For the first time in ten days, felt almost normal today, health-wise, except for an occasional cough. Managed to do all the yoga, weight and knee exercises, plus jog nearly five miles. Helped my son get started with an assignment where he makes a poster describing his cultural heritage (he's not nearly done with it, but it's not due until December 16th). We also went for a two-mile walk. Yesterday we (my son, my husband and I) went hiking at a local farm, which was tranquil and free of crowds. It feels wonderful to be healthy enough to engage in normal life again.
I made pancakes for everyone this morning...was mostly doing it to taste maple syrup! I tried to limit myself to 2 teaspoons of syrup total, which is already about 7 grams of sugar, and almost succeeded...then had to scarf up my son's half of a leftover pancake which was drenched in maple syrup...oh well...
It's virtually impossible to eliminate sugar completely from one's diet. So my new goal is to limit the sugar consumption on any given day to roughly 15 grams, total, and not exceed 8 grams at any given meal. That's a more realistic goal than to say I'm never eating sugar again.
My savior where this whole no-sugar diet is concerned is Dreyer's Slow-Churn vanilla ice cream with Splenda. It tastes like regular ice cream and has three grams of sugar per half-cup serving, and not that much fat either. It's a miracle food as far as I'm concerned. Another wonderful discovery: Quaker Oats reduced-sugar instant oatmeal packets. 4 to 6 grams of sugar per serving, and it's still very sweet.
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