Sugar Baby

Generally speaking, I eat healthy. I won’t say “very healthy” because I have a nearly uncontrollable sweet tooth. In college I had a 3 dessert a day policy. That policy worked my waistline up to a size 12 (for reference I'm 5”6’) and ultimately made me embarrassed to take my cover-up off for long periods of time when I was in Daytona with my skinny classmates (including Viki who went the opposite direction of me in the months leading up to the trip).

Work is terrible because we have an ENTIRE CABINET dedicated to candy and inevitably there are some of my favorite things stashed in there – Take 5s, Twizzlers, Smarties, Hershey’s Cherry Cordial Kisses, etc. I normally allow myself 2 pieces when I get back from lunch and try to limit my sugar intake to that while I'm at work. 2 pieces might sound like a lot but if you’ve bought miniature candy bars lately it’s really not too bad because they’ve shrunk those suckers down to practically less than 1 bite’s worth each.

Some times, when I get home from work, like last night, I’ll have a little bowl of ice cream on top of my two afternoon treats. I feel sort of guilty about doing that but chocolate chip is so good it is hard to resist!!

I gained 37lbs. in my 9 months carrying Nicole which is only 2 lbs. higher than “average”. I was a size 8 or 10 before I got pregnant and now, a year after, I'm a typically a size 6, sometimes an 8. I had no qualms about walking without a cover-up in front of my co-workers a month ago. I actually LOST 2 lbs. on the cruise.

My eating (in general) policy is that if I don’t like something I won’t eat it. I will not take on extra calories of something I don’t even enjoy consuming. Therefore, on the cruise where dessert options were plentiful but bland, I ate less sugar than I do in Ohio. I think that my weight is consistent because even though I have dessert every day I eat very healthy breakfasts every day, and normally eat healthy lunches/dinners to make up for the sugar.

This is where Jim would say “just think what would happen if you worked out a little”. Bleh.