Sugar Day

This post has nothing to do with the fact that it is Sugar Day.  It has everything to do with my thoughts on this diet.

An elimination diet isn't so much about "Okay, I can't have A and B."  It's more about "I can't have A and B.  How important are they to me, and how much of my health am I willing to sacrifice to keep A and/or B in my diet?"

Okay...it has a little to do with today being Sugar Day.  I like ice cream.  It's not something I'd be willing to completely give up.  Yes, I could cut down...a lot.  But enjoying ice cream at special occasions or going out with someone special to get ice cream...it's just not something I'm willing to give up.  (No, haven't seen any adverse effects to the sugar.  I'm just thinking.  Admittedly, I know that if I have sugar too close to bed time, I have really freaky dreams.)  I'm not going to say "once every three months," but regardless of how Sugar in Waiting turns out, ice cream (and therefore sugar) won't be leaving my diet completely.  I wouldn't be going out and getting ice cream every time I felt like it, but I wouldn't turn it down if I had a good reason to eat it.

"Everything in moderation."  And sometimes "moderation" has to be scaled to what your body can tolerate.

And, yes, I had ice cream today.  I figured if Sugar day went extremely poorly (which it doesn't seem it has), I didn't want to miss my last chance for ice cream.  (And, no, I didn't accidentally get it in a cone; it was on a stick.)