by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 24, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
This is not a diet. Just like “Made to Crave,” chapter sixteen states, “Why Diets Don’t Work.” Diets inevitably end in failure. This is a lifestyle change. Sugar addiction, to me, means you have let sugar rule your life. It consumes...
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 23, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
This chapter, chapter fifteen “The Demon in the Chips Poster,” is where I get stuck. With my sugar addiction, I can keep pretty good control of my sugar intake at home. I just don’t keep my weak leaks, like ice cream, in our home. For the most...
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 22, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
Have you ever heard someone say, “I don’t smoke or drink, but boy do I eat when I’m stressed!”? Yeah, it has been said within my family. Sugar addiction, in my opinion, is no different that someone smoking or drinking too much –...
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 21, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
Sugar addiction, gluttony, and now emotional eating; it can all be intertwined. We need to find the cause of our emotional eating. Sometimes the emotion we are feeling is very clear. Is the underlying cause of this emotion clear though? Do you know why you are...
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 21, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
Part of the goal for many, including myself, is to lose weight during their sugar addiction recovery. If I stop eating so much sugar, so much food, I will surely lose weight. It is likely. What is your motive for losing weight though? Is it to be happy? Do you...