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...
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 20, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
Quoting the end of chapter eleven of “Made to Crave,” “God says, ‘See I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut’ (Revelations 3:8) May it be that we walk through that door, head north, and never look back.” Sugar...
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 18, 2014 | Physical Activity
With the weekend being here, I thought I’d take a break from the “31 Days of Recovery for the Sugar Addict.” Here are some websites I like to follow for fitness inspiration: Alisa Keeton at Revelation Wellness Clare Peak at Peak313 Sarah Wagner who...
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 18, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
Do you ever feel yourself saying “It’s not fair!” in relation to your sugar addiction? Lysa titles chapter ten, “It’s not Fair!”. She shares all the different scenerios we can think of others that are skinny and/or do not crave...
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 16, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
One very effective way to help stabilize your blood sugar, decrease tension, and get your mind off your sugar addiction is by moving. Exercise used to be a curse word to me. See, I grew up on a dairy farm. Exercise was never something I thought about too much as a...
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 15, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
In chapter eight of “Made to Crave” by Lysa Terkeurst, she titles it “Making Peace with the Realities of My Body.” This chapter takes us a step deeper into our process of fighting sugar addiction. Have you made peace with the realities of...