sugar coma ...

Hi, my name is Tonia and I am addicted to sweets. Like hard core addicted. When I see something delicious and sugary, I.CAN.NOT.RESIST.

• I have been known to stand at the freezer and eat ice cream directly out of the carton (You know that it doesn't count if you don't use a spoon, right?)
• I have been known to eat my kids' candy and pray they never notice.
• I have been known to pick out the glazed walnuts from the mixed nuts container.
• I have been known to eat an entire box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch in one day without ever eating from a bowl.
• I have been known to have J hide any chocolate that gets brought into the house so that I can't eat every last bite.
• I have been known to forgo dinner so that I can have a bigger dessert.
• I have been known to eat the remnants of my daughter's cupcakes.
• I have been known to eat entire bags of chocolate chips while standing in my pantry.
• I have been known to eat 7/8 of an ice cream cake. In one sitting.
• I have been known to eat an entire package of raw cookie dough. Also, in one sitting.
• I have been known to consume my weight in Splenda (yes, I realize this is bad).

J tells me to get some self-control. But, it's not that simple. I try. I really do. And I have self-control, I became a pescatarian (who's really contemplating dropping seafood as well) and never flinched. I lost 70 pounds and have kept it off (aside from pregnancy) for seven years. But, sugar is my undoing. It's 100% pure evil. And we really need to break up.

So, I decided to commit to 30 days of no sweets. No candy. No chocolate. No sugary cereals. No ice cream. No cupcakes. No anything that can be classified as a dessert. I'm on day four. And it's pretty much torture.

Why couldn't I just be addicted to vegetables?