Okay, I totally promise I am not turning this into a dieting blog. I'm not.
Pinky promise.
It's just that the most miraculous thing EVER has happened... I'm only hungry at meals times.
For many of you this will not seem like a big deal at all. But for those of you who can relate to crazy hunger pains in between meals and snacks and more snacks and then finally it is time for another meal but I am so hungry-
You
Better
Pull
Your
Fingers
Back
Quickly
When
You
Serve
Me
Those
Nacho
Chips!
Ahem.
Ever been there? It is the craziest battle that can make a person feel like a fruit loop.
And then crave Fruit Loops.
So, I'm sure there is some sort of scientific reason giving up sugar for the past week has finally gotten me to a more peaceful place with my incessant feelings of hunger. But I never did like science.
So, here's my unofficial assessment of the situation:
1. My hunger pains just finally wore themselves slap out.
2. My body is simply in shock.
3. My taste buds finally got a glimpse of my backside and the bathing suit it must fit in to very soon.
4. Companies who make sugar snacks inject them with microscopic craving monsters that make you want more- buy more- eat more thus make their companies recession proof. But, if you stop eating sugar for one week, the microscopic craving monsters die. Praise the good Lord above.
5. Seeing the scale finally move in a downward motion for the first time in a long while has finally convinced my taste buds that there is in fact a connection to the amount of food I eat and the amount of weight I gain. I've wanted to deny and resist this horrendous truth for a very long time.
So, today I have to go to this nutrition lady with the most mean machine I have ever encountered ever. It's a scale on steroids. Not only does it tell you what you weigh it also reveals your Body Mass Index.
Body Mass Index y'all.
Just saying it triggers my gag reflex.
This awful machine shares secrets nary a person should ever know about me.
Oh my stars- right now as I am writing this, my daughter just flew into my bedroom and breathlessly exclaimed our refrigerator is pouring out water from underneath so I better run.
The irony of this happening at this moment does not escape me.
I think my fridge is afraid I am in the process of breaking up with him. We can be friends but that's it. That line produces a river of tears every time.
ps... Art wants me to add in here that he is in fact the hero who just took care of the fridge situation while I layed in my bed and finished my blog. He just about fell out when heard that I'd written, "Well I better run," as he was carrying in wet towels.
pss... that will teach me not to read my blog out loud.
Pinky promise.
It's just that the most miraculous thing EVER has happened... I'm only hungry at meals times.
For many of you this will not seem like a big deal at all. But for those of you who can relate to crazy hunger pains in between meals and snacks and more snacks and then finally it is time for another meal but I am so hungry-
You
Better
Pull
Your
Fingers
Back
Quickly
When
You
Serve
Me
Those
Nacho
Chips!
Ahem.
Ever been there? It is the craziest battle that can make a person feel like a fruit loop.
And then crave Fruit Loops.
So, I'm sure there is some sort of scientific reason giving up sugar for the past week has finally gotten me to a more peaceful place with my incessant feelings of hunger. But I never did like science.
So, here's my unofficial assessment of the situation:
1. My hunger pains just finally wore themselves slap out.
2. My body is simply in shock.
3. My taste buds finally got a glimpse of my backside and the bathing suit it must fit in to very soon.
4. Companies who make sugar snacks inject them with microscopic craving monsters that make you want more- buy more- eat more thus make their companies recession proof. But, if you stop eating sugar for one week, the microscopic craving monsters die. Praise the good Lord above.
5. Seeing the scale finally move in a downward motion for the first time in a long while has finally convinced my taste buds that there is in fact a connection to the amount of food I eat and the amount of weight I gain. I've wanted to deny and resist this horrendous truth for a very long time.
So, today I have to go to this nutrition lady with the most mean machine I have ever encountered ever. It's a scale on steroids. Not only does it tell you what you weigh it also reveals your Body Mass Index.
Body Mass Index y'all.
Just saying it triggers my gag reflex.
This awful machine shares secrets nary a person should ever know about me.
Oh my stars- right now as I am writing this, my daughter just flew into my bedroom and breathlessly exclaimed our refrigerator is pouring out water from underneath so I better run.
The irony of this happening at this moment does not escape me.
