Now that everybody has convinced me that I'm "over-thinking, over analyzing".....maybe I'm able to see what I really need to do.

I know that the older I get the more disastrous the damage from sugar. That was bad enough in the old days but now that my mother depends on me I have to do something. I simply cannot eat concentrated sugars anymore. If I eat a quarter of what I used to I get completely insane and mental. I have to be able to function, to think.

I've decided to eat less lethal sugar foods. I'll stay with things like granola, cheerios, pudding I make myself with reduced sugar, graham crackers, etc. No more bags and blobs of sugar.

Up til now I have been working on the food and letting it all unfold as it will without forcing anything. I figured if I have to push myself to make progress then the progress wouldn't hold, I'd end up backsliding. (I've done some backsliding anyway).

But I've been doing this long enough (4 years) that some steps and some parts of steps have pretty much sunk into my psyche and will give me enough foundation to quit the concentrated sugars.

I've also learned lately that when I feel the need to crunch on something I can munch on toasted almonds and sunflower seeds or some unsalted tortilla chips. I don't over indulge on any of those things, they don't "call" to me.

I've also felt more hungry lately so I've been having cheese and cracker snacks or apple with nut butter. I've already done step 5 so all my carbs are good ones.

This is the third day since I started this, I'm noting it in my journal. So far I'm ok with less lethal sugars in the house, I haven't felt a sugar panic coming on.

Have any of you ever done this or does it sound like a dumb idea? I'd like any feedback, suggestions, ideas, cautions.

Thanks!!

Gigi