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\"Leigh<\/a>I love sugar. Cookies, cake, candy, hot fudge sauce, whipped cream\u2026 hell, I\u2019d suck a hummingbird feeder dry if it were my only sweet option. But I\u2019ve come to the realization that all that sugary goodness is taking its toll on me. The sad fact is that sugar and I must break up.<\/p>\n

Most women know what it\u2019s like to be attracted to a bad boy \u2014 despite your brain screaming, \u201cHe\u2019ll break your heart and probably roll you down a mountain in his Jeep,\u201d other parts of you smile knowingly and think, \u201cOh, but the ride will soooo be worth it!\u201d Even when you\u2019re hanging by your seat belt, upside down and teetering over a cliff, that bad boy will still weave his magic spell over you.<\/p>\n

Sugar is just like that.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve read all the articles about how sugar causes\u2026 well, every disease known to man and probably a few we haven\u2019t yet discovered. I know from personal experience last month that inhaling four gingerbread men, three rum balls, two caramel turtles, and a pecan pie while standing next to a pear tree can make me feel more bloated than a PMSing gray whale.<\/p>\n

And yet, I want more.<\/p>\n

I tried swearing off sugar completely, thinking that as with any bad boy, the best technique is to break up and never look back. But three days later, I called sugar up late at night. \u201cMaybe I was too hasty,\u201d I said breathlessly. \u201cOne more roll in the, uh, pantry couldn\u2019t hurt, right?\u201d I oozed chocolate from my pores on that walk of shame.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m trying a new approach, cutting way back on my addiction, but not going cold tofurkey (, I\u2019m a vegetarian, so cold turkey means nothing.) I\u2019m choosing foods with the lowest sugar counts I can find and focusing on those that come from honey and other more nutritious sources. It\u2019s like making a list of bad boy characteristics (rides of motorcycle, plays with fire, heckles comedians, steals from constructions sites, is rude to waiters) and choosing those I\u2019m willing to live with (rides motorcycle). I\u2019m also chewing things more slowly so I can taste what little sugar there is in everything. Who knew almonds were sweet?<\/p>\n

Whenever the cravings are so severe, I start crawling the walls and feel I\u2019m going to be led into temptation, I eat a banana while watching Die Hard. It gets all of my bad habits out of my system at the same time.<\/p>\n

-By Leigh Anne Jasheway<\/a>, from her blog – accidental comic<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love sugar. Cookies, cake, candy, hot fudge sauce, whipped cream\u2026 hell, I\u2019d suck a hummingbird feeder dry if it were my only sweet option. But I\u2019ve come to the realization that all that sugary goodness is taking its toll on me. The sad fact is that sugar and I must break up. 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