I think my fridge is afraid I am in the process of breaking up with him. We can be friends but that's it. That line produces a river of tears every time.
ps... Art wants me to add in here that he is in fact the hero who just took care of the fridge situation while I layed in my bed and finished my blog. He just about fell out when heard that I'd written, "Well I better run," as he was carrying in wet towels.
pss... that will teach me not to read my blog out loud.
38 Comments:
Sigh!! I'm green with envy! BUT...I just ate a DOve bar -- dark chocolate with nuts.
I think it needs a cupcake!!
I remember the morning that our washing machine turned into a water fountain complete with waterfall. Let's just say the salesperson at Lowes that day made out very well.
My scale measures BMI---it is a horrible little machine.
Seriously---just a little tiny baby cupcake??!?!?
Dear Cupcake,
Yes, I would love to one day sit down and share a cupcake with you. But first I have to lose enough to fit back into my jeans lest I wear my yoga pants to our cupcake date.
Because really, eating a cupcake in yoga pants is just too oxymoronic.
I can't wait to join you for one itsy bitsy cupcake sister!!!
Go Lysa!!
You are too funny!
Your body in shock comment actually made me laugh out loud!
Girl, I feel your pain... hunger and fridge! Believe it or not, I just had the same issue last week. I was blogging and my fridge made a horrible growling noise and died! Too funny. Now I know we must be soul-sisters. (Soul mates would just sound awkward. ;-P
I heard about your blog from a good friend. I love your sense of humor and your honesty!!! You brighten my day! Thank you for being you.
Craving monsters. Hmmm....so thaaaaaat's what my problem has been. :)
You are too funny. :)
WAHOO...way to go Lysa!!!! Hope you can hear all my cheering across the border!!!!!
Now, about your fridge. We had that happen routinely. We called a repair man, and the only problem was the way the fridge was sitting. He raised the feet on the front end of the fridge, and voila, no more water issues. (And no, the water then didn't just pour out the back of the fridge!) Thought I might has well pass on the info...just in case. Your fridge issue could be entirely different...from a fridge feeling forgotten and seeking attention :o)
Hugs,
Joy
You're determination is inspiring. So inspiring that it has gotten me moving again. I love how you said that whenever you are tempted you pray. I had never tried that before, but after adding God back into the equation, it's amazing at how much smoother this is going!
Thanks for taking us along on this journey with you!
It is definitely due to #4 and #5.
Your body finally adjusts to less food and catches up to the decision that your brain made to cut back.
"Consistency over time" is my motto.
Melanie@Bella~Mella
I have no will power or any other kind if power for that matter. Those little sugar monsters are taking over my life!!!!!!!!!
Have a happy day
#4 is more correct than you might think! I read a nutrition book a long time ago about those of us who crave carbs and sweets (ah, that would be me). It's got to do with insulin and other science stuff... but it's true. The more we eat, the more we crave.
Dear Lysa,
Love your humor!
A small science tip regarding #4 - most US made commercial sweet things are full of high fructose corn syrup, actually many prepared foods have this additive. It seems to interfere with our God-given ability to know when we've had enough - definitely a monstrous/devilish idea.
Lysa, you crack me up. I love your humorous outlook on things. I too struggled with weight. I joined Weight Watchers and lost. It is an awesome program. I think we as Americans just need to learn how to eat again. Now don't get me wrong. Gooey desserts are a stronghold for me but I think it is okay to have some in moderation. Ouch, there is that word. Keep your chin up girlfriend. You can do this.
Let the fridge down easy...
Blessings,
Tricia in Ky
Oh, the dreaded BMI. And hopefully it will just be a scale and she won't take out the pinchers and find every bit of that body fat to squeeze and measure.
Your day sounds as fun as mine - I'm having my mammogram!
Glad your fridge got over its incontinence.
Too funny! I feel your pain...umm, hunger pains! I am toying with the idea of giving up sugar. My scale goes two pounds back and then two pounds forward...crazy thing! I'm sure it's not me! ;) Maybe I just need a new scale...I'm sure that's it.
Thank you for giving me hope. Now, if my tastebuds could just take a good look at my backside, we might get somewhere!
