Sugar Free & Balance ???

I had no idea.  I mean, I knew it was not so good for us.  I knew I should cut back, but oh my!!

I have been feeling a little desire to cut out some sugar, so when a friend posted that she was going 2 weeks no sugar starting Jan 2, I thought I would join her.  Little did I know.

I knew I would hate it – but did not expect headaches on day 1.  And cravings, like I never {thought I }  felt before.  Ugh.

Then another friend sends a link to a blog about going sugar-free, and I can honestly tell you I think I am scared of sugar and what it is doing to us.  I encouraged (to put it mildly) my husband to join me on this 2 week (hopefully 4 week) endeavor.  But after reading some of this stuff, I think I am bringing the kids along too.  Crazy stuff out there about sugar.

 

Then I hear from just about everywhere, you have to pick your battles.  But what does that mean?   Or should I say, how is that lived out?  Once you know something do you just let it go and think, well something will kill me one day, heck with the hormones in _______ (fill in the blank), or heck with the genetically engineered food they sell as “natural”, or heck with whatever it is we want to ignore?

I am just not sure how to balance it all out with “pick your battles.”

Kind of like living Radically for God.  I still struggle with this just about daily – people who are dying for lack of clean water while I water my lawn (well not really any more). 

I guess it all comes down to doing what we can.  I can feed my kids grass fed, pasture raised beef, for not very much money.  I can raise veggies that are safe to feed my kids.  I can cut sugar out (for a period of time) and maybe cut back for good.  I can do these little things.

I can buy soaps and shampoos that are not toxic.  I can replace that bad oil with Olive Oil and Coconut oil.  I can do these little things.

It all goes back to

Q: “How do you eat an elephant?”

A: A bite at a time

So that is what I am doing.  a bite at a time trying to change the world I live in, the food I eat, the products I buy and use.  One step at a time.

Yesterday, it was less (or really no) sugar for me – and while my head ached and I knew today will be worse, I keep reminding myself one step at a time.  I guess this is my battle today, getting the addiction to sugar under control in my system.