Hi! New to the board - Just starting the Sugar Addicts recovery and I'm Veggie

[Guest guest]

Hello All -

 

I'm sooo thankful I've found this book and that there is an on-line

community to add additional support!

 

I've know I'm a sugar addict for sometime, but was at a loss as to

what to do about it! This book has given me hope that I can continue

to create a healthier me!

 

I've recently mad a decision to change my lifestyle- to a positive

loving myself way of life - instead of the destructive behaviors i

have clinged to in the past;

 

SOOOO -I quit smoking, weaned off the caffeinated coffee (still drink

decaf - but I working on it) I'm trying to go to the gym MOST days

AND I want to change my diet to be a healthy vegetarian with out

sugar! Mostly I eat well - lost of veggies, protein in the AM, but

the Sugar is hard to get rid of! (I think it is worse than quitting

smoking for me!)

 

I would love to hear what others on the board have done - and get

your insight on how you mad this journey!

 

Looking forward to participating!

 

Michelle

[Guest guest]

Hi Michelle, welcome to the group!

 

Can you talk more about where you are in your program? It sounds like you must

just be starting breakfast (step one), yes? What kinds of things are you having?

Are you eating within an hour of getting up?

 

It's not clear to me if you're already vegetarian or if you're trying to switch.

It's important because I think it would be hard to implement too many dietary

changes all at once, you know? Following the Radiant Recovery program is its

whole own new way of eating. Eating vegetarian is another whole new way of

eating (if it's new). And then putting them together is yet a third whole new

way of eating. Just something to think about...one of the things we learn

following the RR program is how to be gentle and loving with ourselves. And that

going slowly is a GOOD thing. :-)

 

I arrived at this program having been a vegetarian for many years, so that piece

was already in place for me. I actually think being vegetarian was a huge

benefit because I already had lots of experience in terms of setting boundaries

with my food and letting people gently know what I eat and don't eat. I also

felt like I had been a healthy eater for a long time, and yet I could feel in my

body that something wasn't right, something wasn't working right, I didn't feel

my best. So finding RR and this new way of eating was the key to sorting that

out, and now I feel great.

 

I was just on vacation last week, and my partner was marvelling to me how I just

don't eat sugar anymore. We were surrounded by people eating ice cream and

cinnamon rolls and soda all day long, and my partner still eats sugar (he's not

SS, so he'll eat a candy bar over several days). I used to spend my vacations

eating that stuff too, and now, it's just not an issue. I'm not tempted, and I

don't think about it. It was so freeing to let go of that obsession. (I'm two

and a half years on the program, by the way: step 7.)

 

Anyway, hope some of this rumination is interesting to you as you start this

journey. Talk to us more about what you're eating.

 

Blessings,

Sharon in CA

 

 

 

 

mymimila <mymimila

 

Monday, May 7, 2007 9:35:10 PM

Hi! New to the board - Just starting the Sugar

Addicts recovery and I'm Veggie

 

Hello All -

 

I'm sooo thankful I've found this book and that there is an on-line

community to add additional support!

 

I've know I'm a sugar addict for sometime, but was at a loss as to

what to do about it! This book has given me hope that I can continue

to create a healthier me!

 

I've recently mad a decision to change my lifestyle- to a positive

loving myself way of life - instead of the destructive behaviors i

have clinged to in the past;

 

SOOOO -I quit smoking, weaned off the caffeinated coffee (still drink

decaf - but I working on it) I'm trying to go to the gym MOST days

AND I want to change my diet to be a healthy vegetarian with out

sugar! Mostly I eat well - lost of veggies, protein in the AM, but

the Sugar is hard to get rid of! (I think it is worse than quitting

smoking for me!)

 

I would love to hear what others on the board have done - and get

your insight on how you mad this journey!

 

Looking forward to participating!

 

Michelle

 

 

 

 

 

 

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