:) Becky
Praise God! For me, I thank God for 100 calorie snack packs and ice cream cones. I lost 15 lbs over Christmas with a couple of birthdays added in. I still have my snacks but I chose them wisely. Of course I added more fruits and vegies and slightly upped the workouts as well. So glad I did!
Lysa, you made me laugh out loud today! I love your sense of humor and you! I have been struggling with losing weight too. I joined Weight Watchers about a year ago, was doing really good, lost 25 pounds but after the new year, I've been stuck, going up and down with the same five pounds. It's the sweets, I know. I crave them. I'm thinking about giving them up. How did/do you do it? I want to, really I do, but they are just soooooo good. I have 25 more pounds to lose, but can't seem to get back on track. You are a great inspiration and would love your insight!
Kim
I have to confess that I only skimmed your post and will have to go back and read later.
Just thought I'd give a little feedback because I CAN TOTALLY RELATE TO THIS SITUATION.
I'll "TRY" to sum it up.
At the end of the year 2000, I had visited my doctor because of what I thought was "hormone changes due to hitting my 30's". Although that's probably not altogether far from the truth, one underlying reason was that I was hypoglycemic and did not know it.
I drank gallons of sweet tea, ate lots of sweets (including those Debbie Cakes I'd eat for breakfast after the kids were off to school and out of viewing site), and lots of high-glycemic carbs. In other words--white breads, rice, pasta, potatoes, fries, potatoes, more fries, etc.
At the time, Sugarbusters was big. My doc told me to get a copy. I learned a lot. I wasn't exactly trying to lose weight. But I did. Let me just say first, that I felt better than EVER. Headaches that I'd suffered with daily diappeared, sinus problems improved, up and down hormones were better, I had more energy...the list goes on.
And apparently so does this comment.
I lost nearly 25 pounds and went from a size 6-7 to a size 0. AGAIN, I wasn't trying.
Through the years, I've learned my body enough to know when I can "cheat some". But as a rule, I eat wheat products over bleached white flour products, brown rice and lots of Sweet-n-low. I don't mind Splenda, but prefer Sweet-n-low and it's much cheaper.
I do believe balance is necessary.
I totally get the loss of those cravings. Sugar makes us crave sugar. We don't end up feeling full, we keep eating...it cycles.
And yes, I sometimes fall off the wagon. But I've learned what works for me and my family. I don't flip out if I'm having dinner at someone's house and they serve a high carb meal. I just try to pick the best choices and as a rule--buy healthier foods at home. It's a lifestyle.
I'll try and end here lest your other readers grow weary with my comment hogging self.
In summary: email me if you'd like a great recipe for Sugar-free Mississippi Mud as well as some other ideas. I can help. Sugar was my friend, too. I think I bought my first five pound bag in over eight years a couple of months back for those visitors who like sugar in their coffee. Or tea.
The End.
Rena Gunther
insertgracehere.com
Rena speaks the truth. Sugar makes you crave sugar. There's no going back (for some of us) when we've had a little tiny taste...the craving just builds and builds. Oh, I'm seeing the metaphor with sin here and it's not pretty. It's teh same thing -- whether it's sugar or sin. Blessings to all.
Love,
Ann
Lysa, thanks for being "real". Hearing and reading about the struggles you face, about your daily challenges helps me feel that I'm not alone in mine. We serve an amazing God who gives us the grace, forgiveness, patience, etc. that we need ... one day/one hour/ONE MINUTE at a time!
You are a servant of God and I feel blessed having just heard you speak this past weekend in Winnipeg. Thank you for challenging me to say "yes"!
May God bless you, sweet sister!
:} R.L
You always make me smile.... Love you Lysa... BIG hugs.
Congrats on beating the hunger pangs. You go girl!
You might want to check out this blog and say a prayer for little Stellan who is in surgery right now:
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Lysa,
I've been receiving the Encouragement for Today for over a year now and I will usually go over and check out the blogs from the ladies of Prov 31 Ministries. Your blog today is absolutely hysterical. I can so relate to your sugar monster cravings. By the way congrats on putting that monster to rest with your resistance to sugar force field through prayer. I can also relate to blogging right thru a kitchen small catastrophe. I was blogging Sunday evening and for several minutes while involved in what I was blogging I smelt a faint burning smell... I continued to blog... a few minutes past and I got up to check I had completely boiled the water out of our soon to be blackened cream still potatoes. I couldn't help but laugh. Somehow our Sunday dinner was still a success, even with the bumpy potatoe start. Thanks for always sharing your real life with us. The ladies from Prov. 31 Ministry are such blessings each day to the start of my mornings. Have a wonderful Tuesday.
