Sugar is EVERYWHERE!!!

Day 5 with no sugar and boy am I hating it. I have to say I’ve been pretty darn good so far. Last night I was offered a marshmallow by an unsuspecting person and I said no. About as bad as I have been is my fat free whipped cream that I eat on my whole wheat waffles. It’s better than the honey and peanut butter that I usually indulge in as toppings. Well, I knew the whipped cream had sugar but not sure how much…in the first 5 ingredients there is sugar, corn syrup AND high fructose corn syrup. Good gracious you have got to be kidding me. So I was just tempted to go in the fridge at work to just spoon some up when my co-worker was telling me her nephew just ate three Dunkin’ Donuts. I stopped myself and decided to get a spoonful of peanut butter instead…made with roasted peanuts and SUGAR! ARGH! I’m just glad that I am not cramming a candy bar down my throat right now although Diet Coke with Splenda is my best friend right now.

Even the other day when I went to Curves, they gave me a goodie bag with coupons and snacks and half the snacks were sugar filled. Chocolate Granola Bar, Honey Crunch Cereal, Chocolate Drizzled Rice Cakes...I think I did good I only ate half of a sample pack of Cinnamon and Brown Sugar covered Almonds. Brown Sugar is better for you right? I still remember my mom catching me in my room with little snack baggies of brown sugar...I'm like a crack addict here. :) Now none of these snacks from Curves are REALLY bad for you but I'm trying to do this thing all the way. ::DEEP breaths:: My dear husband had to calm me down last night because not one pound have I lost since undertaking this, reminding me that weight is not the most important thing.

Swimmy and Friends Beat the Big Bad Fish

Etsy had this awesome story posted about Swimmy the fish on their anniversary. More recently they asked fellow Etsians to send in companions for Swimmy. The above fish is my contribution. Below you will find the awesome clip of the story of Swimmy. It's part of the reason that I try to buy supplies and such that I need from Etsy. Whereas I am not totally against the big fish of Wal-Mart and Target, I want to support people who have the dream of supporting themselves like me doing what they love.


You can find the whole article at Etsy at http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/etsyNews/article/etsys-first-five-years/1119/

Star Wars at Its Best

Okay, I normally wouldn't put this kind of thing in my blog but seeings how I am a die hard Star Wars fan and she is just TOO cute, I had too. If you haven't seen this, ENJOY.