Hi Kathy,
Your post reminded me that I once made myself a list of the effects sugar had on me, and kept that list in my gmail drafts, just so I could refer to it from time to time in order not to forget.

I went back for a look at that list, and here is what it says:

- sluggish, lethargic, sleepy

- fuzzy-brained, dull thinking

- slow reflexes

- impaired memory

- confusion - totally don't know what I'm doing/where I'm going/what I was planning to do/how to go about doing something

- more compulsive & perfectionistic

- oversensitivity to criticism

- require a lot more sleep (and still feel tired throughout the day)

- feel cold

- extreme problem of flatulence - very uncomfortable when in the company of others

- pain in my tissues all over my body (from water retention resulting from sugar overdose?)

- inertia - don't want to get up or move; don't act upon things I need to get done

- loss of self-esteem / disgusted with myself / self-contempt

- inability to stand up for myself / speak my mind

- greatly impaired driving capacity
* difficult to maintain alertness on the road
* afraid of driving on highway because of high speeds (my "sugar brain" is incapable of maneuvering that fast)
*afraid to overtake slow cars and trucks because of impaired judgement, slowed reflexes and weakened decision-making ability
(decision to overtake is often delayed, and I overtake when it's already not so safe to do so)

It is scary to re-read what life was like under the influence of sugar.
I have managed to forget some of it.
It is good to have a fresh look and remember.

I've been on the program for a year and 3 months now.
Those symptoms seem light years behind me.
It is a gift!!!

All the best,
Sarit

: Glad you mentioned the responses to
: Junk Food. That is exactly how I
: feel. Somehow I got to the step
: before sugar detox and decided to
: have sugar with my meals. Then I
: started having deserts at every
: meal, thinking as long as I had it
: with a meal it would be ok. Then I
: started eating a pint of Hagen Daz
: red raspberry with vanilla. With
: the recent hot weather ice cream
: was refreshing. But after eating a
: pint I would lay on the bed and
: just want to sleep. Sort of passed
: out actually and woke up in a fog.
: Then I would want more. I wasn't
: clear thinking anymore, everything
: seems overwhelming.And I would
: just get lazy and sort of
: fatalistic. With an attitude that
: nothing will change. I debated
: whether it was the ice creme or
: just my thinking. I get that way
: everytime I overload on alot of
: carbohydrates. Now it has been two
: days without ice creme , I just
: threw out all I had in the frige
: the other night. Didn't save it
: for the neighbor, because I knew I
: would have an late night binge. I
: need something else to comfort me.
: But yes, I agree that the feelings
: after a sugar high are being
: lethargic, foggy head, sort of
: dazed, etc.