All 4 HIM, Angela
ha ha ha . . . no reading of the blog outloud! love it! Kelly
Lysa,
If you have time... I have been contemplating for years about giving up sugar totally... However, it just seems it is hiding in all kinds of foods. Are you following a particular plan? Or are you just figuring this out as you go??
Again, if you have time to answer that would be great, if not no big deal...
Blessings Girl... Loved the part about you breaking up with your fridge :)
Lysa- Your blog has been food for my soul this week- and encouragement to stay away from the fridge. My mind will begin to drift to sugary delights, and immediately I remember "You were made for more than this!" I tell myself as I'm on the elliptical and battling it out with the workout dvd's. Thank you for your honesty and sincere humor that keeps it real. Keep up the good work.
I love what Karen Ehman once said on her blog-
"Nothing tastes as good as being fit feels. Satan wants you to think about food. God wants you to think about Him." Priceless words.
Lysa:
Two things:
"Companies who make sugar snacks inject them with microscopic craving monsters that make you want more- buy more- eat more thus make their companies recession proof. But, if you stop eating sugar for one week, the microscopic craving monsters die. Praise the good Lord above."
The microscopic craving monsters happen to be the sugar itself!!! Can you believe it? It's the sugar that makes you want more. No lie. It was "innocent" little sugar all along. But it's not really so innocent, is it?? It's like the devil. An angel of light. It's all white and glittery, but in reality, it's pure evil. I bet it's really black when it's stripped of all it's glittery whiteness.
And two, I've never read a blog with the word "nary" before. Nary. I like it. I may use that word this week just to use it. Nary.
Sandy
Can I just say ---I NEEDED to laugh! Got to do it LOUD here!
I came here JUST to tell you that I enjoyed the daylights out of your speaking 2 WEEKS ago! (I'ma BitSlow---naw---that's not my name)
I have hit 3 funny blogs in a row! I better stop now. My luck is bound to run out! I JUST needed these laughs...reason? Oh. Strep throat ---sick since Friday. All manner of good food...but hurt too bad to eat. The sugar thing won't work for me right now. 'cuz ice cream is the only thing that feels good.
Thanks Lysa...for the laughs and for sharing your heart at the AWI online conference---it truly was so good! The best week I've EVER had at work! (ear buds made that possible!)
I loved the conversational writing. You always make me smile.
Dear Lysa,
Please, please come back. Haven't I loved you well all these years? Didn't you hear my wet cry for help? Why didn't you come when I cried today all over your floor?
I can't take this anymore.
Please let me go to a family who will appreciate me. A family who will fill me up with chocolate ice cream (Mmmm...) and nachos. Maybe some really good coffee creamers.
I am begging.
Leave the scale and return to me.
Love always,
Your Fridge
Whhhoooooeeeeee! Congratulations on the scale number decreasing! Rejoicing with you sister-friend!
I want to stop eating sugar. I really do.
But is smack dab in the middle of a pregnancy a good time to do that? Probably. But oh....that would be like WAY hard.
You inspire me.
Blessings,
Kate :)
I'm so inspired by all this sugar free talk - I had to come back and leave another comment....
I have a zillion questions. Like, what does one eat on a sugar free diet? Isn't sugar in like almost everything? Do you use a sugar substitute? Did you read a book or something that helps you with all this?
I'm super intrigued. Hmmmmm.....
I'm off to google sugar free banana bread recipes because that is what I'm craving :)
Thanks for being you,
Kate :)
You are TOO funny!=)
Just got bac from a trip to Ireland & it was so easy to eat healthy, that I'm just continuing back home by baking my own brown bread! I'm lovin it!
Praisin' Him!
Lysa,
You are a huge breath of fresh air.
You are a beautiful and funny woman and I'm so glad God uses you in ways you don't even realize. Sometimes I get ALOT out of your blogs/emails and it's just what I need at that moment.
Love u to pieces!
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