sugar and sweeteners; let me qualify what i said.

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robin,

let me qualify what i said in my last email...

i think everyone would probably agree that raw, unfiltered honey is best,

and in small quantities.

when you asked me if i went off all sweeteners...yes.

i tried going the honey, maple syrup, sucanat route for awhile but they

had the same addictive effect on me.

now, what i want to qualify is this.

sugar seems to affect some people worse than others. same with alcohol.

some people can 'handle it', and others can't.

my husband seems to be able to handle it. he can have a cookie and not

want to eat the whole box. i have bought a box of entenman's, a cake or

whatever, and ate the whole thing on the way home. ditto a box of haagen

daas bars. in fact, my husband will buy a piece of junk food and eat

half of it and put away the rest for later. i can't do that. i would

buy 2 or 3 and eat them all.

laura

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:30:58 -0000 " givemeamomenttothink "

<deweyli@...> writes:

> hi robin,

>

> if i lived by myself, i think i would NEVER cook!! i would just

live on

> kefir, yogurt, raw cheese, eggs, butter and fruit!

>

> as far as sugar goes, i was on a web site for 3 years and gradually

> weaned myself off ALL sweeteners. i thought this would be

impossible; i

> have been an intense sugar addict from day one but i knew it was

killing

> me and i had to do something. so for one whole year i consumed no

> sweeteners whatsoever. it was WONDERFUL!! i lost weight. i felt

great.

> i totally lost the desire for sweets. fruit began to taste

absolutely

> incredible to me; so i would always have fruit for dessert and

enjoyed

> every bite.

That's great. So you stayed away from all sweeteners? Even

stevia? We limit our children's sugar intake. We actually set up

a " Wednesday treat " for their Wednesday lunch at school. They were

feeling totally deprived every day when all the other kids would

take out all the junk from their lunch boxes. So, I made an

agreement with them that on Wednesdays I would put a junk food item

into their lunchbox. They are also allowed to have half a can of

soda on Sundays at my parent's house. We go there every Sunday for

a b-b-q and, of course, everyone there is drinking soda. My kids

were feeling totally deprived and left out so we compromised with

half a soda.

I have talked with them about why I don't let them have much junk

food and the importance of eating healthy. They understand and do

really good with what I do feed them at home, but kids still don't

like feeling left out when they are at other places. The Wednesday

and Sunday compromise has helped greatly. They feel content with

those treats. It's such a balancing act with kids. When it comes

to food, they respond to not getting what others are having so

personally, feeling sooo deprived. I guess we do it too. Nobody

likes to feel left out.

Robin