Sugar

I know I should have a lot of variety in my diet, but I have so many food allergies, I just eat a few things all the time. And now that I am limiting my calorie intake, there is extra effort in in reading and recording nutrition facts - making a plan to stay under the limits so I can consistently lose weight.

I have a problem with sugar. I tried to switch from Metamucil sweetened with Sucralose (Splenda) to a Target brand sweetened with sucrose (sugar). I had a real bad reaction to the Target brand - I felt awful in my GI tract.

Shortly after moving here, I found that I had a hard time with fruit. When I tried to eat them, they tasted sooo bad. Fuji apples were my favorite, but I couldn't stand them. I keep saying that one of these Fridays, I am going to buy one of several kinds of fruit, and try eating them again, but I never do it.

I have been getting most of my sugar from watermelon. It was the one fruit that I found still tasted good. There might be others, but it was the only one I discovered. Hurricane Ike has caused a shortage of Watermelon, so there was no watermelon last Friday. So I switched to Casaba melon. I really didn't like how it tastes. I used the Casaba melon for 3 days. (I shop on Fridays and Mondays - twice a week, so I always have fresh fruit and veges).

Today, I just felt horrible all day. I couldn't figure out the cause. It was a sinking feeling - very depressing. I fought it all day. They had watermelon in the store today, so I bought some. I made a watermelon smoothie to drink on the way to Dance Class (8PM). By the time Dance Class was over at 9PM, I was feeling great. Obviously, I was not assimilating the sugars from the Casaba melon. Or it did not have as much as the Watermelon. Before Dance class, all I wanted to do is curl up in a ball and cry, now I feel good.