickly – because I’ve accepted the world as it is – and not as I’d like it to be. Here’s the deal. I…
I’m the first to admit I’m a huge people pleaser. It’s taken me years to break the worst of it. The bottom line is always me trying to control others by being “nice.” It almost always ends in me being resentful. Taking care of yourself first seems to go against the Catholic guilt and narcissistic…
It’s no secret that I believe in the power of the web to disseminate information to folks. But I’ve been saddened lately with the proliferation of “sugar detoxes” everywhere you turn. You know the ones. They promise you ways to get off sugar in 3, 5,10, 14, 21, 28 or 30 days. They promise your…
People think it’s warm all the time in Southern California. Well, and I can hear the northerners screaming, 40’s and 50’s at night is not warm to me. It’s finally getting to those two months a year I dream about year round. I tell folks I only have one goal in life: To be…
I’m really happy about what’s going on in the world of sugar education. Major medical doctors and research scientists are coming out with study after study telling the general public exactly what’s what when it comes to the dangers of over-consuming sugar. It kind of warms my heart after almost 30 years at this….